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Texasmame:

I suggest tipping it asunder and lighting it ablaze.   :tool:

Q*Bert_OP:

well, if ya have access to inside the coin door, go into the self-test mode...

Kremmit:


--- Quote from: leapinlew on October 01, 2006, 02:36:09 pm ---CHOO CHOO

Next stop! Post hell!!

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Why?  He didn't ask about pirating game software.  There's nothing wrong with wanting to know how to work on the inside of an actual arcade machine.  Now, if the machine's owned and operated by someone else and you do it without permission, that's possibly illegal and definately morally wrong, but we don't know who owns that machine.  It may belong to the dorm in the first place. 

To the original poster:

IF you have permission from the appropriate person, most older games settings are changed via a bank of dipswitches located on the circuit board.  Newer games are changed via an on-screen menu instead, which is usually accessed by pressing a button located inside the game cabinet.  If your machine has a service switch inside, try that first.  If it's got dipswitches, then you'll want to locate a copy of the manual for instructions on how to set them.

sfrascella:

What's wrong with college students these days? They need to get their priorities straight.

You should be more concerned with how to tap a keg of beer and pump it so it doesn't come out all foam?  ;D

CheffoJeffo:

I'm with Lew on this ... it doesn't appear to me that this guy has appropriate access to the machine and calling on the RA as a figure of authority seems to confirm. If he had legitmate access, then I would bet that the actual owner of the cabinet would have the requisite knowledge.

I used to be (way back, when Double Dragon and Rygar were new) responsible for the games in my residence and they were owned by a flesh-and-blood operator who relied on the machines to feed his family. "Our" share of the split did not go go the University, but rather to the students. Perhaps some research by the OP is in order before deciding who should pay what.

To the OP: First lesson ... don't rip people off because you *think* you are entitled. I'll bet a lot of folks here pay more in taxes than you do in tuition ... doesn't mean we can come in and steal from you, does it ?

Cheers.

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