Rock-Ola SURVIVAL pcb found, thanks thegleek for your sweet google skills

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Rock-Ola SURVIVAL pcb found, thanks thegleek for your sweet google skills

Was looking online and couldn't find anything. The top and bottom boards say:

PACEL-001A
PACEL-001B

The readable labels on the roms say: G959-33A46, G959-34A47, G959-38A51

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I thought I did google that, lol. What I googled was Rock-Ola PACEL-001A and nothing came up. Maybe because of the dash I put between the Rockola.

Geez, this must be redonkulously rare. I cant find one pic of this pcb or the cabinet.
 
I thought I did google that, lol. What I googled was Rock-Ola PACEL-001A and nothing came up. Maybe because of the dash I put between the Rockola.

Geez, this must be redonkulously rare. I cant find one pic of this pcb or the cabinet.

I'll give you $50 USD cash for the pcb (including S&H), now! hurry! limited time offer only! :)
 
yer right though, only a youtube video exists (probably mame) of this game:



^ The gameplay looks like a hack on the Eyes game...

Nothing else exists in the known google world about this game! WTFBBQMATES?!

On a side-note, this rock-ola side art is friggin cool:

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Guy, you see you? See how you are? Thats way too generous an offer, I couldn't, I'd feel terrible :)

Maybe one day we'll see eye-2-eye. My offer was generous on the basis that the pcb wasn't tested (maybe roms are different game) and the pcb could be dead? I was taking all the risk here sir. you know i got yer back! :)
 
.....Neat!

Looks like some incorrect info described:

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Name: Survival
Manufacturer: Rock-Ola Mfg. Corp.
Year: 1982
Type: Videogame
Class: Wide Release
Genre: Labyrinth/Maze
Monitor:

Orientation: Horizontal
Type: Raster: Standard Resolution
CRT: Color
Conversion Class: unique
Game Specific: Survival Pinout
Number of Simultaneous Players: 1
Maximum number of Players: 2
Gameplay: Alternating
Control Panel Layout: Single Player
Controls:

Joystick: 4-way (up, down, left, right)
Buttons: 1 [Zap]
Sound: Amplified Mono (one channel)

Cabinet Styles:

Upright/Standard

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My guess from looks of video is actually vertical and definitely 8-way stick. Also found this interesting snippet from manual:

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Cool find....and paging Mr. CraftyMech! ;)


-GackAttack
 

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Guys, I created a jamma adapter according to the pinout given on KLOV, and nada, nothing......not even a blip. Changed the Z80 and still nothing.
 
Video ground doesnt show on the pinout, is a video ground always needed?

No. It looks like it's tied into the common ground on this game. Check the wiring diagram in the manual to see how it's hooked up.

Having built a bunch of adapters, I don't recommend using the text pinouts. They're always incomplete in some way, like missing the cocktail jumper, 2P controls, etc. I usually go to the schematics (when available), but even those are sometimes missing things.
 
Sooooooo close to getting her up and running. Such a rare Rockola pcb. Since I found the pcb, I also acquired the marquee.

It's booting to this screen, telling me to replace ROM 3, but which one is ROM 3?

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The 3rd one. :)

Nice work, Gleek. That's a rare bird for sure.

Cossack will assure its.......Survival. Sorry.
 
The control panel layout and art, side art, and bezel art still remain a mystery on this elusive game.

Does anyone have any further information on it?
 
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