Just wanted to drop in a quick post to announce that there is a fully-working Crystal Castles now in the gameroom. I had the board repaired after several attempts to do so myself. I also spent a ton of time cleaning up the cabinet so it can be placed in the arcade. I plan to [...]

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I was flipping through some photos I took recently and thought I could spend a few minutes showing off a couple test devices that I use to help figure out problems with my games. I have two devices that I put together that are useful in testing both PCB boards and monitors. Jamma Conversion Test [...]

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Last week I picked up a decent Frogger upright from Craigslist. I purchased it not working. The screen did come up solid green when I first turned it on, but now it is dead.  The cabinet is a little odd, because it is not the dedicated factory woodgrain. It has a light grey laminate surface. [...]

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Just wanted to drop a quick note that I finally got my Tron working 100%. Took many weeks of PCB, Power Supply, and Controls troubleshooting. From my last update, I had the game boards working completely, but my spinner optical encoder board was not working properly. The game characters turned clockwise no matter which direction [...]

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After working so much on my Tron lately, and not quite getting to 100% working status, I decided to take a break and work on something else. I have a Pole Position 2 that I want to get working, so I can either trade it or sell it to make room for my Donkey Kong [...]

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Still have a nagging board issue. I was given a couple spare ribbon cables, so I swapped them around with some of the ones on the board that looked like they could have issues. Didn’t help bring the board any closer to working. Basically my problem is that the board boots up fine, but has [...]

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