Asteroids "Wraparound Roms" anybody got these??

From: <MKDUD_at_aol.com>
Date: Fri Feb 05 1999 - 10:42:18 EST

In a message dated 2/4/99 8:48:52 PM Eastern Standard Time, Mowerman@erols.com
writes:

<< V2 #5
 
 Atari Asteroids E-Prom Kit
 
 Players incresed skill levels may cause excessive game times. If you have
 this problem, Atari has a solution. You may purchase an E-PROM kit which
 will:
 
 1) Allow small saucer to use wrap-around feature,
 2) Allow small saucer to fire immediately when entering the playing area,
 and
 3) Prevent the intermittent loss of 3rd initial on 10th highest score.
 
 There are 2 special part numbers depending upon which dash number ROM is
 currently in the game:
 
 ROM in PCB E-PROMS Kit P/N Description Parts Replaced
 
 -01 08-0303009 035127-02 035127-01
                                                      035143-02
 035143-01
                                                      034144-04E
 035144-01
                                                      034145-04E
 035145-01
 
 -02 08-0303008 035144-04E 035144-02
                                                      035145-04E
 035145-02
>>

     I (like many other guys who grew up playing Asteroids) used to tear up
Asteroids machines with the original roms by using the "lurking" or "cruising"
strategy of hunting Beaver (the little 1000 pt UFO). I used to play for hours,
and have so many extra guys built up that I could take 15-20 min breaks and
still come back to my game. It would be great to have the "Wraparound Roms"
described above, these would make this "strategy" or cheat, very difficult to
use. Does anybody have a working set of the above roms? Please let me know,
I'd love to get the images, or buy them from somebody.

Thanks Very Much,
Michael Kelley
Received on Fri Feb 5 09:43:09 1999

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