Installation Guide | Bubble Bobble Free Play and High Score Save Kit

Bubble Bobble Installation Guide

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Steps for a successful install of your online or offline high score save kit -

·       Ensure your gameboard is working 100% before installing kit

·       Ensure power to game is off before removing your gameboard from  cabinet

·       Label any connectors that you will be disconnecting. This will make reinstalling easier once kit is on gameboard

·       Note which way your connectors/cables are on. (We suggest taking pictures to help you remember!)

·       Work in a well-lit area on your workbench

Please note – you will need a z80 to install on this kit. There is an option to purchase in the drop downs of the product page when you order. Or you can use an existing one.

Overview –

Start with locating your z80 socket.

This is what your pcb should look like. This kit will only work on a Bubble Bobble PCB.

Remove the gameboard and locate the following -

• Z80B-CPU at location IC50. This MUST be socketed
• 27c256 EPROM at location IC51
• 27c512 or 27c256 at location IC52
• 27c256 or empty socket at location IC53

Check and remember Pin 1 of the CPU and the eprom at IC52. (see pic above)

Carefully remove the CPU at IC50 and all the Eproms at IC51, IC52 and IC53.

Insert the EEPROM shipped with the savekit and marked as „IC52“ at Position IC52. Make sure Pin 1 of the EEPROM is oriented to correctly match Pin 1 on the board. (see pic above)

Insert the CPU into the daugtherboard. Make sure Pin 1 of the CPU is oriented to correctly match Pin 1 on the board. (see pic below)

Insert daughter board into the cpu socket of the board where the CPU chip was removed from.

Make sure Pin 1 of the daughter-board is oriented to correctly match Pin 1 on the board. 

Ensure that nothing is hitting the underside of the new daughter card from your original PCB. Sometimes test points on your PCB need to be bent away.

That's it!

Double check your work

Install back in cabinet using pictures you took and any marked connectors

Power up the game and enjoy!

If the game does not start, turn power off immediately, double check your work.

Helpful link - https://highscoresave.com/highscoresaves-kit-tips-and-tricks

How do I get to the menu settings?

With the power off on your game. Press and hold P1 while you turn the game on. Release P1 button when the screen tells you to. You are now in the main menu settings. This is a feature built into your kits, so the menu settings are not accessible to your guests or family.

Now, having said that, you need to enable this feature in the menu settings, or disable if you want your kit to give you approximately 5 seconds every time you turn on your game.

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