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Title: Straight up. What single machine are you working on now the most? Post by: VertexGuy on April 28, 2014, 11:29:36 pm Where did you start with it, and where are you at now with it?
The one machine you are focusing on the most. So people stop asking where your at with it in the chat box lol. Mk2 was a lonnnnnng expensive learning experience for my first full restore. Body work, new cp replacement, new boards, rebuild monitor chassis, rewire cab. new artwork and t molding. little things . new controls and some paintwork. Im just waiting on sideart for my MK2 machine and that project is done. Again , I have other projects but for now this is my main project. Title: Re: Straight up. What single machine are you working on now the most? Post by: lordkahless214 on April 29, 2014, 03:30:15 am for me it's Q*bert, see my thread on it, I think it's further down the page.
I'm actually surprised how affordable it's been, unlike my Ms Pacman which cost a fortune to do. Title: Re: Straight up. What single machine are you working on now the most? Post by: VertexGuy on April 29, 2014, 04:19:06 am for me it's Q*bert, see my thread on it, I think it's further down the page. I'm actually surprised how affordable it's been, unlike my Ms Pacman which cost a fortune to do. I woulda thought it was the other way around .. huh. Everytime I see a qbert board go up for sale people go nuts. Title: Re: Straight up. What single machine are you working on now the most? Post by: lordkahless214 on April 29, 2014, 02:38:29 pm Yeah, I was dreading the cost of fixing this game, but the artwork has been much cheaper than my other projects, and since most of the original stuff is still inside is intact I don't have too many internal parts to find.
I probably won't be using an original Gottlieb board though (terribly unreliable design sadly) and that may have something to do with it being cheaper. ;D Seriously though, look at the prices on Ms Pac art sometime it's really pricy, I have a feeling that the whole Namco copyright fiasco has something to do with that.... Title: Re: Straight up. What single machine are you working on now the most? Post by: lesoleil70 on April 29, 2014, 05:10:59 pm Berzerk..
from Trainwreck to JROK heaven. This one is a labour of love Sideart / CPO / Bezel / JROK board on order. Title: Re: Straight up. What single machine are you working on now the most? Post by: VertexGuy on April 30, 2014, 01:27:37 am yeah that's a nightmare restore. berserk.
Good luck with all those boards man lol Title: Re: Straight up. What single machine are you working on now the most? Post by: iankellogg on April 30, 2014, 08:10:13 am at this very moment i am trying to just get a donkey kong jr working 100% before i trade it.
I am still trying to get the shitty karate champ monitor to work. I have a punchout PCB still to fix and a U5000 monitor to do. Title: Re: Straight up. What single machine are you working on now the most? Post by: lesoleil70 on April 30, 2014, 04:03:03 pm yeah that's a nightmare restore. berserk. Good luck with all those boards man lol Just going Jamma/Jrok Title: Re: Straight up. What single machine are you working on now the most? Post by: VertexGuy on April 30, 2014, 09:18:08 pm A vid of the mk2 close to being done.
http://youtu.be/ycnDLvKPSvw Title: Re: Straight up. What single machine are you working on now the most? Post by: iankellogg on May 01, 2014, 07:27:41 am yeah that's a nightmare restore. berserk. Good luck with all those boards man lol Just going Jamma/Jrok you mean you don't want to restore that fucking massive board stack? Title: Re: Straight up. What single machine are you working on now the most? Post by: computerfixerguy on May 01, 2014, 08:39:01 am Baby pac-man.. NOS video ram came in the mail last night from the magic land of ebay. Put it in and the video side of the game is fixed. Now, focus has shifted to MPU repair. Next will be connector replacement. Then cap kits on video and monitor boards. Then rebuilding the joysticks. Then shopping the playfield. Then all the other misc cosmetics including bondo, new paint and side art.
Title: Re: Straight up. What single machine are you working on now the most? Post by: iankellogg on May 01, 2014, 08:40:53 am The MPU is probably not that hard to fix. we can figure it out.
Title: Re: Straight up. What single machine are you working on now the most? Post by: lesoleil70 on May 01, 2014, 05:06:04 pm yeah that's a nightmare restore. berserk. Good luck with all those boards man lol Just going Jamma/Jrok you mean you don't want to restore that fucking massive board stack? Title: Re: Straight up. What single machine are you working on now the most? Post by: VertexGuy on May 01, 2014, 06:44:23 pm at this very moment i am trying to just get a donkey kong jr working 100% before i trade it. I am still trying to get the shitty karate champ monitor to work. I have a punchout PCB still to fix and a U5000 monitor to do. So you are working on Donkey Kong Jr the most? I don't think you read the title very well lol. Title: Re: Straight up. What single machine are you working on now the most? Post by: VertexGuy on May 01, 2014, 06:45:50 pm Baby pac-man.. NOS video ram came in the mail last night from the magic land of ebay. Put it in and the video side of the game is fixed. Now, focus has shifted to MPU repair. Next will be connector replacement. Then cap kits on video and monitor boards. Then rebuilding the joysticks. Then shopping the playfield. Then all the other misc cosmetics including bondo, new paint and side art. Oh you are in beast mode with baby pac , that's a lot of work sir. Cant wait to see it when its done. Title: Re: Straight up. What single machine are you working on now the most? Post by: VertexGuy on May 01, 2014, 06:46:57 pm yeah that's a nightmare restore. berserk. Good luck with all those boards man lol Just going Jamma/Jrok you mean you don't want to restore that fucking massive board stack? Yeah those things aint cheap either. Title: Re: Straight up. What single machine are you working on now the most? Post by: BloodyCactus on May 02, 2014, 09:56:19 am working my ass off on my DIY pinball machine. I put up a little video of my solenoid driver board the other day. gotta buy some ply and start messing on the layout and working on the main control board. lots of shit happening!
Title: Re: Straight up. What single machine are you working on now the most? Post by: lesoleil70 on May 02, 2014, 10:33:19 am yeah that's a nightmare restore. berserk. Good luck with all those boards man lol Just going Jamma/Jrok Cost me £105 shipped, for once exchange rate going in my favour. you mean you don't want to restore that fucking massive board stack? Yeah those things aint cheap either. Title: Re: Straight up. What single machine are you working on now the most? Post by: Aeolus7 on May 03, 2014, 08:42:50 pm I've spent a silly amount of time messing with my Space Invaders cocktail I bought non-working.
1) I rebuilt the power supply & replaced a fried resistor 2) replaced the board set (it actually had a Midway EM game PCB called Submarine an operator probably stuck in there by mistake. They do look similar 3) cleaned control panels & rebuilt the buttons & sweet lever-style joysticks 4) Bought a backup chassis and capped both the old & new 5) figured out the new chassis didn't work in the cocktail b/c it didn't have relays to make the screen flip 4) got the new chassis to work beautiful, but attempted to swap boards between frames to trouble shoot the original chassis, but fried the HV diode by discharging improperly (B&W monitors are a while different thing) 5) got frustrated & sent the original chassis to Chad at Arcade Cup for repair 6) added the Braze 8-in-1 multi kit 7) finally works perfectly! It felt like I've been working on it forever. The monitor still needs to be tweaked once and a while Title: Re: Straight up. What single machine are you working on now the most? Post by: VertexGuy on May 04, 2014, 11:19:15 pm I've spent a silly amount of time messing with my Space Invaders cocktail I bought non-working. 1) I rebuilt the power supply & replaced a fried resistor 2) replaced the board set (it actually had a Midway EM game PCB called Submarine an operator probably stuck in there by mistake. They do look similar 3) cleaned control panels & rebuilt the buttons & sweet lever-style joysticks 4) Bought a backup chassis and capped both the old & new 5) figured out the new chassis didn't work in the cocktail b/c it didn't have relays to make the screen flip 4) got the new chassis to work beautiful, but attempted to swap boards between frames to trouble shoot the original chassis, but fried the HV diode by discharging improperly (B&W monitors are a while different thing) 5) got frustrated & sent the original chassis to Chad at Arcade Cup for repair 6) added the Braze 8-in-1 multi kit 7) finally works perfectly! It felt like I've been working on it forever. The monitor still needs to be tweaked once and a while Yikes, this is my next project lol bally space invaders deluxe cocktail. |