Arcade Collecting > Restorations & repair
Mario Bros in Red !
Level42:
Hey, I live in Europe, we INVENTED the metric system (well actually Napoleon did) so I am ENTITLED to M4 lock-bolts "around the corner" ;) ;)
I think the bolts on the Nintendo coindoors are M3.......anyone know where to get these ?
Level42:
About time to kick myself and get going on with this one. It's just TOO much fun to play (and my son is getting better and better at it :) )....
I added a TO DO section in the first posting.
Level42:
Soooo, let's start with the CP.
Let's see the condition it's in. I've scraped away small parts of the CPO. It looks very much to me that the guys who did the "conversion" stuck it right over some rusty parts. Seems there was no glue on those parts at all.
I wonder if these are cigarette burns or maybe rust from under the CPO....
The usual joystick edge wear:
Well you get the picture:
Level42:
Now.....everybody makes mistakes right ? I mean, even brilliant game creators like Nintendo can make mistakes......
They did........they used....
...MICRO-SWITCHES :scared :scared :scared :scared :scared
Readers of my restoration threads know I'm a leaf-man (with a tiny exception here and there).....
So......Let's correct Nintendo's mistake:
Look at that nice ring on the right, we're going to use it again ! B.t.w. Nintendo's buttons are not the standard sized one's.....
Anyway, let's take a nice leaf-switch and holder and.....
Tada !! perfect fit !! :D
Level42:
So, now we're left with these:
Don't worry, I'm not going to throw them away....
they're needed here:
I can even re-use the small metal strips on the joystick.
Yes, gonna convert one joystick to 4-way for Popeye and the Kong games of course....
Of course I'd like to make the joystick leaf too, but I don't think there's an easy solution to that. And I'm not going to spend almost 70 bucks for a Wico replacement....maybe I could use GGG's Micro-Leaf switch here too ?
We'll see that later...
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