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Vector monitor

Hans Osvoll's vector monitor cross-reference guide:

Vector Monitor Database

R/A pcb & power xfmr

Identify the different versions of Atari regulator/audio boards & power transformers (courtesy, Elektron Forge):

Reg/Audio & Transformer Guides

ER-2055

Identify which high score save chip your Atari game uses:

High Score Save Reference

...one giant leap for mankind.
 

 

Lunar Lander screenshot

Atari's 1st XY Game: Lunar Lander

 

KLOV ENTRY: LUNAR LANDER

 

Battlezone screenshot

Here's how Owen Rubin, creator of Major Havoc and many other Atari games added his 25¢ to Battlezone:

"I shared a lab at Atari with Ed Rotberg, who was working on Battlezone in 1980. I kept pestering him about the volcano in the backdrop, asking him when he was going to add code to make it erupt. Ed's response was, "I'm trying to make a game here! I don't have time for that" or something along those lines. But I kept at him. Finally, he told me, "Look. If you want the volcano to erupt, write the damn code yourself!" So I did :)"

Battlezone volcano (animated)

Visit: The World of Owen R. Rubin

The Final Vector
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TomCat screenshots

 Atari's Last XY Game: TomCat

 

KLOV ENTRY: NONE

Pictures taken right before closing of the Atari Games facility in Milpitas (courtesy Scott Evans):

Trip to Atari

Scott's site: Atari Games Museum

Amplifone logo

Invaluable Amplifone resource, and highly recommended reading if you own an Amplifone monitor:  

Michael Kelley's Amplifone FAQ

Army Battlezone
 

 

Bradley Trainer screenshot


 Bradley Trainer: |INFO| |VIDEO|

 

KLOV ENTRY: BRADLEY TRAINER

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 The Atari vector page on Jess Askey's site, GameArchive, has a wealth of Atari vector-related information and links.  FACTOID: Jess took it upon himself to do the arduous but amazingly cool 'Return to Vaxx' hack that implements speech support for Major Havoc.  Speech circuitry exists on Major Havoc pcbs but the parts for that circuit were left off (i.e. you'll have to populate that area to utilize the hack).  During the space station phases of the game, when the reactor timer hits 10 seconds left you'll hear "WARNING", and you'll also hear "THREE... TWO... ONE" right before the space station explodes (hopefully you won't be cutting it that close though).

GameArchive's: Atari Vector Game Page

 

 

Patrick Cooke (Moderator "Mongo" on the KLOV forums) has written the "Simple Sega G80 Vector Mods" guide which details how to upgrade the Electrohome G08 series color vector monitors that were used in the following Sega vector games: Cosmic Chasm, Eliminator, Space Fury, Star Trek, Tac/Scan and Zektor.  The guide is written in an easy to follow format, and Pat used a lot of pictures throughout the guide to help make the mods very easy to understand and implement.

Patrick Cooke's: Simple Sega G80 Vector Mods

 

 

MORE VECTOR-RELATED MONITOR & GAME FAQS:

Wells-Gardner 6100 Vector Monitor FAQ and Guide V. 1.1

The Black & White Vector Monitor FAQ and Guide V. 1.2

Black & White Vector Monitor Transistor X-Reference

Atari Vector Monitor Repair/Upgrade INDEX V6.3

LV2000 - WG6100 Low Voltage Retrofit Guide

Asteroids Troubleshooting Encyclopedia

Star Wars Troubleshooting Guide

 


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