New project - Ms. Pac Man

[miles2912]

It started off with a phone call from my Aunt saying that she had a Ms. Pac man game that was non-working and if I wanted it?  I asked what was wrong with it and were all the pieces in tact?  She informed me that it had not worked in a long time and that ther repair place wanted $300 to fix it.  My first thoughts were that it was trashed and might make for a nice project for me or a friend.  I would hate to mame a good cab but if it was trashed, no problem.  I resolved to put no more than $100 into it and if I could not get it working I would mame it or give it to a buddy to mame. 

My first thoughts when I saw it is that this is not in horrible shape.  It looks like a 25 year old cab with the normal wear and tear.  Paint was rough in places but not that bad.  I was hoping that the monitor would come up.  If it was trash that would blow my budget and I would have to part the cab out and mame it. 

I grabbed the manual off KLOV and gave the cab a once over to see if all the pieces looked intact.  I have no experience with a 'real' cab so this would be a learning experience.  Monitor was there, power ssupply looked in tact and the main board was attached.  Hmmmm... everything looked in place except a daughter board was not seated properlly.  I re-sat the board and it looked good. 

You could not belive the suprise on my face when the game came right up and started working.  All buttons and the joystick tested positive.  Coin mechs were fully functional.  I could not belive it.  So after a little elbow grease here is the new addition.  Ms. Pac Man.

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[miles2912]

Some pics.

A few shots of the cab ...





Here it is next to Vortex



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[miles2912]

I asked my Aunt if she wanted it back knowing it was a fully working cab, but they needed the space for other things.

One thing that does bother me about it is that someone carved their name in the glass in the bottom left corner.  It is pretty deep.  I don't think there is a way to remove it without replacing the glass.  The problem is that the artwork is attaced to the glass and I would have to replace that too.

Any suggestions?

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[leapinlew]

Awesome Find!

As for the glass...

I wonder if you could use something like this http://www.gtglass.com/acrylicrestoration.htm or another glass repair kit.

A sticker?

[Crafty]

Fantastic machine for a full resto..

Keep the pictures coming

[Ninten-doh]

You have one cool Aunt my friend.  I've gotten birthday cards and brownies from my aunt before, but never a working arcade machine.   

[MameMaster!]

I asked my Aunt if she wanted it back knowing it was a fully working cab, but they needed the space for other things.

One thing that does bother me about it is that someone carved their name in the glass in the bottom left corner.  It is pretty deep.  I don't think there is a way to remove it without replacing the glass.  The problem is that the artwork is attaced to the glass and I would have to replace that too.

Any suggestions?

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Keep the glass as is. It's part of the history of the cab.

I have some dopes initials scratched into my marquee retainers that I left (my cab has been fully restored)....but I like the "history" of that little bit of graffiti.

 

[miles2912]

Here is a close up of the glass.  The flash really washes everything out but it is much easier to see the grafitti.  The location could be worse and when the game is on it not that apparent.



Shot of the main board looking in the back of the cab..  The daughter board was the component that I had to re-seat to make the game work. 



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