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 Game ROM Information- The Getaway, High Speed II
Note: We stock this, and other custom and unique ROM chips listed on our ROM Chips page. Getaway ROM Revision Information: Williams never released any details on changes made between the various software revisions for this game. However, we have gathered the following information over the years from various sources, most being Getaway game owners. The software that controls the Supercharger was reported to have been changed in rev. L-2, and is supposedly controls the Supercharger more reliably. Reports were made that the Supercharger could produce problems when more than one ball were in the Supercharger at one time, with possible circuit board damage as a result. We have not ever personally verified or witnessed this, but some mention of it has been made. There were no L-3 or L-4 versions released. Some bug fixes were attempted between revisions L-2 and L-5, but most say L-5 is more bug-ridden than L-2, and most recommend going with the L-2 revision, as it is accepted as the most stable. The final L-5 revision of Getaway still has bugs that are and were present even in the earlier and prototype revisions. If you have any further information on software revisions to this game, we would be glad to hear them and add them to this document. A summary of most of the known/prevalent features and their presence/absence in the various ROM releases for this game is provided in the table below. This information was gathered, compiled, and provided by Jasper van Zijp (thanks Jasper!):
The following is a history of the ROM version releases for Getaway (most of this info was provided by Williams): Williams: High Speed II: The Getaway (ROMs)
Version L-5
Date: December 22, 1992
U6: Checksum: 4905
Version L-4
Date: Not Released
U6: Checksum:
Version L-3
Date: Not Released
U6: Checksum:
Version L-2
Date: Unknown
U6: Checksum: FF02
Version LA-1
Date: Unknown
U6: Checksum: 5E01
Initial production release.
Version P-7
Date: Unknown
U6: Checksum: FDD7
Prototype software revision.
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