Another Asteroids Board Type Question

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Asteroids Board Type Question

So,

Tonight I began swapping parts from my two asteroids machine to make one nicer machine that I will keep.

The question I have is the revision one board has a daughter board and the later revision board does not.. The daughter card says Rainbow on it....

Is this normal?

Here are pics of both.....

Chris
 

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Got me?? I thought the difference between rev1 and rev2 was a rom. I have not seen an asteroids board like that??
 
That daughtercard isn't Atari; it's aftermarket. Since the ribbon cable appears to be going to C5, I'd guess that it's some sort of speed-up hack.

Alan
 
Yeah, there were all sorts of hacks to speed up Asteroids. Some made the entire game faster, some made the saucers appear more frequently, etc.
 
Yeah, there were all sorts of hacks to speed up Asteroids. Some made the entire game faster, some made the saucers appear more frequently, etc.

Hmm... Nothing appears to be faster, however the small alien ship do appear more often and the game seems harder...

How would I go about removing it to bring it back to stock?

Anything special?

Thanks,

Chris
 
Mine has a daughtercard on it:

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I was told it's a speed hack as well, mine has the two wire jumpers on it but they are not connected back to the board, so no difference in speed and I'm not good enough yet to need that anyhow. :)
 
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