> > > It has some unique ROMs, but it's the same encrypted CPU and the same copyright. > I > > > believe it's a Sega board with an additional Bally sticker applied as a > > distributor. > > > > You've hit it. The "N.E." on the sticker gives it away (Bally Northeast). They > named > > their distribution centers by location. We had a Bally Midwest center here in GR MI > > up until 1990 or so... > > what's interesting is that the graphic roms have the official sega part numbers, but > the program roms simply have a date. > > could be that they were trying out new code modifications for the US release, or > Bally had asked for their own, out of line with Sega's usual numbering scheme. could > easily be a US market proto (so after the game was finished and sold in Japan, but > before refinements for export)
Bally bought Sega's US operations around this time as well ('82 or '83), so maybe that ties in somehow...?
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