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Main => Main Forum => Topic started by: javeryh on September 01, 2005, 11:10:52 am
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I'm about to wire my cab and I have a coin door that I would like to have hooked up properly. I know how to wire up the "insert coin" buttons (I think) but is there something else I need to do to get the coin door to give the quarter back and in turn take the credit back?
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Arcade games don't work that way. Vending machines do. Not arcade games. If you put a quarter in and get a credit, that's it, you've made your donation to the Game God whether you use it or not.
Arcade game coin returns are mechanical. If your quarter gets stuck and doesn't register a credit, you push the coin return button which mechanically, causes the mechanism inside to release the coin into the return chute.
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Well that explains it! Thanks!!!
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That said, I had the idea of somehow wiring my 2 coin return buttons to be pause and reset.
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That said, I had the idea of somehow wiring my 2 coin return buttons to be pause and reset.
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i plan to do this on my cab...if i ever get around to start it :(
http://retroblast.com/articles/coinswitch.html