Picking up Pac man cab this weekend...

[Speck]

Found a sister of a friend that has said they have a Pac Man cabinet in their basement. States that he thinks the PSU is bad. I am going to pick it up this weekend and see what is what, if I can repair it, wonderful. If it isn't repairable... would it be blasphemy to use the cab for mame and give away the parts I find? Or what?

I do NOT plan on damaging it in anyway. I love Pac Man too much Just need some advise.

[MonitorGuru]

It could be a number of things...

It could be the fuses or fuse block... under $3 repair.
It could be a bad monitor ... $5 to $70 repair.
It could be a bad isolation transformer... $15 repair.
It could be a bad linear AC transformer.... $20 to $40 repair (Pac-man's can use Galaxian's ones... you need 120VAC in, and +7VAC and +14VAC output)
It could be a bad diode or capacitor or trasnistor on the pacman board to convert AC to DC.... $1 to $20 repair.


Need more info to tell for sure.


And no, dont mame it.  It *IS* the most common cabinet out there, but if the artwork is in good shape, that's worth a lot.   I'd HAPPILY trade you a pac-man that had formica on the sides and now all the artwork is destroyed (they scuffed it up to make the cement stick).... 

[Stingray]

If it isn't repairable... would it be blasphemy to use the cab for mame

Yes it would be, and it's repairable. You just have to figure out what it needs.

A real working Pac-Man is just sooooo much cooler than a MAME cab no matter how many games it can play.

-S

[Speck]

That's pretty much what I was thinking.

My plan of action will be: If the cab looks good and it is a fairly easy fix, I will repair it and cherish it. If the cab is in bad shape, I will be posting the parts here for the cost of shipping. Something I read somewhere about passing on good parts that you don't need, rang really true to me. So, we will see. Hopefully I will be able to pick it up this weekend.

Thanks!

[SOAPboy]

That's pretty much what I was thinking.

My plan of action will be: If the cab looks good and it is a fairly easy fix, I will repair it and cherish it. If the cab is in bad shape, I will be posting the parts here for the cost of shipping. Something I read somewhere about passing on good parts that you don't need, rang really true to me. So, we will see. Hopefully I will be able to pick it up this weekend.

Thanks!

Damnit, i knew you were a good guy..

[Lilwolf]

btw... quick note...

you CAN mame a cabinet without destroying everything!

1) get a pacman-jamma cable (assuming you want to plug that back in.) Can be made for a few bucks... and buy one for like 20+ bucks.
2) get a jamma harness and convert the cab to jamma
3) get a jpac + arcadevga

now plug / play for all vertical 4ways. 

If you plan on adding a few buttons... build a NEW control panel (keep the old one).  There was someone selling repos without art for like 15-20 bucks a bit ago. 

But in the end.. you can swap back/forth between pacman and the others.

[daywane]

wow. I thought Pac man was cool to mame?
my Ms Pac and super pac are in such bad shape I fell mame is best.

[Speck]

btw... quick note...

you CAN mame a cabinet without destroying everything!

1) get a pacman-jamma cable (assuming you want to plug that back in.) Can be made for a few bucks... and buy one for like 20+ bucks.
2) get a jamma harness and convert the cab to jamma
3) get a jpac + arcadevga

now plug / play for all vertical 4ways. 

If you plan on adding a few buttons... build a NEW control panel (keep the old one).  There was someone selling repos without art for like 15-20 bucks a bit ago. 

But in the end.. you can swap back/forth between pacman and the others.

I DEFINATELY wasn't going to hack the old CP. I am waiting to setup a time for pickup, I still haven't seen it yet, but if there is anyone that needs parts to fix a PacMan, subscribe here, I will post the parts that I salvage if need be.

[paigeoliver]

I'll pay shipping on the PCB and send you back a trackball with mounting plate. I have been shopping for a Pac-board for a while. If you don't want a trackball then I can send a brand new Namco Reunion 4-way stick instead.

Pac-Man and Ms. Pac-Man are in overabundant supply, if isn't NICE with a capital N, then it isn't a big deal. 10 years from now you'll have trouble giving away Pac-Mans if they aren't mint.

[Thenasty]

It could be a number of things...

It could be the fuses or fuse block... under $3 repair.
It could be a bad monitor ... $5 to $70 repair.
It could be a bad isolation transformer... $15 repair.
It could be a bad linear AC transformer.... $20 to $40 repair (Pac-man's can use Galaxian's ones... you need 120VAC in, and +7VAC and +14VAC output)
It could be a bad diode or capacitor or trasnistor on the pacman board to convert AC to DC.... $1 to $20 repair.

maybe they just said that it has something wrong with but none really. Its completely 100% working. They just want it out of there...You Lucky boy

[tommy]

I also want that pacman pcb and i will trade more then paige. 

Hopefully for you everything works or will work easily and you will keep it.