Yeah that makes sense. Still, I weep for the poor Namco stick.
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Thought I’d see if anyone has any advice. Got a copy of Raiden Fighters Jet from China. Arrived after two months in shipping limbo in a crushed box.
Got it hooked up to my HAS and no dice. It got broken in transit. After messing with it a bit I got it to boot with audio but couldn’t get it to sync properly or register anything other than the coin button.
I pulled some EPROMs and noticed that they were heavily corroded so I cleaned them up.
After getting them clean I was able to get it to boot properly!
The problem is it only works as long as I’m pressing down on the EPROMs hard enough to flex the board. If I take my hand off it freezes. Any ideas would be a huge help.
Thanks!
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I just hope arcade collecting is already so expensive and annoying that few people will get into it because of that video.
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I’m just here to say Bat tops 4 life.
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Total layman’s opinion here but did have some electronics/computing classes in college that looked at ICs and silicon boards. I’m wondering if the flexing making it work is because there’s a broken trace on the board that you are reconnecting with the force you’re applying causing it to flex back together?
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Good idea. It’s entirely possible. If it is then it’s probably somewhere on the top of the board. I looked at the back pretty closely with magnifiers and tested continuity in areas where there were scratches but couldn’t find any cut traces.
How are you actually supposed to hold a bat top stick? Like, with a ball top I sorta hold it like a wine glass where the stick is between my ring and middle finger and I close my fist around the ball itself.
Bat tops, I just kinda loosely hold it with my thumb, index, and middle finger.
I just wrap my fingers around it, but I don’t hold it too tight, loose seems to give quicker reactions.
Lately I’ve been working on developing some acrylic cases for a few arcade games. Today I got in the second revision of my In The Hunt case. Really happy with this overall. Still a couple of things to tweak before I call it done.
I just got in the prototype for my Strikers 1945 3 board as well. Great to see this physically and I was able to identify a few things I want to adjust on this one. Happy with it overall.
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Those look awesome!
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Hey, thanks! They’re getting there. Looking forward to getting Raiden Fighters jet done as well.
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The logos add a touch of class. Great idea!
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Thanks! I’d seen where other people had done similar things but I couldn’t find them already made up for the Irem M92 hardware so I decided to take matters into my own hands and design these. I also couldn’t find any already made for Strikers 1945 3. Nothing like learning a new skill!
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Nice, how is it done?
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So far I’ve used calipers and an electronic tape measure to get measurement of the boards. Then I use those measurements in Adobe Illustrator to design the cuts and engravings for the acrylic pieces.
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This sounds like a great skill to have to be fair. Nothing like getting a design exactly how you want it!
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How come I´ve never seen this thread before, LOL.
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Ha! There’s a lot going on here, it can be easy to miss something.
Speaking of arcades, you might be surprised to find an Aladdins Castle still operating in 2020.
Located in Quincy IL, its mostly redemption games and a Ms Pacman/Galaga at this point, but its nice to see its still operating. I checked in on it a few years ago, and its still going in late 2020.
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I had a birthday party at an Aladdin’s Castle in central IL when I was a kid. Amazing time! It was before they gave out a set amount of tokens. The employee would just open the coin panel (glaringly obvious I’m not up to speed on arcade gaming terminology) and hit the switch with their finger a bunch haha. I thought they were all out of business.
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