FreePlay Attract w/ HanglyMan OR SuperABC

Darryl1970

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I purchased a cabaret with Hangly Man, because it is what I played, in multiple venues, growing up. My understanding is that adding high score saves to an original Hangly Man board would be challenging, due to space limitations on the eprom.

Jump forward, I found a SUPER ABC board online. I really like it, but there were three things I didn't care for:

1. Hangly Man was incorrectly named, "Pac-Attack". I took care of this. I used a hex editor to rename "Pac-Attack" to "Hangly Man", and I burnt a new EPROM!

2. Free Play mode cancels attract mode (like the original). Does anybody have a solution to allow an Attract Mode to play when set to "Free Play?" I have added the slick "Coin-up" button, but people do not seem to notice that.

3. High Score tables are not unique per game. I doubt there is a solution for this, without a major overhaul. So, a person playing "Ultra Pac-Man", which scores much higher, is compared to another player on Pac-Man. I guess it doesn't matter too much, since the board allows buy-ins to continue; however, I prefer to compare apples to apples.

4. Does anybody know an easy (hack) way to make my original Hangly-Man board play the attract mode in "Free Play" mode?
 
Coin up

Thanks. I might consider that. I do have the "Easy Coin Up" on there now. Maybe I will start with directions.... I thought about doing something like that. I just really prefer a true "Free Play" with attract mode.

I like the new Pac mod on Highscoresaves.com, especially for online scoreboards. However, I need to keep Hangly in my cabinet. It's also out of stock.

My simple 4-in-1 (in Ms Pac Cabaret) has 5 top scores PER game, and it has true free play. The only downfall is that the high score initial entry doesn't have a timer. So, it could potentially get stuck waiting for initials.

Nothing seems perfect yet. The one above is just Hangly away from being my answer.
 
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