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   BelPowerslave to All   
   Re: I got the megadrive smurfs ROM runni   
   02 Apr 08 17:32:10   
   
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   From: bel@whipassgaming.com   
      
   > Unfortunately, wow has a unique sound chip (used also by Gorf.) The   
   > chip was used for the wizards voice. Nobody has been able to figure   
   > out how it works.  I suspect it works very similarly to the commodore   
   > 64's sound chip, but that's just wild speculation. I do have a single-   
   > version emulator for Gorf, but I haven't seen one for WOW. Would love   
   > to find one for Spider-Man TAG.   
      
   Oh, that's right, I remember reading about that, now, in the MAME FAQ.   
   You'd think they'd of found a way around it by now though, still...   
      
   > Not really. I'm just too busy to deal with it all the time. Haven't   
   > even been able to find the time to buy take the fuses out and buy new   
   > ones over at Radio Shack.   
      
   I almost bought a TMNT cabinet a long time ago, but it was only the two   
   player version so I passed. Man, it'd be so fucking cool to have the 4   
   player cabinet...but then again, where the hell does one find room for   
   something like that?   
      
   > Yeah, Ms. Pac is really good. I have both. I play them on my 7800. I   
   > should say I like both. Sure, Pac-Man is a far cry from the real game,   
   > but it has an old-school feel to it with the blocks and generic   
   > bleeps. It just screams 2600. I've learned to look at it as being   
   > almost like a different game. It obviously doesn't have much in common   
   > with the arcade game.   
      
   Did they ever go back and actually redo the original Pac-Man for the   
   Atari systems or did they really just let it go with that?   
      
   Bel   
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