iz8dwf | Atari Asteroids game PCB repair (#1 board): lift that reset! 6502 aren't made equal? @iz8dwf | Uploaded September 2021 | Updated October 2024, 57 minutes ago.
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This is the complete repair process of one of my Atari Asteroids Arcade PCBs.
Faults fixed:
1) A double-IC shorted /RESET line.
2) The previous "repair" person attempted to permanently kill the board with the help of a soldering iron
3) Some 6502 seems not really suited for the Asteroids game board.

Timeline:
00:00 - Welcome
01:42 - First power on
02:23 - CPU's Reset problem
07:47 - The shacking vectors disease
08:16 - Poor soldering job disease
10:22 - Not all 6502s are made equal
13:40 - Last checks


Related videos:
first inspection and repairs of my Asteroids PCBs:
youtube.com/watch?v=IHRH3E0EtLg

Making a power supply and audio power amplifier for Atari Asteroids:
youtu.be/35YR62yv3-E

Atari Asteroids related information:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asteroids_(video_game)
andysarcade.de/asteroids.html
arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=6939
jmargolin.com/vgens/vgens.htm