MS PACMAN AND OLD TV

[dns-tech]

I HAVE AN OG MS PACMAN UPRIGHT IT HAS THE ORIGINAL MONITOR (WAGNER 19") WITH MAJOR BURN IN I WANT TO CHANGE THE MONITOR AND CHASIE WITH A 19 INCH SYMPHONIC TV THAT HAS RF INPUT AND COMPOSIT IN ...HOW CAN I DO THIS PLEASE HELP !!!! THANKS IN ADVANCE

[Jack Burton]

Well, it's possible, but I wouldn't recommend it.

Finding a replacement monitor for this should not be too hard.  Do you have arcade or amusement machine supplier in your area?  You can call them up and see if they have any 19" monitors around.  Or you could look on craigslist for other cabs with 19" monitors and see how much they would want for that.  Or you might even find a user here that has one they'd sell to you.

If you don't want to use an arcade monitor then I recommend using a pc monitor. It's closer to an arcade monitor in image quality and easier to work with.

BTW, all caps = I'M SHOUTING EVERYTHING I SAY!!!

Truthfully, since this is your first post on here I'd do this if I were you:

#1.  Take out everything inside the cabinet except the controls, speakers, lights, and coin mechs.  Put it up into storage somewhere clean, cool, and dry.  After you get into this hobby a bit more you'll want to revisit it, but leave it for now.  

#2 Purchase a 19" pc monitor and a budget computer.  You don't need anything fancy. Anything over 300 mhz  and 256 mb of RAM should work.  

#3 Install Windows XP and MAME on your computer.  Set MAME to run Pac-man on startup of the computer.  Also set windows to automaticaly log in.

#4 Purchase an i-pac from ultimarc.com.  Configure it within MAME.

#5 Install the monitor, pc, and i-pac inside your cab.  You will need to build a little bracket inside the cab for the monitor to sit on.  

You're done.  You have a pac-man cabinet.  

[SirPeale]

Dear Jack:

Please turn your card in at the door on your way out.  Suggesting that you destroy a classic arcade game won't make you any friends around here.  I don't care if what you're suggesting is reversible.


Your Buddy,

Peale


Dear DNS-Tech -

You may be able to swap the tube from your TV into the monitor.  There are many writeups on this.  If you feel this is beyond your scope, there may be someone in your area that can help.

[Jack Burton]

Whatever Peale.  This guy did not come across as being ready to do a tube swap or decase. 

I told him first to look for somebody with a replacement monitor.  If that didn't work then he was supposed to look for alternatives.  

Installing a cased tv is no different than a cased pc monitor.  And composite video is way inferior to the RGB a computer monitor would provide.  Maybe he could keep the old electronics and use a CGA>VGA converter if he chose, but a good one of those is more than the cost of a pc he probably already has, and an i-pac.

More games and hardware get destroyed by people who start poking and prodding things and hooking them up wrong before they know what they're doing than by doing reversible single-game MAME builds.  That includes arcade monitors themselves.  

The only guy who can tell me to get out of here is Saint.  

[jennifer]

        This would not desicrate that particular machine, most pacs have had a hard life, CRT"s are not only fried but no longer available, LCD"s pretty
much the answer unless you want to sacrifice another game for the cause..... The MAME does concern me however, [assuming the board"s good]

[boardjunkie]

Nope on the LCD, nope on the computer monitor/mame junk, nope on the TV. 19" arcade game monitors are all over the place. You might have to hunt for a while to find one with little or no tube burn-in, but if you locate arcade game collectors in your area they should have piles of them. Amusement vendors are not *real* likely to have the old 19" stuff lay'n around unless they *never* throw anything out. Worth a shot, but most vendors view anything sitting around not making money as junk. Thats why my junkpiles of game parts are extensive

[matsadona]

It would be much easier if you lived over here in Europe, were almost every single TV has a SCART (RGB) connector. Just a matter of adding a few resistor to lower the signals from the game and you are good to go.
The only downside is that you have less control of picture adjustment on a standard TV chassie, but if you get hold of the Service Menu code, that could be done with the standard remote.
Once you have done that, it would be very hard to tell the difference from the original monitor.

I'm just assuming you are situated in the US, since you stumble on a dedicated Ms PacMan game... that is one rare thing over here.

[Thenasty]

Dear DNS-TECH

If you are more confuse after reading all the above, let me help you the right way.

Just let me come pick up the Machine at no charge, Ms.pac needs a good home and some TLC ( I don't even provide those to my other half).

If you could provide or try to give some TLC on Ms.Pac, I suggest coughing up some $$$ and get the right monitor for her (she deserves it)