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Midway Arcade Cabinet by Big Electronic Games
jserrawi:
Is there any sort of following for these machines still? I picked one up and appreciate the ideas for some updates, but was looking to see if there are people still actively maintaining/upgrading/modding these.
I printed out all of the sheets from this post and plan to use the Playstation hack, but was wondering if there was more going on. Any forums/topics devoted to these?
Thanks!
Ken Layton:
I haven't seen anyone doing anything with these machines for a long time. I think interest must have died out.
jserrawi:
--- Quote from: Ken Layton on April 01, 2014, 11:22:25 am ---I haven't seen anyone doing anything with these machines for a long time. I think interest must have died out.
--- End quote ---
Thanks for your quick response. This blows my theory that there is a following for everything on the internet!
I was able to get my cabinet back up and running. The screen was so dark you couldn't make out the buildings in Rampage. Fortunately, I was able to pull the tv out and adjust the brightness. It was at 50% and still has some life left after cranking it up to 100%. Also, one of the RCA cables was bad and there was no sound. That was quickly resolved as well.
I plan to upgrade the controls once someone breaks them the first time and a new tv may be down the road, but I was more interested in hacks/findings on the game unit itself. I'm getting some noise on the screen and didn't know if anyone had rerun the video wires or found any components that wear out. Also, I was surprised it didn't store high scores when you flipped the switch on the side. I'm wondering if there's a cmos battery or something in the game unit that was supposed to handle that task, but until I have time to pull apart the game unit, I broke out the game unit transformer and ran it to a UPS. It stays on all the time now and even survives when I unplug the whole unit from the wall. I can flip just the tv on and off from the side which will help prolong its life and reduce my power bill. I was concerned about keeping it energized, but apparently it had been running 24/7 in the break room for years. Hopefully it keeps going.
Despite the horrible reviews when it came out, I think it's a fun little box, especially since I only paid for gas to go pick it up.
Well, if this post finds anyone out there still playing/upgrading one of these boxes, send me a line. I'm interested to hear from you.
Thanks!
SavannahLion:
Interest in anything comes and goes. Trick is finding someone who currently has an interest. My wife asked me to write new windows drivers for her sewing machine. There is a hacking community of ZERO for the machine but TONS of interest. Conversely, there was a pretty big modding community around the original Carmageddon and tons of interest. Hundreds of car mods alone. Good luck finding any of those original files and anyone who cares about them now.
jserrawi:
Well, I pulled the cartridge apart and there is no battery. I'm confused why my scores aren't saving, but don't have any resources to figure out why. That's too bad. The wall of high scores is always nice for competition.
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