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Space Invaders (Radica)

Radica's Space Invaders Plug & Play features five games created by Taito, with the star of the show obviously being Space Invaders. Released to an astounding "OK".

Test Menu#

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Booting the game while holding Down + A redirects the player to a test menu of sorts. All screens can be advanced by pressing any button.

Graphics Tests#

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Checksum Test#

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This screen can only be advanced after "PASS" is displayed.

I/O Test#

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Once all the button slots on the screen are white, the game freezes.

(Source: Haze (mamedev), MAME driver info)