Ok so I know a few of the people here have arcade and pinball machines in their houses but I didn't see a thread on it. I figured why not start one to see what else people are collecting.Die Hard Arcade:Full Die Hard Arcade system.
The Neo Geo MVS is the large multi-game arcade unit that you'll see at your local pizza place or college arcade. Cabinet owners were a able to exchange the game cartridges that were rather large, and sometimes had no case. I solved it by: Launch WindJammers Open RetroArch GUI (for me it was Select + X on the controller) then Quick Menu Core Options select UniBios for NeoGeo mode. Then back to quick menu reset content resume content then i pressed A,X,Y on my controller at the same time. Then select Soft Dip, then there is an option for timer.
Replaced the starter in the marquee as well as its bulb. Replaced all of the control panel buttons and joystiqs and fixed some minor wiring issues(someone had soldered in a few of the wires to the CP, replaced with proper crimp connectors). Also when I got it is was missing one of the coin mechs and the others mount was messed up. Got two complete used sets and installed them. Also made sure that I went in and turned on the violence mode. While sega did have this cabinet made by a trash can company(really) it is a full jamma cabinet.Spare Sega STV(Titan) motherboard for the above with a spare die hard cart.
Board is a jamma board with the extra pcb for the kick connector and players 3 and 4. Board was sort of an answer to the neo geo but it really went nowhere in the US.
Also have the Super Major League and Virtual Fighters Remix carts for it. Board was tested and put aside.
If I could only find a good price on cotten 2 I'd reflash it with the jap bios or put a multi bios on it.Neo Geo Gold cabinet(with 2 slot board)Just picked this up today. Already have new buttons, sticks, and coin slots on order for it.
Also have a multi cart on the way. Cabinet has some damage(might be able to see the dent up on the left sides front) but overall in good shape. The player surface(cp) needs to be sanded and painted though. Need to figure out why the marquee doesn't light up(yes I checked and made sure it was plugged in).
Figure I'll deal with it when I put the new buttons in it. Only thing I've done so far is take a quick look at a few things like why the power button behind the coin down didn't work(power supply has been replaced and doesn't have a connector for it) and take it off free play mode. I keep a bowl of quarters in the room to run the machines. Gives it more of the arcade feel to me.Edit: Also have a memory card in the neo geo arcade. The 4(and 6) slot ones had an external card slot so you could save things like seasons in the baseball games and level progress, etc.
You could use the same save file on the home version(AES) as they both took the same memory card. On the 2 slot it still has the memory card slot but it is internal. It was was operators to save the stats off the game when they emptied the coins out of them. Click to expand.Yea it is a bootleg. Hand soldered in a Chinese sweat shop somewhere. I had to fix one last year for a friend and the solder was horrible. Overall mine works fine.
Most of the problems with them are voltage related(need to up the 5v line in the arcade machine) or they are running other carts with it in the unit at once. For me once I reset my neo geo's board it worked fine. Hold player 1 start for 5 seconds(seems to take more like 10 ish) and it goes back to the main menu to select another game.
Cart stores the soft dip switches for each game. A bunch of the games are setup with weird settings or are set on level 8(hardest setting) so pretty much it is worth checking the settings on each game on first startup. Metal Slug 2 seems to have some slowdown(as does x) but other then that most seem to be running fine for me. I'm trying to get a friend to dig out his metal slug 2 cart to see if the slow down was in the real game or not(don't think it was but I can't say for 100%).The other carts are legit. Click to expand.It's a blast.
It was one of my favorite games at the local arcade before it closed. I put money into hundreds of pinballs there and few had a playfield that was fair.although Starship Troopers has some obviously shaped bumpers to pound the ball down the side lanes which can be frustrating. There's a lot to do on the table - you get to pick your avenue of progress (nuke the planets or move to the next one, kill the bugs, go for multiballs instead). It doesn't force you into one mission, which is why I liked it so much.eBay's got some cheap games if you look.
Shipping can be a killer. Factor that in, and you can get a working, good condition table for under $1500.
Then you can have one in your kitchen too!There you go, local pickup only. Sammy Sports Shooting USA which is a atomiswave game. Really wasn't that interested in it but the price came down enough that I ended up biting. If anyone knows where I can get the standard control panel for that would be great as I see this thing becoming a fighting cabinet at some point. If not I'm sure I'll look at converting it to something else if I find a good deal on a light gun pcb. Game is kinda fun though, need to hunt down some other carts.Yes the curtain in front of those glass doors is horrible.
Now that I'm using the room it will be replaced. Click to expand.Yea it can really get under you. Makes it harder that you normally played this game in a bar drunk. The 80's version had a star on the display board that would light up when you got to the 10th hole. I've always heard it was so the bar tender knew to give you a beer on the house as a reward.I can't remember which is supposed to be harder, the 80's version or the 2000's version. Both were made into other games though.
The 80's one had Zeke's Peak which is just branded differently. I don't know if the crazy climber mine was branded as was just a factory option or if someone had the stuff made up for it. Mine had the ice cold beer play field either way though. I've seen a game called Tom's Adventure which was available in Europe that was the same game with the play field with a different background.
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