Popeye Test Mode and DIP settings

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General Test Mode Operation
Erasing High Scores
Setting the DIPS (including FREE PLAY mode)

This information is also covered in the standard Nintendo Popeye operational manual. A copy of the manual in .pdf form can be downloaded from www.MikesArcade.com
(1) Entry While pressing the Service Switch, set the power On/Off Switch to the "ON" position. (2) Audio Test You will hear a beep sound (3) RAM Test The result of the RAM test will be displayed.
(4) ROM Test The result of the ROM test will be displayed.
(5) Option Switch Test (6) Pressing any switch on the Operation Panel during while on the option settings screen will cause a beep sound.

Resetting Popeye High Scores

Following the general test mode operation instructions above to put the game into test mode. (Press and hold the Switch Switch while applying power). When the "OPTION SWITCH" screen appears follow the instructions at the bottom for resetting the high score table back to the factory default. (press both P1-start and P2-start at the same time).
Once erased, a message indicated the high scores have been reset will appear. Note the option switch screen also displays more information about the settings than the original Popeye game did. The information in color is added by this kit.
Power cycle the game to return to game play mode. Note: after about 30 seconds, the game will automatically return to game play mode. The factory default high score table is displayed on the right.

Popeye DIP settings

To aid in setting the DIP switches, the Popeye HS kit enhances the test mode display to show the current DIP switch settings in both numeric and text. The original popeye software only showed the numeric data. The additional DIP information is shown in yellow. Changing the DIPs while in testmode will cause the screen to be immediatly updated to reflect the current settings.

COINAGE (SW1)	A	B	C	D
Free Play	ON	ON	ON	ON
1-Coin 1-Play	off	off	off	off
1-Coin 2-Plays	off	ON	off	off
2-Coins 1-Play	ON	off	off	off

Num Popeye		Difficulty		Bonus		Music	Table
1 I	2 J	3 K	4 L	5 M	6 N	7 O	8 P	GAME OPTIONS (SW2)
off	off							Num Popeye 1
ON	off							Num Popeye 2
off	ON							Num Popeye 3
ON	ON							Num Popeye 4
		off	off					Game Difficulty Easy (0)
		off	ON					Game Difficulty (1)
		ON	off					Game Difficulty (2)
		ON	ON					Game Difficulty Hard (3)
				off	off			Bonus @ 40000 points
				off	ON			Bonus @ 60000 points
				ON	off			Bonus @ 80000 points
				ON	ON			No Bonus
						off		No Attract mode music
						ON		Attract mode music
							off	Cocktail
							ON	Upright