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Main => Main Forum => Topic started by: KillerV on September 15, 2008, 08:19:42 pm
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There I was, eating dinner at my Parent's house when my good buddy calls me up and says that there's an arcade game sitting in front of a house that he just drove by. He didn't know what it was, or the condition. So I get my Brother-in-law and we start driving there (8 min away). half way there he calls again and said that he went back to look at it and right after he got out of his car another guy stopped to look. So I told him to stay put. When we got there it looked like a party with all the people looking at it, but I had first dibs. I took it.
(http://i36.tinypic.com/ix861g.jpg)
The guy throwing it out said that it had sound but no video. So I checked it out once in my garage. Took the back off and there was a large Altered Beast PCB and a smaller board sitting on the bottom, not plugged into anything. I knew what the PCB was, but not the little board. So I plug it in, and everything works but video. So I do some testing, power supply ok, switches, plugs, contacts..etc...
Well, I noticed that the little pcb had 2 connectors on it that matched 2 other connectors on the monitor board. So I try it, and they fit perfectly. Power it up, and bam! I got me a working Gun Smoke game.
(http://i36.tinypic.com/jj8cq9.jpg)
A little dirty
(http://i37.tinypic.com/20qyhs3.jpg)
Ambidextrous
(http://i37.tinypic.com/22j1p1.jpg)
(http://i37.tinypic.com/2bo600.jpg)
The board with the black knob is the one that was in the bottom of the cab that I had to re-attatch.
(http://i36.tinypic.com/x5ca35.jpg)
So is this a good find? I never really played this game before. Should I restore it, MAME it? How hard is it to hook up the Altered Beast board?
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Thats a Stern cab... Maybe originally a Scramble, since its vertical.
Definitely a nice find.
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Definitely a Stern cab. Without removing the top layer of paint to see the sideart can't tell which one.
The monitor is a K4600. The board you replaced was one of the monitor's daughercards. Without it, it won't work (as you found out).
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Overspray on the inside is black... monitor is vertical... Super Cobra?
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Contact mrclean. You have parts he really needs.
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=profile;u=10000
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I have a cab that looks just like that, but with the Express Raider game in it. I'm looking to MAME it, since it's missing the monitor and needs work cosmetically.
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Altered Beast uses Sega pinout and will require an adapter to work in that cab.
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Yeah, I found a tag inside that says Super Cobra. That was a great game. I'm not sure what to do with it. GunSmoke is pretty hard. I'l probably MAME this one and flip my home built cab's monitor to horizontal.
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awesome find man!! very nice! any cab you can snag for free with a working monitor and or pcb is a damn nice find!
Neil
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I NEED PARTS !!! http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=84575.0
*also when powering on the machine what does the High Score read, since i know it's from a romstar kit in the US, does it say:
ROM 100,000 As the high score ? (us rom set 1)
or
ROM 110,000 As the high score ? (us rom set 2)
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Wow Great find.
You owe your buddy a beer. :cheers:
Brent
www.extendedplayarcade.com
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Wow Great find.
You owe your buddy a beer. :cheers:
Brent
www.extendedplayarcade.com
He'll be getting a beer (or 12) for sure from me :laugh:
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Did you find out what rom version it was ?
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Did you find out what rom version it was ?
Not yet, still at work. Get home around 6:30PM.
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Just recently discovered gunsmoke and it is a great game. Lots of fun.
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miles you didn't beat my High Score http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=82805.0 (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=82805.0) yet did you ? ???
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Yeah, super find, fun game. But, how come no pictures with the monitor on??
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miles you didn't beat my High Score http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=82805.0 (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=82805.0) yet did you ? ???
gawd no.. we are not even in the same league!
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Yeah, super find, fun game. But, how come no pictures with the monitor on??
Actually the monitor was on in those pics. I did'nt think about turning the flash off for that. But the image is nice. No burn-in at all.
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Yeah, super find, fun game. But, how come no pictures with the monitor on??
Actually the monitor was on in those pics. I did'nt think about turning the flash off for that. But the image is nice. No burn-in at all.
....flash or no, there should be an image running if the board's connected an all. Anyways....
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Yeah, super find, fun game. But, how come no pictures with the monitor on??
Actually the monitor was on in those pics. I did'nt think about turning the flash off for that. But the image is nice. No burn-in at all.
....flash or no, there should be an image running if the board's connected an all. Anyways....
A lot of dust i guess. But it was on on, at least i think. I'll post some of the monitor on soon.
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Cool, thanks