Possible to convert Super Cobra to anteater?

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Does anyone know if it's possible to convert a Super Cobra PCB to Anteater, and if so where can I find info on how to do it? The boards look almost identicle and I've read a few people in other threads mention that it's possible without going into details. I might be able to compare schematics if I can find the Anteater manual for download somewhere, KLOV doesn't have it.
 
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Two of my 3 Anteater boards are actually hacked Super Cobra boardsets, so yes, it is definitely possible since that's the hardware it runs on. Swap some chips and hack up the board with a few dozen wires and you'll be all good to go ;)

By the by, have you looked for the schematics of both games online to be able to do a comparison?
 
Two of my 3 Anteater boards are actually hacked Super Cobra boardsets, so yes, it is definitely possible since that's the hardware it runs on. Swap some chips and hack up the board with a few dozen wires and you'll be all good to go ;)

By the by, have you looked for the schematics of both games online to be able to do a comparison?

I've got Super Cobra but I haven't been able to find any manuals/schematics for Anteater online, do you know where one is? The closest I've found thus far is a Tago kit manual but that doesn't have the schematics.
 
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Anteater is a pretty serious address remap hack... security through obfuscation (although the terrible MAME driver doesn't help things -- guess whoever wrote it didn't realize the 8255s were mirrored).

I doubt Tago published schematics since they didn't want their work to be copied trivially.
 
Wow AWESOME find dude! Have you put it in a cab yet? Pics please! :D

Yeah I put it in a Stern cab, and if you check my vaps profile (click the link in the info bar right above this text) you can see pic of it lined up with some of my other cabs. If you're wondering why I went to all that trouble, it's because Anteater just so happens to be my second favourite game behind the glorious and almighty KICK-MAN....
 
Yeah I put it in a Stern cab, and if you check my vaps profile (click the link in the info bar right above this text) you can see pic of it lined up with some of my other cabs. If you're wondering why I went to all that trouble, it's because Anteater just so happens to be my second favourite game behind the glorious and almighty KICK-MAN....

Two favorite games: anteater and kickman? There can be no doubt to your status as a standup fellow.
 
+1

Have you scored 3000+ bonus points on the first round of Anteater? Great game.

My best on round 1 is 3300 (33 ants and ten worms), but round 2 and 3 are much easier to get big bonus points since the ants come that much faster but there's still oodles of time until the spider comes out. I was actually going to go for the record on this game but I just can't handle the lack of time in round 18 and 19 (never seen round 20). So far my high score is 164,880, which is about 75k off of the all-time high score on TG....
 
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