Asteroids Deluxe EPROM code differences?

LongJohns

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Hi,

Ok, just wondering what are the game play differences?

astdelux - looks like the 'easy' set.
astdelux1 - seems to be the original hard version but J1 differs between this set and astdelux2.
astdelux2 - only J1 different from astdelux1 set.

Thanks
 
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Revision 2 is the "easier" version. The first two versions are real tough. I think a "Death Star" shows up in the first wave of the easier version and doesn't show until wave two on the harder versions. But in terms of gameplay, wave 2-3 on the harder version is equavalent to about wave 5-6 on the easier version. The game speeds up real fast on the harder, original version.
HS on hard version is 29,000
HS on easy version is 59,000
I suspect that Atari didn't want players to sit on an AD machine for hours on one quarter like what started to happen with Asterods games BITD.
 
Thank you for your reply, just found that 'upgrade' sheet and noticed that the MAME file name are the part numbers. ;)

So all is good now... ;)

Thanks again for the effort.
 
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