Here you will find miscellaneous hard to find documentation (mostly in Adobe Acrobat format).

Astrocade Bankruptcy	Astrocade Bankruptcy Paperwork - This is the bankruptcy paperwork that Astrocade, Inc. filed in February 1984. It's sixty-three pages.
Bally Professional Arcade Owners Manaul	Bally Professional Arcade Owners Manaul - HTML version.
	Bally BASIC Audio Cassette Interface - This two-page instruction sheet is for the Bally BASIC 300-BAUD audio cassette interface.
Viper 1 and Extended BASIC	Viper 1 and Extended BASIC documentation
Bally Description	Cursor's Bally System Description - Useful manual put out by the Cursor group in the early eighties. It is similar to the Peek n' Poke Manual, but aimed directly at machine lanuage programmer's. Tons of useful, well presented, understandable information. - Added Nov 5, 2000
Bally Subroutines	Bally On-Board ROM Subroutines - Useful manual mentioned in the Peek n' Poke manual. Explains what the on-board ROM routines built into the Astrocade ROM do. This manual was used as a reference for BASIC programmers so that they could save a few bytes when programming. A Hex dump of the Bally 8K ROM is included as well. - Added Nov 10, 2000
Burn-in Tester	Home Video Burn-in Tester (with source) - These are the instructions to use with a piece of hardware (and cartridge?) released in 1980 that allows the Astrocade's hardware to be tested. The source is included. - Added Nov 10, 2000
Service Manual	PA-1 Bally Service Manual - This is the official Bally Service Manual that contains such useful information as System operation, Disassembly, Mother Board Parts List, Layout, Schematic and more. If your Bally is broken and you know have some electronics knowledge, then this should be just what you are looking for. - Added Nov 10, 2000
1) Spectre Docs (pdf) 1) Spectre Docs (text)	Spectre Controller Docs - This is the documentation for the special controller (joystick) used for ICBM Attack. It contains program examples so that the controller can be used from BASIC, plus a letter explaining some problems people have been having regarding the ICBM cartridge. - (PDF added Feb 10, 2001, Text added Sept 16, 2007)
Tid Bits	Slap-Dash Tid-Bits - One Page. These are tid-bits of information from Brett Bilbrey. They originally were included in Russ Perry Jr.'s newsletter Slap Dash. Thanks to Russ for permission to use them here. - Added Mar 5, 2001
CES Trade News	CES Trade News - One Page. CES trade newspaper article on the Astrocade. - Added Mar 5, 2001
Programming Sheets	Astrocade Programming Sheets - Six Pages. Six useful programming sheets.
CES Booth 2501	CES Booth 2501 - One page. Astrovision CES Booth 2501 Ad. - Added Mar 5, 2001
Product Decription	Product Description - Twelve pages. See how the ZGRASS looks compared to released computer systems of the same period. - Added May 4, 2001
R&L 64K RAM Board Docs	R&L 64K RAM Board - Twenty-three pages. The documentation, including minuture schematics, for this monster Astrocade RAM board. - Added May 4, 2001
Bally Cassette to ROM	Cassette Tape to ROM - Two pages. Directions written in 1985 by Leroy Flamm that explain how make a cartridge from a tape program.- Added Aug 20, 2001
Bally BASIC Demo Printout	Bally BASIC Demo Printout - Three pages. This a printout of the Bally BASIC program that is contained in the Bally BASIC Demo cartridge.
Astrocade Memory Expansion	Astrocade Memory Expansion Project - Inexpensive memory upgrade project proposal number two by Mike White, November 2004 (Version 1, was March 2002 and has been deleted). We need feedback on this. Anyone have the will and know-how to build this? - 2 Pages (80K).
RGB Convert	RGB Conversion - Is this from an arcade game? Can this be used with the Astrocade? - 1 Page (64K).
Astrocade Reviews	'Game Player' Tape Reviews (Version 1.21 - March 20, 2006) - Arcadian tape reviews written by Michael Prosise. If you've been trying to learn a little about the Astrocade tapes, then this is the place to start. - 35 Pages (40K).
Ballydip	Bally Multicart Instructions - The actual, printable instruction sheet made for use with Ward Shrake's multicart. See what DIP switch selections access each game. - 1 Page (9K).
Lightpen	Astrocade Light Pen Building Docs - Instructions on how to build a light pen. By Leroy Flamm. - 2 Pages (187K).
About Mike Peace	About Mike Peace - Early 1980's information about who Mike Peace and his one-man band. - 1 Page (108K).
Crimestoppers Tips	Crimestoppers - How to protect programs from being copied. By Mike Skala. - 3 Pages (466K).
Ballycheck	Ballycheck - Information about Ballycheck (AKA Home Video Game Burn-In Tester). By Richard G Belton. - 9 Pages. (1MB).
ICBM Attack Joystick Notes	ICBM Attack Joystick Notes - A few scraps of information about the ICBM Attack joystick, including a rough sketch and what type of POTs it needs. - 1 Page. (23K).
Bally Blue Prints	Astrovision Add-Under Base Blueprints - Four Add-Under blueprints from April 19, 1982. These are zipped pdf files, and they are large (24" x 36"). (1.3K).
Wavemaker Tape Listing	Wavemaker Tape Listing - Lists the twenty Bally and AstroBASIC tapes that Wavemakers released. (410K)
Bally Arcade Patent - 4301503	Bally Professional Arcade Patent - 4301503 - Home Computer and Game Apparatus (Filed May 30, 1978). - (237 pages, 10.7MB)
Bally Arcade Patent - 4475172	Bally Professional Arcade Patent - 4475172 - Home Computer and Game Apparatus (Filed June 18, 1981) - (124 pages, 6.79MB)
RLE Email	RLE Email - Two separate emails from 1996 concerning the new 64K RAM and Printer Interface. This interface never appeared. - (2 pages, 60K)
Mass Impact of Videogame Technology	Mass Impact of Videogame Technology - This is a fifty-page book from 1984 about how videogames have affected technology. It's written by Thomas A. Defanti, the man behind the ZGrass language and the UV-R computer - (25 pages, 1.68K)
George Mose's Letter	George Mose's Letter - A letter that George Moses wrote to Dick Houser on October 28, 1982 that gives brief direction on loading and saving with the Viper RAM expansion using AstroBASIC. - (1 page, 42K)
Great American Jigsaw and Big City Slick Warranty	Warranty Sheet - A very small warranty sheet that was included with Great American Jigsaw and Big City Slick. - (1 page, 36K)
Viper Boards (Schematics)	These were created by Lance F. Squire's father. Lance uploaded these to the Bally Alley Discussion group on January 28, 2007. - (Five JPG images, 1.4MB)
1) Low-High Res Package (Cover Letter) 2) High-Res Package 1 3) High-Res Package 1 - Schematics and Layouts 2) High-Res Package 2	High-Res Upgrade Five packages (documents) created by Michael C. Matte in 1986 to convert an Astrocade to use high-res mode. 1) Cover Letter - This letter gives an overall view of the five packages. 2) Hi-Res Package 1 - Astrocade System Upgrade - Schematics and layouts. (4.2 MB) 3) Hi-Res Package 1 - Astrocade System Upgrade - Zipped PNG files of only schematics and layouts. These are included in the pdf version, but these four files have not been compressed by Acrobat-- so they may be easier to read or print. (5.3 MB) 4) Hi-Res Package 2 - Low/Hight Resolution Modification Procedure - Twenty pages describing what and how to modify the Astrocade motherboard plus wire the RAM board, which contains video and user RAM. (1 MB) 5) Hi-Res Package 3 - Copies of Some Datamax UV-1R Schematicsc - These schematics were used to come up with the Astrocade system upgrade shown in package 1. Comparision of the schematics will show the similarities of the Astrocade upgrade with the Datamax UV-1R. (Not Yet Scanned.) 6) Hi-Res Package 4 - 44K Byte Dynamic RAM Add-On - (Not Yet Scanned.) 7) Hi-Res Package 5 - 12K Byte Static RAM Add-On - (Not Yet Scanned.)
Seawolf II (Parts Catalog and Schematics) Seawolf II (Schematics)	Seawolf II Schematics - The arcade game Seawolf II is, basically, a hi-res Astrocade. Here are the schematics and the parts catalog (which also contains schematics). These may prove useful if you try to upgrade your Astrocade to hi-res (no small task!).