yaggy wrote:
So I noticed from time to time, Astron Belt,
for whatever reason, will just lose control of itself.
Often just running the attract mode on its second
cycle, it will hit a spot where the shooting just stops
and the laserdisc continues to play uninterrupted,
displaying both action sequences and explosions
back to back, and never come back out because
the "demo" ship never gets destroyed.
This has also happened on gameplay.
I've seen something very similar. I searched and searched the forums a while back and found no mention of the problem, so I just assumed it was something wrong with my setup.
An example of what I have seen: I'll play Astron Belt & walk away for a while leaving the game in attract mode. If I start a new game, sometimes the game will run an action sequence, an explosion, an action sequence, an explosion, etc. etc. etc. The only way to get out of it is to quit Daphne as the game will not stop. During this time, I can move the ship and fire.
I'm using the Hitachi ROMs. I'm going to see if I can recreate it with the Pioneer ROMs.