I finally got my Punch-Out!! Machine

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The whole thing went a lot easier than I expected. I got a call yesterday morning from the freight terminal telling me it had arrived. I got directions from the guy to the terminal which was in Gardiner which is just a few miles past Augusta. The directions were good and I had no trouble finding the place. I backed up to a loading dock and we lowered it down into the bed of the truck and within 5 minutes I was headed back home.

There are some problems. First, I don't have a key to the front coin mechanism/service door or money box, but those aren't currently locked so I can replace those locks easy enough I suppose.

The machine had been converted to "Time Killers" so it had a cheap conversion marquee and control panel overlay plus plexi-glass and extra holes drilled into the control panel to make room for the extra buttons and joystick that that game uses. When I pulled the control panel off, all the wiring was soldered to the contacts on the microswitches, instead of the usual connectors. It didn't really matter, because I can't use that wiring harness anyway. I removed all of the buttons and the two joysticks and the plexi-glass and the stuck on overlay to reveal the original Punch-Out control panel overlay underneath. Damn those extra holes though.

When I removed the marquee I was greeted with a mouse nest made from fiberglass insulation behind it, complete with a mouse carcass and droppings. I cleaned that out and put in the correct "Super Punch-Out" marquee and it looked way better immediately.

Both monitors and the power supply are there and rumor has it that they work. The monitors have burn-in from Punch-Out and they are Nintendo-labeled Sanyo's so I am guessing that they are the original monitors.

The cabinet is in good shape structurally, with nothing broken, bent, warped, or water damaged. I'll post some pictures as soon as I borrow my sister's camera (later today probably).

So, this is a project in that I just want to get it working; I am not going for a restoration or anything like that.

Any ideas on what I'll need for a wiring harness and where to get it? It has a lot of wiring still in it, but it all went to the JAMMA+ Time Killers board which is no longer there.

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I consider this thing to be pretty much finished now. Well, I still want some nice quality barrel key locks for the coin doors but the crappy hardware store flat key locks in there will do for now. Somewhere along the line I expect I'll get some sideart and fix the issue of the reds being dark on the upper monitor...

Here's all that I did to it:

- Capacitor kit on both monitors and audio amplifiers.

- Replaced the flyback transformer on lower monitor to fix arcing problem.

- Removed the JAMMA harness and switching power supply and replaced with an original Punch-Out wiring harness and power supply (PP-1000A).

- Acquired and installed an original Punch-Out shield cage and shield cage cover (the power supply screws to brackets on the side of this cage).

- Found a replacement populated Punch-Out control panel (including the original CP wiring harness) with the CPO in decent shape to replace the one on there that had all the extra holes drilled in it and no original wiring harness.

- Bought a pair of original Nintendo buttons (in original [for a Punch-Out machine] orange) complete with the metal button holders and Nintendo microswitches and replaced the incorrect turned-down (in order to fit the smaller Nintendo holes) black leaf-switch buttons that came with my "new" control panel.

[Nipedley]

I saw your thread about the problem where you contacted the Nintendo engineers, it's great that they were so willing to help even after all this time. You sure had your work cut out! All I can really say is .. pictures!

[MaximRecoil]

I saw your thread about the problem where you contacted the Nintendo engineers, it's great that they were so willing to help even after all this time. You sure had your work cut out! All I can really say is .. pictures!

I'll need to borrow my sister's digital camera again, maybe tonight or tomorrow. That thing chews through batteries like nobody's business; I wish she would get some rechargeable ones for the damnable thing.