>Does anyone know if there is any info to be had about how the innards
>of games like Dark Tower function. I've never seen inside one but I
>presume there's a custom chip that's a microprocessor, RAM and ROM
>all rolled into one, for cost reasons.
I think I still have mine, and in working condition. Although I would not
be willing to part with it (thus why I think I still have it), I CAN open
it and send some digital pics of the chips. Maybe even draw out some
schematics.
I would guess that based on its age, there is nothing fancy in there.
Probably a simple eeprom or something for storing your stats, and
everything else was probably random gates (fighting, spinning,
whathaveyou). As far as "emulation" goes, I would think you could just
write it from the ground up following the rules of the game. Although, it
wouldn't be a true emulation, it would make it playable (and you could do
it networked EASY... now THAT would be a cool internet based game!)
-chris
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