Caveman
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1 Introduction
Gottlieb Caveman is a hybrid pinball and video game in a pinball cabinet. A 13-inch RGB video game monitor was built into the center-rear portion of the playfield. A joystick was positioned in the top-center of the oversized lockdown bar, which was roughly the same size as a traditional pinball playfield apron.
Bally also experimented with hybrid games around the same time, but used stand-up video arcade-style cabinets with a smaller square playfield.
2 Technical Info
2.1 System Overview
The pinball section of the game is based on the Gottlieb System 80A.
2.2 Boardset
2.2.1 Pinball
2.2.2 Video Game
3 Documentation
- flipprojets.com Caveman troubleshooting page
- On-Target Newsletter #5 May 1982 - "Introducing Caveman"
- On-Target Newsletter #8 Oct/Nov/Dec 1982 - "Sound/Speech, Circuit Analysis" - (Caveman troubleshooting tip on page 2)
- TNT Amusements YouTube Video - Caveman Game overview & opening it for servicing
3.1 Other
4 Problems & Fixes
The card cage (GTB-MA265) with all the boards for the video game portion of Caveman can still be obtained from PBResource.
4.1 I/O Video Board
The I/O Video Board is the weak link in this game, with problems usually caused by bad ICs.
5 Modifications
5.1 ROM
A new ROM containing an update to the game's rules, which can be enabled/disabled with a DIP switch: Caveman Evolution