Dec 302019
Bought a cheap Desert Breaker for my collection which the seller declared as having no sound.
This game is running on system18 hardware. Since the sound was totally missing I first tested the z80 which was good and then I desoldered the SRAM which was
a Toshiba @IC79 , normally very unreliable in comparison to other makers and infact it was faulty.
It fixed the sound but playing I noticed that some sprites had missing lines
This problem could be either the custom chip 315-5361 ( sprite generator ) or the srams connected to it ( IC21 and 22)
Since all the address line were good, I proceeded to desolder and test the srams which were infact bad bad.
Game was fixed totally
3 Responses to “Desert Breakers repair log”
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Gotta love the easy repairs!
Hi! Brother!
I read every article you wrote.
It was very interesting.
I have a question. I want to buy your “FLASHGAL” PCB.
I played this game a lot when I was young. I have many memories of this game.
My email address is rambocap@hotmail.com.
I would appreciate it if you would answer.
(I am not good at English. I’m using Google Translator. Please understand)
Hi, sorry but flashgal is not on sale