Picked up a Nibbler

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I picked up this really nice Nibbler . I have a question , the Nibbler version in Mame has background music when you play the game but this Nibbler I got doesn't have the background music . Any Nibbler experts know whats the deal with the background music .









 
My recollection is from the one I used to own is no, it just makes the eating dots sound. You might PM Herbertsmart, he is the one that owns it now...
 
Supposedly it only plays the music if the ROM with the music code is in place, but the few Nibblers I've seen never had the background music. I see at least one socket on your board with no ROM in it, perhaps that's the one? (just guessing)
 
Cool , thanks ! Good to know its not having a sound issue .
 
That is a nice looking Rockola, I've never seen one that clean in person.
 
That is one clean looking game... side art looks nice and all. Too bad MAME is the only place where the Nibbler background music is played. That's one of the best parts of the game!
 
That is one clean looking game... side art looks nice and all. Too bad MAME is the only place where the Nibbler background music is played. That's one of the best parts of the game!

Yeah I wish it had the music . The more sounds in the gameroom the better .
 
Supposedly it only plays the music if the ROM with the music code is in place, but the few Nibblers I've seen never had the background music. I see at least one socket on your board with no ROM in it, perhaps that's the one? (just guessing)

So this is correct. The socket IC51 is the socket that needs populated with the right ROM to make the music play. My board came with no chip there and while troubleshooting another issue I noticed that chip in the schematic and looked like it should have music. I burned the g-0959-43.ic51 file from MAME to a 2716 and SHAZAM I now have music I wish I had never added ;-)

-Ken
 
If it's any consolation, it only plays the music until wave 14 (at least in MAME)
 
nice to see a scumbum thread.

he is long gone.


didn't put a huge thread out there, just said adios to all the parted games around here. said he is in the wrong place.
 
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