| Arcadian Articles FAQ By Adam Trionfo This is not a FAQ or an index: this is NOT a complete reference (it now covers volumes 5-7). This is an overview of some of contents and articles, but not programs, that are in volumes five through seven (and some from volume four). Do not consider this all-inclusive; it is not. It is a guide that I use for personal reference only, and should be treated as such. The Arcadian has far more information than is cataloged here, so don't be afraid to dig in and get your hands dirty. |
| Arcadian Issues FAQ By Adam Trionfo The "Arcadian" was edited and published by Robert Fabris in San Jose, California from November 6, 1978 until August 15, 1986 (though there are a few one or two page "pre-cursor" newsletters). Currently this FAQ lists dates of publication for all issues of the "Arcadian" newsletter for the Bally Professional Arcade (more commonly known as the Astrocade). This list is helpful for those collecting all of the issues. |
| Arcadian Mailing Lists FAQ By Paul Thacker This is a short FAQ with two spreadsheet files with cumulative statistics about Arcadian subscribers. It's more interesting than you think. |
| Astrocade BIOS Comparision FAQ By Adam Trionfo This is a comparison of the two Astrocade BIOS that have been dumped so far. These two ROM BIOS have nicknames: 3159 ROM and White ROM. There are forty-one bytes that are different between the two. They are listed here with brief comments followed by excerpts from the 3159 ROM Listing to give greater detail. |
| Astrocade MESS Emulation Keyboard Mapping FAQ By Adam Trionfo On the front of the Bally Astrocade console is a 24-key calculator-style keypad for use with the built in games, cartridges, and most importantly, BASIC. Emulation of this keypad works correctly with the MESS Bally Astrocade emulator, but it isn't easy to use, and must be figured out through trial and error (since MESS comes with no Astrocade documentation). This FAQ will show you how to correctly use the PCs keyboard to emulate the Astrocade. |
| Astrocade Newsletter Programs FAQ By Adam Trionfo A listing of most of the programs that were printed in the three Astrocade newsletters: Niagara B.U.G. Bulletin, Cursor/BASIC Express, and the Arcadian. This list needs some serious looking over, but it's a start... |
| Astrocade Public Domain Programs FAQ By Adam Trionfo All of the programs in this document have been given PD release by the software author or those people that owned the rights to distribute the program (in the case of Spectre). This software can be legally uploaded and downloaded and made available, in any form, on the Internet or any other distributable media (i.e. floppy disk, paper listing, CD-ROM). Includes about eighty programs that were released on tape, plus another hundred that were published in the Arcadian. I need feedback from readers on this. (Note that this list is in need of an update, as some additional programs have entered the public domain since its inception.) |
| Bally Astrocade Cartridge Technical Information FAQ By Ward Shrake Pinout of the Bally Astrocade cartridge port and pinouts of various ROM and EPROM chips. |
| Bally/Astrocade FAQ By Adam Trionfo and Lance F. Squire This is a general system FAQ about the Bally Astrocade. It includes information about the system and its hardware. This text FAQ was originally created by Lance F. Squire on June 3, 1995 and was last updated by him on November 24, 1996. Lance no longer maintains a text version of this FAQ, but he does have an html version that is quite different from this document. These two FAQs supplement each other- read them both for a full understanding of the Bally Astrocade |
| Bally-Astrocade Game Cartridge and Hardware FAQ By Adam Trionfo and Mike White Using the Astrocade newsletters and over twenty years of experience with the Astrocade, Michael White, over the summer of 2001, created a comprehensive list of cartridges. The listing was a printout, the original file having been written on an actual Astrocade using a word processor. Adam Trionfo and Mike worked together on this reorganization of the listing, making this information available via the seventh edition of the Digital Press Collector's Guide in 2002. In June of 2003 this information has been made available via this FAQ so that anyone with a curiosity about the Bally Astrocade can find out more about it. This is the information that Mike White and I have in the 7'th edition of the Digital Press Collectors Guide. |
| The Bally Astrocade Hardware Guide: Plans, Prototypes and Production FAQ By Michael White Mike quickly realized that a list-type format was not good enough to make this guide comprehensive, as the hardware items evolved with time; even the Arcade itself underwent several changes during its history! So a HISTORY of each item was called for incorporating all references to the classic newsletters. |
| Bally Professional Arcade Video Hardware FAQ By Tony Miller Description of the Bally Professional Arcade Video Hardware and Associated Coin-Operated Hardware. This description of how the BPA video hardware works was produced in an effort to dispel the rumor that a Bally Professional Arcade (BPA) can display commercial resolution video. |
| Bally Technical Info (Cartridge Port) By Ward Shrake, with some info from Jay Tilton This text is a collection of technical info that may be useful to people either dumping ROM carts or trying to make a Bally Astrocade software emulation system. It only discusses cartridge port pinouts and the like; it does not attempt to go any deeper into the Bally hardware than that. |
| List of Astrocade and Arcadia 2001 Multicart Owners By Ward Shrake This is the final listing of the original owners of the hand-made multicarts which Ward Shrake once sold, for two 1980's video game systems: the Bally Astrocade and the Emerson Arcadia. Neither "production run" went over 50 total assembled cartridges. What is out there now, is all that will ever be made by Ward. (August 17, 2005) |
| Tape Programs Listing and Database FAQ By Michael White This archive contains four files: an introduction (that you really should read to understand the listing), a tape software listing (76 pages), a tape vender listing (3 pages) and the database in Access 2000 format. This listing is quite amazing! The PDF file is searchable, so give it a spin; I bet that you will be shocked by how comprehensive that it is. This listing took over a year to complete, and it really shows! |
