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Ken Layton:
Believe me---from my 30 years experience in coin-op repair, ALL Nintendo cabinets came from the factory with a knockoff of an ACE lock (it was some Japanese brand stamped on the keys). The backdoor locks were all keyed alike to key number K6510. I know this for a fact. Of course it's always possible that someone over the years may have replaced that lock with something else.
As with any coin machine though, the coinbox/cashbox lock is always keyed different/individually.
MAME nut:
Hey Ken,
I'd be willing to bet an original Pac Man machine that most people BELIEVE YOU over versapak!!! :P ;D :P ;D
versapak:
--- Quote from: Ken Layton on July 12, 2006, 10:16:46 am ---Believe me---from my 30 years experience in coin-op repair, ALL Nintendo cabinets came from the factory with a knockoff of an ACE lock (it was some Japanese brand stamped on the keys). The backdoor locks were all keyed alike to key number K6510. I know this for a fact. Of course it's always possible that someone over the years may have replaced that lock with something else.
As with any coin machine though, the coinbox/cashbox lock is always keyed different/individually.
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--- Quote from: MAME nut on July 12, 2006, 10:51:34 am ---Hey Ken,
I'd be willing to bet an original Pac Man machine that most people BELIEVE YOU over versapak!!! :P ;D :P ;D
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I wasn't trying to argue that I was somehow right over him.
If they were all keyed the same, then wow... Interesting indeed.
I stand by statement that it makes no sense to have a lock, if anyone else with the same brand cabinet can then open it, but hey...
I certainly haven't owned a massive number of machines, and only have one Nintendo cabinet, with no experience with any others.
If that is the way it was, then that is the way it was.
Though just for the record... I know of a DK and a DK3 key that did not work. :P
The MAIN point of my initial reply, and my official stance, is that I could care less what key would open it, and vote that he POWER TOOL THAT SUCKER. ;D That's all I was tryin to say from the very beginning. :cheers:
Ken Layton:
Several game manufacturers used keyed alike cabinet locks for the backdoors:
Midway: Fort # 1350 (double bit), Fort #1355 (double bit), Illinois # MW-350 (double bit, made special for Midway)
Stern: Fort # L-355 (single bit)
Nintendo: Japanese manufacturer (name escapes me) # K6510 (round)
Atari: all cabinets were keyed different on all locks, but they generally used the very bottom of the barrel crappiest Hudson locks ever made (single bit)
Williams: all cabinets were keyed different on all locks, but they all generally came from Fort Lock and were double bit
Neo Geo: National Cabinet Lock # C-413a (single bit, used on the mini marquee holder)
Arachnid: all English Mark Dart games use National Cabinet Lock key # C-415a (single bit, used on all doors except the coin door)
The reason manufacturers use keyed alike numbers on the back door locks is that these games were originally intended to be sold to game route operators not the general public. Some operators replaced these low security locks with their own expensive high security ones too.
versapak:
Yeah, I guess the big worry in an arcade isn't that somebody is going to pull your machine away from the wall and steel its insides. :)
I appreciate the info.
I can see why an operator would want to have such a setup, as it would certainly make access for repairs easier (as in less keys to carry around/sort through).
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