Family time is good in small doses. No doubt that Narc needs some tlc. So does that Battlezone! I wanna play that game so bad. I don't plan on keeping that TP. I was gonna convert that cab to a phoenix, but a local guy has a pretty decent dedicated Phoenix he wants to sell me. If the price is right, i'll buy that and turn the TP to a pleiades like I originally intended. If those high score saves would work on those boards I'd be down for sure!
I'll have to look them up and see what RAM is on those boards.
I'll also have to compare the codes for the games that already have hacked HSS roms and see what's going on with them... I believe it's just a matter of telling the games not to erase the RAM on startup... not sure. I'll check.
And that BattleZone might not ever end up in the arcade... IF I can't get it home, I'll have to see if I can drag it into the back room (the one that's blocked behind the wall where Paperboy is) and work on it in there. IF I get it up and going while it's still at the arcade... I might put it in there for a couple of months if Jason is alright with that while I work on finding a way to get it back to my house. ... It's going to be cramped because if that's the case, then the TMNT cabinet is going to end up in there too... and it's not a big room by any stretch of the imagination. But, it's not like I'm not used to being crowded out by machines since I have to walk through a maze of cabinets and parts just to get to bed at night and out of bed every morning.
I just REALLY hate the idea of running BZ up there on since it would be on for 12+ hours a day sometimes. TMNT I could run on there and just get a Simpson board for it while I work on getting the artwork and everything ready to sell it to my friend. Plus it would save me the trouble of moving it in my house (it was a nightmare just to get the Main Event cabinet in here... I couldn't imagine the hell it would be to get a 4 player cab like TMNT in here.).
Completely off topic, but it's your thread, so I don't think you'd mind. But I should be finishing up getting this place straightend up today... after I get the extra fish tank and stand out of here, I should be able to move everything around and get ALL the machines against a wall (instead of how they are now... I'll probably put up a video of the hell I have to put up with when I get all the parts cleaned up)... when you enter the room now, you run a gambit on arcade machines. BUT, after it's cleaned up, you're more than welcome to stop by and play anything you want. I don't have much right now, but a little Galaga, Ms. Pac, Robotron, Rush n Attack, Ice Cold Beer, and Golden Tee (uggggggggg lol), can go a long way. Heads up though, Robotron's ROM board cable is finally giving out on me... I have a replacement here so I can probably get that installed next week and she'll be rock solid (assuming the replacement cable is good). She plays fine with the cable is juuust right, but if you get carried away and jiggle the machine a little, you never know what's going to happen. But, it's free... so you can't really complain!
Anywho, I hope I can figure something out on the TimePilot board... if it's mostly playing then that's half the fight right there, but like Matt said, it's probably not just an eprom issue.