MS. Pac-Man bootled on original SEGA Z80 board?

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MS. Pac-Man bootled on original SEGA Z80 board?

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Again with another weird thing (at least for me :lol: )
I got this original SEGA board and googling the part number reveals on MAME source that this board was originally Pengo :

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but ofcourse it's not that simple, reading the eproms reveals it's a Ms. Pac-Man bootleg:

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Anyone knows what's the deal with this? Old hack to make a quarter-munching Ms. Pac-Man from a Pengo?
I am unsure what to do with it - assuming it works .

Any help/info will be appreciated!
Thanks! :D
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Re: MS. Pac-Man bootled on original SEGA Z80 board?

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keropi wrote: March 2nd, 2023, 1:56 pmOld hack to make a quarter-munching Ms. Pac-Man from a Pengo?

Correct. Pengo and Pac-Man are basically the same hardware.
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Re: MS. Pac-Man bootled on original SEGA Z80 board?

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interesting
so I have an original bootleg in my hands :lol:
I need to build a jamma adapter to test this