The NEW Build Your Own Arcade Controls
Arcade Collecting => Miscellaneous Arcade Talk => Topic started by: Level42 on December 28, 2009, 06:52:19 pm
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Inside the 3 Berzerks I recently found, there were also 3 envelopes and each contained a full set of documentation.
Apart from the schematics, instruction cards in various languages (English, German, French, Dutch) and a monitor schematic, there was also of course the manual.
However, I soon found out that the manual was nothing more than a bunch of photo copies of what looks like the concept for the actual manual.
The first thing (and maybe the biggest thing) to notice is that the "cover" is hand-drawn in a rough sketch style. Also, the text with the drawings are hand-written and the pages with texts look like they came from a typewriter.
Here's the cover of the concept manual:
(http://gallery.me.com/andre.huijts/100643/Schermafbeelding-202009-12-29-20om-2000-46-11/web.jpg?ver=12620441180001)
Here's the cover of the "final" manual:
(http://gallery.me.com/andre.huijts/100643/Schermafbeelding-202009-12-29-20om-2000-46-47/web.jpg?ver=12620441190001)
Also, the trouble-shooting section (explaining about the beeps) is only a very short list of possible causes, compared to the elaborate explanations on the version of the manual that I have found at several sources on the internet.
Although there is not much more (actually, less) info in this manual, I thought it would be interesting from an archival and collecting point of view.
The machines I found had relatively early serial nrs. (in the 2000 and 3000) so it looks like Stern put in some pre-production manuals with the early games. Maybe also because these were shipped to Europe ? (Transport time).
Anyway, I scanned it and here is the PDF:
http://files.arcadecontrols.com/details.php?image_id=3605&mode=search (http://files.arcadecontrols.com/details.php?image_id=3605&mode=search)
Again, if you look for troubleshooting info and better quality, get the other manual here:
http://files.arcadecontrols.com/details.php?image_id=1229&mode=search (http://files.arcadecontrols.com/details.php?image_id=1229&mode=search)