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Tempest Cabaret Arcade Back Door Sheet PDF Download ST-196 1st Printing

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Tempest Cabaret Arcade Back Door Sheet PDF Download – ST-196 1st Printing

Download the Atari Tempest Cabaret ST-196 1st Printing Back Door Sheet. This original arcade operator reference provides Self-Test instructions, hardware-test information, cabinet-component locations, game-option settings, coin-counter configurations, and game-pricing settings for compatible Atari Tempest Cabaret arcade hardware.

The complete tall-format document is supplied as a one-page digital PDF download. No printed back door sheet or other physical product is shipped.

Document Details

Arcade game: Tempest

Manufacturer: Atari

Cabinet style: Cabaret

Document number: ST-196

Printing: 1st Printing

Document type: Back Door Sheet

Pages: 1

File format: Digital PDF

Tempest Self-Test Procedure

The document explains how to enter Self-Test Mode and access the second part of the test using the control knob, FIRE button, and SUPERZAPPER button. The operator-information display identifies game statistics and the currently selected operating options.

Self-Test information covered on the sheet includes:

  • Seconds the game has been powered on
  • Seconds of game time played
  • Number of one-player and two-player games
  • Average game time
  • Bonus-adder setting
  • Lives-per-game setting
  • Game difficulty
  • Coin mode and credit information
  • Game-instruction language

High-Score and Game-Time Reset Instructions

The Operator Information Display section explains how to erase the high-score table and accumulated game-time information. It identifies the required screen prompts and player-start buttons used to complete each reset.

Hardware and Display Tests

The diagnostic section provides pass-and-fail information for game memory, controls, audio, and the vector-monitor display.

  • RAM failure tones and chip-location information
  • ROM failure numbers and component locations
  • EAROM, audio, and Math Box failure indicators
  • FIRE, SUPERZAPPER, SLAM, and coin-switch tests
  • Encoder-wheel operation test
  • White-frame and crosshatch patterns
  • Audio-tone tests
  • Color and intensity test patterns
  • Checkerboard display test

Game Option Settings

The game-option tables identify settings on the 8-toggle switch at L12 on the Analog Vector-Generator PCB and the 4-toggle switch at E2 on the auxiliary PCB.

  • One-credit or two-credit minimum
  • English, French, German, and Spanish language settings
  • Bonus-life score thresholds
  • Two, three, four, or five lives per game
  • Easy, medium, and hard difficulty settings
  • Starting-level configurations

The sheet notes that changing specified game-option toggles can erase the high-score table. Record the current settings before making changes.

Coin Counter and Game Price Settings

Coin-counter settings are provided for the 4-toggle switch at K10/11 on the Analog Vector-Generator PCB. These options determine whether the two coin acceptors activate the cabinet coin counters simultaneously or separately.

The game-price table documents the 8-toggle switch at N13. Available configurations include Free Play, coin-to-credit settings, coin-mechanism multipliers, bonus-coin options, Demonstration Mode, and Demonstration-Freeze Mode.

Confirm the Cabaret Cabinet and Hardware

This document is identified as Atari Tempest Cabaret ST-196, 1st Printing. Upright, Cabaret, and other cabinet configurations may use different reference sheets or hardware arrangements. Confirm the document number, cabinet style, PCB locations, and switch assemblies before changing settings.

Electrical safety: Arcade cabinets and vector-monitor assemblies may contain hazardous voltages. A monitor can retain a dangerous electrical charge after the cabinet has been unplugged. Use a qualified arcade technician when you are not trained to service this equipment safely.

Original Arcade Reference Document

This is an original arcade operator reference sheet and not a complete Atari Tempest operation, maintenance, and service manual, complete schematic package, monitor manual, troubleshooting guide, or HighScoreSaves kit installation guide.

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