Arcade Collecting > Restorations & repair
Galaga upright restoration
Mauzy:
Dont do a blue strip on the CPO! The 30 bucks for a high-end (atleast thats what I paid for mine and it was really nice) is worth it for a minty cpo. I was surprised how nice it looked, though it made my paint job look awful somehow...
kayoteq:
--- Quote from: RetroACTIVE on June 16, 2008, 01:15:21 pm ---Your "boxy" galaga's are most likely ram on the video PCB... depending upon your board configuration it could either be
6M-6J and 6F-6C (1 of 8 "2147" ics total)
or
6H and 6B (1 of 2 "2148" ics total)
:cheers:
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Thanks..as far as I can tell, Video 4D was definitely toast (and toasting, if I put a slice of chip-sized bread on it)
and I reproduced my spare chip swap in MAME to reassure myself, and it looks identical to what it's doing.
Later rounds, the mutant Galags have intact sprites. Odd bug there, in one round the scores turned 180 degrees on the screen.
Haven't been able to reproduce that one..
But it was a bit confused, what with a 3600E fast mod chip being used for sprite graphics. I'm sadistic.
As far as CPO goes, I guess if I'm restoring, then dangit I gotta get a sticker. The other is hooked to a USB gamepad for authentic MAME Galaga. No harm there, it didn't have a cp wiring harness hooked up.
RayB:
Try cleaning the CP first. A good scrubbing will clean that right up, and then you can paint in the spots on the bend. The thing I don't like about repro overlays is they just don't "feel" the same. (Now if you can get NOS, then no problem!)
kayoteq:
--- Quote from: RayB on June 17, 2008, 04:46:02 pm ---Try cleaning the CP first. A good scrubbing will clean that right up, and then you can paint in the spots on the bend. The thing I don't like about repro overlays is they just don't "feel" the same. (Now if you can get NOS, then no problem!)
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real NOS exists? I thought that was just the term folks use when they're selling a repro. ::)
Anyway, I don't know yet about doing the 'strip paint and restick' thing. Given the number of my other preecious cabs that need real parts, a sticker is fairly low in priority and budget. There's tears in the side art, but there's still function I have to restore to it first.
there's a buzz in the speaker whenever it's on, I finally put a grounded plug on it, and it's not the volume..
I adjusted the pot from normal to MAKE IT STOP!! levels and back, so that's working good.
something not hooked up in there, or a symptom of the modern switching supply
or that missing power cord for the filter board does the trick of stopping the interference noise ? :sigh: more shopping.
PM me if you have a spare.. Do the filter boards go bad too, needing a rebuild? It's hard to tell without it being 'complete'.
Oh, and just a bit OT, these are from a Reseller up the road from me with interesting taste in t-molding..
Their Galaga features neon Green molding, but at least _it_ has all the art in the right places.
$650 and $550 respectively. Front, side art, correct paint color not included.
I of course respect anybody who takes on redoing pinball machines, but.. 100%?
It's like one of those 'what's wrong with this picture?' puzzles.
RayB:
--- Quote from: kayoteq on June 19, 2008, 10:52:28 pm ---real NOS exists? I thought that was just the term folks use when they're selling a repro. ::)
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They exist. I bought one in 1999. It has a real nice thick textured feel to it.
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