Miscellaneous Pictures

Astrocade Multicart Titlescreen Astrocade Multicart Titlescreen - This picture was traced to make the multicart picture (which was not used).

Astrocade Name Tag for Bob Fabris Astrocade Name Tag for Bob Fabris

     A name tag created by Astrocade, Inc. for Bob Fabris. This was probably used when he represented the company at various computer shows.
AstroBasic and Blue Ram BASIC Character Size Compare Character Size Comparison

     A comparison between AstroBasic and Blue Ram BASIC's character font.
Check On-Board ROM Program and Result (3159 Configuration) Check On-Board ROM Program

     This is the program (and output) to check the ROM version of a Bally Astrocade. This example console has a "3159" ROM.
Fred Cornet (from the Cursor) Fred Cornet. This is the publisher of the Cursor newsletter (AKA BASIC Express). This picture was developed in January of 1980 and was provided by Brett Bilbrey.

Hello World in AstroBASIC Hello World

An example of typing and running a very short program in AstroBASIC.
Incredible Wizard Ad at Baseball Game Incredible Wizard Ad at Baseball Game

According to an Astrocade press release from June 1982, this was the world's first video game to be projected on a giant screen (25' x 35') at a baseball game. Other than knowing that this is a White Sox game played in Chicago in the Summer of 1982, I don't know who took this picture.

This picture is from the Digital Press CD released in 1997. Thanks to Digital Press for allowing this picture to appear on Bally Alley.
You can visit Digital Press's Facebook page here.
You can visit Digital Press's website here.
Ken Lill and Mike White with White Astrocades Ken Lill and Mike White with White Astrocades

Two people from the early 1980 Astrocade era (and still talking about the Astrocade today). This picture was taken in November 2011. Ken Lill is on the left, and Mike White is on the right.

With this picture, emailed on November 27, 2011, Ken wrote:

"This is the only picture we know in existence of 2 working "whities" at the same time. His he has had since the 80's, mine I've had since October, 2011. I needed to do minor repair to get mine up and running, but it does work. Both came with the FULL top metal sheild. His has survived all of these years with it on. He doesn't use it much now, but he DID use it to write Quadra!"

This picture is quite large (2.4MB), but I didn't want to downgrade it (and get additional JPG artifacting), so I kept it in the original size and format.
Mike White with Friends (July 4'th weekend, 1985)


Mike White with Friends (July 4'th weekend, 1985)
Mike White with Friends (July 4'th weekend, 1985)

The people in order of appearance, from left to right, are: Leroy G. Flamm, Mike White, Don Gladden, and Tim White

A more detailed account of this picture can be read here.
Montana - By Jane Veeder Montana - By Jane Veeder

Mr. Perkins Mr. Perkins

     This is either Clyde or John Perkins (the inventors of the Blue Ram). This picture is circa 1980. It is suspected that this is Clyde because he is John's father.
Smurf - Bally Mockup Smurf Mock Screenshot

     This is a mock screenshot of a possible Bally version of Coleco's Smurf Cartridge created by by Kurt Woloch on February 13, 2006. Included in the zip download is a BMP of this image and a text file that explains this picture in much more detail.
BPA Box Smurf Title-Screen

     This is a cleaned-up 3-color screen made by Lance Squire for use as a title screen-- this is not an Astrocade screenshot. It is normal to click on the picture and to get a smaller view of it, as that was the original screensize.
Ball on Background Vector Animation Routine

     An animation of a ball on the Multicart background screen.

WARPITOUT - By Jane Veeder WARPITOUT - By Jane Veeder