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Excite Ping-Pong 2

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Specifically: From 0x49384 is a bunch of strange graphics, including 1bpp 16x16 "F" and "M" characters, but they appear to be compressed in some way

Memory Viewer#

The fourth and third to last DIP switches in MAME are associated with a memory viewer function, and there are several controls linked to turning each of these switches on. For the sake of simplicity, they will be referred to as switches A and B, respectively.

  • Turning A on while B is also on, and viceversa, toggles the memory viewer.
  • While the memory viewer is active:
    • Turning A on while B is off changes the position of the viewer. It defaults to the top right corner of the screen, but can be switched to the bottom left, bottom right, and top left corners as well.
    • Turning B on while A is off changes the color palette of the viewer, based on the ones that are currently available.

References#


  1. Yoshidayama-Workshop - GDRI :: Game Developer Research Institute↩︎