Asteroids Roms (-04E) wanted. Please help!

From: <MKDUD_at_aol.com>
Date: Fri Feb 05 1999 - 23:24:48 EST

I'm posting this again because I don't think my first posting was clear.

Hello,

     I'm looking for Asteroids roms that allowed the small UFO to fire aimed
"wraparound" shots (shots that go off the screen & appear on the other side),
and they also allow the small UFO to shoot as soon as it appears. They are
labeled as follows: 034144-04E, 034145-04E (for revision 1 boards), and
035144-04E, 035145-04E (for revision 2 boards). The roms would be labled as
above, with the "04E" designation on them. I'm hoping somebody's got these, I
don't think they are that rare, and have played MANY Asteroids machines with
these "souped up" roms.
      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 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.

 
     Here is the Atari description for the rom upgrade:

 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.

    I'd love to get these rom images, or roms. If anybody can help, I'd really
appreciate it!

Thanks Very much,

Michael Kelley
Received on Fri Feb 5 22:30:56 1999

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