Harrison
29th January 2008, 11:24
Did anyone else know that the Arcade machine Up-Scope was powered by an Amiga A500 motherboard?
http://www.amigahistory.co.uk/bundles/upscope2.jpg
I didn't until I got an email recently from the owner of one of these arcade cabinets.
His arcade machine has stopped working and he was trying to find a replacement motherboard for it. But he was unsure of the version and model of motherboard he needed to look for.
He sent me some pictures of the inside of the system along with some information about the board (from my guidance on what to look for to identify it).
The A500 motherboard is a revision 3 board, based on what is written on it, so going by that it is a very early motherboard. These were meant to be a bit buggy.
Not sure of the kickstart version though. The codes on the chip are: 31509-01 2402PH49 7E3. As the Kickstart 1.3 chip normally has 31509-02 on it I am guessing it is a 1.2 kickstart? Is that right?
Here is an image of the insides of this machine.
http://www.classicamiga.info/downloads/Misc_Images/Up-Scope-arcade_motherboard.jpg
I've asked the owner if you can do me some photographs of the inside and outside of the system, as well as some screenshots, if he manages to get it working again.
The good news is that he managed to source a replacement motherboard from softhut.com so fingers crossed he can get it up and running again.
There is some information about this arcade machine on Amiga History here. (http://www.amigahistory.co.uk/upscope.html) But they state it uses an A1000 motherboard, which it clearly isn't in the image the owner provided above.
An in-game screenshot:
http://www.amigahistory.co.uk/bundles/upscope_screen.jpg
And info about the gameplay reads:
The cabinet is shaped like a submarine periscope. Two buttons are located on each periscope handle - Up, Down and two fire buttons. The aim of the game is to attack the sub hunter while sinking as many ships as possible. If you miss the sub hunter it goes to another level where it drops depth charges while the player waits to fire a torpedo.
http://www.amigahistory.co.uk/bundles/upscope2.jpg
I didn't until I got an email recently from the owner of one of these arcade cabinets.
His arcade machine has stopped working and he was trying to find a replacement motherboard for it. But he was unsure of the version and model of motherboard he needed to look for.
He sent me some pictures of the inside of the system along with some information about the board (from my guidance on what to look for to identify it).
The A500 motherboard is a revision 3 board, based on what is written on it, so going by that it is a very early motherboard. These were meant to be a bit buggy.
Not sure of the kickstart version though. The codes on the chip are: 31509-01 2402PH49 7E3. As the Kickstart 1.3 chip normally has 31509-02 on it I am guessing it is a 1.2 kickstart? Is that right?
Here is an image of the insides of this machine.
http://www.classicamiga.info/downloads/Misc_Images/Up-Scope-arcade_motherboard.jpg
I've asked the owner if you can do me some photographs of the inside and outside of the system, as well as some screenshots, if he manages to get it working again.
The good news is that he managed to source a replacement motherboard from softhut.com so fingers crossed he can get it up and running again.
There is some information about this arcade machine on Amiga History here. (http://www.amigahistory.co.uk/upscope.html) But they state it uses an A1000 motherboard, which it clearly isn't in the image the owner provided above.
An in-game screenshot:
http://www.amigahistory.co.uk/bundles/upscope_screen.jpg
And info about the gameplay reads:
The cabinet is shaped like a submarine periscope. Two buttons are located on each periscope handle - Up, Down and two fire buttons. The aim of the game is to attack the sub hunter while sinking as many ships as possible. If you miss the sub hunter it goes to another level where it drops depth charges while the player waits to fire a torpedo.