Tempest Posted July 6, 2001 Share Posted July 6, 2001 I finally got my Jr. Pac-Man prototype today (2600 version). the first thing that surprised me about it was that it was actually one of those over-sized EPROM boards with the extra RAM chip on it instead of a regular board. I've never seen one of these put into a regular case (we assumed they wouldn't fit) but apperently you can except the chip sticks out a bit at the bottom (no big deal). Very odd... The game itself is basically the same (damn) with some mnor differences: 1. The power pellet pick up sound is different. It has some odd dinging bells that are very annoying (I can see why they changed it). 2. You cannot select your starting level. You can only select the number of ghost monsters. I'm sure there are more tiny differences, I'll have to find them later. Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquid_sky Posted July 6, 2001 Share Posted July 6, 2001 stupid question for the master of prototypes... why are ,ost (that ive seen at least) proto carts a huge EPROM with the RAM chip? never really known, always wondered.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted July 6, 2001 Author Share Posted July 6, 2001 Really? Most protots I've seen are on the smaller boards. I know all of the later prototypes (from 86 on) are on the larger board wether they need the extra RAM or not (Motorodeo doesn't use it for instance). What other prototypes have you seen? Tempest BTW, you can see examples of both types of boards on my page: http://www.msu.edu/user/reicher6/2600proto.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tobias_project Posted July 7, 2001 Share Posted July 7, 2001 hey tempest, just a heads up with your project-site.. the picture for the board of Motorodeo is a broken link. impressive collection tho.. where do you manage to find these? on autions or through connections? i'm curious. carl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted July 7, 2001 Author Share Posted July 7, 2001 Thanks for the heads up. I had forgotten to put the picture up (doh!). It's fixed now. I got some of my prototypes from Ebay, but most came from private deals with some friends that know ex-Atari employees. I know alot of old time collectors who are starting families and are getting out of the collecting business. My whole collection started off with that 2600 Joust prototype (which happens to be the same as the final version). Who knew it would snowball from there. I plan to bring my collection to the CGE so people can play them and maybe get them dumped (if not I'll get them dumped after). Tempest [ 07-06-2001: Message edited by: Tempest ] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyXB Posted July 7, 2001 Share Posted July 7, 2001 Hi, I have a Crystal Castles Pal Prototype. Its in a Loaner case, but it has the big Board like the Motorodeo and Klax on your site. I have not open it, but I can see it from the bottom. And the board hang over the case, because its to long. You say, that they never left the labs, but how can I have one of them? And why has this a loaner case? Can I open the case without breaking something? One think to your great website, the link for the game Sorcerer's Apprentice has the picture of Alpha Beam with Ernie, but the text is right. You must change the picture. MattyXB [ 07-07-2001: Message edited by: MattyXB ] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted July 8, 2001 Author Share Posted July 8, 2001 That's funny, when I tried to load the page I got a broken link for the picture. Anyway, it's fixed now. As for the large proto boards, I was told that they were internal test boards and not given out for public use but I may be wrong. Just because they're a case doesn't mean they left the lab, they may have put it in a case to protect it. I'll have to do some more research on this... You can open the case without damaging the proto, but usually there's an end label you would have to remove first (I actually just cut a thin slit in it with a knife). Usually there's no reason to open it unless your curious about the EPROMs (like me). Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diabolik Posted July 8, 2001 Share Posted July 8, 2001 Tempest, i see you're subtitle is master of prototypes and I've read that you are planning on acquiring 40 or so more prototypes through provate deals. I was just curious as to how many prototypes do you have? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted July 8, 2001 Author Share Posted July 8, 2001 Good question, let's see... [counting] [counting] [counting] I count 82. That's inlcuding all systems (2600, 5200, 7800, 400/800, Vic-20, and Colecovision) Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquid_sky Posted July 8, 2001 Share Posted July 8, 2001 well the only ones iv eseen have bewen online, maybe i have been seein it wrong then since you say most arnt big eprom + ram. and you know what you are talking about so Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted July 8, 2001 Author Share Posted July 8, 2001 You can see both types here: Small: http://www.msu.edu/user/reicher6/2600protos/snoopy.htm Large: http://www.msu.edu/user/reicher6/2600protos/klax.htm Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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