Does anyone have Saint Dragon PCB manual?

MJR · Post by **MJR** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 8:50 am

I just happened to buy Saint Dragon jamma board, and I noticed that complete DIP switch settings are hard to get - All the DIP switch info thats available in the net is parsed from MAME, and therefore incomplete.

If ayone has the manual for the original jamma board in any possible form, please let me know - would be much appreciated!

Thanks!

Stefan_L · Post by **Stefan_L** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 9:26 pm

I made a quick and fuzzy photo of my ST Dragon manual... but it is in japanese

click here for ST Dragon dips

MJR · Post by **MJR** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 11:08 am

Thanks, I got a friend who can read japanese.. I forward this to him

Preciated!

EDIT: Once I get the translation, I guess I should post the results here and to the solvalou.. might help other people as well

yojo! · Post by **yojo!** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 4:44 am

MJR wrote:Thanks, I got a friend who can read japanese.. I forward this to him

Preciated!

EDIT: Once I get the translation, I guess I should post the results here and to the solvalou.. might help other people as well

Thanks, I have the PCB and like to find out about the difficulty setting

D · Post by D » Fri Mar 17, 2006 3:14 pm

Check for dip settings of games by that manufacterer in the same year/period. Usually there is pretty standard stuff in there.
And the obvious: experiment. I think you can with the scan that was provided get a clear understandin of what does what.

Zach Keene · Post by **Zach Keene** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 5:04 pm

Somewhat loose, and I didn't even try the notes:

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DIP-1                               1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8
Coin Shutter 1   1 Coin/1 Credit    Off Off Off
                 1 Coin/2 Credits   On  Off Off
                 1 Coin/3 Credits   Off On  Off
                 1 Coin/4 Credits   On  On  Off
                 2 Coins/1 Credit   Off Off On
                 3 Coins/1 Credit   On  Off On
                 4 Coins/1 Credit   Off On  On
                 Free Play          On  On  On

Coin Shutter 2   1 Coin/1 Credit                Off Off Off
                 1 Coin/2 Credits               On  Off Off
                 1 Coin/3 Credits               Off On  Off
                 1 Coin/4 Credits               On  On  Off
                 2 Coins/1 Credit               Off Off On
                 3 Coins/1 Credit               On  Off On
                 4 Coins/1 Credit               Off On  On
                 Free Play                      On  On  On

Demo Sound       Play                                       Off
                 Don't Play                                 On

Unused                                                          *

DIP-2                               1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8
Player           3                  Off Off
                 2                  On  Off
                 4                  Off On
                 5                  On  On

Unused                                      *   *

Difficulty       Normal                             Off Off
                 Normal +1                          On  Off
                 Normal +2                          Off On
                 Normal +3                          On  On

Type             Table                                      Off
                 Upright                                    On

Monitor Rotation Normal                                         Off
                 Flip                                           On

MJR · Post by **MJR** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 12:25 pm

Nice work Zach; I'll check if these are correct

EDIT: your interpretations for dip 1 are correct. I'll check the dip2 later. At least I can say that NORMAL+1 equates easy!

yojo! · Post by **yojo!** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 5:16 pm

MJR wrote:EDIT: your interpretations for dip 1 are correct. I'll check the dip2 later. At least I can say that NORMAL+1 equates easy!

so normal +3 equals super duper easy ?. I thought it would go, normal-> hard (normal +1) -> very hard (normal +2) > ultra hard (normal +3)

Zach Keene · Post by **Zach Keene** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 4:39 am

yojo! wrote:I thought it would go, normal-> hard (normal +1) -> very hard (normal +2) > ultra hard (normal +3)

I know absolutely nothing about this game, but that was my understanding from the manual page as well. (The description actually reads something like "one step higher than Normal", but that was too big to fit in my chart and I was too lazy to respace everything.)

MJR · Post by **MJR** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 10:34 am

yojo! wrote:
MJR wrote:EDIT: your interpretations for dip 1 are correct. I'll check the dip2 later. At least I can say that NORMAL+1 equates easy!
so normal +3 equals super duper easy ?. I thought it would go, normal-> hard (normal +1) -> very hard (normal +2) > ultra hard (normal +3)

Whatever it is, it is definitely easier to play than in Raine (in normal+1 weapons never diminish fully, not as many enemies, not as many bullets, enemies seem to die even with fewer hits)

but yeah, I'm still waiting for my pal to translate it..

MJR · Post by **MJR** » Sun Mar 26, 2006 4:56 pm

I've now got the translation.. and it was identical to Zach's version.

So his dip switch translation is 100% spot on; jaleco really does label difficulty settings as normal, normal+1, normal+2..

But yeah, there you go

MJR · Post by **MJR** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 12:57 pm

Happy times!

I got the original manual from ebay!

So the difficulty goes from 'normal' to 'most difficult'.
BTW, if someone needs the whole manual scanned, PM me.