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Aaronix Test ROM

A hardware test tool present on several XX-in-1 pirate multicarts.

Hidden Test#

Soft Resetting makes the ROM boot into another test hidden within.

(Source: unicom)

It is called "STK test"; STK stands for Syntek.

Revisional Differences#

The original runs on CHR-RAM; the first revision has mostly different data and was made to run on CHR-ROM instead.

There is another revision built on top of the original CHR-RAM version, while still having a redundant bank using CHR-ROM; this version was built into some famiclone handhelds.

(Source: unicom)

Examples of the handhelds include the RetroGame (serial code GC26) and the 638-in-1 model of the Family Pocket (serial code RS-20).