mjenison
Well-known member
Hi all,
Souzilla sent me the Pole Position free play hack he had been working on but had not completed so I could take a crack at it.
The version I came up with is less feature rich than what I think souzilla had in mind.
Three EPROMs need to be replaced (unfortunately, single instructions were actually split across two EPROMS in some of the Pole Position roms).
The main "Pole Position" text screen shows "FREE PLAY' just like normal in the lower right corner.
In attract mode, "SHIFT TO START" flashes at the bottom of the screen. Moving the shifter starts the game (doesn't care whether H to L or L to H, as long as it changes).
Looking for a tester with an EPROM burner, some EPROMs and a Pole Position running the Atari version (synonymous with MAME's polepos1 EPROMS). Provided it tests out fine, will apply it other versions of Pole Position provided i have testers for those versions as well.
Lastly, and maybe most interesting, I'll be looking into how difficult it would be to write a program that would allow you to put custom billboard images into your Pole Position ROMs.
Souzilla sent me the Pole Position free play hack he had been working on but had not completed so I could take a crack at it.
The version I came up with is less feature rich than what I think souzilla had in mind.
Three EPROMs need to be replaced (unfortunately, single instructions were actually split across two EPROMS in some of the Pole Position roms).
The main "Pole Position" text screen shows "FREE PLAY' just like normal in the lower right corner.
In attract mode, "SHIFT TO START" flashes at the bottom of the screen. Moving the shifter starts the game (doesn't care whether H to L or L to H, as long as it changes).
Looking for a tester with an EPROM burner, some EPROMs and a Pole Position running the Atari version (synonymous with MAME's polepos1 EPROMS). Provided it tests out fine, will apply it other versions of Pole Position provided i have testers for those versions as well.
Lastly, and maybe most interesting, I'll be looking into how difficult it would be to write a program that would allow you to put custom billboard images into your Pole Position ROMs.


