Changing the display language

There are no DIP switches for language. Burn a display ROM in the wanted language (120 ns or faster for the large display) and update the CPU game ROM to the latest version at the same time.

Systems

• Data East CPU Version 1/2
• Data East CPU Version 3
• Data East/Sega CPU Version 3b

Related tips

• Score display boards by game range
• EPROM language and country letters
• Test a loose 128 x 16 display glass
• Running the large display on the bench
• Setting up a replacement 192 x 64 display
• Check the ±100 V display supply at CN5
• Combining two 27020 display images into one 27040
• 192x64 display games have their own display supply fuse F3

Source: Repairing DataEast 1987 (Laser War) to Sega 1995 (Batman Forever), Part Three, Clay Harrell (pinrepair.com)