Clay Pigeon blah blah Exidy shooting gallery game. Bring on Beny!
Hidden Message#
A hidden message can be seen through the following steps.
- Enter and set this cheat in MAME's claypign.xml cheat file:
<cheat desc="Hardware Error">
<script state="on">
<action>maincpu.pb@6000=01</action>
<action>maincpu.pb@6028=02</action>
<action>maincpu.pb@61C2=03</action>
<action>maincpu.pb@61FF=04</action>
</script>
</cheat>
- Reset the game. An error message should appear on the boot screen.
- Put this cheat into claypign.xml and enable it:
<cheat desc="Bypass Hardware Error">
<script state="on">
<action>temp0 =maincpu.mw@8D4E</action>
<action>temp1 =maincpu.mw@A0C2</action>
</script>
<script state="run">
<action>maincpu.mw@8D4E=1212</action>
<action>maincpu.mw@A0C2=1212</action>
</script>
<script state="off">
<action>maincpu.mw@8D4E=temp0</action>
<action>maincpu.mw@A0C2=temp1</action>
</script>
</cheat>
A new message should appear on the screen.
After a few seconds, the E2 PROM will be initialized. As in Crackshot, the machine will reboot afterward. It's likely that Exidy's support crew (And/or Beny) could have done something to the arcade cabinets to bypass the hardware error, prompting this message.
(Source: Original TCRF research)
Audio Credits#
This message is in the sound CPU at F361:
COPYRIGHT (C) 1984 EXIDY INC
M VON STRIVER
V TOLOMEI
K NICHOLSON
(Source: Original TCRF research)