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Title: Joust on Dedicated Stargate?
Post by: ark_ader on June 09, 2016, 05:16:09 am

I just removed the control panel (CP) artwork that as on my Stargate.  Underneath it was Joust artwork, and the date on the CP saying 1982.

I don't remember seeing any Joust games on a Dedicated Stargate.  The CP looks like some OP added three more buttons after converting it to a WWF and nothing else underneath the CP.

A real mystery.  Any ideas?

Title: Re: Joust on Dedicated Stargate?
Post by: lamprey on June 09, 2016, 11:50:35 am

A lot of those Williams control panels are pretty similar. I believe they are nearly identical shape-wise, just different controls. So it makes it easy to swap games between machines. I think that is why the multi-Williams pcb from jrok is so popular. You can put it in just about any Williams cab (like Stargate or Joust) and be able to play them all (assuming you set up your control panel appropriately).

But, why a Joust overlay would be on a Stargate CP, that is a bit baffling. Unless, as you mentioned, the operator just modified it.