Bally Alley - The Newsletter for Astrocade Users


			What's New
	May 15, 2008 I) Added pictures of the Multi-Cart Demo Unit by Bally Mfg. Corp. Allows input of eight game cartridges and offers the option to switch and play any of them or automatically cycle through them. Used by dealers for demo purposes. Pictures of Multi-Cart Demo Unit February 22, 2008 I) Added alternate version of instructions for John Conway's Game of Life by Richard C. Degler. John Conway's Game of Life Instructions February 10, 2008 I) Added eighteen press releases from Astrocade, Inc. 1) Ad Campaign - Astrocade kicks off $12 million ad campaign, Baseball game promos. 2) Artillery Duel - Astrocade introduces "Artillery Duel" video game at CES. 3) Astrocade, Inc. Backgrounder - Brief and general background history about Astrocade, Inc. 4) Bowling - Astrocade unveils Bowling video game cartridge at CES. 5) Comiskey Park - Giant video games to invade Comiskey Park Tuesday. 6) Conan - Astrocade introduces Conan video game cartridge at CES. 7) Cosmic Raiders - Cosmic Raiders announcement. 8) Creative Crayon: Technical Description - Technical description of the Creative Crayon cartridge. 9) Creative Crayon - Creative Crayon announcement. 10) Incredible Wizard Contest - Astrocade's "Incredible Wizard" contest running at CES. 11) Incredible Wizard - The Incredible Wizard announcement. 12) Music Maker - Music Maker announcement. 13) Patent Infringement - Astrocade sues Atari and Commodore for patent infringements. 14) Pirate's Chase - Pirate's Chase announcement. 15) Soccer - Astrocade unveils Soccer/Dribbling video game cartridge at CES. 16) Solar Conqueror - Solar Conqueror announcement. 17) ZGRASS-100: Technical Description - Technical description about the ZGRASS-100 Add-Under. 18) ZGRASS-100 - Astrocade unveils ZGRASS-100 Personal Computer Add-Under at CES. Press Releases II) Added Color BASIC ROM An updated BASIC featuring 32 colors. This cartridge was never released. This ROM is from a prototype. No documentation is available for this program; we are not even sure how to access more colors. Here are some hints for those that want to try. Use the original BASIC overlay. Now Word + ERASE gives you the COLOR keyword and Word + SPACE gives you the CLINE keyword. Can you figure how to get some color out of this version of BASIC? Color BASIC January 19, 2008 I) Updated the Magazine and Newspaper Article Area This area was in disarray. Nothing was in alphabetical order, no authors were mentioned, and there was no summary of the articles. I've fixed that. Magazine and Newspaper Article Area II) Added a Magazine Article called Astrocade: One More Time By Mark Borwnstein from Video Games, June 1983. This is not a review of the Astrocade console; it's an overview of the system. It covers both the history and the current situation. In 1983 this would have been very helpful to Astrocade owners that were in the dark. It even mentions rare (released) hardware items like the Blue Ram expansion (which I've never seen mentioned in mainstream press elsewhere). Astrocade: One More Time By Mark Borwnstein (Color Version, 1.35MB) Astrocade: One More Time By Mark Borwnstein (B&W Version, 612K) III) Added a Magazine Article called Game Workout - Astrocade By Michael Blanchet From Electronic Fun with Computers & Games, January 1983 This is a review of the Astrocade console. Included are some screenshots of unreleased games. Game Workout - Astrocade By Michael Blanchet (Color Version, 3.9MB) Game Workout - Astrocade By Michael Blanchet (B&W Version, 847K) IV) Added a Magazine Article called Test Lab: Astro Professional Arcade By Henry B. Cohen From Electronic Games, June 1982 An Astrocade console review that contains a screenshot of an unreleased game (Coloring Book). Test Lab: Astro Professional Arcade By Henry B. Cohen (Color Version, 3.2MB) Test Lab: Astro Professional Arcade By Henry B. Cohen (B&W Version, 244K) January 18, 2008 I) Added ten Astrocade-style cartridge manuals. 1) 280 ZZZap / Dodgem (#2001) 2) Artillery Duel (#5005) 3) Bally Pin (#3005) 4) Biorhythm (#4004) 5) Brickyard / Clowns (#2004) 6) Dog Patch (#2010) 7) Grand Prix / Demolition Derby (#2014) 8) Pirate's Chase (#2015) 9) Solar Conqueror (#2018) 10) Tornado Baseball / Tennis / Handball / Hockey (#3001) Astrocade-Stle Cartridge Manuals II) Added alternate version of the AstroBASIC manual. This is the second version of the manual. I'm not sure what the differences are, but there are a few. It fixes some mistakes in the first manual, but introduces a few of its own. AstroBASIC manual (Alternative version) III) Updated the AstroBASIC Manual that was already online. This is the first version of the manual. The first scan, from 2000, had low-resolution scans of the color pictures, plus the inside pictures that were color were scanned in B&W; this has been fixed. AstroBASIC manual (Updated Version) IV) Added Life and Nuke the @&#%$* manual for the tape games by Jay Fenton. Life and Nuke the @&#%$* Manual January 7, 2008 I) Added Color Picker by Michael Garber. A helpful tool/demo. Choose a background color using the knob and get its corresponding hex number for the Astrocade. This program runs as a cartridge. Color Picker Assembler Source-Code II) Added Winter/Spring 1984 issue of The Sourcebook A great Astrocade catalog that attempted to contain everything that existed for the Astrocade. 114 Pages (15.5MB) Winter/Spring 1984 issue of The Sourcebook III) Added prototype version of Solar Conqueror cartridge by Astrocade Inc. An early version of Solor Conqueror. This game is 8K. Solor Conqueror [Prototype] IV) Added the Astrocade version of the Goldfish Demo (1982) by The Bit Fiddlers. Seven goldfish swim around a fishtank, a clock runs, and a cat meows every minute. An example of a smooth machine language program. Goldfish Demo December 28, 2007 I) Added Hi-Res Package 1 - Schematics and layouts. (4.2MB) Schematics and layouts II) Added Zipped PNG files of only schematics and layouts from Hi-Res Package 1. 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) Schematics and layouts III) Added Hi-Res Package 2 - Low/High Resolution Modification Procedure. (1MB) Describes what and how to modify the Astrocade motherboard plus wire the RAM board, which contains video and user RAM. Low/High Resolution Modification Procedure IV) Added Parts Catalog and Schematics for Seawolf II Seawolf II is, basically, a hi-res Astrocade. These are the schematics and the parts catalog (which also contains schematics). Sea Wolf II Schematics Sea Wolf II Parts Catalog (with schematics) December 27, 2007 I) Added Astrocade Bankruptcy Paperwork This is the bankruptcy paperwork that Astrocade, Inc. filed in February 1984. It's sixty-three pages. Astrocade Bankruptcy Paperwork II) Added General History of Astrocade, Inc. Article This general history of Astrocade, Inc. is an excerpt from the Astrocade, Inc. bankruptcy plans filed on February 10, 1984 in Southern District of Ohio, Eastern Division. The case number is 2-82-04677. (Added December 27, 2007) General History of Astrocade, Inc. December 26, 2007 I) Added Low/High Res Package (Cover Letter) A cover letter that discusses the five packages created by Michael C. Matte in 1986 to convert an astrocade to use high-res mode. This letter gives an overall view of the packages (which have not been scanned yet). Low/High Res Package (Cover Letter) December 17, 2007 I) Added "Accurately Dumping an Astrocade ROM" This article descibes how to dump the Astrocade ROM using only an Astrocade and software (no EPROM/ROM reader needed). This technique can be used to archive versions of the Astrocade ROM that have not been dumped or for dumping the ROM for use with an Astrocade emulator (such as MESS). Accurately Dumping an Astrocade ROM Article December 16, 2007 I) Added the heavily commented Z-80 source-code for the 300 to 2000 BAUD Loader utility program by Jay Fenton. This version is in text format- it can be assembled using the Zmac Z-80 cross-assembler. 300 to 2000 BAUD Loader utility program (Text Version) December 14, 2007 I) Added the heavily commented Z-80 source-code for the 300 to 2000 BAUD Loader utility program by Jay Fenton. This is the program that appears in the AstroBASIC manual on pages 104-107. This program isn't exactly the same as the one listed in the BASIC manual, but it is obviously the same program, but probably an earlier version. 300 to 2000 BAUD Loader utility program (PDF Version) December 11, 2007 I) Added Goldfish Demo source-code by Andy Guevara. This source-code is available in both pdf and text format. The program is ready to assemble. Goldfish Demo won’t run unless it is loaded from tape into the Machine Language Manager cartridge. The program is meant to reside at memory location $4B40. This is not a cartridge. Goldfish Demo December 7, 2007 I) Added five Esoterica boxes: 1) Garberville 2) Great American Jigsaw (Old Style) 3) Star Trek (Old Style) 4) Treasure Island! (Old Style) 5) Wildcatter (Old Style) Esoterica Box Pictures November 5, 2007 I) Added a link to the Videogame Museum's Astrocade Screenshot Area: Astrocade Screenshot Area of www.vgmuseum.com November 3, 2007 I) Added twelve manuals to the WaveMakers' tape documentation area. All manuals have a B&W version, most have a color scan, and some also have an alternate version. The docs added are: 1) Castle of Horror 2) Character Analysis 3) Clue and Flying Ace 4) Collision Course 5) Dungeons of Dracula 6) Gate Escape, The 7) Guitar Course 8) L.T. (Little Terrestrial) 9) Monkey Jump 10) Pack-Rat 11) Slot Machine and Perversion 12) WaveMakers Loading Instructions WaveMakers Tape Manual area II) Added three manuals by L&M Software: 1) Candy Man & River City Gambler 2) Exitor's Revenge & The Mummy's Treasure 3) Secret of Pellucitar I and II L&M Software Tape Manual area III) Added high-resolution (300-DPI) pictures of two Spectrecade boxes (front and back). Each picture is about 2MB. Much smaller, 150-DPI, versions of these same pictures are already available on this page. 1) Blast Droids 2) Treasure Cove Spectrecade Boxes IV) Added several different pictures of the Life cartridge, including some rare labels. Cartridge Area (Including Life) V) Updated one cartridge in the cartridge area: 1) Astro BASIC (now standard 150 DPI, with optional 300 DPI) Cartridge Area VI) Added two cartridges to the cartridge area: 1) Machine Language Manager (150 DPI and 300 DPI) 2) Quadra (150 DPI and 300 DPI) Cartridge Area VII) Updated four keypad overlays with 150DPI and 300 DPI versions. Also, added an alternate overlay for Scribbing. 1) Bally BASIC 2) Machine Language Manager 3) Music Maker 4) Scribbling 5) Scribbling (Alternate Overlay) Keypad Overlay Area VIII) Added three cassette tape scans to the Miscellaneous Tape Picture Area. There are 150DPI and 300 DPI versions. 1) Michigan Astro Bugs Tape 2) Niagara Bugs Club Tape (Side 1) 3) Niagara Bugs Club Tape (Side 2) Cassette Tapes IX) Revamped the screenshot area in preparation for additional screenshots. This area has not been updated in a LONG time-- there are hardly ANY screenshots available. That will eventually change. Screenshot Area November 2, 2007 I) Revamped the Astrocade Cassette Tape Manual area in preparation for adding additional manuals. All documents now have a thumbnail of the cover of the manual. Also, the area has been broken into catagories: 1) Dave Ibach 2) Esoterica Ltd. 3) Mike White 4) Miscellaneous 5) WaveMakers Cassette Tape Manual area II) Added three tape manuals by Esoterica Ltd. These three manuals cover the following six games: 1) Mini Golf and Star Trek 2) Ten Pins and Garbersville 3) Wildcatter and Bomb Squad Esoterica Tape Manual area October 26, 2007 I) Added four pictures of third-party cartridge boxes by Spectrecade: 1) Blast Droids (Front) 2) Blast Droids (Back) 3) Treasure Cove (Front) 4) Treasure Cove (Back) Spectrecade Box Pictures October 25, 2007 I) Updated the Astrocade Game Catalog on Ballyalley.com. The checklist had some print cut-off at the top of the page; Both the 150 DPI and the 300 DPI version are now fixed. Astrocade Game Catalog II) Added the two-page instruction sheet for the Bally BASIC 300-BAUD audio cassette interface. This document is in color. Bally BASIC 300-BAUD Audio Cassette Interface III) Added four ads: 1) Candy Man - L&M Software 2) Home Arcade Catalog 2 3) Sea Devil - Bit Fiddlers (Distributed by L&M Software). 4) Secret of Pellucitar - L&M Software Four Advertisements IV) Added nine original color Bally (not Astrovision) cartridge instructions. Also added four third-party instructions. Bally Instructions (NOT the later Astrocade instructions): 1) 280 Zzap / Dodgem (#2001) [Alternate, high quality version] 2) Astro Battle (#2009) 3) Bally Pin (#3005) 4) Football and Football (Blue Team Playbook) (#3002) 5) Letter Match / Spell ‘n Score / Crosswords (#4002) 6) Sea Wolf / Missile (#2002) 7) Space Invaders (#2008) 8) Speed Math / Bingo Math (#4001) 9) Star Battle (#2005) Third-Party Instructions: 1) Blastdroids 2) Ms. Candyman 3) Music Maker (Draft Instructions) 4) Treasure Cove Thirteen instructions for cartridges October 23, 2007 I) Added updated "Arcadian Mailing Lists FAQ" by Paul Thacker. This is from September 3, 2006. Arcadian Mailing Lists FAQ II) Added an alternate version of the first edition of the Bally BASIC Manual. Bally BASIC Manual (Alternate Version) III) Combined parts one and two of the AstroBASIC manual into one pdf file. AstroBASIC Manual IV) Added thumbnails of the covers for the Bally BASIC and AstroBASIC manuals to the BASIC download area: BASIC Download Area October 22, 2007 I) Added an updated version of Connect Four (Enlarged) by Harry L Hanson. Programs have been renamed according to which versions are the alternate versions. Now the only two-player version (the one from Mike White) is the regular (non-alternate) version. Connect Four (Enlarged)(Harry L Hanson) II) The "What's New" file was getting too big, so I archived all of 2006: What's New Archives (2000-2006) III) Added two pictures to the WaveMakers' cassette section: 1) Music Composer 2) WaveMakers (Label Close-Up) WaveMakers Pics IV) Added a picture of the tape for Hot Rod BASIC by R&L Enterprises: Hot Rod BASIC V) Added eight pictures of tapes in Dave Ibach's collection: 1) Amazin Maze 2) Avalanche! and Hang Up 3) Bug Puzzle #2 4) Contest Entry 5) Frog Leap 0 (and others) 6) General Video Assembler (for Manufacture) 7) Halloween Graphics 8) Honey Bear Dave Ibach's tape collection VI) Added two pictures of tapes by Esoterica Ltd.: 1) Frogger (Released as Road Toad) 2) Super Skier (Released as Super Slope) Esoterica Ltd. Tapes VII) Added four pictures of cartridges: 1) Hot Rod BASIC 2) Muncher (Alternate Version of the "Programme Label") 3) Sneaky Snake (Alternate Version) 4) Songs (Prototype) Astrocade Cartridge Pictures VIII) Added a news item from Video Games magazine from October, 1982. The item is called Atari Vs. Astrocade. It gives the reason why Munchie (aka Pacman) was never released. Atari Vs. Astrocade IX) Fixed a bad link on the Astrobugs newsletter page. The March 1983 issue was pointing to the August issue. Michigan Astrobugs Newsletter (March 1983) X) Paul Thacker rewrote the entry for Munchie for the "Bally-Astrocade Game Cartridge and Hardware FAQ" It is now at version 1.6: Bally-Astrocade Game Cartridge and Hardware FAQ October 14, 2007 I) Added three ads by George Moses: 1) George Moses Software - Programs A-E - Lists five programs: A) Analog Non-Digital Clock B) Astro-Zap C) Timecard Calculator D) Home Budget Keeper E) Screen RAM Word Processor In addition one more program, Life, by Jay Fenton is listed. 2) Geroge Moses Software - Lists tapes 1-5: 1) Bach's 15 Two-Part Inventions 2) 27 Arcade Christmas Songs 3) Bally Arcade Ragtime 4) 3 Voice Screen RAM Music Assembler 5) Sinfonia to Cantata 29 by J.S. Bach 3) George Moses Software - Lists the four music tapes: 1) Bach's 15 Two-Part Inventions 2) 27 Arcade Christmas Songs 3) Bally Arcade Ragtime 4) Sinfonia to Cantata 29 by J.S. Bach George Moses Ads II) Added two ads from Astrocade Inc: 1) Astrocade Hand Controls Sale 2) Astrocade Sale Astrocade Sale Astrocade Inc. Moses Ads III) Added an ad for the Life, the game by Jay Fenton. According to this ad, the game came with a 10-page manual. Life Ad IV) Added as Astrocade Support list ad. As stated in the ad, "Here's a list of [19] professionals who support your computer with programs, hardware and information to help you enjoy your Astrocade to the maximum!" Astrocade Support list Ad V) Added order form for the RMH Sourcebook: Order Form for RMH Sourcebook VI) Added alternate versions for five different programs: 1) 256 Color Display 2) Artillery Duel 3) Connect Four (Enlarged) 4) Halloween Ghost 5) Puzzle VII) Added six early Bally cartridge manual scans to Ballyalley.com: 1) Amazing Maze / Tic-Tac-Toe (#5001) 2) Baseball / Handball / Tennis / Hockey (#3001) 3) Baseball / Handball / Tennis / Hockey (#3001) [Alternate Cover] 4) Blackjack / Acey Deucy / Poker (#5002) 5) Brickyard / Clowns (#2004) 6) Red Baron / Panzer Attack (#2003) Six Early Cartridge Manuals VIII) Added Bally Videocade Cassettes Catalog (Alternate Version). A color catalog of the cartridges available for the Bally Professional Arcade. 1) Bally Videocade Cassettes Catalog (150 DPI) 2) Bally Videocade Cassettes Catalog (300 DPI) I added a two-page advertisement for the Blue Ram and accessories to Ballyalley.com. This ad was already available in B&W, but Paul Thacker scanned the pages in high-quality color. Each file is available in 150DPI or DPI versions: IX) Added two-page advertisement, in color, for the Blue Ram and accessories: 1) Blue Ram Advertisement (150 DPI, Blue Ram OS Available) - 447K 2) Blue Ram Advertisement (300 DPI, Blue Ram OS Available) - 1.26MB 3) Blue Ram Advertisement (150 DPI, Blue Ram OS Sold Out) - 447KB 4) Blue Ram Advertisement (300 DPI, Blue Ram OS Sold Out) - 1.26MB Color Perkins Engineering Ad X) Added three games from the early Bally Boxes: 1) Amazing Maze / Tic-Tac-Toe 2) Baseball / Tennis / Hockey / Handball 3) Red Baron / Panzer Attack Early Bally Boxes XI) Added Richard Degler's Michigan AstroBUGS membership card. Michigan AstroBUGS Membership Card October 5, 2007 I) Added pictures of the multicart developed by CPUWIZ. Also added DIP switch settings. This can all be found in a new hardware section. Here what was added: 1) A picture of the CPUWIZ multicart. 2) Another picture of the CPUWIZ multicart. 3) Another listing of the DIP switch settings for one version of the CPUWIZ Multicart. (pdf) 4) A listing of the DIP switch settings for one version of the CPUWIZ Multicart. (text) Multicart by CPUWIZ Section II) Added two pictures of the multicart made by Mike White in 2007 called Beatles Music from Richard Degler. Beatles Music from Richard Degler Section III) Added a two page Montgomery Ward Catalog. Cartridge listings for the classic early 1980's game systems (including, of course, the Astrocade). Montgomery Ward Catalog IV) Added pictures of cassettes to the WaveMakers section: 1) Lookout for the Bull (Side 1 and 2) 2) Pack-Rat (Side 1 and 2, Master Tapes) WaveMakers Cassette Pictures V) Added picture of the Solor Conqueror (prototype): Solor Conqueror (prototype) VI) Added Cursor business card: Cursor Business Card VII) Added three postcards: These are postcards sent to (or to be sent by) Astrocade's owners trying to get their business or offering warranties: 1) Arcadian - Order the Arcadian newsletter for just fifteen dollars... in 1982. 2) Montgomery Ward - Return this postcard to the Montgomery Ward Cartridge Club for periodic mailing offering discounts for new cartridges. 3) Spectre - Cartridge Warranty Card. Astrocade Postcards September 29, 2007 I) Added four screenshots of the Solar Conqueror Prototype. Solar Conqueror Prototype Pictures II) Added a screenshot for the Blue Ram BASIC game Wack-A-Mole by WaveMakers. Wack-A-Mole (Blue Ram BASIC) by WaveMakers III) Added a screenshot for the Blue Ram BASIC game Collision Course by WaveMakers. There are also a few pictures of the AstroBASIC version of Collision Course. Compare them and see the difference that some extra RAM and added colors makes! The BRB version looks, as the newsletters used to say, "cartridge quality." Collision Course (Blue Ram BASIC) by WaveMakers September 28, 2007 I) Added eleven high resolution internal pictures of the rare Blue Ram expansion unit. These pictures are quite large; they average about 500K each. Plus, each picture is probably larger than your screen resolution, so your browser will likely automatically reduce them when each picture is done downloading. A special thanks to Al Skaggs for these high-res pictures of the inside of the Blue Ram unit. The pictures are: 1) Top view. 2) Bottom view. 3) Front view. 4) Top view of the data port. 5) Top view of the ZIF socket. This is the socket that you would plug in a keyboard, modem, printer or EPROM burner 6) Bottom view of the data port. 7) Bottom view of the RAM capacitors. 8) Bottom view of the wired RAM. 9) Bottom view of the two switches. 10) 50-Pin Card Edge Connector. This is the end that connects to the Astrocade. 11) 50-Pin SCSI-Type Connector. This is the end that connects to the Blue Ram. Blue Ram Expansion pictures II) Added pictures, links and PDFs of the multicart developed by RetroKidz into a new hardware picture section. This RetroKidz multicart is/was available on the 8-Bit Domain website. Here what was added: 1) A picture of the RetroKidz multicart. 2) Another picture of the RetroKidz multicart. 3) A PDF of an ebay auction for one of the multicarts before they were available for sale. This auction was held in May 2006. The "Buy It Now" price was $74.50 (plus $7.50 shipping). 4) A PDF of the 8-Bit Domain webpage that sells the mulicart. This is dated September 28, 2007. There is a link to the main page of 8-Bit Domain. Multicart by RetroKidz Section III) Added a new section for the S-Video modification upgrade by 8-Bit Domain. The annoucement for this product was made on Tuesday Nov 28, 2006 at 9:17 pm on the Bally Alley Yahoo Message board by the user multicart4me. Here is what was added: 1) A picture of the S-Video modification. 2) Another picture of the S-Video modification. 3) A close-up picture of the S-Video modification's main board. 4) A picture of the S-Video modification installed in the Astrocade. 5) A picture of the S-Video modification with a close-up of the resistor connection. 6) A picture of the S-Video modification with a close-up of the ground connection. 7) A PDF of the 8-Bit Domain webpage that sells the S-Video Upgrade. S-Video Modification Section IV) Added a new section for 8-Bit Domain's Classic Console Development Platform On May 19, 2007 Mike from 8-Bit Domain posted a PDF schematic of his proposed Classic Console Development Platform. A lively discussion ensued. You can read the compiled discussion and view the pdf. Classic Console Development Platform September 21, 2007 I) Added seven machine language utilties for AstroBASIC. Each of these utilities is from the Arcadian. None of these have been archived from tape; I typed each utility into AstroBASIC back in May 2007. Each one comes with extensive documentation and some comes with example program runs. I've also modified a few to make them easier to use (these are listed separately in each zip archive). The utilities are: 1) Base Conversion by Ron McCoy ARCADIAN, 2, no. 10 (September 1980): 88-89. This program converts from one number system to another. Input is in either binary, decimal, hexadecimal or octal format and then is converted into the three other number systems. 2) Convert Hex to Decimal by Ernie Sams ARCADIAN, 1, no. 5 (March 1979): 36. This program accepts a two-byte hex number such as $D5FF and converts it to a decimal number that can be input into BASIC. 3) 'Game Over' Routine by Tom Wood ARCADIAN, 1, no. 4 (February 1979): 25. This very short AstroBASIC machine language routine has been modified from its original Bally BASIC form to displays the words "GAME OVER" from the Bally ROM. 4) Hex Poker by Al Rathmell ARCADIAN, 3, no. 7 (May 1981): 78. This program inputs hexadecimal numbers into memory. There is no need to swap hexadecimal pairs because the program does it for you. 5) Memory Contents - Binary by Max Manowski ARCADIAN, 1, no. 6 (May 1979): 43. This program takes a decical number as memory location for input, then prints out the input number, followed by the contents of the memory location in AstroBASIC decical format, then the program prints out the contents of the memory location in binary format (also in AstroBASIC format). Since AstroBASIC PEEKs at locations two bytes at a time, the binary output will be 16 bits. Finally, the output will be in hex pair, reverse order (i.e. $FF00 = $00FF). 6) Memory Contents - Hex by Gary Moser ARCADIAN, 1, no. 6 (May 1979): 44. This program takes a decimal beginning memory address and an decimal ending memory address and then prints out the hex pairs. The output is NOT in AstroBASIC format- the hex pairs are in the correct order. 7) Memory Display by Chuck Thomka ARCADIAN, 1, no. 8 (July 1979): 67. This program displays input memory locations in both Hexadecimal format (with hex pairs in reverse order) and Bally BASIC decimal format. II) Changed the online versions of L&M Software's Alien Invasion, Candy Man, and Claim Jumpers. Also changed WaveMaker's Memory Lane and Music Keyboard. These small changes were made back in April-- I can't honestly remember what was changed in the text files, but the names were also brought into line with the current naming convention. September 16, 2007 I) Added a section to the 300-Baud area with four audio test programs for the 300-Baud Interface. 1) 10 PRINT 'HELLO' - By Ronaldo Goulart Very short test program: 10 PRINT "HELLO" 2) Astrocade Character Code Table - A-Z - By Mike White This is a 300-BAUD audio file of the Astrocade Character Code Table, A-Z. The table can be found on page 98 of the AstroBASIC manual. This is the progam that generated the file: 10 :PRINT ;FOR A=65TO 90;TV=A;NEXT A;:RETURN 3) Astrocade Character Code Table - Complete (0-127) - By Mike White This is a 300-BAUD audio file of the complete Astrocade Character Code Table, 0-127. 10 :PRINT ;FOR A=0TO 127;TV=A;NEXT A;:RETURN 4) Astrocade Character Code Table - Partial - By Adam Trionfo This is a 300-BAUD audio file of the partial Astrocade Character Code Table. Brief program explaination: Line 20 prints 0-9 to tape, 30 prints A-Z to tape, 40 prints the "Words" to tape and 50 lists the BASIC program to tape: 10:PRINT 20 FOR I=48TO57;TV=I;NEXT I 30 FOR I=65TO 90;TV=I;NEXT I 40 FOR I=104TO118;TV=I;NEXT I 50 LIST 60 :RETURN Four Audio Test Programs for the 300-Baud Interface. September 16, 2007 I) Added three songs by various authors in MP3 format: 1) Carnival Rapture - An original composition by Tim White. 2) Happy Days - By Peggy Gladden. 3) Rockin' Robin - By Peggy Gladden. Songs by Various Authors II) Added sound effects in MP3 format from two L&M Software games: 1) Candy Man - Sound effects, including: 1) Jumping 'Candy Man' Intro 2) Background Music 3) Background Music with Dot Eating Sound 4) 'Candy Man' Death 5) New 'Candy Man' 2) Exitor's Revenge - Sound effects, including: 1) Ship Moving and Firing Intro Screen 2) Character Intro Screen Sound Effects for L&M Software Games III) Added (in MP3 format) twenty-one songs and sound effects from the Songs cartridge by New Image: 1) Mountain King - Song 2) William Tell - Song 3) Star Wars Lasers - Sound Effect 4) National Anthem - Song 5) Doz Wer Da Days - Song 6) Crowd Chant - Sound Effect 7) Spinning Wheels - Song 8) Bike Built For Two - Song 9) Bozo's Boo Boos - Sound Effect 10) Revelie - Sound Effect 11) Taunt - Sound Effect 12) The Sting - Song 13) Wolf Whistle - Sound Effect 14) Aw Too Bad - Sound Effect 15) Explosion - Sound Effect 16) Clementine - Song 17) Three Tags - Song 18) Meadowlands - Song 19) Anchors Aweigh - Song 20) Lida Rose - Song 21) The End - Sound Effect Songs cartridge by New Image IV) Added updated source code for Balcheck. This is version 1.1 (January 21, 2006), with thouroughly commented memory test section by David Turner. It is twenty-seven pages and is 44k. Ballycheck 1.1 Source Code V) Added "Official Astrocade Scoreboard" to the article section. This is the last high-score table that the Arcadian newsletter published. ("Official Astrocade Scoreboard," ARCADIAN, 6, no. 11/12 (Oct. 31 1984): 111.) Not all of the titles are cartridges (some are tape games). This is meant to be a start toward a list of that games could be played against each other using the Yahoogroups Bally Alley message board. (September 16, 2007) Official Astrocade Scoreboard 1.0 VI) Added "Spectre Controller Docs" in text format (the PDF file was already online: Spectre Controller Docs (in text format) VII) Added an updated version of Astro Zap 2000 by George Moses. This version has MUCH better descriptions of each of the alternate programs. Paul Thacker investigated the six different versions of Astro Zap 2000 and discovered these differences: These programs are noticeably different, though sometimes in buggy ways. Four of these alternate versions are from Brett Bilbrey, who was in a Bally user group with George Moses. It's possible these are beta versions of the program from George himself. 1) Regular (non-alternate) Version - Probably the official version. It's the only version with that uses the knob to select the number of players, and isn't missing any features that other versions have. The title screen dates it 9-28-82. 2) (a1) - From Brett, and plays like the standard version (from Mike White), but it has a simpler player select screen. 3) (a2) - Nearly the same as alternate 1, but the player select screen is blue instead of black. 4) (a3) - Alternate 3 is about like alternate 2, but some of the gameplay graphics are drawn on the title screen. Also, the ships that fly in circles around your base seem to appear more often. This one was dated 7-25-81 by Adam back when he recorded it. I assume this was on the tape or something. 5) (a4) - This version has a different title screen and different sound effects. I don't think there are any circle-flying ships in this version. 6) (a5) - This version is unstable, crashing with an error in line 100 after playing for a little while. Astro Zap 2000 VIII) Fixed a typo that Paul Thacker noticed in message 2922. It said "isting" instead of "listing" in the Arcadian Program Download area (A-H) section. IX) Added CD compilation from May 2007 with one-hundred-eighty-four programs for the Astrocade that load with AstroBASIC! These can be loaded from the computer as WAV files, or made into three convenient CDs for use with a portable CD player. This isn't everything for the Astrocade, not even close, but it is a great sampler by some of the best companies: CD 1 - Music by George Moses CD 2 - WaveMakers and Mike Peace CD 3 - Esoterica Ltd., George Moses (non-music), L&M Software, New Image and The Tiny Arcade. For a list of all of the programs read this Download Size: 3.28 MB. 184 Astrocade Program Compilation September 14, 2007 I) Added the Beatles Greatest Hits tape by George Moses in MP3 format: 1 - She Loves You 2 - A Hard Day's Night 3 - Let It Be 4 - Yesterday 5 - Can't Buy Me Love 6 - I Feel Fine 7 - Paperback Writer 8 - Eight Days A Week Beatles Greatest Hits (MP3 Format) II) Added screen captures of each of the songs from the Beatles Greatest Hits tape by George Moses. These show the "garbage" on the screen which is actually the notes for the song. In addition to the screen shots of the eight songs, there is one more which is of the last message that appears on the screen after the tape ends. The captured screens are: 1 - She Loves You 2 - A Hard Day's Night 3 - Let It Be 4 - Yesterday 5 - Can't Buy Me Love 6 - I Feel Fine 7 - Paperback Writer 8 - Eight Days A Week 9 - Last Song, Rewind Tape Beatles Greatest Hits (Screenshots) III) Added the Beatles Greatest Hits tape by George Moses to the 2000-Baud program download area. This one file plays eight songs in a row; each song loads right after the other automatically. The last song, Eight Days A Week, repeats endlessly. The songs included are: 1 - She Loves You 2 - A Hard Day's Night 3 - Let It Be 4 - Yesterday 5 - Can't Buy Me Love 6 - I Feel Fine 7 - Paperback Writer 8 - Eight Days A Week Beatles Greatest Hits (2000-Baud Program File). IV) Added She Loves You by George Moses to the 2000-Baud program download area. This song is included in the Beatles Greatest Hits, but this version is from Astro-Bugs Club Tape #4. There is also a slight difference; unlike the version included with the Beatles Greatest Hits, this version lets you replay the song at the end. She Loves You V) Removed "She Loves You" and "Yesterday" from the George Moses Miscellaneous MP3 area. These are redundant now that the complete Beatles Greatest Hits is available. VI) Added music from two diffent Astrocade cartridges: 1) Music from the Bally Professional Arcade Demo cartridge. 2) Music from the Bally BASIC Demo cartridge. Music from Astrocade Cartridges September 13, 2007 I) Added a sound effect from MazeMaker II by Mike Peace. This is a ten second recording of a sound loop. It is from page 91 of the AstroBASIC manual. Doesn't this sound like the theme music from the movie Blade Runner? MazeMaker II Sound Effect September 12, 2007 I) Added three songs and one set of eight sound effects by WaveMakers: 1) Chopsticks - From Music Keyboard. 2) Man on the Flying Trapeze, The - From Music Composer. 3) Oh Susanna - From Music Composer. 4) Sound Effects - From Sound Effects. Eight different sounds: Cop Car, Gun, Machine Gun, Go to Light Speed, Boings, Chimes, Westminster Chimes, and Explosion. WaveMakers Songs and Sound Effects II) Added eight songs from the Bally BASIC manual: 1) Bagpipes 2) Golden Slippers 3) I've Been Working on the Railroad 4) March 5) Marine's Hymn 6) Melody 7) Music Medley 8) Stars and Stripes Forever Music from Bally BASIC Manual September 11, 2007 I) Fixed comments about "She Love You" on the George Moses Misc. music page. The version online is not from 2003- the comments are from 2003. September 10, 2007 I) Added George Moses' Tape #1: "Bach's 15 Two-Part Inventions" in MP3 format: 1) Two-Part Invention #01 2) Two-Part Invention #02 3) Two-Part Invention #03 4) Two-Part Invention #04 5) Two-Part Invention #05 6) Two-Part Invention #06 7) Two-Part Invention #07 8) Two-Part Invention #08 9) Two-Part Invention #09 10) Two-Part Invention #10 11) Two-Part Invention #11 12) Two-Part Invention #12 13) Two-Part Invention #13 14) Two-Part Invention #14 15) Two-Part Invention #15 Bach's 15 Two-Part Inventions II) Added George Moses' Tape #2: "27 Christmas Carols" in MP3 format: 1 - Oh Christmas Tree (Oh Tannenbaum) 2 - Silent Night, Holy Night 3 - Deck the Hall 4 - Away in a Manger 5 - Here We Come A-Wassailing 6 - Jolly Old Saint Nicholas 7 - Up on the Rooftop 8 - Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring 9 - We Three Kings of Orient Are 10 - O Come, All Ye Faithful 11 - Lullaby, Thou Little Tiny Child 12 - Joy to the World 13 - What Child is This (Greensleeves) 14 - The First Noel 15 - Hark the Harald Angels Sing 16 - Angels We Have Heard On High 17 - O Come, O Come Immanuel 18 - Good King Wenceslas 19 - March of the Toys 20 - It Came Upon A Midnight Clear 21 - Toyland 22 - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen.mp3 23 - Jingle Bells 24 - O Little Town of Bethlehem 25 - We Wish You a Merry Christmas 26 - Prepare Thyself, Zion 27 - Auld Lang Syne 27 Christmas Carols III) Added George Moses' Tape #3: "Scott Joplin Ragtime Classics" in MP3 format: 1 - The Easy Winners 2 - Crush Collision 3 - The Entertainer 4 - Maple Leaf Rag 5 - Solace 6 - The Chrysanthemum 7 - Antoinette 8 - The Cascades 9 - Sensations.mp3 10 - The Sycamore 11 - A Breeze from Alabama 12 - Elite Syncopations 13 - Peachtree Rag 14 - The Strenuous Life Scott Joplin Ragtime Classics IV) Added George Moses' Tape #5: "Sinfonia to Cantata 29" by Bach in MP3 format: Note that this tape only has one song. Also, this digitized version includes parts one and two of Sinfonia to Cantata 29 as one file. The two separate parts have been seamlessly joined (digitally); the silence between the songs (as when played on the Astrocade) has been completely eliminated. 1 - Sinfonia to Cantata 29 Sinfonia to Cantata 29 by Bach V) Added miscellaneous music by George Moses in MP3 format. The six songs added are: Allemande (Part 1) - Bach Allemande (Part 2) - Bach Over the Rainbow - [No longer a WAV file] Remember When You Were a Kid? [No longer a WAV file. Previously named "Red Pop Music"] She Loves You - The Beatles Yesterday - The Beatles George Moses - Miscellaneous Music by Bach September 3, 2007 I) Added the demo of the game Nautilus (1982) by L&M Software. I've included it with the Nautilus game (which was already online): Nautilus (with Demo) II) Added The Collatz Conjecture (Aug. 1984) by Jim Dunson. This program is a mathmatical demonstration. From the game loading screen: "About 30 years ago [1937] a professor named Collatz created this thought provoker. Start with any whole number. If it is odd, triple it +1. If it is even, take half. Repeat. The final result will always be one. Why is that? After all, the odd number is tripled + 1. This more than compensates for the halves???" The Collatz Conjecture III) Added Quadra - Marathon Tape (June 1983) by Mike White. This is the full 2000-Baud version of Mike White's epic. One side is the marathon where you try to beat all of thegames. The other side has practice programs. Includes the following progams: Marathon Selector Quadrant 1 (Smash-Up) Quadrant 2 (Laser & Slide) Quadrant 3 (U.F.O. Attack) Quadrant 4 (Safe Cracker) Practice programs: Ping Smashup Laser Blaster Landslide! Safe Cracker U.F.O. Attack Quadra - Marathon Tape IV) Added Michigan Astro-bugs Tape II. This is the complete tape working as intended; you choose a game from the menu and it will load automatically. This version preserves the original distribution process of the tape, but it is slow to load a game. For convenience it is recommended to load each program serarately (the programs can be found elsewhere). The eight programs that are included are: Side 1: ------- Starbase I - By Creg Miejski Wack-A-Mole - Wavemakers Happy Days (Music) - Norman Gimbel & Charles Fox (Peggy Gladden) Rockin' Robin (Music) - Bobby Day (Peggy Gladden) Side 2 ------ Snare A Bear - Stanley Kendall W&W Racetrack - W&W Software Sales Memory Lane - Wavemakers Color Patterns - Stanley Kendall Michigan Astro-bugs Tape II V) Updated Alien 2000 (1984). This game is a program from the Arcadian newsletter programmed by Henry Sopko. Two versions were online, and were byte-for-byte identical. One was attributed to L&M Software (who never made any such progam). I removed the old version and updated the naming convention of the correct version. Alien 2000 VI) Added Aldo's Trilogy (1987-1991) by Dave and Benjamin Ibach. This game is for the PC running DOS. These games do not run on the Astrocade. These games will run well under Windows when using a program called DOSBox (an emulator, of sorts). The games included are: Aldo's Adventure, Aldo Again, and Aldo's Assault. While these games won't run on the Astrocade, they do give a continued history of what Dave Ibach did (with his son) after he moved on from the Astrocade. The main character in this series of one-screen platform games looks suspiciously like someone named...Mario. Give these games a try-- you'll like 'em. Aldo Trilogy for the PC with DOS VII) Added RAM Test pdf. This source code is from Z80 Assembly Language Subroutines by Lance A. Leventhal and Winthrop Saville. Since I've had a few requests for this, I thought that it would be a good idea to post it for convenience. RAM Test (PDF) VIII) Added What-Zit (1981) by L&M Software. This game is very-much like the board game Mastermind-- except you don't need a second player, and the entire game can be played with the hand controller. What-Zit IX) Added Darts (1981) by Bill Mead. This program allows up to four players to play a very simple game of darts. Each player uses a different hand controller. This game has simple graphics and sound. They get the job done; nothing more. When I say get the job done, that's exactly what I mean. For, who has ever heard of a SQUARE dart board? Darts by Bill Mead X) Added Darts (1982) by Al Roginsky. This game is graphically impressive for an AstroBASIC game that doesn't even use machine language graphics. It's amazing how much like a dart these characters look like: "-=<" Nice effects and worth a look for a simple game. This game runs circles around the other AstroBASIC game also called "Darts" by Bill Mead. Darts by Al Roginsky XI) Added Stategic Air Command (1981) by Bob Weber and George Moses. This game is sort of like a SUPER simple Missile Command. Press the trigger to fire the missiles while holding left/right to steer them. Read the included text file for quite a few additional comments about this game lifted from the Yahoo message group. Stategic Air Command September 2, 2007 I) Added MPEG videos of the four programs that are in the Astrocade's internal ROM: 1. Calculator - 49 seconds, 12.1MB 2. Checkmate - 26 seconds, 6.56MB 3. Gunfight - 57 seconds, 14.1MB 4. Scribbling - 29 seconds, 7.18MB These videos are so large that if you just click the picture to watch the video it may not work properly. It is highly recommended that you click the picture and then save the video to your hard drive. (In Internet Explorer: Right Click on the picture and then choose 'Save Target As') Four Videos II) After reviewing the 300-BAUD area of the website, I have noticed that several programs are online, but are not reachable from any web pages. Also, some of the larger collections of 300-BAUD programs have been broken up into smaller, more usable programs (i.e. rather than downloading a whole "tape," with several programs on it, you can now download just the files that you want). For this reason I have deleted the following program collections that were online (but not reachable from any web pages): 1. Mike's Tape 2 300 Baud (zip) - 43MB 2. L&M 300 Baud Collection (zip) - 108MB I have been very careful not to delete programs that are not online someplace else (I did a byte-for-byte comparison). In all, I shaved off about 150MB of online storage. If you didn't know this already... 300-BAUD programs take up a HUGE portion of the website. III) Added the 300-BAUD Bally BASIC Sampler by Bally (1978) to the miscellaneous 300- Baud program area. It contains the following programs on a two-sided tape: Side 1: 1. Electric Doily (Graphics) 2. Line Graph 3. Monthly Records (Not Usable) 4. Electronic Music 5. Number Match (Guessing Game) Side 2: 1. Lunar Lander 2. Gravity Game 3. Newtonia '500' (Strange Doodling Program) The original tape has markers for 'Monthly Records' to save its records at/into. As this is useless when piping tape audio from the computer, they were removed from the recordings to reduce size. This makes 'Monthly Recordings' potentially unusable even if restored to a cassette tape. (9MB Uncompressed, 6MB compressed). Note: This collection was already online, but it seems that it has not been reachable for quite some time from any web pages. This has been fixed. Also, the program names have been brought into line with the current naming convention on Ballyalley.com. 300-BAUD Bally BASIC Sampler IV) Added "Mike's 300-Baud Demo Tape." This collection was put together by Michael White in 2004 to show some of the ways that programs can be loaded automatically with 300-BAUD BASIC using the much more flexable 300-BAUD tape interface. Includes extensive comments by Michael White. The programs on this tape include (in alphabetical order, but NOT in order of appearance): 1) Bingo Caller 2) Bowling 3) Fireworks 4) Hangman 5) Landslide 6) Laser Blaster 7) Ping 8) Put-Put Golf 9) Quadra Practice Programs 10) Safe Cracker 11) Smash Up 12) Space Mission (Part I) 13) Space Mission (Part II) 14) The Tin Pants Gang 15) U.F.O. Attack Like the 300-Baud BASIC Sampler, this collection was already online, but it seems that it has not been reachable for quite some time from any web pages. This has been fixed. Also, the program names have been brought into line with the current naming convention on Ballyalley.com. Mike's 300-Baud Demo Tape May 3, 2007 I) Updated the Bally/Astrocade FAQ to version 3.24. The only change in this update is a fix to the Z80 clock speed: 3.579 MHz to the proper speed of 1.789 MHz. For more information about how this fix came about (and was realized), see the Astrocade Message board thread titled "Z80 clock speed." More specifically, read Frank Palazzolo's reply in message number 3912 and Tony Miller's reply in message number 3913. II) Added Horserace, by Paul Slezak, to the Arcadian section of the 2000 Baud area. Horserace has a strange history on Ballyalley.com. The program was originally thought to be by L&M Software and was named "Arlingdung Park." Paul Thacker pointed out on the Bally Alley message board (thread "Arlingdung Park", number 3792) that this game was misnamed. I loaded the game onto an Astrocade, compared the listing in the Arcadian and found it to be Horserace (with a few unnoticeable programming differences). Since this program was written for Bally BASIC, perhaps these small differences in the code are fixes so that the game plays properly in AstroBASIC. I saved the game with a new title screen that lists the program's name and the author. Horserace by Paul Slezak April 6, 2007 I) Added a listing of the original playing order for the tape, 27 Christmas Carols. '27 Christmas Carols' by George Moses Co. II) Added some corrections to the WaveMakers 300-BAUD page: 1. Flying Ace - "Doesn't work correctly. Unplayable in current condition." 2. WaveMakers Fortune Teller - "Doesn't work correctly. Will give one fortune before crashing." 3. Removed some comments at the top of the page that said that no Master Tapes are available. WaveMakers 300-baud Download Area III) Changed the miscellaneous Astrocade audio section so that now there is a WaveMakers and a George Moses section. Miscellaneous Astrocade Audio IV) Replaced a WaveMakers flyer/catalog with one of higher quality. The file that Paul gave to me to work with was originally 45MB. I got the file down to 3.5MB-- which replaces the file that was already online (and was about 9.5MB). WaveMakers Catalog V) Added cassette pictures of "Secrets of Pellucitor I and II." You can view them on this page: L&M's Cassettes VI) Added an additional four versions of Astro Zap 2000 (from Brett Bilbrey's collection). Also combined the different versions of "Buggin' B.C." and renamed the files to the TOSEC standard. George Moses Game Area April 5, 2007 I) Created a new section to hold miscellaneous Astrocade audio (non-progam) files. Two files were added today: 1. Gate Excape, The [Intro] - A spoken introduction by Mike Peace to the WaveMakers game. WAV format. 214K. 2. Invasion Force [Intro] - Three spoken introductions by Mike Peace to the WaveMakers game. WAV format. 1MB. Miscellaneous Astrocade Audio II) Added fourteen songs to the George Moses Co. "27 Christmas Carols" area. This area is now complete; all twenty-seven Christmas songs are available for download! 1. Angels We Have Heard On High 2. Auld Lang Syne 3. First Noel, The 4. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen 5. Good King Wenceslas 6. Hark the Herald Angels Sing 7. It Came Upon a Midnight Clear 8. Jingle Bells 9. March of the Toys 10. O Come, O Come Immanuel 11. O Little Town of Bethlehem 12. Prepare Thyself Zion 13. Toyland 14. We Wish You a Merry Christmas '27 Christmas Carols' by George Moses Co. March 22, 2007 I) The WaveMakers, 300-BAUD, download area has been created (there were no previous WaveMaker 300-BAUD programs online). Paul Thacker was able to contact Mike Peace (the programmer behind WaveMakers). Mike sent Paul the master tapes that he used to create all of the WaveMakers tapes. From these tapes, Paul was able to remaster most of the Wavemakers titles. Paul used the TOSEC naming convention to name all of the newly archived files. See the Wavemakers, 300-baud download area for more informtion. The files that have been uploaded are: 1. Backgammon 2. Clue 3. Flying Ace 4. Guitar Course 5. Horse Race 6. Invasion Force 7. Lookout For the Bull! I & II 8. Max (Robot From Space) 9. Maze Race, Obstacle Course 10. Mazemaker I & II 11. Mouse In The Hat 12. Music Composer 13. Obstacle Course Tournament 14. Pack-Rat I & II 15. Perversion 16. Sideswipe 17. Slot Machine 18. Space Chase 19. Speed Math, Note Match 20. WaveMakers Fortune Teller 21. Whiz Quiz- Common Knowledge 22. Yahtzee WaveMakers 300-baud Download Area March 21, 2007 I) Made numerous small fixes to the WaveMakers page as noted by Paul Thacker. For a complete run down of these fixes, you can read message #3709 on the Bally Alley message board: Bally Alley Message Board II) I've updated the Z80 documentation area. Two documents have been updated with newer versions, plus I've added nine other documents (some of these are complete books!). I didn't scan any of this myself; I found it all on the Internet at one place or another over the last few weeks. I am finally putting it all into one place as I think most or all of it would be useful to anyone trying to understand the Astrocade. Notice that one of the books is the complete "Programming the Z-80, 3rd Edition" by Rodnay Zaks. This book has come up quite a few times on the Bally Alley Message Boards as probably the best book on learning how to program the Z80. The Two Pieces of Documention That Has Been Updated Are: 1) "Undocumented Z80 Documented," The by Sean Young. Documents all of the undocumented Z80 commands. Written by an emulator author. 51 Pages, 265K, PDF. 2) "ZINT Z80 Interpreter Assembler Handbook" by James Moxham. Introduction to the Z80 Instruction Set based on ZINT (the Z80 Interpreter). This has Z80 opcodes with detailed usage. 41 Pages, 78K, Text. The Nine Pieces of Documention and Books that Have Been Added Are: 3) "ASM83 Guru - TI-83 ASM Tutorials" by James Matthews. ASMGuru is your one-stop file to learning 83 ASM! This help file should be just about all you need to learn ASM proficiently (and time, of course), as I’ve written over 50 tutorials, and included a large reference section for you to look at. Unknown number of pages, 226K, Windows Help File (Zipped). 4) "Introduction to Z80 Assembler" by James Hollidge. This document will give an introduction to all aspects of the Z80 assuming no knowledge of programming. 11 Pages, 30K, Text. 5) "Learn TI-83 Plus Assembly In 28 Days v2.0" by Sean McLaughlin. This guide is intended so people who have little or no experience in assembly can learn how to make calculator programs. While this is obviously intended for TI-83 calculator users, other Z80 users will probably get some use out of it as well. HTML and Windows Help File. Unknown Number of Pages, 295K (Help File) and 400K (HTML), 6) "Programming the Z-80, 3rd Edition" by Rodnay Zaks. This is the complete, highly acclaimed, book. Many programmers say that this was the book that they learned to program the Z80. If you're going to read ANYTHING on this page, then read this book. 630 Pages, 13.3MB, PDF 7) "Z80 Assembly Language Programming" by Lance A Leventhal. This is just one chapter on the book. It is chapter 3 - The Z80 Assembly Language Instruction Set. Worth a look; pick up the entire book if you can get your hands on it. 171 Pages, 4.95MB, PDF. 8) "Z80 Assembly Language Subroutines" by Lance A Leventhal. This is the complete book. 512 Pages, 25.3MB, PDF. 9) "Z80 Assembly Optimization Tricks" by Adam Ziemba and Leif Åstrand. In hopes of getting Z80 Assembly programmers to write more efficient programs, this list of optimization tricks has been comprised. It is suggested that you memorize these tricks so that you can become quick and adept at writing efficient assembly programs. 15 Pages, 40K, HTML (Zipped). 10) "Z80 Microcomputer System" by Zilog. Databook for the Z80 and Z80A. This is very hardware oriented. There are many diagrams and timing diagrams. This book was printed by SGS, but I'm pretty sure this is actually by Zilog. 86 Pages, 8.28MB, PDF. 11) "Zilog Z80 Assembly Code Optimization" by Unknown TI-Calculators Coder. Programs can be made to run substantially faster by optimizing their code. This document gives some pointers on how to do that. 3 Pages, 8K, Text. You can find all of this documentation here: Z80 Machine Language Documentation March 20, 2007 I) The WaveMakers, 2000-BAUD, download area has been reworked. Paul Thacker was able to contact Mike Peace (the programmer behind WaveMakers). Mike sent Paul the master tapes that he used to create all of the WaveMakers tapes. From these tapes, Paul was able to remaster most of the Wavemakers titles. Paul used the TOSEC naming convention to name all of the newly archived files (I went back and renamed the previously archived files). All of the previously released programs have been combined with the newly archived material. See the Wavemakers, 2000-baud download area for more informtion. The files that have been uploaded are (these replaced all of the older archived material): 1. Backgammon 2. Brick 'n the Wall 3. Castle of Horror 4. Character Analysis 5. Chicago Loop 6. Clue 7. Collision Course 8. Dungeons of Dracula 9. Flying Ace 10. Four Famous Freebies 11. Game Selector I 12. Game Selector I - Space Chase 13. Game Selector II 14. Gate Escape, The 15. Gong the Kong 16. Guitar Course 17. Horse Race I and II 18. Invasion Force 19. L.T. (Little Terrestrial) 20. Lookout for the Bull! I & II 21. Max (Robot From Space) 22. Maze Race, Obstacle Course 23. Mazemaker I & II 24. Memory Lane 25. Monkey Jump 26. Mouse in the Hat 27. Music Composer 28. Music Keyboard 29. Obstacle Course Tournament 30. Outpost 19 31. Pack-Rat I & II 32. Perspectives 33. Perversion 34. QB-2B 35. Sideswipe 36. Slot Machine I & II 37. Sound Effects 38. Sound Port Study 39. Space Chase 40. Speed Math, Note Match 41. Tomb Pirates 42. Wack-A-Mole 43. Wavemakers Fortune Teller 44. Whiz Quiz 45. Yahtzee WaveMakers 2000-baud Download Area II) Paul Thacker wrote an excellent article on how the Wavemakers update came about. Read the article here: "How the Wavemakers "Masters" Update Come About" by Paul Thacker February 10, 2007 I) Updated the Astrocade Manual (Cartridge Area) with suggestions that Paul Thacker suggested: 1. Seawolf/Missile, Space Invaders, Spell 'N Score/Crosswords/ Lettermatch and Speed Math/Bingo Math each has a note next to it that says, "Poor quality, B&W, early 1980-era photocopy used for source." 2. Fixed the bad link for Space Fortress. 3. Rotated the second page of the non-alternate version of Tornado Baseball/Tennis/Handball/Hockey so that it is readable without tilting your head sideways. 4. Made a note next to the Quadra manual that says, "This is the documentation for the tape version of the software-- it is not BASICart specific. This documentation doesn't talk at all about the toggle-switches located on the cartridge." 5. Made a note next to the top of the page that says, ""I will post your manuals here if you send them to me. I prefer scans of original manuals at 300-DPI (color front and back with the inside pages scanned in B&W-- unless the inside pages have color on them too). If you can't scan the manual yourself, then I can scan it for you and then send it back to you. Finally, if you can't scan the manual in and you prefer not to send it to me, then sending me a text file of the manual is fine too." 6. I indented the start of the manuals links after each cartridge title to make the page a little easier to read. 7. Changed yesterday's entry to be 2007, not 2006. Astrocade Manuals (Cartridge Area) II) Added three pictures of Astrocade cartridges (thanks to Paul Thacker): These pictures are 300-DPI rather than 100-DPI, so they take longer to downloaded, but the quality is much better. 1. Bally BASIC Demo (with Chain) 2. Bally Demo 3. DNA Final Test (Bench) Cartridge Picture Area III) Added four manuals to the Astrocade Manual Cartridge Area: Thanks to Paul Thacker for sending these manuals to me. 1) 280 ZZZap / Dodgem - Manual by Bally. 2) Blackjack - Manual by Astrovision. 3) Football - Manual by Astrovision. 4) Football - Yellow Team Offense Playbook Astrocade Manuals (Cartridge Area) February 9, 2007 I) Astrocade Manual (Cartridge Area) Revision: I've revised the entire Astrocade Manual (Cartridge Area). It has been broken into three different parts: Released Cartridges, BASICarts and Prototypes / Unreleased Cartridges/ No Official Release. You can check out the updated section here: Astrocade Manuals (Cartridge Area) II) Added eight manuals to the Astrocade Manual (Cartridge Area): 1) Amazing Maze / Tic-Tac-Toe - Prototype Manual by Astrovision. (Blank pages inside) 2) Astrobattle - Manual by Astrovision. 3) Galactic Invasion - Manual by Astrovision. 4) Incredible Wizard, The - Manual by Astrocade. 5) Music Maker I - Prototype Manual by Astrovision. (Blank pages inside) 6) Seawolf / Missile - Manual by Astrovision. 7) Star Battle - Manual by Astrovision. 8) Tornado Baseball / Tennis / Handball / Hockey - Manual by Bally (Alternate Scan). III) "Inside the Box" Area Revision: I've revised the entire "Inside the Box" area. The table now has only one column. It makes reading a little easier, and it also cuts down on repetition of data. "Inside the Box" Area IV) Added the Astrovision version of the Bally Professional Arcade Owner's Manual: Bally Professional Arcade Owner's Manual - Astrovision Version V) Added Blue Ram 32K Add-On Schematic: This one page schematic was designed by Ken Lill in October 2006. This is a highly readable PDF that Ken uploaded to the Bally Alley Discussion Group on January 24, 2007. A few notes directly from Ken: "This is all on one page, except the different configurations for different SRAM chips. The page already posted shows memory configurations, but it doesn't show hoe the ~CE connection is connected when multiole chips are commected (E.I.) 8K x8, 16K x 1, etc." Thanks Ken! Blue Ram 32K Add-On Schematic - By Ken Lill VI) Added an alternative version of "Mass Impact of Videogame Technology" This book is by Thomas A. Defanti. I found this version online someplace; it might be a little easier to read than the version that is currently online already: Mass Impact of Videogame Technology - Alternate Version VII) Added Viper board schematics: These schematics were created by Lance F. Squire's father. Lance uploaded these to the Bally Alley Discussion group on January 28, 2007. There are five JPG images: Viper Board Schematics What's New - Archives (2000-2006) I) These archives go back to October 22, 2000. Bally Alley is actually older than that, but not by much. whats_new_archives_(2000-2006).html