> > > Again, if either of you have money to burn, John's Jukes has a _massive_ > collection > > of manuals and schematics for games from this era. > > > > Wow it looks like that might be the "go to" place to get stuff. That is quite a > list. > > > > http://www.flippers.com/pdfs/JohnsJukesManualsList.pdf > > Cool list. I'm still searching for the extremely rare version of Choplifter (15 years > and counting so far - see attached PDF for further details and a recent example of my > searches - PDF attached because otherwise you would need to login to view the Aussie > Arcade Forum thread). > > I searched John's Jukes list for "Choplifter 1987" - just in case - but no versions > of Choplifter are mentioned. > > "Choplifter 1987" could turn up anywhere so I try to leave no stones unturned. > > John's Jukes does list Strategy X as a pinball game though - is it a pinball as well > ? Strategy X is one of my favourite video arcade games (special nostalgic value > because it was in the basement where I lived during 1st years of uni).
There are some odd intermediate versions of choplifter itself which arent in mame yet, as choplifter was the first game sega 'tested' various protection technologies out on (encrypted z80, mb8123, 8751s, etc); the earliest versions had no protection at all and had daughterboards which added protection and other stuff. IIRC one of the Mamedevs has one of these intermediate boards but the roms on it were bitrotten/bad. I don't believe its a graphical update like you described, though; despite the protection changes the game plays the same afaik.
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