Asteroids HS entry: does your do this?

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When I put in my initials for a HS in Asteroids, pressing the Rotate Right button decreases the letter from A to Z, then Z to Y, etc. Pressing the Rotate Left increases the letters from A to B, B to C, etc. But this feels backwards to me. Shouldn't pressing the right button make the letters go up the alphabet, and left go down?

And during gameplay, Rotate Right does indeed rotate the ship to the right, clockwise, so my buttons aren't wired wrong. Do all Asteroids do this?

FWIW, the game passes all self tests and the board is unmodified and it is a genuine Atari boardset with factory looking eproms.
 
When I put in my initials for a HS in Asteroids, pressing the Rotate Right button decreases the letter from A to Z, then Z to Y, etc. Pressing the Rotate Left increases the letters from A to B, B to C, etc. But this feels backwards to me. Shouldn't pressing the right button make the letters go up the alphabet, and left go down?

And during gameplay, Rotate Right does indeed rotate the ship to the right, clockwise, so my buttons aren't wired wrong. Do all Asteroids do this?

FWIW, the game passes all self tests and the board is unmodified and it is a genuine Atari boardset with factory looking eproms.

Yep, my Deluxe does the same thing.
 
Thanks Bro. Just checking that I don't have something weird in my game before I start hacking around on it.
 
Both of my Asteroids/AD do that as well but it's all good as my first intitial is W.:D
 
When I put in my initials for a HS in Asteroids, pressing the Rotate Right button decreases the letter from A to Z, then Z to Y, etc. Pressing the Rotate Left increases the letters from A to B, B to C, etc. But this feels backwards to me. Shouldn't pressing the right button make the letters go up the alphabet, and left go down?

And during gameplay, Rotate Right does indeed rotate the ship to the right, clockwise, so my buttons aren't wired wrong. Do all Asteroids do this?

FWIW, the game passes all self tests and the board is unmodified and it is a genuine Atari boardset with factory looking eproms.

Mine does the same thing. It always gets me.
 
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