Atari Tempest - New Features; Game Inspection

Tempest
TM
A.
New
Features
B. Game
Inspection
The
Tempest™
game
has
five
new
features.
Even
if you
are
familiar
with
Atari
games,
you
should note
these
important
differences.
The
new
features
are:
• Color
X-Y
Monitor
and
Game
PCBs.
Tempest
is
Atari’s
first
color
X-Y
game.
The
color
monitor
produces a
great
number
of
colors
in
varying
in-
tensities.
Atari’s
X-Y
game
circuitry
has
been re-
designed
for a
color
display.
•
Game
Play.
Atari
introduces
Skill-Step™,
and 99
levels of
play on
16
different
playfields.
A dem-
onstration
mode
allows
you to
accelerate
through
98
levels
of play.
In
addition, a
special
switch
setting
lets you
freeze
the
game action
(see
Section
F, Game
Play).
•
Encoder
Wheel. This
new control
has a
com-
pact,
simplified
design
which
makes servicing
easy.
This
control’s
circuitry is
contained
on a
single
PCB.
The
very
smooth
action is
designed
for
greater
player
accuracy.
•
Cabinet
Design.
The
newly
designed
cabinet
has
casters at
the
back
of the
game,
allowing
you to
easily
move
the
game
within
your
establishment.
The
attraction
panel,
with its
new
construction,
uses a
polycarbonate decal
laminated
to
tempered
glass.
Luggage-style
latches
allow easy
opening
of the
control
panel.
A
wood
panel
separates
the
coin box
from the
components
in the
back
of the
game,
elimina-
ting
the
need
for a
power-interrupt
interlock
switch
on
the coin
door.
Finally, the
game and
auxiliary
PCBs
are
mounted
back-to-back
on the
cabinet
wall and
are
separated
by
plastic
stand-
offs.
• Fluorescent
Light
and
Speaker.
For ease
of ser-
vice,
the
fluorescent
light
and
speaker
board
slide out
of the back
of the
game.
In
addition,
the
game
audio is
improved
because
the
speak-
er is
positioned
in a
resonating
chamber.
These
new
features,
as
well as
all
other
major
parts
in
the
game,
are
illustrated
in
Figure
1.
Throughout
this
manual,
wherever
one
of
these
new
features
is
mentioned,
you
will
see
this
symbol:^^^
A
—
WARNING
A
To
avoid
possible
unpleasant
electrical
shock, do
not
touch
internal
parts
of the
monitor
with
your
hands or
metal
objects
held in
your
hands!
This
new game
is
ready to
play
upon
removal
from
the
shipping
carton.
However,
your
careful
inspec-
tion
is
needed to
supply
the
final touch
of
quality
control.
Please
follow
these
steps to
help
us
insure
that
your
new
game
was
delivered
to
you
in good
condition.
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NOTE
Do not plug
the
game
in
yet!
1.
Examine
the
exterior
of the
game
cabinet
for
dents,
chips, or
broken
parts.
2.
Remove the
screws
that
were used as
extra se-
curity to
seal the
rear
access
panel.
Unlock
and
open
this
panel, as
well as the
coin
door; inspect
•
the
interior
of the
game as
follows:
•
Check
that
all
plug-in
connectors
(on the
game
harness)
are
firmly seated.
Replug
any
connectors
found
unplugged.
Don’t force
connectors
together.
The
connectors
are
keyed so
they
only go
on in the
proper
orien-
tation.
A
reversed
edge
connector
will dam-
age a
PCB
and
will void
your
warranty.
• Check that
all
plug-in
integrated
circuits
on
the
game
PCBs
are
firmly
seated
in
their
sockets.
• Check that
the
plastic
standoffs are in
place,
holding
the
PCBs
away
from
each other.
• Remove
the
tie-wrap
that
holds the coiled
power
cord on the
inside cabinet
wall. Check
the
cord
for any
cuts or
dents
in
the insula-
tion.
Place
the square
black plastic
strain-
relief plate
in
the
wood slot
at the
bottom
of
the
rear panel
opening.
•
Note
the
location of
the game’s
serial num-
ber—
it
is
printed
on the
special label
below
the
coin door
on
the front
of the game
cabinet.
Verify that
the
serial numbers
on the
Tempest™
Analog
Vector-Generator
PCB,
Tempest
Auxiliary PCB,
Regulator/Audio
II
PCB,
power supply
and monitor
are
all identi-
cal.
A drawing
of the
serial-numbered
compo-
nents
is on the
inside
front cover
of this man-
ual. Please
mention this
number
whenever
you
call your
distributor for
service.
•
Check
all major
subassemblies
such as
the
power
supply,
control
panel and
monitor for
secure
mounting.
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