Company
American Laser Games, USA
Date
1990 / 1992
Amiga
A500
Interface
RGB port, serial port, joystick port, parallel port, side expansion port
    Shooter Arcade Game
  • arcade game with attached light gun(s)
  • cabinet features monitor with 25" / 33" or a 46" / 50" rear projection screen
  • uses laser disc video with graphics overlay, thus remarkable graphics quality
    System Revision A (1990)
  • revision A system supports one gun (single player) and only two games
  • consists of the following components:
    • Amiga 500 mainboard
    • RAM/ROM board revision A (2× 64kB game code)
    • Mimetics AmiGen genlock
    • LaserDisc player Sony LDP-1450
    • audio amplifier board
    • a single player opto-isolator board
    • light gun
    • shot amplifier module, to be installed between light gun and optoisolator
    • NTSC demodulator board
  • games:
    • Mad Dog McCree
    • Who Shot Johnny Rock
    System Revision B (1992)
  • revision B system supports two guns (dual player) and provide double the capacity for game code, thus supporting all games released for this system
  • consists of the following components:
    • Amiga 500 mainboard
    • RAM/ROM board revision B (2× 128kB game code)
    • Roctec RocGen Plus genlock
    • LaserDisc player Sony LDP-1450
    • combined audio amplifier (2× 8W) and dual player optoisolator board (TAOS board) with interface for optional ticket dispenser
    • two light guns with integrated shot amplifier module
    • NTSC demodulator board
  • games:
    • Who Shot Johnny Rock
    • Mad Dog McCree
    • Mad Dog 2 – The Lost Gold
    • Gallagher’s Gallery
    • Space Pirates
    • Crime Patrol
    • Crime Patrol 2 – Drug Wars
    • The Last Bounty Hunter
    Notes
  • the RAM/ROM board features 2 EPROMs (U1/U2), one battery-backed RAM chip for game settings (U3) and two PALs (U4/U5)
  • games are copy protected through address scrambling (done by PALs on the RAM/ROM board)
  • the LaserDisc player is controlled via serial connection from the Amiga (start/stop etc.)
  • NTSC composite video is used (also for european models)
  • the light guns contain a mercury switch to allow reloading by tilting the gun
  • all games provided audio in multiple languages
  • alg_m.zip
    Dragon's Lair Project
    operation and service manual, revision B (all games)
    3.3 MB
  • maddog_euro.zip
    Dragon's Lair Project
    operater's manual, revision A (Mad Dog McCree)
    2.1 MB
  • maddog_johnnyrock_m.zip
    Dragon's Lair Project
    operating manual, revision A (Mad Dog McCree, Who Shot Johnny Rock)
    942 kB

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