Ahoy there...

[Buggenhagen]

Hello all,

Just a quick introduction. I've very recently been drawn into the arcade world after seeing a friend's cabinet in action. Following lots of chat, and a fair few beers, some introductions were made and I've ended up with my first cab. Complete newcomer to the whole scene but have been a life long gamer who spent a fair bit of time playing arcades growing up in the 80's. Looking forward to getting my teeth into getting the cab up and running properly - no doubt with some advice from you all on here.

 

[strykr]

Welcome bud, prepare for your wallet to get lighter, this arcade collecting is a slippery slope!

 

[IDCHAPPY]

Anurra weegie o/
Welcome to the crew mate

 

[ZuPoint]

Welcome, what's the cab/ games?

 

[forcefulfil]

Wrlcome to UKVAC!

 

[Buggenhagen]

Hi guys,

Yup, another weegie indeed. It's a generic cab (simple branding on the marquee just says "Video Game") that came with an old vertical 60-in-1 board fitted. Needs a bit of work... The monitor takes an age to warm up, is fine for a bit then becomes very bright - I've got a mate that used to do some CRT repair so he's going to have a look at it. The joystick currently isn't working but looks like it isn't connected properly. Not a fan of the buttons so I'm going to swap them all out for the sanwa buttons I've currently got fitted in a fightstick. No sound at the moment either but haven't investigated that yet. Aside from all that the paint work needs touched up and it needs new t-moulding - currently both sides don't match. The left side of the cab is the original moulding, having had a brief look online it looks like it might be tough matching it.

So, lots to get my teeth in to and will be learning as I go really. The guy who put me onto the machine has offered to help out a bit to get me started - both him and the seller are on here but I'm not sure what their handles are at the moment.

Sounds like I've thrown myself in at the deep end a bit but the cabinet is a great size and shape for my living room and my wife is on board with it (at the moment). Fingers crossed it stays that way.

 

[Buggenhagen]

OK - had a tinker the other night. Thought I'd open it up and have a quick look to see what I need to do... cut to 4 hours later and I've got the sound wired up (they needed resoldered to the connector) and the joystick working (connected all wrong). So I can actually play now. Just the monitor issue to resolve and the rest is cosmetic. Time absolutely flew by while I was guddling about in there.

Now to start thinking about PCB's...

 

[grobda]

Glad its playable, fingers crossed on the monitor its beyond my ken.

Patience is your friend on the PCB hunt, I wouldn't rush into anything on that front, although let me show you these incredibly rare and valuable boards I have...