MAMEWorld Forums - News - Re: Pit Fighter update

> > The Pit Fighter dump is the newest version dumped, made in 1991
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> After looking over the file src/mame/drivers/atarig1.cpp I thought it would be
> oldest release version when comparing rom set versus what is already supported.
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> R.Coltrane sent us a dump of Pitfighter (US 2 players)
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> Seeing rom labels as
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> 136081 - 1628
> 136081 - 1629
> 136081 - 1630
> 136081 - 1631
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> I am going with a revision 1 when going by what is already in the source file and
> placed below rev 2 entry....
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> Pit Fighter (rev 9)
> Pit Fighter (rev 7)
> Pit Fighter (rev 6)
> Pit Fighter (rev 5)
> Pit Fighter (rev 4)
> Pit Fighter (rev 3)
> Pit Fighter (rev 2)
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> Pit Fighter (Japan rev 3, 2 players)
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> ..or if the pcb did come from an actual dedicated 2 players cab, then it would be
> placed just below the (Japan rev 3, 2 players) entry.
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> Whoever adds the set later, have fun making the call to which section it goes to.

They're probably like the Konami numbering where each digit has a meaning rather than it being a higher = newer value.

gamenumber,rev,type,something else

so 136081-2028 is pitfighter-rev2-type0-something-something (2nd revision of the 3 player US cabinet)

in this case 36081 - 1628 it's probably the first released version of the 2 player (US? World?) cabinet

it can have a 1991 date and still be the first revision for that cabinet / region combination if they didn't distribute a 2 player version in that territory until 1991.

what surprises me is these Atari sets still showing up, I thought Aaron had access to the motherload.

but yeah basically it looks like the revisions start at 1 for any given cabinet / region combination. presumably this was sold as a conversion kit for generic 2 player cabinets after the initial 1990 wave, it isn't a bugfix for the 3 player version.