Curt Vendel Posted June 8, 2004 Share Posted June 8, 2004 Hi everyone, As promised, I am freely releasing the image of the Universal Dragrace Prototype, for more info, check out the auction on bidiots.com where I won this game: Bidiots.com Universal Proto Auction Here is the ROM image of the Universal Prototype Dragrace Game: Atari Museum Archives - Universal Prototype Rom Image Curt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+-^CrossBow^- Posted June 8, 2004 Share Posted June 8, 2004 Well..it works I will say that. I am still having a bit of a time figuring out how the difficulty switches and select do. But at least we now know the buildings are indeed static during the races. Only the road and the cars more... I haven't won a race yet either..I either blow the car up...or crash into the side. Kinda tough to steer and shift. Todd Rogers should like this one...as it is the literally step up from Activision's Dragster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyXB Posted June 8, 2004 Share Posted June 8, 2004 Thanks for the release. Hard to play. Take me some minutes, till I drive. First you must press left, up, right and then hold down till the light is green or the man drop the flag. Then press up to drive. Down for switch the speed. From C - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4. Found 2 different levels with the difficult switches. And maybe you can change a bit more with 2 Players or only 1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyXB Posted June 8, 2004 Share Posted June 8, 2004 Or better: Left, Up, Right and wait till green or flag drop. Then short Down and hold Up. For speed change again Down and up till speed is by 4. After the blue line or white line press Fire. Then the Parachute opens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uosipa llamxew Posted June 9, 2004 Share Posted June 9, 2004 Use the select switch, your car will turn yellow - play with automatic transmission! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveW Posted June 10, 2004 Share Posted June 10, 2004 The game won't even run properly in Stella X. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjk7382 Posted June 10, 2004 Share Posted June 10, 2004 Use the select switch' date=' your car will turn yellow - play with automatic transmission![/quote'] Nope, that is the CPU driver. When you plug your joystick into port 2 you can race against the computer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oesii Posted June 10, 2004 Share Posted June 10, 2004 The game won't even run properly in Stella X. You're on a Mac right? Have you tried the new release of Stella 1.2? http://www.atariage.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=50679 Works fine on my end. And if you're using StellaX on Windows, drop it, Z26 is too good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
povlok1 Posted June 10, 2004 Share Posted June 10, 2004 Hi everyone' date=' As promised, I am freely releasing the image of the Universal Dragrace Prototype, for more info, check out the auction on bidiots.com where I won this game: Bidiots.com Universal Proto Auction Here is the ROM image of the Universal Prototype Dragrace Game: Atari Museum Archives - Universal Prototype Rom Image Curt Thanks Curt;) very nice of you to make that public.. )) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
povlok1 Posted June 10, 2004 Share Posted June 10, 2004 after playing it.. I must say.. its DEFINETLY a proto type:) about as unpolished as Michael Jacksons'....errr..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uosipa llamxew Posted June 10, 2004 Share Posted June 10, 2004 Nope, that is the CPU driver. When you plug your joystick into port 2 you can race against the computer. :-) Ahh! That makes more sense. I was wondering what would be fun about dragracing a car with auto transmission! HA! Having a CPU driver is a much better option! *MoJo would promise to think before he posts from now on, but he'd probably only forget anyways.* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gambler172 Posted June 12, 2004 Share Posted June 12, 2004 Thanks for the release greetings Gambler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaggy the Atarian Posted November 30, 2004 Share Posted November 30, 2004 Sorry to bring dig up an old thread, but I've been looking here on Atari Age about this and as far as I can tell, no one has mentioned this so... I just found a page where a guy details his restoration project of an arcade game called Turbo. From the screenshot it reminds me a lot about this Universal prototupe game. Could it be that they were trying to make their own version of Turbo or is it just a coincidence? Again, if this has already been covered I apologize...but I can't help but thinking that this 2600 game may in fact be Turbo (if someone proves that theory wrong, that's fine) :wink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaggy the Atarian Posted November 30, 2004 Share Posted November 30, 2004 Whoops, I forgot the URL, sorry. http://www.basementarcade.com/arcade/turbo/index.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted November 30, 2004 Share Posted November 30, 2004 Sorry to bring dig up an old thread, but I've been looking here on Atari Age about this and as far as I can tell, no one has mentioned this so... I just found a page where a guy details his restoration project of an arcade game called Turbo. From the screenshot it reminds me a lot about this Universal prototupe game. Could it be that they were trying to make their own version of Turbo or is it just a coincidence? Again, if this has already been covered I apologize...but I can't help but thinking that this 2600 game may in fact be Turbo (if someone proves that theory wrong, that's fine) :wink: While there was a connection between Universal (the name silkscreened onto this prototype 2600 board) and Coleco (the company promoting Turbo for the 2600), the Turbo arcade game was made by SEGA. The gameplay mechanics are also different in that this unknown prototype is a drag racing game, similar to Activison's Dragster but not really sharing much with the arcade game Turbo, except for the similar perspective. You can read Matt Reichert's review of this unknown Universal prototype here. ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaggy the Atarian Posted November 30, 2004 Share Posted November 30, 2004 I see, I should have remembered to check there. But when I saw that pic it really made me wonder about it. To be honest I had never heard of Turbo before today. I suppose the mystery around this one will never be solved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted November 30, 2004 Share Posted November 30, 2004 The city background is reminicent of Turbo, but the similarities stop there. This game is a clone of Dragster, and nothing like Turbo. Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bushie2600 Posted November 30, 2004 Share Posted November 30, 2004 The city background is reminicent of Turbo, but the similarities stop there. This game is a clone of Dragster, and nothing like Turbo. Tempest That's right, I own the only known Turbo prototype in existance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS Posted November 30, 2004 Share Posted November 30, 2004 That's right, I own the only known Turbo prototype in existance. I think that I heard about that somewhere ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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