Jason_Atari Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 Does anyone know if a ballblazer or commando cart with the pokey chip missing will still play? And if so would there still be basic sounds? Thanks in advance ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 Commando uses it for bankswitching, not just for sound so it will not work without it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+-^CrossBow^- Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 Ballblazer only uses the Pokey for sound so even if it did work, you wouldn't hear anything at all on that game. I actually have a ballblazer I took the Pokey out of for my Mateos cart sometime back but I don't think I actually tried to play it afterwards to verify this. Hmmm..? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 14 hours ago, Shawn said: Commando uses it for bankswitching, not just for sound so it will not work without it. No, POKEY can't do that. Both games should run, unless either one uses the RNG of the POKEY. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 Ballblazer plays but is absolutely silent. Commando plays and has most sound effects present but no background music. I actually kind of like it better that way. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 On 8/26/2019 at 6:57 PM, CPUWIZ said: No, POKEY can't do that. Both games should run, unless either one uses the RNG of the POKEY. Oh, I was sure it used it for something like that aside from the sound. My bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarifever Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 9 hours ago, SS said: Ballblazer plays but is absolutely silent. So I have two copies of Ballblazer, and one (the loose copy) is completely silent, which I assume means there is an issue with the Pokey. Every time I am in the Atariage store and see the "you supply the Pokey" orders, I wonder if it's possible to check to see if the Pokey is still possibly functional but disconnected or something. Anyone know what I could look for if I'm not afraid to destroy that cart? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 Perhaps if you take the cartridge apart and try to trace some of the lines from the POKEY chip, you could at least tell if there are cuts in the PCB? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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