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Asteroids upright - tones when blowing things up instead of crash sounds
I bought my first machine this week, my favorite of all time: Asteroids. After two days the PCB crapped out and I bought a replacement PCB which worked fine, except:
When you blow up a rock or an alien ship it makes a musical tone. When you thrust to fly your ship there is no sound. Every time I've ever played Asteroids there's a crashing / splashing sound when you hit things.
This board is not identical to the one it replaced. There is a small red jumper wire connected to the bottom of the board. It also has an extra DIP switch block with four switches. Wonder if those control the sounds? (Maybe not, I found a link that says that block is not used)
Is there a way to get the "normal" sounds with this replacement board? i.e. DIP switch settings, steal some EPROMS from the bad board, etc.?
I bought my first machine this week, my favorite of all time: Asteroids. After two days the PCB crapped out and I bought a replacement PCB which worked fine, except:
When you blow up a rock or an alien ship it makes a musical tone. When you thrust to fly your ship there is no sound. Every time I've ever played Asteroids there's a crashing / splashing sound when you hit things.
This board is not identical to the one it replaced. There is a small red jumper wire connected to the bottom of the board. It also has an extra DIP switch block with four switches. Wonder if those control the sounds? (Maybe not, I found a link that says that block is not used)
Is there a way to get the "normal" sounds with this replacement board? i.e. DIP switch settings, steal some EPROMS from the bad board, etc.?
