What's New - Archives (2000-2009)

July 17, 2009

I)    Testing upload area of new website.

April 24, 2009

I)    Created a section for BalCheck (aka Bally Check) Documentation

      BalCheck is test hardware that plugs into the 50-pin connector on the back
      of an Astrocade.  All BalCheck documents that were previously in the
      miscellaneous section have been moved here.
	  
      BalCheck Documentation Area

II)   Added "BalCheck Support Circuitry" document supplied by Richard Degler.

      This isn't a schematic of a BalCheck unit, but with this information someone
      with some technical knowledge could probably build a BalCheck unit.  This
      documentation is available in both pdf and GIF format.
	  
      BalCheck Support Circuitry (pdf)
      BalCheck Support Circuitry (GIF)

III)  Added Schematic for AstroBASIC Audio Tape Interface

      Schematic for AstroBASIC Audio Tape Interface.  Supplied by Richard
      Degler.  This documentation is available in both pdf and GIF format.
	  
      Schematic for AstroBASIC Audio Tape Interface (pdf)
      Schematic for AstroBASIC Audio Tape Interface (GIF)

VI)   Added ZIF Socket Cartridge Pictures to Misc. Hardware Area
	  
      These pictures (the front and back of the cartridge) were supplied
      by Richard Degler.
	  
      Miscellaneous Hardware Area

V)    Updated the Bally Alley Interview Area

      Some renaming was done.  HTML interviews were converted to text.
	  
      Bally Alley Interview Area

VI)   Added an Interview with Dick Ainsworth

      Paul Thacker compiled the interview with Dick Ainsworth, a former Bally
      employee.  This is a follow-up to the comments that Dick made to the Bally
      Alley discussion group about seven years ago.  His original comments have
      been gathered together and are included in the Interview area (there is a
      link to the comments in this interview).
	  
      Dick Ainsworth Interview

VII)  Added BallyBin for Windows

      This is the Windows version of Ballybin by Bob Colbert.  The executable is 
      called wBallyBin.  It displays program information, but this version has the
      same sort of reliability problems as the command line version.
	  
      BallyBin for Windows


VIII) Added a list of cartridge manuals that still need to be scanned

      Paul Thacker created this list on January 19, 2008.
	  
      Astrocade Cartridge Manual Scans Needed

IX)   Added a link to the "Kansas City Standard"

      Ronaldo Goulart, a programmer working on a 300-BAUD digital archiving tool for 
      Bally BASIC, points to this transcription of the original article from Byte, 
      describing the Kansas City Standard. The list of eighteen participants of the
      symposium includes a known name, "Bill Gates, MITS." There is an interesting
      thing in it: the "official" length of the lead-in is specified as "a minimum of
      five seconds of marks".
	  
      Link to the "Kansas City Standard"

X)    Added homebrew demo by Lance Squire called Christmas Special.

      The demo is a house surrounded by trees with Santa on his sleigh that
      is pulled through the air by three reindeer. Four versions of the demo
      are included in this master archive.
  
      Christmas Special Archive

XI)   Added Screenshots for Christmas Special.

      Three screenshots added for Lance Squire's Christmas Special.
  
      Christmas Special Screenshots

	  
XII)  Added video for Christmas Special.

      This video is about one minute long.

      Christmas Special Video

April 23, 2009

I)    Added Using the AstroBASIC 2000-BAUD Interface with Vipersoft BASIC
      By Lance Squire
	  
      This documentation discusses swapping AstroBASIC with Vipersoft BASIC 
      loaded into RAM, either from a multicart, a cartridge created from an EPROM or 
      from (probably the most common method) loading Vipersoft BASIC from a tape.  
      This cartridge swap is done so that the AstroBASIC tape interface can be used 
      to save or load to tape at the faster 2000-BAUD instead of requiring the much 
      slower (and rarer!) 300-BAUD external interface.
	  
      Using the AstroBASIC 2000-BAUD Interface with Vipersoft BASIC

April 22, 2009

I)    Fixed Vipersoft BASIC Instructions Transcribed (Part 1)

      It was unclear how Verify worked.  Lance cleared this
      up by checking the 300-baud version of the on-screen
      instructions.
	  
      Vipersoft BASIC Instructions Transcribed (Part 1)

II)   Added update of "Fun with Vectors" by Richard Degler

      This archive now has four different versions of "Fun with Vectors."
	  
      Fun with Vectors (1985-2008)
	  
III)  Removed "Fun with Vectors" binary image from cartridge image area.

      As per Richard Degler's request, this image is now only availble
      in the Homebrew area (see above).

IV)   Added a Color BASIC Type-In Program Area

      Color BASIC Type-In Program Area

V)    Added "Color BASIC - A First Program" by Lance Squire

      Color BASIC - A First Program

VI)   Added updated version of "Vector Animation Tutorial" by Lance Squire

      A step-by-step tutorial (with source code). This is version 1.03. This 
      tutorial is quite good; read it. Included in this archive are Word, pdf 
      and odt versions of the document. 

      Bally Vector Tutorial Archive

VII)  Added picture of Mike White with Friends (July 4'th weekend, 1985)

      The people in order of appearance, from left to right, are:
      Leroy G. Flamm, Mike White, Don Gladden, and Tim White.  A more 
      detailed account of this picture can be read here.
      
      Picture of Mike White with Friends
      Picture of Mike White with Friends (Close-Up)

VIII) Updated the Miscellaneous Picture Section

      Miscellaneous Picture Section

April 18, 2009

I)    Added Instructions on Loading and Saving in Vipersoft BASIC
	  
      Lance Squire explains how to load and save at both 300-baud
      and 2000-baud... something that was completely left out of the
      Viper 1 and Extended BASIC Manual!
	  
      Loading and Saving in Vipersoft BASIC
	  
II)   Vipersoft BASIC Instructions Transcribed (Part 1)
	  
      Lance Squire transcribed Part 1 of the ViperBASIC new system level commands.
      He does not have part 2... do you?
	  
      Vipersoft BASIC Instructions Transcribed (Part 1)

April 17, 2009

I)    Added a short article by Ken Lill to the FAQ area about how to possibly
      fix some intermittent problems with Bally Astrocade consoles.
	  
      Astrocade Intermittent Problem Fixes

II)   Added Bin2BML by Lance Squire.

      Bin2BML converts .bin files to .BML files to load on an Astrocade with a
      RAM expansion. An example called Sample.wav is included. Using this
      program the user will finally get to see software run on actual HARDWARE!
	  
      Bin2BML

III)  Added Replacement Character Font for use with Blue Ram Basic 1.1
      by Richard Degler

      Here's a font that is almost identical to Pac-Man's font.  Please be sure to
      read the instructions included with the archive!
	  
      Replacement Character Font for use with Blue Ram Basic 1.1

IV)   Added Color BASIC WAV

      In May of 2008 Lance Squire created this WAV version of the Color BASIC
      prototype for use on Astrocade consoles with RAM expansion.
	  
      Color BASIC WAV

V)    Added Vipersoft BASIC and Instructions (2000-BAUD Version)

      This is for RAM expansion owners without a Multicart.   These files have 
      been processed with both Ballybin 1.4 and 2.0 (see which gives you better
      results).  Note: In order to use these files, previous experience loading
      WAV files with an expanded Astrocade is presumed.	  
	  
      Vipersoft BASIC and Instructions (2000-BAUD)

VI)   Fixed Richard Degler's Music Decomposer BASIC Type-In Program

      I included the fix for Music Decomposer that Ken Lil pointed out
      on March 20, 2008:

      Line 69 should be:
      69 IF D....;CX=CX+24;...

      I added a legend (as Richard recommended).  It says:

      When typing this program into BASIC, remember this legend:

      a = -> (Right Arrow)
      b = Multiply Sign
      c = Divide Sign

      I also added some additional comments by Richard.

      Music Decomposer (Type-In Program)

VII)  Added Stweek (Sound Tweeker) disassembly (and other related material):

      Never officially released.  Word has it that Scot Norris used this for 
      programming sound for the DNA (BALLY) carts.  This is a very commented 
      disassembly by Richard Degler.  This zip includes:

         1) STWEEK Manual - Written by Richard Degler
         2) STWEEK.asm - A complete disassembly of Stweek
         3) Stweek_Discussion.txt - Posting compilation between Richard
            and Adam Trionfo.
         4) Two songs that can be loaded in MESS.

      Stweek (Sound Tweeker) Disassembly (and more)	  
	  
VIII) Added Rainbow (Ver. 2).asm disassembly by Richard Degler

      Here is Richard Degler's dis-assembly of the file "Rainbow - Ver 2
      (198x)(Hanson)[From Proto EPROM].asm" for your perusal.  It took
      Richard six hours to do, but that's including the time to figure
      out why part of the code is disabled.

      Rainbow (Ver. 2).asm	  

IX)   Added Two Bally Check ROMs

      I dumped these two ROMs on July 15, 2008 from my two different
      BallyCheck units; the ROMs are identical.  They match perfectly with
      the BallyCheck source code when set for old ROM.  The ROMs, for
      completeness, have been named:

         1) BallyCheck_(Black_Version)(20002FFF)[For Bally Old ROM].bin
         2) BallyCheck_(Yellow_Version)(200027FF).bin

      Two BallyCheck ROMs

X)    Added Rainbow - Version 3 By Richard C. Degler
      Based on Version 2 by Hanson

      Now 256 colors!

      Rainbow Version 3

April 13, 2009

I)    Added preliminary version of Treasure Cove Source Code
	  
      This source was supplied by Brett Bilbrey, the programmer of the cartridge. 
      This is not the final version, as that version of the source does 
      not seem to be available (but could be created using the cartridge ROM 
      image and this source code). 

      Treasure Cove Source Code (Preliminary Version)

April 9, 2009

I)    Added ICBM Attack Programming Notes

      Twelve pages of handwritten programming notes by Brett Bilbrey about
      ICBM Attack.  In the notes, the game is called "Missile Command." 
	        
      ICBM Attack Programming Notes

II)   Added ICBM Attack Concept Art

      Added three pieces of ICBM Attack concept art and notes from the back 
      of one page.
	        
      ICBM Attack Concept Art

April 8, 2009

I)    Added ICBM Attack Cassette Description by Brett Bilbrey
      June 22, 1982
	  
      This is the concept of ICBM Attack as originally envisioned by Brett. 
      This game was eventually released on cartridge. 

      ICBM Attack Cassette Description

April 7, 2009

I)    Added concept art for the game Treasure Cove by Spectre Systems.

      Treasure Cove Concept Art

April 6, 2009

I)    Added Computer Ear Manual

      A sixteen-page manual that explains how to use the Computer Ear voice
      recognition system. An additional four pages include four BASIC type-in
      programs:
	  
         1 - Digital Oscilloscope
         2 - Flash Math
         3 - Speech 1.8
         4 - Speech 4.2

      The Computer Ear Manual

March 22, 2009

I)    Reorganized the ZGRASS Documentation Area

      All documentation now has a lengthy description describing the contents.
      Also the area is now in alphabetical order.

      ZGRASS Documentation Page

II)   Added Language Control for Easy Electronic Visualization By Tom Defanti

      This article is from the November 1980 issue of Byte.
	  
      Language Control for Easy Electronic Visualization

III)  Added two datasheets for the Western Digital WD1770 Floppy Controller

      These are datasheets for the Western Digital WD1770 Floppy Controller
      used in the Viper [ZGRASS] unit. The one-page version of the datasheet is 
      from a datasheet that was included with a book compiled by the ZGRASS 
      Information Group for Bob Fabris. The much more complete second datasheet, 
      for the same controller, is from a Commodore website. It seems that one (or
      more) of the Commodore 8-bit disk drives used the same floppy controller. 

      ZGRASS Documentation Area

March 21, 2009

I)    Added GRASS Picture Creation Document (18 Pages)

      This program is designed to help you learn about the graphics symbiosis
      system (GRASS). The intention is to provide you with the fundamental 
      knowledge and skills necessary to allow you to use the system. It is not
      intended to provide you with a complete description of all the possible
      ways in which the system could be used. That would be impossible because
      the uses of the system are limited only by your own imagination.

      There are three parts to this program. Depending on your present
      knowledge of the system, you may wish to go through all, or only some, 
      of these. The first part will teach the commands, and allow practice in 
      the skills necessary, to create pictures. The second part will do the same
      for picture manipulation. The third part will be on "macro" writing. Each
      part will assume knowledge of the proceeding parts.

      The eighteen pages are broken into six sections:

         1.0 - Using the System
         1.1 - Picture Creation Commands
         1.2 - Variables, Expressions, Operators and Loops
         1.3 - GRASS Storage
         1.4 - Macros
         1.5 - Editing

      This document has been been bookmarked in Acrobat for ease of reading. 

      GRASS Picture Creation
	  
II)   Added ZGRASS Paint Program Users Guide (94 Pages)
      March 12, 1982 (Preliminary Version)

      You are about to experience an interactive painting system that will 
      enable you to immensely expand your creative drawing and image development
      capabilities. With the help of this guide, you'll find the system simple 
      to use and rich in capabilities.

      The Zgrass PAINT PROGRAM USER'S GUIDE has been designed to guide you through
      an interactive experience with all modules of the Paint Program in a 
      sequence which will prepare you to use each module as you encounter it. If
      you take the time now to experiment with the Paint Program system as 
      instructed in this guide, you'll minimize the amount of time you spend 
      learning how to use the system to maximum capacity. If you are a neophyte in
      the world of computers, you'll find this a pleasant and relatively painless
      introduction to working with computers.

      In general, this guide is set up to be followed in a step-by-step manner, 
      explaining what's happening as you engage in new activities in each module. As 
      you become more comfortable with the controls and various means of interacting
      with the system, you may find repetitive instructions tedious or boring. On 
      the other hand, if you're shaking in your boots because it's the first time 
      you've dealt with a computer, you'll probably find the repetition comforting. 
      To minimize the amount of repetition, those concepts or activities which come 
      into play frequently or require special explanation have been presented in the
      GENERAL REFERENCE SECTION of this guide and are referred to accordingly within
      the body of the guide.

      Sections of this document include:

         1 - Getting Started
         2 - General Reference Section
         3 - Group - 1) Basic Drawing Brushes
         4 - Group - 2) Colormap Selection & Storage
         5 - Group - 3) Making & Using Snaps
         6 - Group - 4) Line & Snap Animation
         7 - Group - 5) Utility Modules

      This document has been been bookmarked in Acrobat for ease of reading. 

      ZGRASS Paint Program User's Guide

III)  Added ZGRASS Lessons Manual (52 Pages)
      October 27, 1981

      Zgrass is a graphics programming language. It is probably closer to BASIC than 
      any other language, yet it is much more flexible and general than BASIC. The
      presumption in these lessons is that you already know how to program BASIC (at
      least BALLY BASIC) and are familiar with loops, IF's, GOTO's, variables, and
      so on, and are ready to learn what makes Zgrass tick. The essential 
      differences between Zgrass and BASIC are:

         1. Zgrass allows any number of programs and subroutines, each named, 
            and they can run in series or parallel. BASIC has one unnamed program 
            and a lot of GOSUB's.

         2. Zgrass has an interactive full-screen editor. BASIC edits with
            line numbers.

         3. Zgrass has good ways of passing arguments to subroutines; BASIC
            has none.

         4. Zgrass can construct programs and run them with string manipulation
            features; BASIC cannot.

         5. Zgrass has excellent debugging aids: single step, run-time listing,
            and error trapping; BASIC doesn't.

         6. Zgrass has fast, advanced graphics commands; most BASICs use peek
            and poke.

         7. BASIC has FOR/NEXT. Zgrass does without.

      In order to learn Zgrass, you will have to explore it. Fortunately, this is not 
      hard and is very rewarding. These lessons are to help you start exploring. They
      don't teach you how to program or write games, they just present the tools to
      you and encourage you to build your own. The first six lessons concentrate on 
      defining the playing field. Pay close attention!

      If you find a word being used that you do not understand, consult the Glossary.
      Once you get through the lessons, read the Glossary in detail. You'll find
      yourself understanding some of the esoterica. Some of the advanced features
      you may never use or understand and it may take awhile for you to see why 
      some of the diversions from BASIC were necessary. Before long, however, you
      will find going back to BASIC unbearable.

      Just to get you started, there's a test program called NB in the system. Press 
      the red RST on the UV-1 front panel and answer Y. Then type the two letters NB 
      and press the RETURN key. An image will appear. Type NB and press RETURN again.
      The image will undo itself. For more action, type NB.B and press RETURN. You
      can stop this by pressing the CTRL (called CONTROL on some keyboards) key,
      holding it down and simultaneously pressing the C key. Have fun!

      All Lessons:

      0 - Read Me First
      1 - Getting Started
      2 - Writing Macros
      3 - Editing
      4 - More on Macros
      5 - Storing Macros on Tape and Disk
      6 - Debugging
      7 - Device Variables and Ports
      8 - Arrays
      9 - More on Graphics
      10 - Swap Modules
      11 - Advanced Concepts

      ZGRASS Lessons Manual

IV)   Added ZGRASS Glossary Manual (96 Pages)
      February 12, 1982

      ZGRASS Glossary of:

         1) Buzzwords - Common computer terms
         2) Commands
         3) Escoterica - Advanced features for experienced programmers
         4) Functions - Must be gotten from disk or tape
         5) Idiosyncrasies - Concepts and features peculiar to or
                             specifically modified for ZGRASS
         6) Swap Commands - Must be gotten from disk or tape
         7) Swap Functions - Must be gotten from disk or tape
         8) Switches - Modify commands

      ZGRASS Glossary Manual

March 20, 2009

I)    Added ZGRASS Help Document (43 pages)

      This document was probably originally a dump to the printer by someone 
      typing HELP for each of the commands. The forty-three page ZGRASS Help 
      has been broken into six major sections.
	  
         1) Device Conventions in GRASS2
         2) Writing Macros in GRASS
         3) Creating Pictures in GRASS
         4) Arithmetic Programming (Fortran-Style Syntax)
         5) Commands (All 92 of them!)
         6) Error Messages

      ZGRASS Help Document
	  
II)   Added ZGrass Owner's Manual (84 Pages)
	  
      This manual instructs you on the set-up and testing of the computer and 
      connection of peripheral devices. In addition, it provides you with 
      important information about operating the system... such as, the hardware 
      features and specifications; basic disk and audio tape management 
      techniques; graphic considerations; etc.

      The included chapters are: 

      1 - Introduction
      2 - Hardware Features
      3 - Initial Set Up
      4 - System Power-Up
      5 - UV-1 ZGRASS System Configuration
      6 - Peripheral Device Configuration
      7 - Troubleshooting
      8 - Index of System Tests

      This document has been been bookmarked in Acrobat for ease of reading. 
	  
      Z-GRASS Owner's Manual

January 9, 2009

I)    Added extensive documentation on how to upgrade an Astrocade for 
      hi-res mode.  

      Upgrading an Astrocade for Hi-Res Mode

December 23, 2008

I)    Added seven pictures of the Computer Ear "Speech Recognition 
      System for the Computer Hobbyist." 

      Computer Ear

II)   Added three pictures of the Lil' White Ram 32K expansion unit.

      Lil' White Ram

III)  Added five pictures of the Blue Ram Keyboard for the Blue Ram 
      expansion unit.

      Blue Ram Keyboard

IV)   Added two pictures of an ASCII Keyboard.  These were often hacked 
      with the 300-BAUD interface to create a keyboard that could be used 
      with Bally BASIC.

      ASCII Keyboard

V)    Added Jameco JE 610 ASCII Keyboard Kit Datasheet.
      
      Jameco JE 610 ASCII Keyboard Kit Datasheet

December 19, 2008

I)    Added five screenshots for the AstroBASIC game "Super Slope" by Esoterica.

      'S' Screenshot Area

November 21, 2008

I)    Added "Pepsi TV Game" by Steve Walters.

      Steve Walters Program Area

II)   Added two screenshots for "Pepsi TV Game" by Steve Walters:.

      Pepsi TV Game - 'P' Screenshot Area
	  
III)  Added three games by New Image:.
        1) Guess Five
        2) Quickshot (alternate version)
        3) Skunk (alternate version)

      New Image Program Area
	  
IV)   Added seven screenshots for three games by New Image:.
        1) Guess Five - 2 Pics
        2) Quickshot - 3 Pics
        3) Skunk -  2 Pics

      Guess Five -              'G' Screenshot Area
      Quickshot -               'Q' Screenshot Area
      Skunk -                   'S' Screenshot Area		

V)    Added the source code by Bob Colbert for Astrowav and Ballybin 2.

      Astrowav and Ballybin 2 Sourcecode

November 18, 2008

I)    Fixed "Qaudron" typo on "What's New" page.  It was missing the 'r.'

II)   When I added "Quadron" and "Star Siege" to The Tiny Arcade area yesterday, I 
      forgot to put the names of the programs (I only put the screenshots).  Fixed.

November 17, 2008

I)    Added Six AstroBASIC programs by Fred Rodney:.
        1) Astro Analyst
        2) Morse Code Trainer
        3) Morse Code II
        4) Project Cyclops Radar Base
        5) Rhythm Box in 3/4 Time
        6) Rhythm Box in 4/4 Time
		
      Fred Rodney Program Area

II)   Added twenty-three screenshots for six AstroBASIC Programs by Fred Rodney:.
        1) Astro Analyst - 7 Pics
        2) Morse Code Trainer - 6 Pics
        3) Morse Code II - 2 Pics
        4) Project Cyclops Radar Base - 4 Pics
        5) Rhythm Box in 3/4 Time - 2 Pics
        6) Rhythm Box in 4/4 Time - Pics

      Astro Analyst -              'A' Screenshot Area
      Morse Code -                 'M' Screenshot Area
      Project Cyclops Radar Base - 'P' Screenshot Area		
      Rhythm Box -                 'R' Screenshot Area

III)  Added two programs by John Collins:.
        1) Checkers (III)
        2) Treasures of Cathy

      John Collins Area

IV)   Added six screenshots for two AstroBASIC Programs by John Collins:.
        1) Checkers (III) - 2 Pics
        2) Treasures of Cathy - 4 Pics

      Checkers (III) -     'C' Screenshot Area		
      Treasures of Cathy - 'T' Screenshot Area

V)    Added two alternate versions of programs by The Tiny Arcade:.
        1) Quadron
        2) Star Siege (Revised)

      Tiny Arcade Program Download Area		

VI)   Added five screenshots for two games by The Tiny Arcade:.
        1) Quadon - 1 Pic
        2) Star Siege (Revised) - 4 Pics

      Quadron -              'Q' Screenshot Area
      Star Siege (Revised) - 'S' Screenshot Area

November 13, 2008

I)    Added a link to an article called Bally Home Library Computer - Early E-Commerce.
      
      This June 13, 2006 article covers an Bally Astrocade ad in the September 1977 
      Scientific American. The author's comments are rather amusing and interesting.

      Bally Alley Links Section

II)   Added the Keyboard Driver by Perkins Engineering.  This version loads at 300-BAUD.

      300-Baud Keyboard Driver

III)  An "interview" by Paul Thacker with a tech named Paul Garber that fixed Bally 
      Astrocades for a company named North Iowa Electronics located in Garner, 
      Iowa. (December, 2006)

      Paul Garber Interview

IV)   Added two different versions of Astrowav and Ballybin (dated Feb 27, 2004 
      and Dec. 31, 2005).

      Tape Archive Program Area

November 11, 2008

I)    Updated the description of Color BASIC with a link to the instructions 
      rather than the question about how to use it.

      Color BASIC Description Modification
	  
II)   Added cartridges image for Maze Man and additional images 
      for DNA Final Test

      Cartridge Picture Area

November 9, 2008

I)    Added screenshots to binary image download page:

      Binary Image Download Page

II)   Added Fun with Vectors - Ziggy binary image by Richard Degler.

      Fun with Vectors - Ziggy binary image 
	  
III)  Added Fun with Vectors - Ziggy source code by Richard Degler.

      Fun with Vectors - Ziggy source code

IV)   Added Fun with Vectors - Ziggy screenshot.

      Fun with Vectors - Ziggy Screenshot

V)    Added ten screenshots for songs by The Beatles:

      1)  A Hard Day's Night
      2)  Can't Buy Me Love
      3)  Eight Days A Week
      4)  I Feel Fine
      5)  I Feel Fine (2008 Update)
      6)  Let It Be
      7)  Paperback Writer
      8)  She Loves You
      9)  Yesterday
      10)  Yesterday (2008 Update)

      Screenshots of Beatles Songs

November 8, 2008

I)    Added eight songs by The Beatles.
      
      This music was originally released on tape format by George Moses.
      In the mid-eighties Richard Degler converted it to cartridge format 
      and made notes play along to the music on a musical staff. The eight 
      original songs are:

      1) A Hard Day's Night
      2) Can't Buy Me Love
      3) Eight Days a Week
      4) I Feel Fine
      5) Let It Be
      6) Paperback Writer
      7) She Loves You
      8) Yesterday

      There are also two additional versions of Yesterday and one additional 
      version of I Feel Fine. This is a pretty complicated release, so there 
      is a file included that goes into detail about the songs.

      Music by The Beatles

July 19, 2008

I)    Added seventeen pictures of the elusive Bally Check hardware.
      
      There are two versions of Bally Check represented here: a 
      black version and a yellow version.  This test hardware plugs into 
      the 50-pin connector on the back of an Astrocade and checks the 
      motherboard for problems.		   

      Bally Check Pictures

July 18, 2008

I)    Added Lil' White Ram Instructions and Warranty information.
      
	  Eight pages of instructions (including pictures and installation 
      procedure) along with warranty information for the Lil' White 32K 
      RAM expansion.

      Lil' White Ram Instructions and Warranty

II)   Added five pictures of the 300-Baud Bally BASIC Interface Adapter 
      for the Astrocade
   
      Blue Ram 300-BAUD Adapter

June 17, 2008


I)    Added four Astrocade documents from early eighties magazines.
      Thanks to Richard Degler for typing these in.

      1) "Astrocade's The Incredible Wizard for Astrocade"
         By Danny Goodman, Radio Electronics, April 1983
         Video game review of The Incredible Wizard. The review score is 9/10 (excellent), 
         which is great in itself and is only better when compared to the review of the 
         Atari 2600 version in the July 1983, which scored 5/10 (fair)

      2) "For Bally Arcade Users" ["Letters to Editor" column]
         By Hank Scott, Science & Electronics, May/June 1981
         A letter, with answer, from the Input/Output Dept. ("Letters to the 
         Editor" column).
		 
      3) "Latest Micros Offer Power and Graphics"
         By Carl Warren, Popular Electronics, May 1982
         From article: "The AstroArcade [sic] is a Z-80 based add on system 
         starting at $299 for the basic game unit with a $599 keyboard unit that 
         houses a disc controller. It also has serial ports, cassette tape 
         controller and voice synthesizer, and is totally oriented toward color."
		 
      4) "Rolling Your Own"
         By Danny Goodman, Radio Electronics, September 1983
         Details how "the open access to the Astrocade has caused a closely knit 
         and loyal following of Astrocade enthusiasts to band together in users 
         groups and in open exchange of information."
		 
      Magazine Article Section

June 16, 2008


I)    Added Screenshots for four prototype ROMs
	  
         1) ADS System Monitor
         2) Color BASIC
         3) Fawn Dungeon
         4) Rainbow

      Cartridge Screenshot Section

II)   Added a keypad overlay for the ADS System Monitor prototype ROM.
      I also made an overlay so that the program can be used under MESS,
      presuming that you use the default keyboard setup.	  

      Keypad Overlay Section

III)  Added ROM images of three prototype progams:

      1) ADS System Monitor
         Author Unknown  2K (Actual program size: 1,533 bytes)
         
         A machine language monitor program that uses an overlay. It is unknown if 
         this program is complete. No previous mention of this program was known until 
         the EPROM was found.  No documentation exists for this program.  This program 
         could have really have grown to have more options, had the author desired.

      2) Fawn Dungeon
         Barry McCleave  2K (Actual program size: About 1,856 bytes)
         
         An incomplete machine language game written by someone that corresponded with 
         Bob Fabris (the editor and publisher of the Arcadian newsletter). The player 
         in this D&D-type game can wander around a randomly created maze, but there 
         are no monsters. This is an interesting piece of what might have become 
         something interesting. As it stands, it is little more than a programming 
         exercise.  No previous mention of this program was known until the EPROM was 
         found.  As Barry McCleave mentions in a letter that he wrote to Bob Fabris, there 
         is plenty of room for this program to grow, about six more kilobytes-- so an 8K 
         cart would only be about 1/4 full.

      3) Rainbow - Version 2
         Hanson  2K (Actual program size: 389 bytes)
         
         A program that puts a nice 256-color display on the screen. Note that the 
         EPROM was noted with a sticker as "Ver. 2." No earlier version of this 
         program have been found.  This is just a short example program, and it's pretty 
         neat that it fits snugly in about four-hundred bytes.  There was a VHS videotape 
         that had this program running before a demo of Color BASIC, so it was presumed 
         that the program was written in Color BASIC-- it was a surprise to discover that 
         it was a machine language program written to run as a cartridge.

      ROM Image Section

IV)   Added notes and a letter for two of the recently uploaded programs:
      
         1) ADS System Monitor - Very brief notes on how to use this program.

         2) Fawn Dungeon - A letter from the programmer, Barry McCleave, about
            the progress of this program. Scanned letter and retyped text format.
	  
      Cartridge Manual Section

V)    Added early (non-working) Fawn Dungeon disassembly.
	  
      Fawn Dungeon Disassembly

June 13, 2008


I)    Created a new section called "Astrocade, Inc. Marketing Materials."  Added
      fourteen documents to this area:
	  
         1)  Astrocade, Inc. File Folder
             File folder that Astrocade, Inc. used to distribute varying documentation.

         2)  Astrocade, Inc. Price Listing (Direct)
             A 1982 direct price listing. Mentions Zgrass-100 Computer with 
             Keyboard ($419, $599 Retail).

         3)  Astrocade, Inc. Price Listing (Distributor)
             A 1982 distributor price listing. Mentions Zgrass-100 Computer with 
             Keyboard ($340, $599 Retail).

         4)  Astrocade: The Professional Arcade" 1982 Consumer Ad Campaign
             Magazine and TV "blitz" ad campaign. Quite an impressive line-up. 
             This says that commercials would be placed during forty-eight 
             different TV shows and print ads in sixteen different magazines. 
             Check out where Astrocade, Inc. planned to put ads in 1982.

         5)  Astrocade: The Professional Arcade, Expandable Computer System
             Small promotional flyer advertising the games for the Astrocade. There
             are many color screenshots as well as pictures of ten upcoming releases 
             (four of which never came out). There is quite a bit of information 
             packed into these few pages.

         6)  Astrocade (TM) Video Game by Astrocade, Inc.
             Promotional high-quality grayscale photo titled "Astrocade (TM) Video 
             Game by Astrocade, Inc." This photo features the Astrocade with five 
             games (Football, Grand Prix / Demolition Derby, Space Fortress, Astro 
             Battle and Galactic Invasion).

         7)  Bally Professional Arcade Plus - First Version
             This is a generic ad for dealers to use. There are no screenshots of 
             built-in games, but the ad does have eight other screenshots.
             The 2000-BAUD version of BASIC included with this package is called 
             "Bally BASIC." This ad mentions the soon-to-come Zgrass-32 expansion 
             keyboard. Price is 299.55. 

         8)  Bally Professional Arcade Plus - Second Version
             This is a generic ad for dealers to use. There are screenshots of the three 
             built-in games (and the calculator) and eight other screenshots. The 2000-BAUD 
             version of BASIC included with this package is called "Bally BASIC." This ad
             does NOT mention the Zgrass-32 expansion keyboard. Price is 299.55. 

         9)  Bally Professional Arcade Plus - Third Version
             This is a generic ad for dealers to use. There are screenshots of the three 
             built-in games (and the calculator). The 2000-BAUD version of BASIC included 
             with this package is called "Astrocade BASIC." This ad does NOT mention the 
             Zgrass-32 expansion keyboard. Price is not specified. 

         10) Cooperative Advertising Program Manual
             This manual covers: General Policy, Method of Fund Accrual, Claiming Submittal, 
             Method of Payment, Eligible Advertising Media, Displays and Other POP Material.

         11) "Here's What They Say..."
             Quotes from 1982 about the Astrocade from ten different magazines. 

         12) Order Form (Triplicate)
             Astrocade, Inc. order form. Includes cartridges that were never released (i.e. 
             Conan and Music Maker) as well as the Zgrass expansion. 

         13) Sales Meeting (1981)
             The agenda for the Astrovision, Inc. one-and-a-half day Chicago sales meeting 
             from March 20-21 1981. 

         14) Sales Meeting (1982)
             The agenda for the Astrocade, Inc. half-day sales meeting on June 5 1982.

      Astrocade, Inc. Marketing Materials Area

June 12, 2008


I)    The wording of my description of Ward Shrake's multicart permission has 
      been changed to, "electrically but not visually identical to his own."

      Ward Shrake Multicart Hardware Picture Area

June 1, 2008


I)    Updated the picture section for the Ward Shrake multicart.  Only pictures 
      are in this section now-- all documentation has been moved to a new section.

      Ward Shrake Multicart Hardware Picture Area

II)   Added a section for the Ward Shrake multicart.  These documents have been
      either moved or added here:
	  
         1)  Multicart 7432 Truth Table (Original)
             Notes from September 27, 2001.

         2)  Multicart 7432 Truth Table (Simplified)
             Notes from September 27, 2001.

         3)  Multicart 7432 Visualization Aide
             Notes on how the 7432 (Quad 2-Input OR Gate) works with the dipswitches 
             on the multicart. Notes from September 27, 2001.

         4)  Multicart Board Revision Notes
             Multicart revision notes from December 18, 2001.

         5)  Multicart DipSwitch Setting
             DIP Switch Settings for the "Bally Astrocade" Multicart version 1.3a 
             (that's the last version of the ROM). These documents should be 
             considered the instructions for the cartridge. This zipped download 
             includes two Word Documents, two PDF documents and a text document; 
             use the pdf documents, not the Word documents (which are included in 
             case any changes need to be made).  Two documents are the same 
             information sorted into two different ways: alphabetically and 
             alphabetically sorted by extra RAM needed or not. The last document 
             shows which dipswitch settings are still available.

         6)  Multicart FAQ
             This text answers people's questions about the Astrocade and Arcadia 
             multicarts that Ward Shrake created. Document date is January 25, 2002.

         7)  Multicart FAQ - Update
             This FAQ covers Ward Shrakes "Bally Astrocade" and "Emerson Arcadia 2001" 
             multicarts.  Ward reaffirms that no more Astrocade multicarts will be 
             sold to the public. Document date is April 16, 2008.
			 
         8)  Multicart Jumper Assembly Steps and Tips
             Multicart jumper assembly steps and tips. Including wire color and 
             length, as well as much more detailed final jumper wire routing. Notes 
             from December 13, 2002.
			 
         9)  Multicart Jumper-Wire Template
             An index card with short notes on how to set-up the jumper wires. This 
             was written in December 2002.

         10) Astrocade Multicart - Photo Mask (Part 1)
		 
         11) Astrocade Multicart - Photo Mask (Part 2)

         12) Ward Shrake's Release Letter
             Ward Shrake gave permission on January 3, 2008 to use his documentation
             to create another multicart-- one that could be identical to his own. 
             This letter is written to Adam Trionfo, the man who has assembled the 
             Ballyalley.com website.

      Ward Shrake Multicart documentation Area

May 31, 2008


I)    Added and/or replaced High-resolution (300dpi) tape scans for six games 
      by Esoterica Ltd.  The tapes are:

         1. Home Budget Keeper (Added Hi-Res)(Removed Lo-Res)
         2. Big City Slick / Great American Jigsaw (Added Hi-Res as Alt Version)
         3. Bomb Squad / Wildcatter (Added Hi-Res)(Removed Low-Res)
         4. Fox and Hounds / Treasure Island (Added Hi-Res)(Removed Low-Res)
         5. Garberville / Ten Pins (Added Hi-Res)(Removed Low-Res)
         6. Mini Golf and Starship Command (Added Hi-Res)(Removed Low-Res)
	  
      Esoterica Ltd. Tape Picture Section

II)   Added tapes images of two tapes by George Moses.  The two tapes are:

         1.  Bally Arcade Ragtime (Alternate Hi-Res Version-- Side 2 is handwritten)
         2.  Beatles Music (Added Hi-Res)
	  
      George Moses Tape Picture Section

III)  Added pictures of WaveMakers Tape #2 (Clue and Flying Ace).  Also 
      changed the list order from alphabetical to ordered by tape number.
	  
      WaveMakers Tape Picture Section

IV)   Added tapes images of two tapes by Perkins Engineering.  The two tapes are:

         1.  Artillery Duel
         2.  Blue Ram Utility 2
	  
      Perkins Engineering Tape Picture Section

V)    Added tapes images of Mike White's Quadra:

         1.  Quadra - Marathon (Side 1)
         2.  Quadra - Practice Programs (Side 2)

      Miscellaneous Tape Picture Section

VI)   Added box (actually the cassette tape case) for The Tiny Arcade's
      Beep! and Star Siege.
      
      The Tiny Arcade Box Section

VII)  Added tape cassette picture for The Tiny Arcade's Beep! 
      and Star Siege.
      
      The Tiny Arcade Tape Picture Section

VIII) Added instructions for The Tiny Arcade's Beep! and Star Siege.
      
      The Tiny Arcade Tape Instructions Section

IX)   Added Wavemakers covers from tape cases to the box section.

         1 - Tape 3  - Maze Race (Hi-Res, 300dpi)
         2 - Tape 7  - Guitar Course (Hi-Res, 300dpi)
         3 - Tape 14 - Collision Course (Low-Res, 72 dpi)
      
      WaveMakers Boxes Section
	  
X)    Added two cassette tape cases to the miscellaneous box section:

         1 - Artillery Duel Tape Case
         2 - Niagara Bugs Tape Case
      
      Miscellaneous Box Section

XI)   Added entry form for L&M's 1983 Candyman high score contest.
      
      L&M Candyman Contest Entry

May 30, 2008


I)    Added instructions for the tape game Treasure Island and Fox & Hounds
      by Esoterica Ltd. 
	  
      Treasure Island and Fox & Hounds Instructions
	  
II)   Added Bally's 1978 tape cover for Audio Program Tape 1, 
      Software No. 1 (APC-7001).  Software on this tape includes:

         Side A                Side B

         1. Electric Doily     1. Lunar Lander
         2. Line Graph         2. Gravity Game
         3. Monthly Records    3. Newtona '500'
         4. Electronic Music
         5. Number Match
	  
      Audio Program Tape 1, Software No. 1 (APC-7001)

May 28, 2008


I)    Added video of the Bally BASIC version of The Bit Fiddler's Goldfish Demo.
	  
      Goldfish Demo Video

II)   Added screenshots for the BASIC versions and the MLM version of 
      The Bit Fiddler's Goldfish Demo.
	  
      'G' Area of Tape Screenshot Section

III)  Added the Bally BASIC version of The Bit Fiddler's Goldfish Demo.
	  
      Bally BASIC Goldfish Demo

IV)   Added the Machine Language Manager version of The Bit Fiddler's Goldfish Demo.
	  
      Machine Language Manager Goldfish Demo

V)    Added The Bit Fiddler's Goldfish Demo instructions.
	  
      Goldfish Demo Instructions


VI)   Added a print-out of Richard C. Degler's Music Decomposer for Blue 
      Ram BASIC 1.1.
	  
      Music Decomposer By Richard C. Degler

May 27, 2008

I)    Added two early 1970's Scientific American articles on the mathematical 
      game Life.

         1) Life - Scientific American Article (Oct 1970)
         2) Life - Scientific American Follow-Up Article (Feb 1971)

II)   Added the source-code for Lance F. Squire's cartridge conversion of The Bit 
      Fiddler's Goldfish Demo.
	  
      Goldfish Demo Cartridge Conversion (Source Code)

III)  Added the ROM image file for Lance F. Squire's cartridge conversion of The Bit 
      Fiddler's Goldfish Demo.  This can be played in the MESS Astrocade emulator.
	  
      Goldfish Demo Cartridge Conversion (ROM Image)

IV)   Added screenshots for Lance F. Squire's cartridge conversion of The Bit 
      Fiddler's Goldfish Demo.
	  
      'G' Screenshots

V)    Added two game listing (with dip-switch settings) to the RetroKidz
      Multicart section.
	  
      RetroKidz Multicart Section

May 24, 2008

I)    Added two links to the Astrocade web links section.  These two links are:
	  
         1) Dick Ainsworth  - He wrote the Bally BASIC book and the companion 
            cassette, designed the Easy-Entry Keypad that made the original Arcade 
            programmable and wrote the program for the Bally Demo Cartridge.

         2) Mike Peace - He wrote all of the BASIC games released by WaveMakers. 
            These games are considered to be the best BASIC games for the Astrocade.
            This website is about Mike's music.

      Astrocade Web Links

May 23, 2008

I)    Added updated Video Storybook instructions that Richard
      Degler created by disassembling the game's ROM.  Yes, these are different
      than yesterday's upload.

      Video Storybook instructions

II)   Added added a Video Storybook disassembly that Richard
      Degler created from scratch by disassembling the game's ROM.

      Video Storybook Disassembly

III)  Did major surgery to the Misc. Documents section.  This includes
      alphabetizing, categorizing, moving directory structures, and more.

      Misc. Documents Section

IV)   Separated the Viper documents from the misc. documents and created a
      new section

      Viper RAM Expansion Section

May 22, 2008

I)    I have redone the "S-Video Upgrade" section.  I have split it 
      into two sections:
	  
         1) Pictures by Mike Mallory
         2) Pictures by Mike Di Salvo

      S-Video Modification Section
	  
II)   I have added the Fawn Dungeon EPROM repair pictures that Ward Shrake 
      took these back in February.

      Fawn Dungeon EPROM Repairs

III)  I have added pictures of the inside of Ward Shrake's multicart, 
      including photomasks.  Here is what has been added:
 
         1) Astrocade Multicart - Front (Inside PCB) - 150dpi jpg 
            and 300dpi jpg versions
         2) Astrocade Multicart - Back (Inside PCB) - 150dpi jpg 
            and 300dpi jpg versions
         3) Astrocade Multicart - Photo Mask (Part 1) - 150dpi GIF, 
            300dpi GIF and 600dpi BMP versions
         4) Astrocade Multicart - Photo Mask (Part 2) - 150dpi GIF, 
            300dpi GIF and 600dpi BMP versions.

      Multicart Pictures

IV)   I have added the Video Storybook instructions that Richard
      Degler created by disassembling the game's ROM.

      Video Storybook instructions

May 21, 2008

I)    Added reviews for three unreleased cartridges:

         1) Munchie
         2) Music Maker
         3) Quest for the Orb

      Cartridge Reviews Section
	  
II)   Added source-code for three versions of BASIC.  All versions of the 
      source code have been updated or created by Richard Degler.

         1) AstroBASIC  - Updated Source-code
         2) Bally BASIC - From Scratch Disassembly
         3) Color BASIC - From Scratch Disassembly

      Astrocade Machine Language Source Code Section

III)  Changed the thumbnail for the "Bally Professional Arcade"
      manual cover.  It is now a jpg that is smooth and easy
      to read.

      Manual Covers Section

IV)   Added sales flyer called "Astrocade The Professional Arcade."

      Sales Flyer (150DPI)

May 20, 2008

I)    Removed two dead links: DZ80 Disassembler and Gamerland:

      Links Section
	  
II)   Removed Bally DIP Settings from "Misc. Documentation" Section:

      "Misc. Documentation" Section
	  
III)  Archived the year 2007 of the "What's New" Section:

      What's New Archives (2000-2007) Section

IV)   Added The Bally Arcade! A Great Video Game Becomes A Great 
      Computer! by George Moses.  This is probably marketing material.

      The Bally Arcade! A Great Video Game Becomes A Great Computer!

V)    Added Videocades and Accessories leaflet
      A B&W leaflet that lists the available "videocades" (cartridges) 
      available from Astrocade, Inc. This includes such unreleased goodies 
      as Conan and the ZGRASS keyboard.
	  
      Videocades and Accessories leaflet

May 19, 2008

I)    Added thumbnails of documents to the Bally and Astrovision Ads 
      and Catalogs section.

      Bally and Astrovision Ads and Catalogs Section

II)   Added thumbnails of documents to the JS&A Ads from 
      Catalogs section.

      JS&A Ads from Catalogs Section

III)  Added thumbnails of documents to the Postcards section.

      Postcards Section

IV)   Added thumbnails of documents to the Sourcebooks section.

      Sourcebooks Section

V)    Added thumbnails of documents to the Ads and Catalogs
      section.

      Ads and Catalogs Section

VI)   Put buttons on index page into alphabetical order:

      index.html

May 17, 2008

I)    Added two pictures of the front and back of the 300-BAUD 
      interface PCB:

      300-BAUD Interface Pictures

II)   Added three pictures of the homebrew DVD-style Astrocade 
      cartridge box.

      Homebrew DVD-Style Box
	  
III)  Added review for the unreleased cartridge Coloring Book.

      Coloring Book Review

IV)   Added an April 16, 2008 update to Ward Shrake's multicart FAQ.

      Ward Shrake's Multicart FAQ Update

V)    Added Richard Degler's completed Dogpatch Disassembly:

      Completed Dogpatch Disassembly

	  
VI)   Added picture of the Demo Cartridge in the box:

      Demo Cartridge in Box

May 16, 2008

I)    Removed separate entries for Letter Match / Spell 'n Score / 
      Crosswords and Spell 'N Score / Crosswords / Lettermatch
      manuals.  The B&W scan of the manual has now been removed 
      since there is an updated color version.

      Cartridge Manuals
	  
II)   Combined entries for the Speed Math / Bingo Math manuals.

      Cartridge Manuals

III)  Added note that Astrocade cartridge manuals are also 
      available in PDF format.

      Misc. Documentation
	  
IV)   Added author names to programs in the Type-In 
      Program Section:
         1) Bowling - By John Collins
         2) Robot War - By Scott Waldinger
         3) Video Instructions for EB - By Alternative Engineering

      Misc. Type-In Programs
		 
V)    Added new section on Sebree's Computing (Timothy Hays)
      with these programs:
               1) Down the Trench
               2) Hit the Pedestrian
               3) Munch
               4) Submarine Minefield
               5) Star Fire
               6) UFO Battle
			   
      Misc. Documentation

VI)   Added instructions, written by Richard Degler, for the cartridge
      prototype game Coloring Book.

      Coloring Book Instructions
	  
VII)  Added instructions, written by Richard Degler, for the cartridge
      prototype Color BASIC.

      COLOR BASIC Instructions

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

II)   Added a pictures of the inside of the CPUWiz Multicart.

      Inside view of the CPUWiz Multicart

III)  Added fourteen pictures of the Sea Wolf II arcade mainboard.

      Sea Wolf II Arcade mainboard

IV)   Updated the Bally/Astrocade FAQ to version 3.3.  Included is a
      new section called "Restoring the Astrocade's Gold Trimming" by 
      Marty Goldberg.

      Bally Astrocade FAQ

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

      
What's New - Archives (2000-2007)

      
I)   These archives go back to October 22, 2000.  Bally Alley is actually older than that,
     but not by much.
     whats_new_archives_(2000-2007).html

      


	  
      
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
      

	  
      
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.
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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!?!
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June 6, 2003

    

  • Added and/or revised documents; too numerious (and tedious) to mention.
    • 

  • Added ten Astrocade-related FAQS.
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June 5, 2003

    

  • Added four screenshots: Astrobasic, Bally BASIC, Blue Ram Basic, and
Vipersoft Basic
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June 4, 2003


May 28, 2003


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.
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May 19, 2003


May 18, 2003


May 4, 2003

    

  • Updated Astrocade related links page.
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April 6, 2002


April 4, 2002


April 3, 2002


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.
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March 25, 2002


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
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March 16, 2002


March 15, 2002


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.
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May 14, 2001


May 13, 2001


May 4, 2001


April 6, 2001


March 5, 2001


March 4, 2001


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.
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February 23, 2001


February 22, 2001


February 21, 2001


February 18, 2001


February 16, 2001


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.
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February 11, 2001


February 10, 2001


February 7, 2001


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).
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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).
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October 27, 2000

    

  • Added more Astrocade related links (mostly related to Z80 assembly programming) to the Links page.
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October 26, 2000


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.
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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.
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