>If the Balloon Bomber PCB is anything like Polaris hardware (and it seems like it is > since it has cloud gfx in a PROM also) then all we need is the schematics since all of > the sound will be generated with discrete components. A PCB might be required to fix > the sounds if the schematics aren't accurate and we can get a dump of the cloud PROM as > well.
>Derrick added the sounds for Polaris directly from the schems and I helped to fix them > to sound more like the real PCB be referencing components on my PCB which Derrick then > corrected. That's why Polaris sounds so good.
>In theory the same can be done for Balloon Bomber if PCB/schems are found.
I recall only seeing one UK ebay auction of a Taito Balloon Bomber myself over past 5 to 6 years. I don't recall if it was pcb only or if it was entire cocktail table. I haven't been specifically searching for that myself so there may have been an ebay auction listing or two that I missed because I would be searching for other very specific items.
I don't recall ever seeing the manual being listed for an ebay auction nor the blue print schematics. Smit has paperwork (for Vortex) with one of the pages actually being previously a part of Balloon Bomber manual instead. The page provided a list of what the adjustable pots did for handling each audio sound effect for Balloon Bomber.
There should be a jpeg photo of that page over on MAME Testers web site in a Balloon Bomber entry.
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