I only have EYES for KICKMAN... (COMPLETE 7-25-2020)

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alfonzotan:

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--- Quote from: pinballjim on March 18, 2012, 09:53:08 pm ---$40 isn't outrageous, but I'd probably do something like vinyl decals.

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Not sure if anyone sells decals for this? Even if they did, I think they would look terrible. For $40 you can get it silk screened like it was done originally. I say do it right.

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Agreed. I would spring the $40 for a silk-screened one!

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I may well wind up doing that. Want to make sure I can get the game working first, though.

alfonzotan:
Nothing really new to report on the restoration work right now... I'm waiting for the missing AC connection wires for the MCR power adapter to arrive, so Kickman is on hold until then.

But I opened up the back of Eyes for (I'm guessing) the first time in a good dozen years, and it is in really good shape for its age, much better than Kickman. I was going to try and pull the video boards today and do the caps, but it turned out I've had the wrong cap kit for all this time. The monitor is a WG 19K4675, and the cap kit I bought way back when is for the 4900 series. So, new cap kit ordered. Anybody who wants a 100% unused WG 4900 cap kit, drop me a PM, it's yours for $5 (shipping).

Here are some pics from inside Eyes:

alfonzotan:
Thanks to various real-life issues, I've barely had any time to work on either of these machines for the better part of a month. But this afternoon, I finally caught a break, and got a new power supply plus MCR adapter installed in the Kickman.

And it boots!

... but there's a catch. It boots with a "Sound Board Interface Error":

The game plays, but with no sound. Plus neither of the Kick buttons work, but I haven't done a thing with them yet, and I wouldn't be surprised if the switches just need to be cleaned or replaced.

In the meantime, any suggestions on the sound error?

alfonzotan:
Yep, the buttons still work, just needed cleaning. Both the button light bulbs are blown, though.

Based on a little Googling, I swapped out the Z-80 on the sound board, and while I still get the "Sound Board Interface Error," the LED on that board has gone from blinking fast to blinking slow... meaning the board has a RAM problem. RAM is a lot harder to replace on an MCR board than ROMs or the CPU, so I'm wondering where to go next on that one.

But the game plays fine, and it really looks great on the CRT (although a cap kit wouldn't hurt it any).

UPDATE: On the advice of the guy who repaired the boards, I re-seated the ROMs and their chip sockets on the sound board... and now it works great! For the first time in about two decades, this is a fully armed and operational Kickman cabinet. I'll post some video later.

Still fun, too!

Paladin:
Congratulations! Nice to see a dead game brought back to life!
My friend and I are working on a Tron boardset, which is pretty much the same as Kickman. Just Saturday evening we fixed the missing sound by removing the EPROM's, cleaning the legs and reseating them.

You always hear about that being a common fix for broken boards, but I think this was the first time it actually worked for me. You have to love a simple fix!

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