Version 2.0 of the 4-in-1 Pac mod has been posted

I could not get it to work in the eprom socket so it needs to be wired to the 2114 ram.
It is a pain if you are soldering the wires directly, but not bad if you make an adapter.

Thanks for all your work on this.

Any luck with getting the NVRAM working?
 
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I could not get it to work in the eprom socket so it needs to be wires to the 2114 ram.
It is a pain if you are soldering the wires directly, but not bad if you make an adapter.

I dont mind building an adapter...
 
I added a couple of photos of what a good adapter might look like courtesy of Slava Madrit
 
Awesome job getting this working... I have to fix my spare pac board and give this mod a shot!
 
Very nicely done.

I've been thinking about doing this for a while now (paranoid about hacking my only Pac board)... but an independent, battery backed, HS table for each game? Can't pass that up... gotsta order me in some eproms now (since I amazingly have ZERO 27020's and 27128's)... and some perf boards... header pins... etc etc. Well worth it though.

When you say FP w/ Attract mode... what does the attract mode look like on these? Does it cycle between Pac and Ms. Pac attract modes or something? Screen saver? etc etc?

Very nicely done! (yeah... I said it twice!)

EDIT: Do you have any close up shots of the adapter?

EDIT: What is the cheat on these games? Is there any way I could disable it (noop a line here and there?).
 
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1. Freeplay/coin-up with attract mode means it does not go to the "press start button" screen. It just keeps running the attract mode while you insert coins or while it is on freeplay.

2. send me an email at [email protected] and I will send you the close ups

3. Currently you can not disable the cheats.

Very nicely done.

I've been thinking about doing this for a while now (paranoid about hacking my only Pac board)... but an independent, battery backed, HS table for each game? Can't pass that up... gotsta order me in some eproms now (since I amazingly have ZERO 27020's and 27128's)... and some perf boards... header pins... etc etc. Well worth it though.

When you say FP w/ Attract mode... what does the attract mode look like on these? Does it cycle between Pac and Ms. Pac attract modes or something? Screen saver? etc etc?

Very nicely done! (yeah... I said it twice!)

EDIT: Do you have any close up shots of the adapter?

EDIT: What is the cheat on these games? Is there any way I could disable it (noop a line here and there?).
 
If this has cheats that can't be disabled, can you explain the cheats (what they are, what triggers them, etc)?
 
If you press Player 1 Start Pacman will go through the ghosts. On the slow version if you press Player 2 Start Pacman speeds up
 
The next version could have the ability to turn them off, but I don't mind them so I would not spend the time. If you don't want to use the cheats then just don't press either of the start buttons
 
The next version could have the ability to turn them off, but I don't mind them so I would not spend the time. If you don't want to use the cheats then just don't press either of the start buttons

I would say that the cheats didn't matter before high score saves. Now that the scores are saved, you might be more concerned about them being legit... Maybe if someone cheats, it won't save their score? :D
 
I appreciate the kind words and great suggestions. Here is how I tend to operate.
I do these mods because I find them interesting and mostly for my own education.
I do not charge for any of these because I want to contribute to the community.

That being said I design these mods how I find them most interesting (which is not always the most popular). It's ok if some people have a differing opinion on how these things should work, you can't please everyone. I don't have a lot of spare time to work onthis stuff, I do it when I can. Any enhancements that I make are generally because I think it is a good idea and I find it interesting. Any additional mods that people would like but I don't find particulary useful (for myself, not others) will go on a list.

How do I decide the order of the list? Very simple
1. I find it intersting and would like to see it done
2. Someone sends in the suggestion with a small donation
3. It doesn't get done

However don't let this deter people from making suggestions, that is how this mode got changed from 10 characters to just initials. :)
 
I appreciate the kind words and great suggestions. Here is how I tend to operate.
I do these mods because I find them interesting and mostly for my own education.
I do not charge for any of these because I want to contribute to the community.

That being said I design these mods how I find them most interesting (which is not always the most popular). It's ok if some people have a differing opinion on how these things should work, you can't please everyone. I don't have a lot of spare time to work onthis stuff, I do it when I can. Any enhancements that I make are generally because I think it is a good idea and I find it interesting. Any additional mods that people would like but I don't find particulary useful (for myself, not others) will go on a list.

How do I decide the order of the list? Very simple
1. I find it intersting and would like to see it done
2. Someone sends in the suggestion with a small donation
3. It doesn't get done

However don't let this deter people from making suggestions, that is how this mode got changed from 10 characters to just initials. :)

After I get the kit installed and going and play with it a little, I'll be make'ng donations and suggestions, that's for sure. If all the inputs are the same as the regular Pac and Ms. Pac, I'll probably just dig through the source (if that's alright?) and just disable the cheats for me... they're just too tempiting. :eek:
 
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