Bally Alley - The Newsletter for Astrocade Users


			What's New - Archives (2000-2006)
	December 26, 2006 I) The 300dpi version of the Astrocade Game Catalog that I added yesterday was actually twice as long as it needed to be; it was sixty-eight pages instead of thirty-four pages. After fixing the file, the size of the pdf still remains the same: 8MB. If you downloaded the file yesterday, then download this fixed version: Astrocade Game Catalog (300dpi) - 8MB December 25, 2006 I) Added an Astrocade Game Catalog. This is a color catalog of the cartridges available for the Bally Astrocade. Check out the ads for the unreleased cartridges: Bowling, Creative Crayon, Conan the Barbarian, Music Maker, and Soccer! This catalog is available in two versions: 300dpi (8MB) and 150dpi(3.2MB). The twenty-eight games included in the catalog are: Amazing Maze / Tic-Tac-Toe Artillery Duel Astro Battle Astrocade Pinball Biorhythm Blackjack / Poker / Acey-Deucey Bowling *(Unreleased)* Brickyard / Clowns Conan the Barbarian(Unreleased) Cosmic Raiders Creative Crayon *(Unreleased)* Dog Patch Football Galactic Invasion Grand Prix / Demolition Derby Incredible Wizard, The Letter Match / Spell 'N Score / Crosswords Music Maker *(Unreleased)* Pirate's Chase Red Baron / Panzer Attack Seawolf / Missile Soccer *(Unreleased)* Solar Conqueror Space Fortress Speed Match / Bingo Match Star Battle Tornado Baseball / Tennis / Handball / Hockey ZZZap / Dodgem Astrocade Game Catalog (150dpi) - 3.2MB Astrocade Game Catalog (300dpi) - 8MB October 17, 2006 I) Added Bally Hi-Res Schematics. These are the schematics created by John Perkins to make his hi-res version of the Astrocade. I have been told that these are not 100% complete. Note: Unlike most files here on Ballyalley.com, this document is not a pdf file; it is a 310K grayscale TIFF file. Bally Hi-Res Schematics II) Arranged the Perkins area so that it is more readable and functional. Also, this area has been alphabetized (finally!). Perkins Engineering Area September 23, 2006 I) Added "Google Search of Bally Alley" button to the bottom of the index page. Try it out; it works pretty good. Don't expect it to find everything that you're looking for, but it sure beats going through page after page when you know that you've seen something before. Also, just because you didn't find it in the search doesn't mean that what you're looking for isn't on the website... index.html August 20, 2006 I) Updated the "Bally-Astrocade Game Cartridge and Hardware FAQ" with information that Paul Thacker noted. The FAQ is now at version 1.56. 1. Removed some smart quotes from the FAQ and replaced them with regular quotation marks. 2. Added some additional comments to "I.C.B.M. Attack" that Paul Thacker noted after he reviewed version 1.54 of the FAQ. 3. Added that "Color BASIC" does exist and that it is/was owned by Larry Anderson. 4. Added to "Desert Fox/Drag Race" that Brett Bilbrey saw a prototype of the game. 5. Added "Munchie" to the Prototype section. I was going to add it under "Pac-Man," but there is enough information here to give the game its own section. Bally-Astrocade Game Cartridge and Hardware FAQ II) Updated the Box Picture Area. All of the pictures of boxes had been lumped into one place, now they are separated into categories: 1. Esoterica Ltd. 2. L&M Software - One New Picture: 1) Candy Man 3. Misc. Boxes 4. Spectrecade 5. WaveMakers - Two New Pictures: 1) Lookout For the Bull (Box and Tape) 2) Seven WaveMakers Boxes Astrocade Box Picture Area III) Added additional cassette pictures: 1. Esoterica Ltd. Cassettes: 1) Mini Golf 2) Star Trek 2. Misc. Cassettes: 1) Bally Basic Program Sampler - Side A 2) Bally Basic Program Sampler - Side B August 19, 2006 I) Updated the "Bally-Astrocade Game Cartridge and Hardware FAQ" with information that Lance Squire noted. The FAQ is now at version 1.55. The update that was made is: 1. Added the game "Grand Prix / Demolition Derby" to the Released Cartridges. Bally-Astrocade Game Cartridge and Hardware FAQ II) Added Astro Battle picture to the cartridge picture page (thanks Lance!). Astro Battle cartridge picture III) Fixed the links page: 1. Added Link: Digibarn Computer Museum - BPA Pics 2. Fixed Links: Bally FAQ, Patent 4301503, Patent 4475172, and TI-ASM Help File 3. Removed Links: Astrocade Joysticks for $10, Frank's Site, Screenshots and Virtual Arcade. Astrocade Links August 18, 2006 I) Updated the "Bally-Astrocade Game Cartridge and Hardware FAQ" with information that Paul Thacker brought up in April 2006 on the Astrocade Discussion group. The FAQ is now at version 1.54. The updates that were made are: 1. Added "Sea Wolf/Bombardier" and "Seawolf/Missile" to the release cartridge section. I don't know how this was overlooked in the first place. 2. Added additional information about the rumored game "Escape." 3. Added additional information about the rumored game "Space Race." 4. Added "Home bookkeeping, Menu Planning, Business, and the Arts" to the rumored section. 5. Added additional information about the rumored game "Astrology." 6. Added additional information about the rumored game "Backgammon." 7. Added additional information about the rumored game "Desert Fox / Drag Race ." 8. Added "Word Hunt / Letter Match / Scramble" to the rumored section. 9. Added "Maneuvers" to the rumored section. 10. Added additional information about the rumored game "Robby Roto." 11. Added additional information about the game "I.C.B.M. Attack." Bally-Astrocade Game Cartridge and Hardware FAQ August 13, 2006 I) Added comments and short instructions by Lance Squire to Esoterica Ltd.'s Mini Golf. I put the comments on the download page with all of the other Esoterica games, plus I added them to the game download. Mini Golf August 12, 2006 I) Added Hangman and Home Budget Keeper by Esoterica Ltd. (and George Moses). The archive of all Esoterica material is now totally complete! Thanks to Paul Thacker for spotting this item on Ebay, purchasing it and then archiving it. 1. Hangman Game 2. Home Budget Keeper 3. Instructions 4. Cassette picture 5. Box Picture August 1, 2006 I) It was pointed out that the WAV that I uploaded yesterday isn't just called "Red." It is called "Red Pop Music." Fixed. Frank Palazzolo had some additional comments to make, which I added to the webpage and to the text file included with the zip. "Red Pop Music" WAV file II) When I uploaded Flying Witch Demo yesterday I stated that it runs under Bally BASIC. That is incorrect; it is written for AstroBASIC. You can check it out in the Machine Language, Homebrew Area: Machine Language, Homebrew Area III) Added a FAQ called "Arcadian Mailing Lists" by Paul Thacker. It is a short FAQ with two spreadsheet files with cumulative statistics about Arcadian subscribers. It's more interesting than you think. Arcadian Mailing Lists FAQ July 31, 2006 I) Added two WAV recordings of songs that George Moses transcribed: 1) Red - Lance's comments: This is called "Red" in the tape menu and displayed on the screen while it played, "Remember when you were a kid." I was impressed with the quality of this song, almost no bent notes. Recorded March 18, 2003. 2) She Loves You - Lance's comments: I was concerned that this file was bad as garbage started showing up on the screen partly through the load. Only it was consistent and there was clear centered text below it. I wondered... was that a block of ML code in the center of the screen? Then to my amazement the classic Beatles song She Loves You (Ya Ya Ya) started playing... with perfect 1/16 notes! Recorded March 18, 2003. You can download both of the programs here: George Moses WAV Recording Area II) Reworded a few descriptions on the BASIC page: BASIC Program Area III) Added a very short description to the Peek & Poke manuals on the Machine Language page: Machine Language, Documents Area IV) Deleted the online Multicart dipswitch settings (they were outdated). I replaced them with the ones that were on the Bally Alley Discussion Group. This zipped download includes two Word Documents and two PDF documents; use the pdf documents, not the Word documents (which are included in case any changes need to be made). Each document is the same information sorted into two different ways: alphabetically and alphabetically sorted by extra RAM needed or not. Multicart Area V) Uploaded three screenshots of the cartridge "Conan the Barbarian" Conan the Barbarian, Screenshots VI) Uploaded screenshot of the BASIC program "American Flag" by By Barry Ellerson (Arcadian Vol.6 PG.96). Simplified by Mike White. American Flag, Screenshot VII) "Flying Witch-- not THE Demo" Changed the "Critter" pattern in Lance Squire's "ProgramTests.asm" into the "Flying Witch" pattern (taken from the General Video Assembler Sample Program 2.) No actual code was changed; just the graphic of the "Critter." Like most programs in this section, this will run as a cartridge under an emulator. (Feb 17, 2006). Machine Language, Homebrew Page VIII) "Flying Witch Demo" By General Video From the General Video Assembler Documentation; (Appendix G). This is General Video Assembler Sample Program 2, sometimes referred to as the Flying Witch Demo. This program does NOT run as a cartridge, isn't mean't to; it runs under AstroBASIC (with a RAM expansion). This program can be assembled fine using ZMac, but there is no way to run it unless you assemble it under the General Video Assembler. It is here for learning purposes only. Written in 1982. Machine Language, Homebrew Page IX) Moved all current miscellaneous pictures from the screenshots/cartridge/misc area to a new truly miscellaneous picture area. Most of the pictures that were there had grown beyond screenshots, so a new area was created to hold them. Miscellaneous Picture Area X) Moved the Smurf Mockup by Kurt Woloch and the cleaned-up Smurf title screen by Lance Squire to the new miscellaneous picture area. The Smurf Mockup is a zipped file with a text document that includes part of the discussion that went on at Yahoogroups after Kurt uploaded the picture back in February 2006. Miscellaneous Picture Area July 30, 2006 I) Slightly changed and recreated the pdf for Bally Vector Tutotial by Lance Squire: Bally Vector Tutotial II) Added moved four FAQs from the Bally Alley Discussion group file archive to Ballyalley.com: 1. Arcadian Subscriber Statistics 10-29-82 - By Paul Thacker This is a spreadsheet file with cumulative statistics about Arcadian subscribers, from October 29, 1982. 2. 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. 3. Bally Technical Info (Cartridge Port) - By Ward Shrake, with 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. 4. 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) The four FAQs can be downloaded here: Astrocade FAQ Area III) Rearranged the Astrocade FAQ area by adding descriptions to every FAQ that was already online. I also made the area a little easier to read and navigate: Astrocade FAQ Area IV) Made some small typographical fixes to the descriptions in the cartridge image area: Cartridge Image Area July 29, 2006 I) Changed the descriptive text for "Astrocade Screen Operations - pdf" in the Bally Alley, Articles section: Bally Alley, Articles section II) Changed the descriptive text for "Cartridge Conversion (AKA BASIC Cartridge Swapping)" in the BASIC section: BASIC section III) Added the version number (.561) to the MESS Debugger in the Machine Language, Tools section: Machine Language, Tools section IV) Made changes to the description of the Bally ROM Source code (text and pdf file), Balckeck and AstroBASIC: Machine Language, Source Code section: V) Also added the source code for the cartridge versions of Checkmate and Scribbling to the Machine Language, Source Code section: Machine Language, Source Code section: VI) Added the source code for three homebrew programs to the Machine Language, Homebrew section: 1. Scrolltests - By Lance Squire. A menu with several test programs, one of which is the first version of the game that Lance is working on called BalZerk. 2. ScrolltestA - By Lance Squire. A menu with several test programs, one of which is the second version of the game that Lance is working on called BalZerk. 3. Smurf Title Screen - By Kurt Woloch. A title screen, with music, for the proposed game Smurf. There are now screen shots of both the Smurf title screen and BalZerk in the Homebrew section, so check them out! Machine Language, Homebrew section: July 23, 2006 I) Removed the broken links to the Z-GRASS manuals from the misc_docs page. These manuals were moved long ago to the Z-GRASS area: Z-GRASS documentation area II) I've uploaded ten 300-BAUD programs by Esoterica Ltd. to Ballyalley.com. The programs are: 1) Big City Slick 2) Bomb Squad 3) Fox & Hounds 4) Garbersville 5) Great American Jigsaw, The 6) Mini Golf 7) Star Trek 8) Ten Pins 9) Treasure Island 10) Wildcatter 300-BAUD Esoterica Download Area July 22, 2006 I) I've uploaded fourteen Esoterica Ltd. pictures of cassettes (seven different cassettes, front and back). They are: 1) Big City Slick and Great American Jigsaw 2) Bomb Squad / Wildcatter 3) Fox and Hounds / Treasure Island 4) Garbersville / Ten Pins 5) Mini-Golf / Starship Command 6) Road Toad 7) Super Slope Esoterica Ltd. Picture Area II) I've uploaded three cassette boxes by Esoterica Ltd. I never even knew that these existed until Paul made scans from Ian's loaners boxes. The boxes are: 1) Great American Jigsaw 2) Road Toad 3) Super Slope Box Picture Area III) I've uploaded two manuals for tapes by Esoterica Ltd. They are: 1) Road Toad 2) Super Slope Tape Manual Area IV) I've uploaded eight 2000-BAUD programs by Esoterica Ltd. to Ballyalley.com. The programs are: 1) Big City Slick 2) Bomb Squad 3) Fox & Hounds 4) Garbersville 5) Great American Jigsaw, The 6) Ten Pins 7) Treasure Island 8) Wildcatter 2000-BAUD Esoterica Download Area July 21, 2006 I) Began rearranging the 300-BAUD section (finally!). Programs will now be available to download one at a time instead of in HUGE batches. The avarage 300-BAUD program size is about 7MB though, so this isn't really a final solution as much as it is a stop-gap measure until there is a way to digitally archive these programs. 300-BAUD Program Area II) Separated eighteen 300-BAUD L&M programs: 1. Ayatollah Dartboard 2. Black Lagoon, The 3. Claim Jumpers 4. Color Organ, Light Show Demo 5. Coyote-Roadrunner Desert Race 6. Fox and the Hare 7. Kill the Vulcan 8. Light Show Program 2 9. Multi Program Format 10. Phantom Star Fighter 2003 11. Rescue Air Drop 12. Search and Destroy 13. Sink the U-Boat 14. Space Checkers 15. Space Quest 2001 16. Space Sleuth 17. Star Base 2000 18. Target L&M 300-BAUD Program Area III) Removed the title "Bally Alley v2.0" from the index page. It's been there since the site was redesigned by Lance in about 2002-- it's about time to remove it, I'd say! IV) Added twenty-four 300-BAUD programs by W&W Software Sales: 1) Alien (Space) Patrol 2) Biorhythms 3) Block Buster 4) Calendar 5) Checkers 6) Clock 7) Computer Art 8) Checkbook Balancer & Compound Interest 9) Flight Simulator 10) Hangman 11) Inspector Clew-So 12) Mastermind 13) Menza Test 14) (Mortgage) Amortization 15) Othello 16) Riddle 17) Sequence 18) Solitaire 19) Space Dock 20) Sub Search 21) Tic Tac Toe 22) TV Ghost 23) Van Gam 24) W&W Racetrack W&W Software Sales 300-BAUD Program Area V) Added twelve 300-BAUD programs to the miscellaneous section: 1) 4D2 - Rusty Bloomart, Dale Smith, and George Moses 2) Astro-Zap 2000 - George Moses 3) Critter - Brett Bilbrey 4) Frog - Bob Wiseman 5) Fudd - Bob Wiseman 6) Grandfather Clock - Barry Ellerson 7) Line Resequencer - Mike Peace 8) Quadra - Mike White Includes menu and four games: 1. Smash-Up 2. Laser & Slide 3. UFO Attack 4. Safe Cracker. 9) Stranded on Rigel 5 - Sean Walsh 10) Telling Time - Bob Hensel 11) Video Wallpaper - Jay Fenton 12) Z-80 Mini-Course Programs - Barry Ellerson Includes nine Programs: 1. American Flag 2. Atari Logo 3. Color Formatter 4. Color Scribble and Record 5. Color Tunnel (4 lines per interrupt) 6. Color Tunnel (77 lines per interrupt) 7. Color Tunnel (142 lines per interrupt) 8. Color Tunnel and Art 9. Machine Programming Utility. Miscellaneous 300-BAUD Program Area July 20, 2006 I) Added the Bally BASIC Manual. It is 130 pages long (2.32MB). This manual is for the first version of the Bally BASIC cartridge, the one that does not have the built-in microphone jack. Bally BASIC Manual (Version 1) II) Added the 300-BAUD Audio Interface Leaflet. It is six pages long (346K). This is the leaflet that accompanied the 300-BAUD BASIC interface. There are some BASIC programs included with it too. 300-BAUD Audio Interface Leaflet July 18, 2006 I) Added an Astrocade video: 1. Bally Color BASIC (Circa 1982) - 2:41 - 28MB Lance shortened the Color BASIC video that I uploaded yesterday down even more (he took out a middle portion that was four minutes long). Color BASIC Video (MPEG) July 17, 2006 I) Added an Astrocade video: 1. Bally Color BASIC (Circa 1982) - 6:36 - 68MB Lance shortened this video down a bit so that it's (mostly) just Color BASIC. Color BASIC Video (MPEG) July 7, 2006 I) Added three Astrocade videos: 1. Arcadian Promotional Video (1980) - 23:07 - 236MB Bob Fabris compiled these programs onto video from the Arcadian newsletter. Not edited, so it is slow, but worth it for the only known look at Color BASIC. 2. Astrocade Promotional Video (Circa 1982) - 5:22 - 55MB This is a great "commercial" made by Astrovision. 3. Hot Rod Bally BASIC Video (Circa 1982) - 16:14 - 166MB Jay Fenton narrates an insiders look at the unreleased Hot Rod Bally BASIC. There are eight short programs that he demonstrates. This is especially neat if you've ever programmed before. Astrocade Videos April 17, 2006 I) Added "Seawolf / Bombardier" cartridge scan. Here are some comments by Lance Squire: "You will notice that the 'Missile' cart is a first-run label while my 'Bombardier' is a second-run label. My Bombardier cart still says Missile on the menu though." Thanks for the scan, Lance! Seawolf / Bombardier Cartridge Picture April 16, 2006 I) Added BalCheck source code for use with the BalCheck hardware. There is conditional assembly so that is will assemble for the 3159 or the 3164 ROM. This was actually finished February 7, 2004, but because of an oversight, it was only added to the Bally Alley discussion group over at Yahoo. balcheck.asm April 15, 2006 I) This 'catalog,' from June 1978, was put together by Bally to promote the Bally Professional Arcade to salespeople. This is a full-color 'catalog' that is a large download (9MB). It is 8 1/2" x 11" and is sixteen pages long. I love the 1970's style art! Chain Store Age 'Catalog' (June 1978) II) The two original ads from the 1977 and 1978 JS&A catalogs. These are the ads that people saw that got them interested in purchasing the Bally Professional Arcade. I've setup an area where you can download these ads in high-quality, color, 300dpi pdfs (for those with fast connections), and also the same catalogs converted to B&W for those that don't have fast Internet access). JS&A 1977 and 1978 Catalog [Excerpts] III) Added a Bally and Astrovision Ads and Catalogs area. I've uploaded three new documents: 1) Bally Professional Arcade Pocket Facts: A small (originally, a booklet) 2-color handout that gives an overall explanation of the BPA, including details about the on-board ROM games and calculator. (Color and B&W versions available) 2) Bally Professional Arcade (Blue): There were several flyers by Bally that were given to dealers to help promote the machine. This one promotes the "fun and brains" of the system. 3) Bally Videocade Cassettes: A color catalog of the cartridges available for the Bally Professional Arcade. Check out the screenshots of the unreleased (and, as yet, unfound) cartridges: Backgammon, Astrology and Dragrace. Three New Bally Documents IV) Added a Nitron area with five documents. These documents show the end of the line for the company that worked with Astrovision to produce the Astrocade. 1) Everything Must Go! - No Date - This is it. Nitron loses their lease and they must liquidate everything. 2) Final Inventory Letter - 11/14/1984 - The company is so out of money that they don't have cash to send flyers to customers. It's a sad thing to see a company fall. 3) Addendum Prices - 12/06/1984 - The end was in sight! They began to cut the prices of the cartridges even more (though only by 10%). They also started to offer a package deal where if you bought a system then you would get twenty-four cartridges with it, all for $199.95 4) Final Inventory - 01/07/1984 - This sheet shows how many cartridges and Astrocades that Nitron still had in inventory right at the end. There isn't nearly as many as I expected, most cartridges are under one-thousand left (though Galactic Invasion still had 18,000). There are 857 Astrocades left; no wonder they're so rare! 5) Auction Announcement 03/13/1985 - This appeared in the San Jose Mercury News. Not only was the inventory being sold off, but the whole facility was auctioned as well! Nitron Documents V) Added nine JS&A documents. These documents give a better perspective of the problems that plagued the beginning of the Bally Professional Arcade. 1) jsa_backorders.pdf 09/01/1975 - Backorder Policies and Procedures. 2) jsa_warranty_card.pdf 1977 - JS&A National Sales Group Warranty Card. 3) jsa_oustanding_response.pdf 11/07/1977 - Outstanding response and "How so cheap?" 4) jsa-bpa_delay.pdf December 1977 - Initial production of Bally Professional Arcade delayed. 5) jsa-bpa_gift_certificate.pdf December 1977 - Gift Certificate of Bally Home Library Computer. 6) jsa_newspaper_question.pdf 04/26/1978 - Newspaper answer, "Delay Blamed on Production." 7) jsa_tiny_basic_delay.pdf 07/06/1978 - Tiny BASIC still on back order. 8) jsa_unable_to_fill_orders.pdf 11/27/1979 - Response from liquidation sale so strong that not all orders could be filled. 9) jsa-retraction_letter.pdf 1979 - Retraction letter of advertisement in Wall Street Journal. JS&A Documents VI) Added "Animating the Death Star Trench." Larry Cuba describes how he animated forty seconds of animation for Star Wars: A New Hope. From The Very Best of Fantastic Films, Feb. 1981. Six pages. Animating the Death Star Trench VII) Added an advertisement for the cursor group: Cursor Group Advertisement April 14, 2006 I) A letter written by Adam Trionfo to Bob Fabris in 1994. Bob was the editor on the Arcadian newsletter from 1978 - 1986 and Adam started Ballyalley.com in 2001. My First Letter to Bob Fabris of the Arcadian (Circa 1994!) April 2, 2006 I) Added an article called "Bally Arcade "Retro Astro" Handheld Unit by ToyMax!" about the new handheld Bally Arcade (called "Retro Astro") by Toymax, makers of the Atari Classics 10 In 1 TV Games: Bally Arcade "Retro Astro" Handheld Unit by ToyMax! II) Added cartridge manual for Ms. Candyman by L&M software: cart_manuals/ms_candyman_manual.pdf III) Added cartridge manual for Blast Droids by Esoterica: cart_manuals/blast_droids-manual.pdf IV) 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? misc_docs/astrocade_mem_expander.pdf March 21, 2006 I) I have added carriage returns to twenty-three text documents on Ballyalley.com to make them easier to read in a web browser. No longer will lines stretch off-screen seemingly forever, now there are no lines that are longer than 79-characters. These are the files that I have changed: In the Bally Alley Article Section ---------------------------------- ballyalley/articles/articles.html 1) Arcade Games Based Around Astrocade Chipset, By Adam Trionfo 2) Astrocade Homebrew Game Ideas, By Glenn Saunders and Adam Trionfo 3) Astrocade, Xonox, Atari and John Perkins, By Adam Trionfo 4) Bally Astrocade Screen Operations, By John Perkins 5) Bally/Astro BASIC differences, Adam Trionfo (With some comments by Lance Squire) 6) Bally's Blitter, Lance Squire 7) On the Bally BASIC Demo Cartridge, By Adam Trionfo 8) Overview of the Astrocade and Its Relation to the UV-1 Computer, By Adam Trionfo 9) Poor Man's Memory Expansion, By C.J. Anderson 10) Sneak Up and Bite Ya Department, By Hoover Anderson Research and Design 11) Z-80 Books - Here's a List of Four, Adam Trionfo In the Bally Alley Interview Section ------------------------------------ ballyalley/interviews/interviews.html 1) Interview with Brett Bilbrey, By Adam Trionfo 2) Interview with David Ibach, By Paul Thacker 3) Comments from Tom Meeks, By Tom Meeks In the FAQs Section ------------------- faqs/faqs.html 1) Arcadian Articles FAQ, Volumes 5-7, By Adam Trionfo 2) Astrocade "Arcadian" FAQ, By Adam Trionfo 3) Astrocade Cassette Software - Introduction, By Michael White 4) Astrocade MESS Emulation Keyboard Mapping FAQ, By Adam Trionfo 5) Astrocade Public Domain Programs FAQ, By Adam Trionfo 6) Bally Astrocade Hardware Guide, The, By Michael White 7) Bally/Astrocade FAQ, The, By Adam Trionfo and Lance F. Squire 8) Bally-Astrocade Game Cartridge and Hardware FAQ, By Mike White and Adam Trionfo In the Miscellaneous Documents Section -------------------------------------- misc_docs/misc_docs.html 1) Astrocade Reviews, By Michael Prosise II) Added four games to the "Arcade Games Based Around Astrocade Chipset" article: ballyalley/articles/astrocade_arcade_games.txt III) Added a Yahoo Groups "join" box at the bottom of the Ballyalley.com home page to help promote the discussion group: index.html March 20, 2006 I) Subtitled both versions of New Image's "RND Art II" to "RND Art II: The Stairs to the Temple:" program_downloads/2000_baud_programs/new_image/new_image.html II) Corrected the spelling of "Candy Man" on the L&M Software web page (it was spelled "Candyman"). program_downloads/2000_baud_programs/l&m_software/l&m_software.html III) Corrected The spelling of "Candy Man" in the desciptor file. Also corrected some misspellings in the review that is included with "Candy Man:" program_downloads/2000_baud_programs/l&m_software/candy_man_[l&m_software].zip IV) Made some minor spelling corrections to the "Candy Man" section of 'Game Player' Tape Reviews. It is now at version 1.21. misc_docs/astrocade_reviews.zip V) Added "What's New - Archives (2000-2005)" - These archives go back to October 22, 2000; Bally Alley is actually older than that, but not by much-- the site made its appearance in 2000. Most of the links won't work anymore (the site has been rearranged), but the archives do make an interesting time capsule. whats_new_archives_(2000-2005).html VI) Added three programs by Steve Walters: 1. Avalanche! 2. Halloween Graphics 3. Hang Up! program_downloads/2000_baud_programs/misc/steve_walters/steve_walters.html VII) Added Dave Ibach section with six new programs plus four additional alternate versions of "Frog Leap." Some of the programs in this new section are also in other areas (for instance, "Buggin' BC" is also in the George Moses section because they both wrote this game). Here are the programs in this section (unless otherwise marked, then the programs are new to Ballyalley.com). 1. Buggin' BC (Copied to this section) 2. Buggin' Me 3. Contest Entry 4. Converter 5. Frog Leap (Copied to this section, plus new alternate versions) 6. Machine Coder 7. Tree 8. BUG Puzzle #2 Solution program_downloads/2000_baud_programs/dave_ibach/dave_ibach.html VIII) I have rearranged the "Astrocade Cassette Pictures" area of Ballyalley.com. This area is found here: pics/cassette_pics/cassette_pictures.html The pictures of the cassettes have been separated from one large miscellaneous category and broken into different groups. They are: 1. Esoterica Limited 2. George Moses 3. H.A.R.D. 4. L&M Software 5. Miscellaneous 6. W&W Software Sales 7. WaveMakers There are nineteen new pictures by L&M Software (here): pics/cassette_pics/l&m_software/l&m_software.html The L&M Software Cassettes are: ------------------------------- 1. Ayatollah Dart Board 2. Black Lagoon, The 3. Claim Jumpers 4. Color Organ-Light Show Demo 5. Coyote-Roadrunner Desert Race 6. Fox and the Hare 7. Kill the Vulcan 8. Light Show Demo 9. Light Show Program #2 10. Multi. Program Format (Alternate Tape) 11. Multi. Program Format 12. Phantom Star Fighters 2003 13. Rescue Air Drop 14. Search and Destroy 15. Sink the U-Boat 16. Space Checkers 17. Space Quest 2001 18. Star Base 2000 19. Target There are five new pictures by W&W Software Sales (here): pics/cassette_pics/w&w_software_sales/w&w_software_sales.html The W&W Software Sales Cassettes are: ------------------------------------- 1. W&W Tape 1 2. W&W Tape 3 3. W&W Tape 4 4. W&W Tape 5 5. W&W Tape 9 March 19, 2006 I) Noted the author of the New Image "RND Art" series as Chris Williams. program_downloads/2000_baud_programs/new_image/new_image.html II) Changed the spelling of "Wave Makers" or "Wavemakers" to WaveMakers on the button and on several pages. This will be ongoing, as "WaveMakers" is now the accepted standard. III) Added two different versions of previously archived programs: "Memory Lane (v2)" and "Music Keyboard (v2)." program_downloads/2000_baud_programs/wave_makers/wave_makers.html March 17, 2006 I) Added "Secret of Pellucitar" by L&M Software: program_downloads/2000_baud_programs/l&m_software/secret_of_pellucitar_[l&m_software].zip March 16, 2006 I) Added three programs by L&M Software: 1. Alien Invasion (A rather graphically detailed BASIC game): program_downloads/2000_baud_programs/l&m_software/alien_invasion_[l&m_software].zip 2. Candy Man (The prequel to the cartridge): program_downloads/2000_baud_programs/l&m_software/candy_man_[l&m_software].zip 3. Claim Jumpers (Very simple concept, yet one of my favorite games in Astro BASIC): program_downloads/2000_baud_programs/l&m_software/claim_jumpers_[l&m_software].zip March 15, 2006 I) Mentioned the source of two archived programs (Astro Zap 2000 (v1) and Buggin' B.C. (v1)): program_downloads/2000_baud_programs/george_moses/games/games.html II) Renamed 'Golden Slippers' so that it is clear that it is for the Player Piano. program_downloads/2000_baud_programs/basic_manuals/programs_a-m/golden_slippers-for_player_piano_[basic_manual].zip III) "Sicko-Therapy 1" renamed to "Sicko-Therapy." (and deleted the bin file that was included in archive):Also some added information was added to the text file" "A computer psychoanalyst (ELIZA on TRS-80). ELIZA is probably a bit more serious than the New Image one. From the Sourcebook entry (Summer 1982 G-24), it looks like the title is just "Sicko-Therapy" (Not "Sicko-Therapy 1"). The sequel is called "Sicko-Therapy Session II". program_downloads/2000_baud_programs/new_image/sicko-therapy_[new_image].zip IV) Corrected spelling errors in "Quickdraw" text file (and deleted the bin file that was included in archive): program_downloads/2000_baud_programs/new_image/quickdraw_[new_image].zip V) Renamed the "RND Art" series of programs to have roman numbers instead of standard numbers: program_downloads/2000_baud_programs/new_image/new_image.html VI) Moved the "RAM Expansion Required" program section from under the 2000-Baud area and gave it its own section: program_downloads/ram_expansion_required/ram_expansion_required.html VII) Deleted the bin file from "Gamma Wars:" program_downloads/2000_baud_programs/tiny_arcade/gamma_wars_[the_tiny_arcade].zip March 3, 2006 I) Added the datasheet for: INS8154 N-Channel 128x8 Bit RAM I/O (This is the I/O chip that the Blue Ram uses). perkins/perkins.html II) Added an interview with David Ibach, the programmer of the third-party cartridge "Sneaky Snake." He also was part of General Video, the company that released "The General Video Assembler," a two-pass assembler for the Astrocade. He devised a method, referred to as The Ibach Cartridge Conversion, for swapping cartridges while the Astrocade was still on (thus allowing Bally and Astro versions of BASIC to be swapped without losing the program in memory). He also wrote a few BASIC games and programs that were published in the Arcadian newsletter. ballyalley/interviews/interview_with_david_ibach.txt March 1, 2006 I) Added sixty-two programs to the BASIC Manual Program Download Area: program_downloads/2000_baud_programs/basic_manuals/basic_manuals.html II) I am now finished uploading programs to the 2000-Baud Program Download area: program_downloads/2000_baud_programs/2000_baud_programs.html There have been three-hundred-fifty-five programs uploaded altogether over the past few weeks. It breaks down like this: Arcadian - 101 Basic Manuals - 62 Cursor/BASIC-Express - 4 Esoterica Ltd. - 4 George Moses - 38 H.A.R.D. - 5 Jay Fenton - 2 L&M Software - 19 Mike White - 27 Misc. - 23 New Image - 20 RAM Expansion Required - 1 Tiny Arcade, The - 5 W&W Software Sales - 5 Wave Makers - 39 --- 355 February 26, 2006 I) Added one-hundred-one programs to the Arcadian newsletter Area: program_downloads/2000_baud_programs/arcadian/arcadian.html February 24, 2006 I) Added thirty-eight programs to the George Moses Area: program_downloads/2000_baud_programs/george_moses/george_moses.html February 22, 2006 I) Added twenty programs to the New Image Area: program_downloads/2000_baud_programs/new_image/new_image.html II) Added Nineteen programs to the L&M Software Area: program_downloads/2000_baud_programs/l&m_software/l&m_software.html II) Added twenty-seven programs to the Mike White Area: program_downloads/2000_baud_programs/mike_white/mike_white.html II) Added twenty-three programs to the Miscellaneous Area: program_downloads/2000_baud_programs/misc/misc.html February 18, 2006 I) Added four programs to the Cursor/BASIC Expess Area: program_downloads/2000_baud_programs/cursor_basic-express/cursor_basic-express.html II) Added four programs to the Esoterica Ltd. Area: program_downloads/2000_baud_programs/esoterica_ltd/esoterica_ltd.html III) Added five programs to the H.A.R.D. Area: program_downloads/2000_baud_programs/hard/hard.html IV) Added two programs to the Jay Fenton Area: program_downloads/2000_baud_programs/jay_fenton/jay_fenton.html V) Added five programs to the Tiny Arcade Area: program_downloads/2000_baud_programs/tiny_arcade/tiny_arcade.html VI) Added one program to the RAM Expansion Required Area: program_downloads/2000_baud_programs/ram_expansion_required/ram_expansion_required.html VII) Added five programs to the W&W Software Sales Area: program_downloads/2000_baud_programs/w&w_software_sales/w&w_software_sales.html February 17, 2006 I) Rearranged and removed all files from the 2000-baud program download area. I will be adding to this area over the coming days and weeks. program_downloads/2000_baud_programs/2000_baud_programs.html II) Added thirty-nine Wave Makers programs: program_downloads/2000_baud_programs/wave_makers/wave_makers.html February 15, 2006 I) General Video Assembler (Sample Programs) [Handwritten from screen] added: tape_manuals/general_video_assembler_(sample_programs).pdf January 28, 2006 I) Fixed bad picture loads on 'Heat Warning' and 'Introduction' pages due to case sensitivity. January 27, 2006 I) Fixed January 26 links on the 'What's New' Page II) 'Program Downloads - Utilities' section program_downloads/utilities/utilities.html 1. Reformatted the whole section to give a little more detail about a program and to make the section more readable. III) 'Program Downloads - Basic Manual Programs' section program_downloads/basic_manual_progs/basic_manual_progs.html 1. Added 'Music [Compiled] (Lesson Version)' by Dick Ainsworth (from Astrocade Manual, 40-43) January 26, 2006 I) 'Program Downloads - Demo' section program_downloads/demos/demos.html 1. Reformatted the whole section to give a little more detail about a program and to make the section more readable. 2. Renamed 'New Ghost' to 'Halloween Ghost' (the actual name of the program). 3. Added 'American Flag' by Barry Ellerson (Simplified by Mike White) II) 'Program Downloads - Games' section program_downloads/games/games.html 1. Reformatted the whole section to give a little more detail about a program and to make the section more readable in preperation for adding more games... many more! January 25, 2006 I) Four Astrocade Underground newsletters reduced from 37.45MB to 3.59MB in newsletter section. newsletters/Underground/Underground.html II) Replaced text link with Astrocade Underground button. III) Added an Arcadian Type-In Program section for programs (and corrections) that have beeen cut and paste from the newsletter. Added fourteen type-in programs to volume one and one program to volume six. They are: Volume 1 -------- 1) Amazed in Space - Aquila and Richard Houser [Arc. Vol. 1, Pgs. 58, 60 and 61] 2) Arcadian 2x Size - Glenn Pogue [Arc. Vol. 1, Pg. 45] 3) Bangman - Ernie Sams [Arc. Vol. 1, Pg. 47-49] 4) Checkers - John Collins [Arc. Vol. 1, Pgs. 41, 42, 47, 77, and 90] 5) Clock - J. Cousins [Arc. Vol. 1, Pg. 36] 6) Convert Hex to Decimal - Ernie Sams [Arc. Vol. 1, Pg. 36] 7) Division with Decimals - Paul Law [Arc. Vol. 1, Pg. 24] 8) 'Game Over' Phrase - Tom Wood [Arc. Vol. 1, Pg. 25] 9) Memory Contents (Binary) - Max Manowski [Arc. Vol. 1, Pg. 43] 10) Memory Contents - Gary Moser [Arc. Vol. 1, Pg. 44) 11) Random Art - Ernie Sams [Arc. Vol. 1, Pgs. 44 and 49] 12) Reverse - Brett Bilbrey and Mike Toth [Arc. Vol. 1, Pg. 38 and 46] 13) Simon - Brett Bilbrey [Arc. Vol. 1, Pgs. 35, 38, 45, and 77] 14) Slot Machine - Ernie Sams [Arc. Vol. 1, Pg. 59, 69 and 77] Volume 6 -------- 15) Bangman - Ernie Sams [Arc. Vol. 6, Pgs. 64 and 65] Dec 19, 2005 I) 2 More WaveMakers fliers added to ads & Catalogs section ads_and_catalogs/ads_and_catalogs.html Dec 16, 2005 I) Astrocade Underground newsletters Finally online. newsletters/Underground/Underground.html May 29, 2005 I) Fixed links to 'Bach's Two-Part Inventions' caused by '#' in the url. program_downloads/music/bach_tape/bach_tape.html II) Finaly set DNS to point to new server. November 19, 2004 I) Added Descriptions to Michael White's BASIC tutorials http://www.ballyalley.com/basic/tutorials/tutorials.html November 10, 2004 I) Uploaded 19 pictures of Bally Astrocade Cassette Tapes http://www.ballyalley.com/pics/cassette_pics/cassette_pictures.html 1) 3x5 Character Set 2) 15 Two-Part Inventions 3) A.R.D Logo 4) Atom Smasher / Space Sleuth - Side 1 5) Atom Smasher / Space Sleuth - Side 2 6) Bally Arcade Ragtime - Side 1 7) Bally Arcade Ragtime - Side 2 8) Biorythm / Moon Landing 9) Early ICBM Attack 10) Life / Nuke the Bastards 11) Light Pen Sampler 12) 'Mazin 13) Pack-Rat 14) Road Toad 15) Sinfonia to Cantata 29 16) Super Sleuth / The Black Lagoon_II - Side 1 17) Super Sleuth / The Black Lagoon_II - Side 2 18) Super Slope 19) Video Rally November 5, 2004 I) Uploaded 33 pictures of BASIC games and programs http://www.ballyalley.com/pics/screenshots/screenshots.html 1) 3x5 Character Set (3 pics) 2) 4D2 (4 pics) 3) Arcade Slot Machine (2 pics) 4) A.R.D. Logo (2 pics) 5) Bangman (2 pics) 6) Battlestar Galactica (2 pics) 7) Biorhythms and Moonlanding (12 pics) 8) Black Lagoon II (3 pics) 9) Bowling (2 pics) November 4, 2004 I) Rearranged the screenshot area so that it's easier to navigate now that I'm adding more screenshots of BASIC programs. http://www.ballyalley.com/pics/screenshots/screenshots.html II) Added 26 screenshots for five BASIC games by Wavemakers http://www.ballyalley.com/pics/screenshots/screenshots.html 1) Castle of Horror (3 pics) 2) Collision Course (3 pics) 3) Dungeons of Dracula (4 pics) 4) Four Famous Freebies (14 pics) 1. Invasion Force 2. Brick in the Wall 3. Mazemaker II 4. Sideswipe 5) Gate Escape, The - (2 pics) October 30, 2004 Added eleven items: magazine articles, announcements for electronic art (using ZGrass), Astrocade Kiosk color picture, and the first ever Bally Arcade advertisement (from September 1977!). I) Three articles on the ZGrass and UV/1 http://www.ballyalley.com/misc_docs/zgrass/zgrass-uv-1_articles/zgrass-uv-1_articles.html 1) Beyond the Planet of Pac-man - AirCal Magazine, November 1982 2) The Circle Graphics Habitat - Source Unknown, 1974 3) Ask Popular: Which Computer System is Best for Use By Graphics Professionals - Popular Computing, July 1982 II) Three Miscellaneous Articles http://www.ballyalley.com/misc_docs/misc_docs.html 1) RLE Email - Two separate emails from 1996 concerning the new 64K RAM and Printer Interface. This interface never appeared. 2) 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. 3) 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. III) ZGrass / UV-1 Announcements http://www.ballyalley.com/misc_docs/zgrass/announcements/announcements.html 1) EVL Explores Electronic Imagery - Show Date - May 23, 198? 2) From Video Games to Video Art - Show Date - Sept. 2 - Oct. 12, 1980 3) Unique Electronic Visionals Will Be Created For Show - Show Date - May 23, 198? IV) Astrocade Kiosk http://www.ballyalley.com/pics/hardware_pics/hardware_pictures.html 1) Picture of the Astrocade Kiosk (in color) V) First EVER Bally Arcade Ad http://www.ballyalley.com/ads_and_catalogs/ads_and_catalogs.html 1) JS&A National Sales Group - This is the first ad for the Bally Arcade. It was printed in the September 1977 issue of "American Scientific." Although not printed by Bally, JS&A was the only authorized vendor at the time." - Lance Squire October 29, 2004 Added eighteen magazine articles on the ZGrass and UV-1. I) ZGrass / UV-1 Magazine Articles http://www.ballyalley.com/misc_docs/zgrass/zgrass-uv-1_articles/zgrass-uv-1_articles.html 1. The Convention Explosion - Business Screen, Oct. 23, 1981 2. Let's Get Animated - Videography, February 1983 3. The Datamax UV-1R Zgrass Graphics System Ad - Videography, February 1983 4. Color My World - Afterimage, October 1982 5. Art Facts: Drawing with Computers - Unknown Magazine, Unknown Date 6. Look Homeward, Computer - AudioVideo International, May 1982 7. In the Mind of Tom Defanti... Inventor of ZGrass - Business Screen, June/July 1982 8. Pictures by Funny Numbers - Creative Computing, June 1981 9. C.E.S. - Creative Computing, May 1982 10. Language Control for Easy Electronic Visualization - Byte Publications, 1980 11. ZGrass Upgrade Turns Game Into Business Graphics - Mini-Micro Systems, February 1982 12. Real Time Animation Techniques with Microcomputers - Pixel Creations, Unknown Date 13. Computer Art Breakthrough: Painting by Number - Rolling Stone, March 18, 1982 14. Chicago Computer Artist Accelerates to Warp Speed - Softalk, February 1983 15. The Engineering of Art - U of I Chicagoen, December 1982 16. The Inventors: Tom Defanti, Creating Graphics with a Special computer Language, Video Systems, November 1983 17. ZDNet - An Interprocess Computer Network for Naive to Expert Graphics Users, Unknown source and date 18. Making Waves: An Interactive Art/Science Exhibition, Unknown Source and date October 28, 2004 - Part 1 Added four magazine articles on the ZGrass and UV-1. I) Four ZGrass and UV-1 Articles http://www.ballyalley.com/misc_docs/zgrass/zgrass-uv-1_articles/zgrass-uv-1_articles.html 1) Video Art: A Very Creative Channel for Computers, Chicago Tribune, Sept. 23, 1980 2) Computer Art as a Way of Life, Unknown Magazine, Fall, 1983 3) Digital Paint Systems, Computer Graphics World, April, 1982 4) Report on Siggraph '82, Robotics Age, Sept/Oct, 1982 October 28, 2004 - Part 1 Added twelve files (mostly magazine articles) and made some revisions (one revision is significant). I) Added a link to Mike White's 13'th tutorial http://www.ballyalley.com/basic/tutorials/tutorials.html 1) I accidentally didn't put a link to the 13'th tutorial that I uploaded. Mike noticed this and asked me if I was superstitious (I'm not, but around this time of year, with a full lunar eclipse tonight, and Halloween around the corner, one never knows!) II) Rearranged the Zgrass/UV-1 area http://www.ballyalley.com/misc_docs/zgrass/zgrass.html 1) In preparation for adding more files, I rearranged the Zgrass/UV-1 area so that it's a little easier to navigate. III) Video Instructions for Extended BASIC http://www.ballyalley.com/type-in_programs/basic/basic.html 1) Video Instructions for XB - A program that gives "video instructions" on the new functions of Extended BASIC. IV) Advertisements http://www.ballyalley.com/ads_and_catalogs/ads_and_catalogs.html 1) W&W Software Sales Ad - Descriptions of five games: Othello, Van Gam, Flight Simulator, Sub Search, and Hangman. 2) George Collins Program List - Three programs listed: Invasion, Bug!, and Deepspace 2050. V) BASICart Code Key http://www.ballyalley.com/basic/basic.html 1) BASICart Code Key - When creating a BASICart, use this very useful code key. IV) Magazine and Newspaper Articles http://www.ballyalley.com/magazine_articles/magazine_articles.html 1) Hardware - Review of the re-released BPA from Astrocade. From Radio-Electronics, April 1982. 2) Astrocade - Another review of the re-released BPA from Astrocade. (Two reviews of the same unit in four months?!?) From Radio-Electronics, July 1982. 3) Video Games - An article that chooses the Astrocade as the best game machine choice of 1982 (versus the Atari 2600, Intellivision, and Odyssey 2). From Consumer's Reports, Nov. 1982. 4) Astrocade Sues Commodore and Atari - The suit claims that Atari and Commodore are using patents licensed exclusively to Astrocade that deal with bit-mapped graphics for video display. From Infoworld, June 1982. 5) Astrocade Enters Video Space Wars - From Leisure Time Electronics, Feb. 1982. 6) A Broker's Bubbly Ballyhoo for Bally - From Daily News, April 29, 1982. 7) Video Game Death Could Put Supplier on Ice - From Chicago Tribune, Oct. 14, 1982. October 27, 2004 Added seven files (pics, mostly) and made some revisions (one revision is significant). I) 24-Key Keypad http://www.ballyalley.com/pics/keypad_overlays/keypad_overlays.html 1) 24-key Keypad picture 2) Revision of Keypad Overlay page (everything at the top is new) II) Bally Professional Arcade http://www.ballyalley.com/pics/hardware_pics/hardware_pictures.html 1) BPA picture. This is from the inside cover of the "BPA Owner's Manual." III) Bally BASIC Ad http://www.ballyalley.com/pics/ad_pics/ad_pics.html 1) Bally BASIC ad from page 18 of the "BPA Owner's Manual." 2) Bally/Midway Games "Games of Fame" - "Video Games," October 1982, back cover. 3) "The Professional Arcade Gives You More!" - From "Electronic Games," August 1982, page 7. IV) Wavemakers Tape #9, Pack Rat http://www.ballyalley.com/type-in_programs/wavemakers/wavemakers.html 1) Pack Rat, Type-in program from Wavemakers V) Astrocade Programming Sheets http://www.ballyalley.com/misc_docs/misc_docs.html 1) Astrocade Programming Sheets - Added another sheet to this compilation as page six. October 26, 2004 Twenty-seven files added to Bally Alley: I) Fourteen files for the "Houser Book." http://www.ballyalley.com/type-in_programs/houser_book/houser_book.html 1) Amazed In Space - Aquila 2) Artillery Duel - John Perkins 3) BatNum (Battle of Numbers) - Ron Schwenk 4) Battlestar Galactica - Unknown 5) Biorythm - M.R. Anglis 6) Black Box - Unknown 7) King Hamurabi - Richard Houser 8) Mastermind - Ron Schwenk 9) Math Routines - T. Hays 10) Numbermind - Ron Schwenk 11) OneCheck - Ron Schwenk 12) Othello - W&W 13) Sub-Search - Webers 14) Super Wumpus - T Hays II) Two Bally Arcade Patents http://www.ballyalley.com/misc_docs/misc_docs.html 1) Bally Professional Arcade Patent - 4301503 - Home Computer and Game Apparatus (Filed May 30, 1978). - (10.7MB) 2) Bally Professional Arcade Patent - 4475172 - Home Computer and Game Apparatus (Filed June 18, 1981) - (6.79MB) III) Four Tape Manuals http://www.ballyalley.com/tape_manuals/tape_manuals.html I made significant changes to how this section is handed. Instead of listing a tape compilation name, I broke it down to the programs that are on it (I should have done this to begin with). I also added a few manuals. 1) Big City Slick/Great American Jigsaw, The - Esoterica Limited 2) Fantasy Game Aids Package #1 - Guy W. McLimore Jr. 3) L.T. (Little Terrestrial) - Wavemakers 4) Resequencing - Ron Schweitzer IV) Five Cartridge Manuals (for BASICarts) http://www.ballyalley.com/cart_manuals/cart_manuals.html This has needed some TLC for awhile, so I fixed this page up and added these five manuals. 1) BASIC Checkers - BASICart 2) BASIC Checkers [Modified] - BASICart 3) Old Bent Nose - BASICart 4) Songs - BASICart 5) Video Story Book - BASICart V) Bally Owner's Manual http://www.ballyalley.com/misc_docs/inside_the_box/inside_the_box.html 1) Bally Owner's Manual - This was already on the site, but this manual doesn't have writing in it, plus I made it about 1/4 of the size (down from 10MB to 2.5MB). VI) Bally BASIC 300-Baud Audio Interface http://www.ballyalley.com/pics/hardware_pics/audio_interface/audio_interface.html 1) Bally BASIC 300-Baud Audio Interface - This looks slightly different than the released version. October 25, 2004 I) Five cartridge manuals added: http://www.ballyalley.com/cart_manuals/cart_manuals.html 1) Baseball/Handball/Tennis/Hockey 2) Sea Wolf/Missile 3) Space Invaders 4) Speedmath/Bingo Math 5) Spell 'n Score/Crosswords/Lettermatch II) I have also added eight documents to the Perkins Engineering section: http://www.ballyalley.com/perkins/perkins.html 1) Blue Ram Detailed Memory Allocation - 1 page. Detailed memory allocation listing. 2) Perkins Letter - 1 page. Announcing the Blue Ram Utility program 3) Three Perkins Letters - 3 pages. Three different letters from Perkins Engineering 4) Blue Ram Utility - 2 pages. Using the Blue Ram Utility. Seems like the first version of this document, as it's very sparse. 5) Blue Ram Snap&Show - 1 page. Blue Ram Snap&Show memory map 6) 32k Blue Ram - 1 page. 32k Blue Ram Expansion System owners leaflet. 7) Blue Ram Operations-4K Unit - 6 pages. How to use the 4K Blue Ram. 8) New Blue Ram BASIC Commands - 11 pages. Eleven pages of BR BASIC commands. Some of this is handwritten-- I don't know where this came from. III) Added list of Wavemaker games: http://www.ballyalley.com/misc_docs/misc_docs.html 1) Wavemaker Tape Listing - Lists the twenty Bally and AstroBASIC tapes that Wavemakers released. IV) Added compilation of ten programs from the Arcadian: http://www.ballyalley.com/newsletters/arcadian/arcadian_misc.html Compilation of ten programs that appeared formally in the Arcadian. They are (in order of appearance): 1. Bagels - Carl Morimoto 2. Connect Four - Larry Camnitz 3. Bingo - Ernie Sams 4. Horserace - Paul Slezak 5. Fifteen - Bob Wiseman 6. Logo - Guy McLimore 7. Microtrek - Bill Andrus 8. Nichomachus - Hank Chiuppi 9. Reverse - Brett Bilbrey and Mike Toth 10. Spirals II - Matt Giwer V) Added BASIC Programming Notes: http://www.ballyalley.com/basic/basic.html BASIC Programming Notes - These notes are provided to introduce the new Arcade owner to techniques and effects that can be generated by the Tiny BASIC cartridge. (These two pages have been lifted from the Arcadian compilation of ten programs.) - 2 pages VI) Two programs written (or modified) by Michael White http://www.ballyalley.com/type-in_programs/michael_white/michael_white.html 1) Putt-Putt Golf 2) Simon [Modified] (Original version by Brett Bilbrey) VII) Uploaded five magazine articles from video game magazines (a rarity!): http://www.ballyalley.com/magazine_articles/magazine_articles.html 1) Space Fortress Review - From Video Games, October, 1982. Includes the back and front covers (in color) of this magazine. Notice that the back cover lists the arcade versions of Gorf and The Adventures of Robbie Roto! 2) Test Lab: Astro Professional Arcade - From Electronic Games, June, 1982. The Astrocade get a run through. Includes the front cover (in color) of this magazine. 3) Professional Arcade Upgrades To A Computer - From Electronic Games, Winter, 1981. Astrovision plans revival. Includes the front cover (in color) of this magazine. 4) The Professional Arcade Gives You More! - From Electronic Games, August, 1982. Full page color advertisement for the BPA. 5) Hard Sell: The $300 Question: Astrocade or Intellivision? - From Video Games, October, 1982. Four pages dedicated to help a consumer decide which system to purchase. VIII) Twenty-Two Tutorials by Michael White http://www.ballyalley.com/basic/tutorials/tutorials.html 1) There are now twenty-two tutorials (mostly on BASIC) by Michael White. Remember, he's still writing these. The last few are how to deal with ML and BASIC (and, he'll make you a cart of the ML program that's in there if you're too lazy to type it in yourself... ;-) ). IX) Six Sourcebooks http://www.ballyalley.com/ads_and_catalogs/sourcebooks/sourcebooks.html 1) 1980, Fall -- 56 Pages 2) 1981, Fall -- 78 Pages 3) 1981, Summer -- 88 Pages 4) 1982, Summer -- 98 Pages 5) 1982, Winter -- 110 Pages 6) 1983, Spring -- 118 Pages The type of information each Sourcebook contains is: New Owner Information System Summary Index to all Sources Arcadian Newsletter program descriptions Astrocade Inc. Products Software and Hardware Sources Mail Order Dealers Repairs and Service User group Information A compilation of sources of software and hardware products for the Bally Arcade/Astrocade Glance through these-- it is --highly-- recommended! X) Thirteen Programs by Mark S. Keller http://www.ballyalley.com/type-in_programs/mark_s_keller/mark_s_keller.html These programs were originally available on tape, and these listing came with the tape). These programs were originally written for 300-BAUD BASIC, I'm not sure how they work with 2000-BAUD BASIC. 1) Biorythms 3.0 2) Blackjack II 3) Bombardment II 4) Bullseye II - 2.0 5) Chase III 6) File Create - 1.0 7) Life - 3.0 8) Space Battle - 9.0 9) Star Trek III - 11.2 10) Tape Input/Output 11) Text Editor 2 and Table of Contents of tape 12) Text Editor 5 13) Wumpus II - 3.1 September, 2004 The Bally Alley website is moved to a diffent (and better!) server. June 9, 2003 Over the last couple of days more documents were added; again, too numerious to mention. This time there were about sixty of them... Fixed-up the introduction page and added an excellent Bally Alley border created by Lance Squire. Did he do a great job or what!?! June 6, 2003 Added and/or revised documents; too numerious (and tedious) to mention. Added ten Astrocade-related FAQS. June 5, 2003 Added four screenshots: Astrobasic, Bally BASIC, Blue Ram Basic, and Vipersoft Basic June 4, 2003 Added eight Bally Alley articles newsletter area. Added eight L&M Software programs to the type-in program area. Added nine Scott Waldinger programs to the type-in program area. Added three different pages to the Perkins Engineering page. Added two issues to the Cursor Newsletter page. Added two items to the Arcadian misc page. Rearranged the table on the Arcadian misc page so that it is more in tune with the other Arcadian pages. Added fourteen items to the RMH Program Compilation page. Wow! That's 46 different items added today... the most in a very long time. All those long hours (days!) of scanning and manipulating documents over the last year and a half now is showing fruitation. May 28, 2003 Added Machine Language Manager source-code. May 20, 2003 Shortened wording of index.html so that you don't have to scroll down to get to buttons. Created pdf documents of many already scanned items (will add soon). Added Grand Prix / Demolition Derby manual cover. May 19, 2003 Added W&W Software Q&A. Added Peek & Poke Manual (in RTF). Added one issue of Leaves of ZGrass newsletter. Added Screenshot section (some neat stuff there!). Added Bally Multicart Instructions. May 18, 2003 Moved website to local directory and changed html for Astrocade CD Beta 3. Organized website a bit (nothing was deleted- just moved around to make more sense). Added Cartridge Conversion, thirty-five pages of Astrocade Tape Reviews, File Search II, New and Improved BALLY BASIC , and RGB Convert, to page the misc. documents page. Added Wavemakers Advertisement for tapes 1-18.. Added 'The Bit Fiddler's Corner' Astrocade machine language tutorial by Andy Guevara. Added Backgammon and Tournament Obstacle Course by Wavemakers. Added HVGLIB.H, Zmac13_win32.zip, and zmac-linux.zip. Added cartridge pictures (finally!). Added 300 Baud Interface and Balcheck to hardware pictures. May 4, 2003 Updated Astrocade related links page. April 6, 2002 Added Mike White's inexpensive Astrocade memory upgrade project proposal from March 2002. April 4, 2002 Added Datamax UV-1 manual (10MB pdf in three parts) April 3, 2002 Added four manual covers (thanks Rick!): Artillery Duel Cosmic Raiders Pirate's Chase Solar Conqueror Added Added two miscellaneous documents: File Search in AstroBASIC Bally BASIC Demo Printout Added Added four cartridge manuals: Artillery Duel Cosmic Raiders Pirate's Chase Solar Conqueror Added issue six to volume four of the Arcadian. March 28, 2002 Added Added to Machine Language docs: Astrocade Z-80 Mini-course Peek 'n Poke Manual Nutting Manual - Searchable pdf version Machine Language Manager docs for Astrocade cartridge Added issues 4 and 5 to volume 4 of the Arcadian. March 25, 2002 Added Astrocade color palette table. Thanks Frank! Updated Blue Ram schematics. March 17, 2002 Added Machine language section with source for: Table of Contents Assembly header (equates and macros) Onboard System ROM Scribbling Calculator Checkmate Gunfight March 16, 2002 Added scans of six manual covers -- Thanks Steven! March 15, 2002 Added keypad overlay for Music Maker. Added issues 1-3 to volume 4 of the Arcadian. Added six more Astrobugs newsletters. Added three volumes (a complete set?) of Niagara B.U.G. Bulletins. Will be using unordered lists for the 'What's New' page-- it looks neater. August 20, 2001 Many, many changes. Will list them all very soon. For now, look around. June 16, 2001 Added three more issues to volume 5 of the Arcadian. June 15, 2001 Added the first seven issues of the Arcadian volume five. That's another one-hundred-twenty pages, including BASIC and Machine Language articles/tutorials. I've also scanned in the remaining five issues of volume five; these will be arriving on this site in about a week. Other newsletters have been scanned in, but they need some serious cleanup work before I post them here. I have been getting asked questions that are answered in the pre-release of the Astrocade FAQ-- so I am going to be releasing that soon (version 2.8x). I worked with Rob Mitchell on this updated text-only version of the well known HTML Astrocade FAQ by Lance Squire. May 14, 2001 Added an article on the PD release of two Astrocade cartridges to the Bally Alley section. May 13, 2001 Added Arcadian, Volume 6, Issues 7-12 to the Astrocade page. May 4, 2001 Added three cartridge manuals Biorythm, Conan the Barbarian, and Soccer/Shoot Out. Three pieces of documentation Astrocade Product Description, R&L 64K RAM board , and Blue Ram Schematics have also been added. April 6, 2001 Added Arcadian, Volume 6, Issues 1-6 and Volume 7, Issue 4 to the Astrocade page. March 5, 2001 Added one ad, 2 Arcadian* misc. articles, four misc. docs, three magazine articles. Also did some more reorganization behind the scenes. March 4, 2001* Added scans of eleven manual covers and four keypad overlays. Organized the Arcadian section and added three issues to volume 7 February 26, 2001 Some visitors to Bally Alley have had questions regarding the PDF format. Well, one can view PDF files with Adobe Acrobat Reader. Others want to know why I chose the PDF format. Finally, some problems downloading PDF files does exist on this site. Read about the problem (and work-around) here. February 24, 2001 Added Cursor vol. 3 issues 2 and 3. That taps out my resources for Cursor and The BASIC Express. Do you have additional issues not posted here? Please contact me if you do. February 23, 2001 Added Cursor vol. 2 issues 1-6 and vol. 3 issue 1.. February 22, 2001 Added Cursor vol. 1 issues 4, 5, and 6. Also added docs for Blue Ram OS 1.O and Blue Ram Diagnostic to the Perkins Engineering page. February 21, 2001 Lots of changes and additions today. Added a new section with Astrocade advertisements and catalogs (ten items already added). Rearranged the picture page (making space for cartridge and cassette pictures). Added two pieces of documentation to the Perkins Engineering page. Added two buttons to the Bally Alley main page ( type-in programs and Astrocade advertisements and catalogs ). Added a Cursor newsletter page (four issues posted today). February 18, 2001 Added Arcadian, Volume 1, Issue 2 to the Astrocade page. February 16, 2001 Added Arcadian, Volume 1, Issue 1 to the Astrocade page. February 15, 2001 I have been granted permission from Robert Fabris to post issues of the Arcadian, so I have added an Arcadian button to the miscellaneous page. I posted five pages that were sent out before the first issue. February 11, 2001 Added Blue Ram Assembly Instructions Manual. Added two Astrocade links to the Links page. February 10, 2001 Added Blue Ram Keyboard Manual and Spectre Controller Documentation. Added the cartridge manuals that Rob Mitchell sent to me (thanks Rob!). Added seven Astrocade links to the Links page. February 7, 2001 Added article on the Bally cassette format. Added link for Astrocade Discussion Group at Yahoo Groups. Added "Classic Gaming" ads to the top of all pages as required by host. November 10, 2000 Added three more Astrocade manuals to the Miscellaneous page (See Bally On-Board ROM Subroutines, Home Video Burn-in Test (with source) and Bally Service Manual). Also added overheating warning to the title page (to alleviate poor Rob Mitchell's conscience). November 5, 2000 Added two more Astrocade manuals and a Z80 programmers sheet to the Miscellaneous page (See Nutting Manual (thanks to Frank Palazzo for scanning this in and Rob Mitchell for pointing it out), Z80 Programmer's Sheet, and Cursor's Bally System Description). October 27, 2000 Added more Astrocade related links (mostly related to Z80 assembly programming) to the Links page. October 26, 2000 Added some Astrocade links (patents and Virtual Astrocade) to the Links page. Also added the Peek n Poke Manual. October 25, 2000 Fixed some html errors that didn't allow Netscape users to view the files. Thanks to Lee Seitz for pointing the problem (and the fix) out to me. October 22, 2000 Completely revamped site. Site can now be reached at www.ballyalley.com as well. Added many new pieces of documentation. A Picture of the 16K Blue Ram and various pictures of the 16K Viper 1 are now online.