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author Robbbert <robbbert@users.noreply.github.com>2012-10-28 23:13:32 +0000
committer Robbbert <robbbert@users.noreply.github.com>2012-10-28 23:13:32 +0000
commit64ed1558bb7b7cee87865cb842bfd9a5e2d2d116 (patch)
tree805cf4a3c30d72a6bac46fde9b7a9d133d2c394e /src
parent8da2cad7321883d12e04105738c6ae162baedab1 (diff)
Pennant Fever : fixed slow response. Still Crazy : added workaround notes to enable play.
Diffstat (limited to 'src')
-rw-r--r--src/mame/drivers/s8.c18
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/src/mame/drivers/s8.c b/src/mame/drivers/s8.c
index 874cca64576..9ee0fab3e54 100644
--- a/src/mame/drivers/s8.c
+++ b/src/mame/drivers/s8.c
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
Williams System 8
Only 2 games used this system.
+ The very first time run, the display will show the model number (526 or 543).
+ Press F3 to clear this, then follow instructions below.
- Pennant Fever, which isn't a true pinball, it is a baseball game where you aim
for targets at the top of the playfield, and the players advance towards a
@@ -14,7 +16,7 @@
- Player 1 is 'Visitors'; optional Player 2 is 'Home'
- Press one of L,B,C,V to hit the ball; or comma,period,slash for a home run;
or (F then A) for a Strike; or N,Z for Out.
- - Wait for score to start flashing (this can take minutes, literally)
+ - Wait for score to start flashing
- Press another key, etc
- When you have 3 strikes, you are Out
- When you have 3 Outs, your Innings ends (other player gets a turn)
@@ -24,10 +26,16 @@
- Still Crazy, a novelty game where the playfield is completely vertical. It has
4 flippers and the idea is to get the ball up to the alcohol 'still' before
the 'revenuers' do. The idea didn't catch on, and the game was not officially
- released. 1 player.
+ released. 1 player. The display shows Score and Batch. There is no credit
+ display.
ToDo:
-- Get Still Crazy to work.
+- Get Still Crazy coin-in to register.
+ Workaround:
+ - Start in debug mode, g to run the game, go to memory view and enter credits
+ into location 0x738. (example: 90 gives 90 credits). Quit.
+ - Start in non-debug mode. Press 1 to start, it works fine, apart from the
+ knocker making a lot of noise. Keys to use: A then any key on that row.
************************************************************************************/
@@ -402,7 +410,7 @@ static MACHINE_CONFIG_START( s8, s8_state )
/* basic machine hardware */
MCFG_CPU_ADD("maincpu", M6802, 4000000)
MCFG_CPU_PROGRAM_MAP(s8_main_map)
- MCFG_TIMER_DRIVER_ADD_PERIODIC("irq", s8_state, irq, attotime::from_hz(1000))
+ MCFG_TIMER_DRIVER_ADD_PERIODIC("irq", s8_state, irq, attotime::from_hz(250))
MCFG_MACHINE_RESET_OVERRIDE(s8_state, s8)
/* Video */
@@ -448,7 +456,7 @@ ROM_START(pfevr_p3)
ROM_END
/*----------------------------
-/ Still Crazy (#534) 06/1984
+/ Still Crazy (#543) 06/1984
/-----------------------------*/
ROM_START(stillcra)
ROM_REGION(0x10000, "maincpu", 0)