Re: A quick tempest question

I set my Tempest up like this once. From memory I think it was the top
dip switch bank and the one switch closest to the back door that turns
this mode on. And yes it doesn't keep high scores for this setting but
you can start a game in this mode, change the dip switch setting, and
still save the score in the high scores if you do it in that order before
the game ends.

Greg

On 2002.03.11 15:03 Jonathan Koolpe wrote:
>> Hey guys,
>>
>> I slapped a Tempest board into a machine on sunday and it came up with the
>> ability to start the game at any level (all the way up into the yellow
>> levels)
>>
>> Having been a Tempest owner for many years I wondered that if this is just a
>> dip switch setting why I hadn't set it up like this before. I haven't been
>> keeping up with all the Tempest ROM versions out there soooooo... my
>> question is....
>>
>> Is this a common thing?
>>
>
> Hey a question I can answer:)!
>
> You're board is probably in demo mode, and yes, it is a dipswitch setting.
> In this mode, you can start wherever you like without earning it, but the
> machine will not keep track of high scores (no "fireworks" screen when you
> get a high score, either).
>
> You can also test this by hitting the player one and two start button while
> playing a game. Doing so should rocket you through whatever level you're on
> regardless of how many enemies are remaining. I can't recall offhand if you
> have to hit both buttons simultaneously, or just one or the other...I'm sure
> someone else on the list can answer this definitively.
>
> I recently got a ROM upgrade (thanks, Tom!:)) that allows me to start on any
> level in non-demo mode so the machine still keeps track of my high scores
> (with the "fireworks" screen).
>
> Jonathan
>
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> University of California, San Francisco
> Department of Microbiology & Immunology
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