Arcade Collecting > Restorations & repair
Neo-Geo 4-Slotter
FrizzleFried:
Welp, I picked up a Neo-Geo 4-slot cab. I'd rate the condition at 7/10 perhaps....
The cab is functional... and the deal included 15 carts (4 boots 11 originals). The negatives of the cab include no memory card PCB... the individual light up mini-marquee display has been removed and a single florescent installed...
...and the bottom left "front" corner was chewed up. The guy I bought it from claims is big-old dog chewed it up...
After taking possession and cleaning her up a bit I made a couple of hard choices. First off I decided she wasn't going to get a "full restoration" but rather just a nice clean up. First thing to do was to "repair" the chewed up corner. Since she's not going "full restore", I decided to mask the damage as best as possible. Out came some corner protectors and new T-Molding... a little alcohol and some magic erasers and here is how she looks...
Not perfect... but better than a chunk taken out. I also painted the control panel and touched up a few things. You'll also notice new COMP sticks and new COMP buttons all around....
The final thing I did was purchase a Neo 150-in-1 cart which I have running in slot 1.
I would like to pick up a memory card board... plus I'm going to stick a custom 150-in-1 mini marquee and a few generic SNK/NEO-GEO mini marquees in and call it a day. The cab plays great...
Paladin:
A new thread from Frizz in the restoration section and it's not filled with pictures of a stripped down cab, primer, paint and reassembly? What a let down!
Seriously though, you gotta like it when you pick up a game that doesn't need much work to turn out nice.
Good job on the "resto", slacker! :lol
WunderCade:
Bust-a-Move is addicting. Nice catch Jon.
FrizzleFried:
--- Quote from: WunderCade on August 13, 2010, 12:31:41 am ---Bust-a-Move is addicting. Nice catch Jon.
--- End quote ---
One of my favorites...
...of course I already have Puzzle Bobble (same game) on the Taito Multigame...and the 3 or 4 versions of it on my MAME cabs... but it's still cool.
Did you know that both BUST-A-MOVE and PUZZLE BOBBLE title screens are contained on the Neo-Geo cart? I am not sure how, but when I got the cab Puzzle Bobble title screen would come up... after messing with the cabs settings I now get Bust-A-Move title screen... strange, huh?
FrizzleFried:
Welp, I was bored a couple days ago and pulled the coin-door and re-painted it. I removed the lock "bar" and cleaned up the front a bit. I am trying to source a memory card reader...and I also put together a custom "150-in-1" mini-marquee set (takes up 2 positions on the marquee)...
(photos taken before I made the custom marquee)
(photos of the marquee)
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