Is the Tomy Pyuuta compatible with other generic switchoxes, or does it
absolutely have to be the Tomy switchbox to make it work?

> Is the Tomy Pyuuta compatible with other generic switchoxes, or does it
> absolutely have to be the Tomy switchbox to make it work?

No, it will work fine with any switchbox.

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I know that it isn't hard to make an adapter for the TI-99/4A joysticks
so other joysticks can be used.  Is there anything like that for the
Pyuuta/Tutor.

I've come across something that looks homemade for adapting other
controllers/joysticks for the Pyuuta, but have no idea if it would work
for a Tutor or how hard it is to make...

> I know that it isn't hard to make an adapter for the TI-99/4A joysticks
> so other joysticks can be used.  Is there anything like that for the
> Pyuuta/Tutor.
>
> I've come across something that looks homemade for adapting other
> controllers/joysticks for the Pyuuta, but have no idea if it would work
> for a Tutor or how hard it is to make...

It should work for the Tutor just fine. Where did you see one?

A TI adaptor will NOT work -- I've tried this. The Tomy joystick is wired
differently and I haven't cracked one of my sticks/controller packs recently
to remember how.

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I saw it at Yahoo Japan auctions at
http://page16.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/u8636910

--- In tomytutor@yahoogroups.com, Cameron Kaiser <spectre@...> wrote:
> It should work for the Tutor just fine. Where did you see one?
>
> A TI adaptor will NOT work -- I've tried this. The Tomy joystick is
wired
> differently and I haven't cracked one of my sticks/controller packs
recently
> to remember how.
>
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Not trying to wallow too much, but all last week my wife and I have
been watching the following Ebay Auction for a Tomy Tutor:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?
ViewItem&rd=1&item=300171897525&ssPageName=STRK

We were waiting all week and were ready to outbid anyone at any cost.
We even went home early from work so we could bid on it in peace.

Our computer crashed right before we were ready to make our big bid
and someone got it, and the salt in the wound is how low they got it
for!  We would have felt better about it if the winner was someone
willing to spend more than us, but it really sucks that on top of
everything they got it so cheaply!

What's even worse is that the seller was selling joysticks separately
and we won a F-ing Tutor Joystick and nothing else.  :(

It pretty much ruined the last 4 days of our holiday, and without
getting too personal its the 1st time in 6 years that we actually had
a fight.

So anyway, just to let anyone here know, we are still very much in
the market for a Tutor....

The good news is we recently won some games from a Japanese auction
(it comes with a Pyuuta that may or may not work, but we got it for
the games really, but just in case the Pyuuta works, we've gotten a
step down transformer)

Anyway, since just about noone in the world cares about Tomy Tutor's,
we thought we'd share here.......

When it's that important, set up a bid on
http://www.auctionstealer.com/home.cfm (three free per week).

Neil

----- Original Message -----
From: Kanton Levine

Not trying to wallow too much, but all last week my wife and I have
been watching the following Ebay Auction for a Tomy Tutor:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=300171897525

We were waiting all week and were ready to outbid anyone at any cost.
We even went home early from work so we could bid on it in peace.

Our computer crashed right before we were ready to make our big bid
and someone got it, and the salt in the wound is how low they got it
for! We would have felt better about it if the winner was someone
willing to spend more than us, but it really sucks that on top of
everything they got it so cheaply!
....

Hi,

Since many of the arcade game titles ported to the Tomy Tutor were
properties of Konami (including "Frogger," "Scramble," "Jungler," "Loco-
Motion" and "Pooyan"), did Tomy have plans to release "Time
Pilot," "Track & Field" and "Gyruss" (three other early well-regarded
Konami licenses) for the Tutor before the first wave of the video game
industry went kaput in early 1984?

Only "Frogger," which was distributed in the U.S. by Sega for the
arcades, was not released for the U.S. Tomy Tutor (all the other
released Konami properties were).

~Ben

> Since many of the arcade game titles ported to the Tomy Tutor were
> properties of Konami (including "Frogger," "Scramble," "Jungler," "Loco-
> Motion" and "Pooyan"), did Tomy have plans to release "Time
> Pilot," "Track & Field" and "Gyruss" (three other early well-regarded
> Konami licenses) for the Tutor before the first wave of the video game
> industry went kaput in early 1984?
>
> Only "Frogger," which was distributed in the U.S. by Sega for the
> arcades, was not released for the U.S. Tomy Tutor (all the other
> released Konami properties were).

Time Pilot was on the schedule, see

	 http://www.floodgap.com/retrobits/tomy/carts.html

It appears this became Triple Command, so perhaps Tomy lost the license.

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Since the vast majority of new members to this group are spammers and I'm
tired of playing whack-a-dope on a nearly daily basis, the membership of
this group is now changing to approval-only.

This means nothing for current members of the list and the list is *not*
being moderated, but if you have other people who are Tutor enthusiasts and
wish to subscribe, all requests will be approved by Mike or myself. I'll
try and make sure that any legitimate new member is cleared within 24 hours
(time permitting).

Thanks for your understanding and this should keep the list clean and secure.

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Speaking of "Triple Command" (which, frankly, only saw a Japanese
release), it was planned to be released in the USA as "World War II:
Triple Threat."

Perhaps the game was not released in the USA because of its title and
overall topical nature of its gameplay.

~Ben

--- In tomytutor@yahoogroups.com, Cameron Kaiser <spectre@...> wrote:
>
> Time Pilot was on the schedule, see
>
>  http://www.floodgap.com/retrobits/tomy/carts.html
>
> It appears this became Triple Command, so perhaps Tomy lost the
license.
>
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>

Finally got a Tomy Tutor from Keith Dreyer on this forum about a week
ago or so.
It is in wonderful shape!
My wife and I have been playing the hell out of Jungler, and also
Scramble and Traffic Jam!
It's actually my wife's favorite early 80's system so far (we also have
a TI-99/4a and a modded Atari 2600.
She really likes the controllers, too, though that might change once we
get better controllers for the other systems, hard to say.

I think I had posted earlier that I bought a homemade converter cable
of yahoo japan auctions that is supposed to let you use other
controllers that the Tutor ones. I haven't gotten it yet, as it is in a
Japanese deputy service warehouse until I'm ready to ship stateside.

The same seller has listed another one at:
http://page16.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/u19737975

The problem is that since I don't know Japanese, I'm looking at it
using automatic translation.  On a second look it seems like I may have
made a mistake, as it looks like it might only work with a modified 3-
button Sega controller that they sell if you pay more when you buy the
cable.

Anyone able to tell if there are any other controllers that will work
with this cable, or should I try to by a second one and get the
controller they modified for it too?

My wife loves the Tutor controller, but I am hoping for something
easier to use for me.

ooooooooooooh, you beat me on those!   Seems to be more Pyuuta stuff
than usual lately...

--- In tomytutor@yahoogroups.com, "haohmaruus" <ccollet@...> wrote:
>
> I should have several Pyuuta games coming my way within the next
few
> weeks, so I'll be able to test the joystick thing for sure when
they
> arrive. Here's the games I'm getting:
>
> Scramble
> Frogger
> Bermuda Triangle
> Don Pan
> Jungler
> Triple Command
> Mystery Gold
> Mission Attack
> Monster Inn
>
> All Japanese versions. And there's one more that's missing a label,
> so who knows what it'll turn out to be.
>
> --- In tomytutor@yahoogroups.com, "haohmaruus" <ccollet@e...> wrote:
> > Well, I just tried the TI-99 joysticks with the Pyuuta Jr, and
> they
> > don't appear to work at all. I'm pretty sure the joysticks work,
> but I
> > suppose it's possible the joyport on the Pyuuta is bad
considering
> what
> > I paid for it. Or maybe the joystick doesn't work with the Jr
> version
> > of Graphic.
>

I am not the seller.

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Some person is selling one here locally. FT Lauderdale, FL.

http://fortlauderdale.craigslist.org/sys/547710132.html

check it out if you are interested.

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If it's Good enough for Shatner ... well, it's also good enough to feature
Sarah Purcell. And we all know what computer she was hawking.

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Who here could please kindly submit pictures of the USA Tomy Tutor box
sides (left side, top side, right side and bottom side)? Also, your
camera must have good lighting while attempting to do these four sides.

One of the four box sides features several screenshots of games that
were never released in the USA; an interesting fact about one of the
screenshots on one of the sides of the Tutor box art is that the
word "BONUS" is misspelled as "BOUNS." The name of that game is said to
be "Don Pan" or perhaps, "Traffic Jam."

Thank you,
Ben

I have it, but I'm not sure I can get to it in a timely manner.  Have you
looked here for the info you're after?:
http://www.floodgap.com/retrobits/tomy/

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From: tomytutor@yahoogroups.com [mailto:tomytutor@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of Benjamin Edge
Sent: Friday, November 21, 2008 11:28 AM
To: tomytutor@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Tomy Tutor] Tomy Tutor (USA) Box - Sides



Who here could please kindly submit pictures of the USA Tomy Tutor box
sides (left side, top side, right side and bottom side)? Also, your
camera must have good lighting while attempting to do these four sides.

One of the four box sides features several screenshots of games that
were never released in the USA; an interesting fact about one of the
screenshots on one of the sides of the Tutor box art is that the
word "BONUS" is misspelled as "BOUNS." The name of that game is said to
be "Don Pan" or perhaps, "Traffic Jam."

Thank you,
Ben






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Hi Bill,

     I did check that website you mentioned, and all I saw were views of the
front and rear of the box as well as close-up views from both the views
mentioned.

     So could you please take shots of all four side panels from your Tutor box
sometime?

Thank you,
Ben




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> Who here could please kindly submit pictures of the USA Tomy Tutor box
> sides (left side, top side, right side and bottom side)? Also, your
> camera must have good lighting while attempting to do these four sides.
> One of the four box sides features several screenshots of games that
> were never released in the USA; an interesting fact about one of the
> screenshots on one of the sides of the Tutor box art is that the
> word "BONUS" is misspelled as "BOUNS." The name of that game is said to
> be "Don Pan" or perhaps, "Traffic Jam."

I'm not anywhere near my Tutor a/t/m (out in the field for the weekend),
but I'm pretty sure that was Traffic Jam. BOUNS just means the player caught
the letters in the wrong order.

The remaining screenshots are pure mockups, although one is the Shinkansen
bullet train which is from a Japanese cassette package not sold in the USA.
The rest are fanciful fluff.

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If sales had gone well for the Tomy Tutor in the USA during the 1983-84
season...

What video game translations would you have wanted to see for the Tutor?
(I am listing more Konami properties here)
1. Super Cobra (1981) (this is the military take on "Scramble" where
you have to pick up the booty in the 10th and final stage to win the
entire game (and then start all over again at increased difficulty), as
opposed to destroying the command base in "Scramble"'s 6th and final
stage)
2. Amidar (1981)
3. Time Pilot (1982)
4. Badlands (1983)
5. Roc 'N Rope (1983)
6. Track & Field (1983)
7. Gyruss (1983)
8. Circus Charlie (1984) - notable for the brief reference to Johann
Strauss' waltz "The Blue Danube," heard in the final stage.
9. Antarctic Adventure (1984) - the "Skater's Waltz" ("Die
Schlittschuhlaufer" in German; "Les Patineurs" in French), by composer
Emil Waldteufel, is heard throughout the game. This did see a release
on the ColecoVision.

~Ben

I would have just liked to the see the hardware-in-the-cart assisted
cartridge games released in Japan that boosted the system's capabilities.
Otherwise the rest of that stuff was available elsewhere.  I'd love to come
across one of those cartridges one day, but I'm not holding my breath, as
Pyutta stuff from Japan shows up infrequently.



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From: tomytutor@yahoogroups.com [mailto:tomytutor@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of Benjamin Edge
Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2008 6:47 AM
To: tomytutor@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Tomy Tutor] If USA Sales Had Gone Well for the Tomy Tutor in the
1983-84 Season...



If sales had gone well for the Tomy Tutor in the USA during the 1983-84
season...

What video game translations would you have wanted to see for the Tutor?
(I am listing more Konami properties here)
1. Super Cobra (1981) (this is the military take on "Scramble" where
you have to pick up the booty in the 10th and final stage to win the
entire game (and then start all over again at increased difficulty), as
opposed to destroying the command base in "Scramble"'s 6th and final
stage)
2. Amidar (1981)
3. Time Pilot (1982)
4. Badlands (1983)
5. Roc 'N Rope (1983)
6. Track & Field (1983)
7. Gyruss (1983)
8. Circus Charlie (1984) - notable for the brief reference to Johann
Strauss' waltz "The Blue Danube," heard in the final stage.
9. Antarctic Adventure (1984) - the "Skater's Waltz" ("Die
Schlittschuhlaufer" in German; "Les Patineurs" in French), by composer
Emil Waldteufel, is heard throughout the game. This did see a release
on the ColecoVision.

~Ben



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What would the 1984 Konami port "Circus Charlie" have looked like on the Tomy
Tutor?

~Ben

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Probably similar to this:
http://www.generation-msx.nl/msxdb/softwareinfo/160





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Of Mario E
Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2008 8:48 AM
To: tomytutor@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Tomy Tutor] Circus Charlie



What would the 1984 Konami port "Circus Charlie" have looked like on the
Tomy Tutor?

~Ben

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Finally got around to updating the Little Orphan site. You'll like it!

* Got hands on a Demo Cartridge and did a full video capture of it, uploaded
   to Google Video. The Demo Cartridge mentions a TI Adapter ... read all
   about that in the new Myth, Marketing, Muddle page (incorporating the
   Purcell Pamphlet).

* Tomy Tutor User Club section, with two downloadable newsletters up now
   in pdf format, and more to come (thanks much to James Host who got them to
   me originally and I finally got off my butt and scanned some). I realized
   I am missing issue #1 however.

* Reorganized cart list. Apparently there are two Battlefighters.

* Uploaded .pdf for the Centronics printer interface schematic, along with
   pin assignments for the I/O port (also from James).

* Completely redid most of the photographs. They are now not only better
   quality, but higher resolution.

* Rewrote the trade list.

* Other ticky things.

10 years of Tomy fandom!!

	 http://www.floodgap.com/retrobits/tomy/

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Great stuff, thanks!

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From: tomytutor@yahoogroups.com [mailto:tomytutor@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of Cameron Kaiser
Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 1:56 AM
To: tomytutor@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Tomy Tutor] finally, updates to the Little Orphan site



Finally got around to updating the Little Orphan site. You'll like it!

* Got hands on a Demo Cartridge and did a full video capture of it, uploaded
to Google Video. The Demo Cartridge mentions a TI Adapter ... read all
about that in the new Myth, Marketing, Muddle page (incorporating the
Purcell Pamphlet).

* Tomy Tutor User Club section, with two downloadable newsletters up now
in pdf format, and more to come (thanks much to James Host who got them to
me originally and I finally got off my butt and scanned some). I realized
I am missing issue #1 however.

* Reorganized cart list. Apparently there are two Battlefighters.

* Uploaded .pdf for the Centronics printer interface schematic, along with
pin assignments for the I/O port (also from James).

* Completely redid most of the photographs. They are now not only better
quality, but higher resolution.

* Rewrote the trade list.

* Other ticky things.

10 years of Tomy fandom!!

http://www.floodgap <http://www.floodgap.com/retrobits/tomy/>
.com/retrobits/tomy/

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Hi,

     Who can please kindly make some gameplay videos of all the Tomy Tutor games
released, and then submitting them to YouTube?

Gameplay video want list:
*Scramble (Konami, 1981)
*Jungler (Konami, 1981)
*Loco-Motion (Konami, 1982) - there is a brief reference to the song "I've Been
Working on the Railroad" heard here
*Traffic Jam (1983)
*Car-azy Racer (1983)

Thank you,



Ben

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This is fascinating -- a Japanese TV show with the Pyuuta, playing Traffic
Jam and Scramble. The synopsist noted that the main character seemed to have
some trouble with the controllers (no doubt). Scroll down to the bottom and
be perplexed -- I'll have to see if I can find video of this somewhere.

	 http://www.crunkgames.com/?p=87&page=49

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Check this out link, TT fellows:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frYZukVsZQI

In order:
1. Tron (Hyperspace in the U.S.)
2. Jungler
3. Deep Six
4. Traffic Jam
5. Pooyan
6. Scramble
7. Car-azy Racer
8. Frogger
9. Mr. Do!

The last two games listed were never released in the U.S., and "Tron"
did see a U.S. release as "Hyperspace."

Enjoy the video!

~Ben

Hi,

     Having just played "Scramble" for Tomy Tutor on the MESS emulator (v 0.81) I
discovered that the way that the game ends, if by winning, is similar to how it
ends on Tomy's VFD (vacuum fluorescent display) machine of the same name: the
enemy command ship is guarded by a column of "meteor" missiles, three rows
horizontal. Even the Tutor version's instructions make it clear: "Fly over
mountains and through armed cities to reach the enemy command ship, which is
protected by a wall of missiles" and, on another page: "Fly over mountains and
through an armed city until you reach your destination. Keep firing at the wall
of missiles until you break through and can shoot at the enemy command ship."

     As usual, there are four oil tanks on the ground (which you should shoot
down at, especially when your oil supply is low) just before these columns. You
must destroy these barriers until you make an opening so that your missile can
contact the enemy command ship. Destroy the enemy command ship and you earn 1000
points. The opening fanfare will sound and the game continues at the start with
your rocket refilled -- the level now has a higher difficulty than before.

     In the arcade version of the game, after you managed to clear the most
difficult section of the game in all (sector five; this involves using good
judgment when flying up and down and pulling back), the command ship appears
just after you see a canyon reading "KONAMI" (the trademark owner of the
"Scramble" game). Shoot down the command ship and your mission is complete, and
then you start right back at the beginning -- at increased difficulty. In this
version, though, if you destroy the command ship (try to gun down at it before
you reach its canyon; if you're at its level, fire your laser; if above, drop
bombs) and then your ship, you will not lose a life.

~Ben

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