Unofficial Cyberamic Control Center Archive

This archive contains unofficial information about the Animatronics Control Computer designed the original Chuck E Cheese's Pizza Time Theatre. The focus of this archive is to document the historical development and capabilities of this machine.

It was reused in several incarnations over it's lifetime:

Reel to Reel Configuration:

• Based on a 6502 processor and a TEAC Tape Deck, this computer controller the shows such as Dolli Dimples, The Beagles, The King, and the Balcony Stage.

SVHS Configuration #1:

• This same hardware was adapted to play media from SVHS Media.

SVHS Configuration #2:

• Upgraded with a M68HC11 processor, and an external media switcher, this continued to be used to play SVHS media.

DVD Configuration:

• Adapted to DVD Media

If you have any more information or experience with this machine, and would like to help document it's history and behavior, please reach out!

Latest protocol definitions as decoded from ROM images

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1zTHxSJqbsTTEe6A_9ltzb_rc91lcfIUvdmzVYEThIzg/edit?usp=sharing

Questions:

We're working on collecting as much information on how the original Pizza Time Theater system worked and have generated some questions:

• Did the original R2R system use 4-track audio at any stores?

Backplane:

• Was the original card cage a different size to accomodate the 0004 rev.a card?
• Why is the lights 50-pin connector recessed on the card compared to the character card?

Are there more board revisions beyond what we have? looking for:

• Audio board 0003 rev.a, rev.b, and beyond rev.c
• Audio board 0033 rev.b and beyond
• Character board 0004 rev.c and beyond
• Character board 0034 rev.b, rev.f and beyond
• Light board 0021 rev.b to rev.e
• Transport board 0020 rev.a
• Did the original transport card take a external uart clock? per the schematic
• Transport board 0020 rev.c
• CPU board 0001 rev.d and beyond
• Random movements board?
• Board 0002?

Where are any other rom variants beyond what's in this archive?

• (We strongly believe the original balcony stage rom is not represented here)
• How do the other ROMs handle the buttons on the front panel?

Any more un-scanned documentation?

• Are there any more schematics?
• Any documentation on how to hook up all the shows?

More show tapes on original media?

• More shows decoded?
• What are the formats for the decoding?
• Is there any metadata they missed like potentially more tracks?

Who else to talk to on this subject?

Extra parts we don't have?