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Arcade Legends 1 conversion questions
nitrogen_widget:
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--- Quote from: paigeoliver on September 03, 2017, 11:47:49 pm ---I would fix the computer. In no case should you replace it with a Pi, you will have gone from having a 100 percent legit multigame with real monetary value to a bootleg frameskipping turd. Probably just needs what most old computers need which is either a new power supply or a new CMOS battery.
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Thanks for all the help so far, guys. I have replaced the battery, tested the power supply, and reseated the Ram but still nothing is displayed on the monitor. Not sure where to go from here.
This. Get a old desktop PC in there and hook it up. Download the the complete mame set off the internet. Sounds like a cap has died on the mainboard.
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So you are saying that I could get an old PC, load the MAME games on there, and use all of the same hookups that are in the Arcade Legends now? And that would work, just using all of the same boards and all?
I was also told that the old software CD will do me no good since it will ask for a code that no longer exists. This thing is a pain! You can buy a new hard drive for the Arcade Legends on ebay that comes with more games. I wonder if I just replaced the hard drive if that would do me any good? It's like $150 though.
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i've read on other forums some of the original games aren't even available because after because some licenses expired and the roms no longer offered.
Whatever that means.
doc's say it's a p3 in there. take out the HD and put it in another old PC.
Ideally another P3 with the same chip-set, see what it does.
If it's XP it will probably bluescreen.
So boot up in safe mode and go into control panel and unistall all the drivers.
reboot and you should get to a desktop.
maybe. :)
Otherwise, go with whatever hardware you got laying around.
pinlink:
OK fixing the computer that is currently in the Arcade Legends is feeling like a lost cause. It could be so many different things wrong with it. The mother board, the ram, the hard drive, etc. The ram is impossible to find as well as any software CD. There is a guy who works on these computers but it would cost an arm and a leg to ship it to and fro.
I would love to be able to just drop an old PC in the there running MAME, NES and SNES games. That's really all I care to play. What would be required to do this? I don't imagine it would be as easy as just hooking up the new PC how the old one was in the Arcade Legends, right?
SuperGojira2001:
--- Quote from: pinlink on September 04, 2017, 05:46:17 pm ---OK fixing the computer that is currently in the Arcade Legends is feeling like a lost cause. It could be so many different things wrong with it. The mother board, the ram, the hard drive, etc. The ram is impossible to find as well as any software CD. There is a guy who works on these computers but it would cost an arm and a leg to ship it to and fro.
I would love to be able to just drop an old PC in the there running MAME, NES and SNES games. That's really all I care to play. What would be required to do this? I don't imagine it would be as easy as just hooking up the new PC how the old one was in the Arcade Legends, right?
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Can't see why a new PC wouldn't work. Get a used Core 2 Duo or Quad PC on Craigslist for $40-$50 and give it a shot. I wouldn't bother fixing an old Pentium 3 PC.
keilmillerjr:
--- Quote from: pinlink on September 04, 2017, 05:46:17 pm ---OK fixing the computer that is currently in the Arcade Legends is feeling like a lost cause. It could be so many different things wrong with it. The mother board, the ram, the hard drive, etc. The ram is impossible to find as well as any software CD.
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Umm…. No. The manufacture literally sells the parts , and lists the models. You could get replacement parts on eBay for damn cheap. The ram is $8 new on eBay.
http://www.chicago-gaming.com/parts.php?pid=14
As far as the software, Im not sure where to get a replacement. Your hard disk is probably good though because you should at least have bios. I would clone the disk when all is working just as a backup.
Tips;
http://www.chicago-gaming.com/docs/al_sp.pdf
ark_ader:
--- Quote from: pinlink on September 04, 2017, 04:27:59 pm ---
--- Quote from: ark_ader on September 04, 2017, 04:18:21 pm ---
--- Quote from: paigeoliver on September 03, 2017, 11:47:49 pm ---I would fix the computer. In no case should you replace it with a Pi, you will have gone from having a 100 percent legit multigame with real monetary value to a bootleg frameskipping turd. Probably just needs what most old computers need which is either a new power supply or a new CMOS battery.
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Thanks for all the help so far, guys. I have replaced the battery, tested the power supply, and reseated the Ram but still nothing is displayed on the monitor. Not sure where to go from here.
This. Get a old desktop PC in there and hook it up. Download the the complete mame set off the internet. Sounds like a cap has died on the mainboard.
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So you are saying that I could get an old PC, load the MAME games on there, and use all of the same hookups that are in the Arcade Legends now? And that would work, just using all of the same boards and all?
I was also told that the old software CD will do me no good since it will ask for a code that no longer exists. This thing is a pain! You can buy a new hard drive for the Arcade Legends on ebay that comes with more games. I wonder if I just replaced the hard drive if that would do me any good? It's like $150 though.
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Yes Just swap the PC out and keep your games CD as a drinks coaster. Have fun loading that sucker up with all kinds of games. :cheers: