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https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tasseidenki/gaime-plug-and-play-time-crisis-gun-system-for-modern-tvs

Saw this plug-and-play system the other night and thought folks might find it interesting. It uses a new technology that doesn't rely on IR sensors, etc.

It only comes with 4 games (Time Crisis, Point Blank, and Steel Gunner 1-2) for now though it looks like they plan to make more games available in the future.

Probably nothing anyone here is going to run out and get but neat anyhow.

I’ve bought a 4 player arcade cabinet with 4 coin mechanisms the machine is second hand and it’s a bit of a project, the cabinet has come with an IPAC Four all wired up and I’m having no issues with any of the buttons, joysticks etc but I’m having an issue with one of the four coin mechanisms, when I power the cabinet and the IPAC I get a constant repeating key stroke, the number 5, that doesn’t stop until I interrupt it by pressing another button, at first I thought the coin mech was faulty so I’ve replaced it, then I thought the wiring was faulty so I’ve replaced it and fully tested it, I believe it’s an issue with the ‘1COIN’ input where the player 1 mechanism is wired, even when I fully disconnect the wiring and power to ‘1COIN’ it still repeats, I have reflashed the board and had no luck I’ve tried mapping to a different key, the only thing I haven’t done is change to a different spare input on the board, seems a shame to do that because all the cables are nice and neat the way they are and I’d risk damaging cables snipping cable ties off.

Could you think of any other fix for this or shed some light on why it may be happening?

Could it just be a faulty input/switch?

Any help appreciated.

Thank you.
Dan.

New here, I rescued a Toshiba 2112db from the recycling place. It had some vertical fold issues but its been fixed and it looks ace. Here's my boggle...

1. If I connect a Wii using scart or composite, I get a perfect image, no overscan.
2. If I connect a DVD player, same, no overscan

So I dont want to adjust the V size/position (its manual, not in the service menu)

3. If I connect an old PC (AMD R5 430) using CRTemudriver and VGA2SCART, I get:

• Vertical overscan on 288p
• black bars on 240p

I'd like to have the desktop at 576i, but for some reason it wont let me add a 576i resolution to ArcadeOSD, I mean I can add the modeline, but it wont show up to use.

Basically, my question is... how on earth do I get a resolution that fills the screen, and is higher than 240p so I can switch back down in retroarch for gaming, but use the desktop!!
 

I've been fighting this problem with my ms. pacman cocktail for over a year.  Arcade game will power on but will no image on the monitor. But the game also doesn't play blind. I'm  stuck i did a cap kit on the both the monitor and the board, and still nothing. Please help

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yeah I heard back. when I made the thread the site was down 

There seems to be some thermal stress going on (blackened/carbonisied area, see pic attached). Might be "normal", but might indicate something about to fail. Worth lookin', to see what's cookin'.

Maybe it is something to do with those three transistors?

What is that blue thing right in the middle of the circle? A tantalum capacitor!!?? They are known to fail dramatically (explode).

Not concerned about that nearby big resistor with a little carbonisation near the legs (just outside the yellow circle), as they are expected to radiate a lot of heat.

I see what you mean. I'll see if I can read any markings on that component.

Their site has recent reviews posted, and a phone number/email listed. Have you tried reaching out directly?

Well, I guess I'm done here for the time being. At least until I get that marquee area going.

Below are some diagrams I drew up that someone may find helpful.

If anyone wants to follow more jukebox stuff like this, please come join us on Facebook at the Digital Jukebox Builders group.

Hello
I do not understand really how to diassemblly and add the new iron into the clutch
May do you have any picture to see it better ?
Thanks in advance!!

Hi Geecab!

Excellent news! 

 I can't wait to see this video soon.

How lucky you are to be able to design projects like this!

 Bravo and thank you so much for sharing.

See you soon!