Arkanoid arcade manual (Romstar)

Cite as: Arkanoid arcade manual (Romstar)
Original: https://archive.org/details/arcademanual_arkanoid
sha256: 0b5eb87678971eb9666e4427ed68713a29d00ca3a422e4daa595c42ab2b049fe
Archived: https://archive.org/download/arcademanual_arkanoid/arkanoid_djvu.txt
Accessed: 2026-11-06
Licence: © Romstar; scan hosted by the Internet Archive
Credit: Romstar, Inc.; scan in the Internet Archive item "arcademanual_arkanoid" (manuallibrary, textfiles.com).
Notes: Romstar's North American installation manual for the Arkanoid kit: wiring, DIP switches, the capsule chart, and the spinner's assembly. The pinned copy is the item's OCR text, which has no page breaks; locators name the section.

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Romstar, Inc. of Torrance, California, put its name and address on an installation manual for Taito's Arkanoid arcade game, which reads "Licensed From TAITO" and carries a 1986 copyright. The manual lists a new-game package: the circuit board and its cage, legs, bolts and spacers, a wire harness, the control assembly, a marquee, and control panel overlays. It sends operators to "your exclusive Romstar distributor" for replacement accessories.	`first page, title blockfirst page, title blockNew Game Package ContentsNew Game Package ContentsNew Game Package Contents, note`	Manual
Romstar's manual shows a control panel with a knob and shaft assembly, an opto-coupler board beside it, and a fire button for each player. Its capsule chart lists seven effects: slowing the energy ball, catching it and launching it at will, firing lasers, expanding the Vaus, splitting the ball into three, moving on to the next playfield, and an extra Vaus. Its DIP switch table sets three lives (the default) or five; a bonus at 20,000 points and then every 60,000 (the default), or at 20,000 only; and continued play on (the default) or off.	`Control Panel LayoutControl Panel LayoutGame Operation, capsule chartGame Operation, capsule chartGame Operation, capsule chartSetting of DIP Switch (PDF p. 2)wire harness (G) and (H)wire harness (G) and (H)Setting of DIP Switch (PDF p. 2)`	Manual