Looking for info on a multigame

Robert

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I've had a rom dump of a multigame for some time, but I'd like to find out more info on it, if anyone can help.

Internally it says MULTIGAME V1.0 WRITTEN BY JOCHEN HIPPEL, and it has 8 games which are Scramble, Super Cobra, Anteater, Amidar, Frogger, Turtles, Amored Car, The End.

Google seems to get confused with some musician of the same name.

I assume this is meant for a Galaxian or Scramble-type board.

There's a few other roms with this dump - 2 graphics roms, 2 gal22v10d jeds, a main eeprom, a prom.6e (I assume a colour prom), and sndz80 rom.

So, any ideas, circuits, manuals, whatever?
 
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From ChatGPT

🧠 Why Hippel’s name is there​

Jochen Hippel’s work from Atari/Amiga scene intros and loaders was admired by European arcade bootleggers. His signature found its way into some hacked firmware and multigame loaders — and in this case, onto the PCB silkscreen as a decorative credit.

He did not engineer the board.

✅ What you likely have​

A European-origin bootleg/custom multigame PCB that:

  • Uses Scramble/Super Cobra CPU & video timing maps
  • Replaces original EPROM set with a consolidated ROM addressing scheme
  • Adds a menu bootloader (shows Hippel credit)
  • Auto-switches game via internal menu (not DIP banks)
It is considered collectible, especially early V1.0 boards.

If you want, I can provide:​

✅ Exact game ROM mapping layout
✅ DIP switch / coin configuration (per title)
✅ How to add more games (if your board supports it)
✅ Repair support if the board has issues
✅ ROM verification against MAME sets

One thing I need from you:​

Which connector does it use?

A) JAMMA (56-pin standard arcade edge)
B) Konami/Scramble-style edge (36-pin or dual-edge variant)
 
69er

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Most likely an upgrade kit for a scramble base board and controls as some of those titles obviously require 4/8 way joystick action for up down and diagonal movement

I don’t know anything on that specific multi system kit as we moved on to new pcbs and our own jamma cabs with the only multi games used were some SNES and Neo Geo 4/6 slot cartridge jamma pcbs .

The End is similar to Galaxian style shoot up but one I liked back in the day as it’s quite had and the end means the end & money lost , the raiding aliens attack and those successful in grounding steal a brick which is used to assemble the words THE END , a fast version with difficulty settings if I recall ( I did a JCM kit one conversion once in the 80s which involved lots of new wire surface links and track cutaways plus a piggyback added delicate ROM socket board which I may still have somewhere but it no longer works due to ‘irresponsible’ guilty storage when it retired in the early 90s ) But unlike my opening suggestion I am sure I ‘butchered’ a one piece 22/44way connector Galaxian pcb on that occasion as like Galaxian you can play it with just left and right if I recall ? We did that a lot with kit upgrades as they were quite cheap kits and it kept generic or previously dedicated cabs on the arcade floor for an extra summer season or two and the best games like Amidar and Frogger from that selection did well when sited in chip shops and youth clubs all year round as the seaside arcades are only popular from Easter a couple of weeks then the summer breaks and half term which only really total about 12 busy weeks in all . So upgrades kits were much more viable than new cabs and towards the mid 80s lots were on offer but usually single game only

Back then I could change space invaders to part ll, part lll, lunar rescue or invaders revenge etc with my eyes shut as they were mainly upgrade of the played to death SI original mask roms to the 2708/16 EPROMs and a few existing link changes and odd track cuts and a rom swap.However a few conversions were a bit more difficult and didn’t always go to plan if the scalpel slipped during a track diversion.
 
Robert

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@smarty I think you could be right - the game list matches up. Thanks for that. I downloaded the installation guide, but there's no technical info at all, and the photos are so blurry it's hard to make anything out.

A circuit and tech info would be nice, but I doubt it would come from that site.
 
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