5200 with no POKEY chip.

[SoundGammon]

I was replacing a bad pokey chip in one of my 5200s and I thought I'd power it up with no pokey installed.

 

I put in Galaxian and it came on with a strange starfield in the backgound.

 

Of course it can't be played, but it shows that the pokey chip is also used for random star-field effect.

 

When I get time, I'd like to try other games.

 

If I remember right, the pokey chip had the best random generator around!