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Main => Project Announcements => Topic started by: Phouglas on July 26, 2018, 04:42:08 am
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I have a 4 player Cyberball 2072 that is getting a little old in the tooth and needs some major TLC. New monitor, new joysticks, some sound issues. I don’t know where to start trying to repair it and am currently looking for local assistance.
I have some options and would appreciate advice.
1) if I replace monitors, would you replace with arcade monitors or use lcd arcade monitors? I see there are lcd ones that will connect properly without a converter.
2) if I don’t restore, and this may break my heart cause I’m attached to it, I could just gut it, slap in two normal lcd monitors and put in a pc and mame and run the 4 player Cyberball 2072 rom. Could even run the original as well. Yes it wouldn’t be the same thing but future repairs would be a breeze.
Thoughts?
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I would either restore back to original (Install new CRT Monitors and Joysticks) board is probably dirty/loose connector. Alternatively go down "The two headed beast" route. If it was mine I would probably restore and then sell because it's too damned big.
See, http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,108719.0.html (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,108719.0.html)
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Restore it. Play it. Get good at it. Then join us at the Cyberball Tournament in Vegas in September! http://www.cyberballsmackdown.com/details/ (http://www.cyberballsmackdown.com/details/)
I was just made aware of this dedicated group of Cyberball players at Zapcon this year. I entered into the Cyberball Tournament (did pretty good for not playing the game in a while. Finished 5th place!), and played some really great players. They were telling me there is a yearly tournament in Vegas, and a community of Cyberball players here in the USA.
The tournament set-up was awesome. They had 4 great condition cabs in a quad sitting in an open space at the back of the hall. It was really impressive seeing them all played at once during the tournament!
I snapped a couple pics of the set-up:
(https://i.imgur.com/BeNwYB7.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/NjDKTrV.jpg)
Honestly I think this cabinet deserves to stay original. You'd have a better chance to off-load it, later on... you can ask Neph how much of a pain to convert this cab to mame. I think he's even thinking about restoring his 2-headed beast back to original (I vaguely remember him telling me this while I was inebriated ;) ) so he can sell it easier.
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I think he's even thinking about restoring his 2-headed beast back to original (I vaguely remember him telling me this while I was inebriated ;) ) so he can sell it easier.
---fudgesicle--- no.
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Drunken recall fail! :lol
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If I converted it to anything, I'd convert it back to Run N Gun. That game ---smurfing--- kicked ass in that cabinet.