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Motordome

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Developer Credits#

There are build dates at the start of ROM chips U2 and U3:

   E14D42AAE  BX4D U212JUN86
   E14D42AAE  CX4D U312JUN86

There are three copyright messages in the second CPU. The first at 0xC800 (or 0x4800 in ROM chip U7) includes a programming credit:

MOTORDOME
Copyright 1986 Bally Midway Mfg. Co.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED                 
Game Sounds Programmed By
ROBERT M. LIBBE

The other, less interesting messages on the same chip:

0xE368 / 0x6368

0xE9EF / 0x69EF

COPYRIGHT 1985, BALLY MIDWAY MFG. CO.  ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
B88-0XX-U5 
COPYRIGHT 1985, BALLY MIDWAY MFG. CO. ALL RIGHTS RESERVEDD
E14-002-U7 

(Source: Original TCRF research)