the cutting room mirror

Prop Cycle

Released in arcades in 1996, Prop Cycle utilizes an innovative control scheme designed to trick unsuspecting gamers into exercising by having them pedal a special bicycle controller to propel the titular prop cycle forward.

Debug Displays#

Three disabled debug displays can be re-enabled by adding the following code to propcycl.xml:

  <cheat desc="Enable Debug Dipswitch">
    <script state="run">
      <action>maincpu.mw@22296=4E75</action>
    </script>
  </cheat>

Enable the code then turn on dipswitch 5 (listed as Unknown in MAME) and some debug info will now be displayed during certain parts of the game.

PropCycle-debug1.png
Replay debug display.

PropCycle-debug2.png
Tutorial debug display.

PropCycle-debug3.png
Level debug display. Also displays the current speed of the blower fan.

(Source: MAME source code)