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Altered Beast Dip Switch Settings

Below are the specific dip-switch settings users have contributed for Altered Beast:

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Option    (DIP Swtich #1) | SW1 | SW2 | SW3 | SW4 | SW5 | SW6 | SW7 | SW8
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1 Coin / 1 Credit         | OFF | OFF | OFF | OFF | OFF | OFF | OFF | OFF
1 Coin / 2 Credit         | ON  | OFF | OFF | OFF | ON  | OFF | OFF | OFF
1 Coin / 3 Credit         | OFF | ON  | OFF | OFF | OFF | ON  | OFF | OFF
1 Coin / 4 Credit         | ON  | ON  | OFF | OFF | ON  | ON  | OFF | OFF
1 Coin / 5 Credit         | OFF | OFF | ON  | OFF | OFF | OFF | ON  | OFF
1 Coin / 6 Credit         | ON  | OFF | ON  | OFF | ON  | OFF | ON  | OFF
2 Coins / 1 Credit        | OFF | ON  | ON  | OFF | OFF | ON  | ON  | OFF
3 Coins / 1 Credit        | ON  | ON  | ON  | OFF | ON  | ON  | ON  | OFF
4 Coins / 1 Credit        | OFF | OFF | OFF | ON  | OFF | OFF | OFF | ON
2 Coins / 3 Credit        | ON  | OFF | OFF | ON  | ON  | OFF | OFF | ON
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2 Coins / 1 Credit        | OFF | ON  | OFF | ON  | OFF | ON  | OFF | ON
4 Coins / 2 Credits       | OFF | ON  | OFF | ON  | OFF | ON  | OFF | ON
5 Coins / 3 Credits       | OFF | ON  | OFF | ON  | OFF | ON  | OFF | ON
6 Coins / 4 Credits       | OFF | ON  | OFF | ON  | OFF | ON  | OFF | ON
--------------------------|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----
2 Coins / 1 Credit        | ON  | ON  | OFF | ON  | ON  | ON  | OFF | ON
4 Coins / 3 Credits       | ON  | ON  | OFF | ON  | ON  | ON  | OFF | ON
--------------------------|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----
1 Coin / 1 Credit         | OFF | OFF | ON  | ON  | OFF | OFF | ON  | ON
2 Coins / 2 Credits       | OFF | OFF | ON  | ON  | OFF | OFF | ON  | ON
3 Coins / 3 Credits       | OFF | OFF | ON  | ON  | OFF | OFF | ON  | ON
4 Coins / 4 Credits       | OFF | OFF | ON  | ON  | OFF | OFF | ON  | ON
5 Coins / 6 Credits       | OFF | OFF | ON  | ON  | OFF | OFF | ON  | ON
--------------------------|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----
1 Coin / 1 Credit         | ON  | OFF | ON  | ON  | ON  | OFF | ON  | ON
2 Coins / 2 Credits       | ON  | OFF | ON  | ON  | ON  | OFF | ON  | ON
3 Coins / 3 Credits       | ON  | OFF | ON  | ON  | ON  | OFF | ON  | ON
4 Coins / 5 Credits       | ON  | OFF | ON  | ON  | ON  | OFF | ON  | ON
--------------------------|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----
1 Coin / 1 Credit         | OFF | ON  | ON  | ON  | OFF | ON  | ON  | ON
2 Coins / 3 Credits       | OFF | ON  | ON  | ON  | OFF | ON  | ON  | ON
--------------------------|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----
FreePlay                  | ON  | ON  | ON  | ON  | ON  | ON  | ON  | ON
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                          |   Coin Switch #1      |   Coin Switch #2
                          |-----------------------|-----------------------


Option    (DIP Swtich #2) | SW1 | SW2 | SW3 | SW4 | SW5 | SW6 | SW7 | SW8
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1 Credit to Start         | OFF |     |     |     |     |     |     |
2 Credit to Start         | ON  |     |     |     |     |     |     |
--------------------------|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----
Advertise Sound = ON      |     | OFF |     |     |     |     |     |
Advertise Sound = OFF     |     | ON  |     |     |     |     |     |
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Number of Players = 3     |     |     | OFF | OFF |     |     |     |
Number of Players = 2     |     |     | ON  | OFF |     |     |     |
Number of Players = 5     |     |     | OFF | ON  |     |     |     |
Number of Players = Free  |     |     | ON  | ON  |     |     |     |
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Player Meter   3          |     |     |     |     | OFF | OFF |     |
               2          |     |     |     |     | ON  | OFF |     |
               4          |     |     |     |     | OFF | ON  |     |
               5          |     |     |     |     | ON  | ON  |     |
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Difficulty    Normal      |     |     |     |     |     |     | OFF | OFF
              Easy        |     |     |     |     |     |     | ON  | OFF
              Hard        |     |     |     |     |     |     | OFF | ON 
              Hardest     |     |     |     |     |     |     | ON  | ON
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NOTE: Dip switch setting information is contributed by the community and although is believed to be correct (most of the time), has not been tested or verified.
Use this information at your own risk.

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