Everything looked ok, reseated the fuses and cleaned them off a bit and it came right up.

The monitor needs to be adjust a tad still do to a minor wave in the monitor and a small overrun at the top but decent picture.

Might have to replace the joystick because it's a bit too loose for my liking but overall I can't complain.

John,

Do you know if there are different builds for Ms. Pac-Man that the person before me might have burned off?  This is the speedy version.  But it is playing like the 'hard' difficulty settings on a 20th or 25th anniversary cabinet.  I couldn't find too much information on it though.

Well I just received my new machine and of course it couldn't just be plugged in and instantly work everything lights up the marquee the coin lightbulbs and the monitor comes on but there's a hum coming from it and no sound at all.

I took a look at the fuses and one of them looks like it might be blown but I'm about to go by a voltmeter to verify.  Also it looks like somebody did some solder work on the harness and I don't know if I can pull it off without damaging something to try to reseat some connections.

The listing said newly rebuilt monitor and it had pictures of it working.

Attached are a few pictures of the inside.  Any tips or suggestions is appreciated.

EDIT: can't add pictures from my phone very well, and it looks like it flipped a couple of the pictures :/

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Where you at in Kansas? I'm just south of Tulsa and in the past have searched for newbies to pass on parts and cabs. I have given away loads of stuff! Give me a shout, Might be worth a road trip in the future.

Rob

I live in Topeka, so fairly close compared to some.  That would be cool.  After I started watching John's videos about restorations and proper maintenance I'm sure I could never get to many parts

Welcome to the forum! Glad you made it! Post a photo of your Ms. Pac! Would love to see it. Such a classic game. Congrats!

I'll definitely post a photo when it comes in, thanks!

kansas and tn always have a ton of games for sale! you shouldn't have any issues looking. Also, you really should check out the auctions in that area, there are always a bunch. Welcome to the site!

Really?  I guess I don't know where to look.  The only auction site I was able to find hasn't been updated since 2012.

Hey everyone!

I discovered this site during the Pac-Man restore and since then I have enjoyed going back and watching the older vids.

The classic arcade games are getting fairly tough to find in my area so earlier today, since I was snowed in under about 14 inches of snow, I decided to buy an original Ms. Pac-Man machine.

It's always been my classic game of choice and I don't have the knowledge of inter-workings of arcade machines yet so I thought it better than attempting a restore of one on my first go around. I do hope to learn and plan to install a save kit here soon.

Thanks so much for having a community like this!