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How to ID what cabinet i have brought?
pommie2000:
Hey thanks for the info, interesting read. The PCB has been confirmed as a bootleg Gyruss board and im in the process of trying to get new ROMS flashed.
Again thanks for the explanation.
Jigenjuke:
Hey, no problem. It's pretty cool that you may have one of the original first 3000-5000 cabinets that rolled out of Konami's Video Game Factory here in Japan. Where did you get it? Is there a serial number anywhere?
Jigenjuke
pommie2000:
Well another turn of events.... I posted the ROMS details to a fellow gamer on aussiearcade.com he he now doesn't think it is a Gyruss board based on the ROM types.
Ive attached the mother and daughterboards and listed the ROM label information. If anyone can ID this it would help with this mystery.
Motherboard
ROM No. 1,2,3,6,7,8,10
F JAPAN
MBM 2764 -30
8324 V93 AB
ROM No. 9
M5L 2764k
*230N
JAPAN
ROM No. 5
M5L 2764k
83230
JAPAN
Daughterboard
ROM No. 11
M5L 2764K
8327C5
JAPAN
ROM No. 12
M5L 2764K
8327A4
JAPAN
ROM No. 13
M5L 2732K
832403
JAPAN
*= unreadable
Quote from another forum:-
"It's not a Gyruss, the ROM pattern is wrong and sizes are wrong.
The daughtboard on these Konami sets is the CPU board containing both Z80 CPUs and the executable code. Gyruss has 4 x 64kbit eproms giving a total of 256kbit of executable code, this board has, 2x64kbit and 1x32kbit giving a total of 160kbit executable code. Unless its a horribly cut down version (highly unlikely as they just ripped off the code so why spend time on it) this can't be Gyruss. "
newmanfamilyvlogs:
pretty darn close to me:
pommie2000:
--- Quote from: Jigenjuke on January 10, 2011, 10:15:03 pm ---OK Pommie here we go,
The first pic you posted in Japanese is basically a service warning. Before replacing parts in this unit make sure that it is unplugged.
The second is a cabinet inspection stamp. Showa 54 is the 54th year of the Showa era which means that this CABINET was last inspected in 1979 before it left the factory. It could not have left the factory as Gyruss as Gyruss was released in 1983.
The third indeed does refer back to the first pic you posted, however this is also telling the tech to make sure the power is connected after the switch settings have been applied (maybe dip-switch settings?)
The forth picture top sticker refers as Malenko says to this unit being for indoor use only, the second sticker is marking a main ground connection.
The Konami sticker is a little of a mystery. Konami entered the video game business in early 1979. This being said with the inspection sticker being from 1979 the only game this cabinet could have contained when it shipped from the factory would have been a game called Space Wars. A link to screen shots and cabinet shots is below.
http://www.konami.co.jp/ja/corporate/history/product.html
I also found a little better pic of an original Konami Space War cabinet.
Don't be futzed about the control panel being different. I don't think that the control panel you have there is an original Space War controller. I think that the controller you have is from a Japanese Space Invaders machine Many of the original cocktail cabinets here in Japan were Frankensteined in order to fit games from other manufacturers here in Japan. It's really sad. Arcade machines here in Japan also started as upright stand up cabinets but soon went to sit-down cocktails and finally the Candy Cabs and Viewlix you see today. It is virtually impossible to find an original stand up Arcade Cabinet here in Japan.
Anyway, I hope the info helps. I can't tell you if the PCB is a Japanese Gyruss with out more pics. If there is any writing in Japanese at all on the PCB I think that I may be able to help you.
Jigenjuke
Anyway here is another pic.
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Im still not sure about the origin. If you look at picture 3,4 and 5 that i posted, you will see that the control panel doesnt stick out at all. The space wars cabinet picture definitely had a control panel that stuck out? Were there different control panels maybe?
Im now in a bit of a dilemma, as i want to restore the cabinet but i dont know what game to base it on? The Gyruss cocktail as were many others looked quiet different.
Ive posted one last picture of some kind of lease number if that helps in any way?
P.S The board is definitely a bootleg of Gyruss and im in the process of getting new ROMS flashed.
Cheers
Just to add, i picked it up in Australia.