DRAGON'S LAIR / SPACE ACE COMBO DIP SWITCH SETTINGS - April 9, 2002
 For Dragon's Lair or Space Ace machines.
Developed by Dave Hallock, Jeff Kinder, and Jeff Kulczycki

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The following chart is to be used ONLY with the Dragon's Lair / Space Ace Combo ROMs or the Space Ace DIP Remap.  If you have a standard Space Ace setup, please refer to the Space Ace DIP switch chart taken from the Space Ace manual.

  Dragon's Lair (rev F) Space Ace
A0 ON - 2 Coins per credit or to continue
OFF - 3 Coins per credit or to continue		 ON - 2 Coins per credit
OFF - 3 Coins per credit
A1 ON - very hard (only when B7 = ON)
OFF - Normal		 Not Used
A2 ON - Always easy at start of game
OFF - Hard or very hard per B7 & A1		 Not Used
A3 ON - Normal
OFF - Playtest for engineering use		 ON - Normal
OFF - Playtest for engineering use
A4 ON - Normal
OFF - 2 credits at all times / free play		 ON - Normal
OFF - 2 credits at all times / free play
A5 ON - 3 Dirks per credit
OFF - 5 Dirks per credit		 ON - 3 lives per credit
OFF - 5 lives per credit
A6 ON - Pay-as-you-go disabled
OFF - Pay-as-you-go enabled		 Not Used
A7 ON - Normal
OFF - Diagnostics (turn OFF after 2nd beep)		 ON - Normal
OFF - Diagnostics (turn OFF after 2nd beep)
B0 ON - Attract Mode audio plays continuously
OFF - Attract Mode audio plays every 8 times 		 ON - Attract Mode audio plays continuously
OFF - Attract Mode audio plays every 8 times 
B1 ON - Attract Mode audio is enabled
OFF - Attract Mode audio is always off		 ON - Attract Mode audio is enabled
OFF - Attract Mode audio is always off
B2 ON - Normal
OFF - Unlimited Dirks		 ON - Normal
OFF - Unlimited lives
B3 ON - Pioneer PR-7820 Laser Disc Player
OFF - Pioneer LD-V1000 Laser Disc Player		 ON - Pioneer PR-7820 Laser Disc Player
OFF - Pioneer LD-V1000 Laser Disc Player
B4 ON - Difficulty increase with 5 scenes
OFF - Difficulty increase with 9 scenes		 ON - Difficulty increase with 3 episodes
OFF - Difficulty increase with 5 episodes
B5 ON - If A6 is ON:  The game ends when won.
       If A6 is OFF, the player must deposit 2 or
       3 coins (depending on A0) to continue playing
       once, after 2/3 of the game is finished.

OFF - If A6 is ON, the game starts again from
       the beginning when won.
       If A6 is OFF, the player must deposit 2 or 3
       coins (depending on A0) to continue playing
       three times during the game, and may deposit
       more coins to continue again from the beginning
       after the game is won. 

 B5    B6
ON    ON  -  Normal Mode (CP skill level buttons are enabled)
ON    OFF  -  Always SPACE ACE skill level
OFF   ON  -  Always CAPTAIN skill level
OFF   OFF  -  Always CADET skill level
B6 ON - If A5 is ON and A6 is OFF:  If the player has
       less than 3 Dirks, he receives one additional
       Dirk after depositing coins to continue the
       game at any time during the first game.
       No extra Dirks are awarded after the first
       game has been won.


OFF - No extra Dirks awarded
B7 ON - Increase in difficulty is enabled
OFF - The difficulty level will always be easy		 ON - Fast difficulty increase
OFF - Slow difficulty increase

NOTE:  The original Space Ace DIP switch option for 'enable frame display' is no longer available.

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