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Hey all, hoping to get some help with my DK. I turned it on for the first time in a couple of months, and my character sprites are missing. No Jump-man, no monkey, no barrels. Game still "plays" as I can hear Jump-man run, jump, climb and get hit by barrels. No idea where to start troubleshooting.

Seems like an important early step is to figure out which type of DK board set you have -- a Radar Scope conversion TKG-2, a 4 board TKG-3 (closely correlated with the older MAME "US set 2" ROMs), or a 2 board TKG-4 (closely correlated with the newer MAME "US set 1" ROMs) -- since the ROM locations are different for the different boards.

You might try this site for info.
- It lists the type of data on each ROM.
- There are some screencaps of what happens when certain ROMs go bad.
https://www.brasington.org/arcade/tech/dk/

Looks like the DK Forum site is for sale, but this archive.org backup has info about the different DK board types and ROMs.
https://web.archive.org/web/20200910214143/http://donkeykongforum.com/index.php?topic=439.0

Another possible source of information is 10yard and his DKAFE project. He has done lots of DK hacks including sprite swaps so he can probably point you toward which specific ROM(s) should have the missing sprites.
https://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,164960.0.html
https://github.com/10yard/dkafe#readme


Scott

Total Nightmare Support – Avoid Game Room SolutionsI’ve invested over $1,780 here—$1,600+ tax for a 43" arcade cabinet, and $180 for a replacement CPO box. While they were admittedly good about replacing a damaged plexi panel early on, dealing with their customer service rep, Tina, has been an absolute nightmare.The $180 replacement CPO panels arrived completely missing the vital structural cam lock hardware required for assembly. When I reached out, Tina's response was genuinely disgusting: she literally told me to salvage old hardware that had been contaminated by cat urine. Expecting a high-ticket customer to handle biological waste because you're too cheap to pack a few cents worth of screws is a joke.Tina completely fails to understand the basic requirements of her job. She takes days to reply to emails, dodges phone calls entirely, and takes every single legitimate product complaint as a personal attack on her. The second you express completely valid grievances about missing parts, she tries to tone-police you with "I don't like your tone" to deflect from her own mistakes.She is doing a massive disservice to Game Room Solutions as a company representative. Her passive-aggressive, childish behavior ruins whatever decent products they might make. If you buy from them, pray your order is perfect, because the second you have a post-purchase issue, you are entirely on your own.

Hey all, hoping to get some help with my DK. I turned it on for the first time in a couple of months, and my character sprites are missing. No Jump-man, no monkey, no barrels. Game still "plays" as I can hear Jump-man run, jump, climb and get hit by barrels. No idea where to start troubleshooting.

Cool.  But... Starwars really deserves a moving cabinet.
It would take the experience to the next level

Even I'm glad to see you pbj! Things have been a bit slow.

https://memes.getyarn.io/yarn-clip/82c41751-266a-4ec2-95c8-2af63a33178e

It’s been a journey to get back on this forum but I think I’m locked back in.  Rest assured, the drama has continued unabated.  Need to get some project threads going.

I’ve run Japanese consoles for years on US power without issue.

Why in the world aren’t you using ODEs?

New stereotype - Australians Ond don’t finish arcade projects.

Fixed that for ya.      Lovely to see you posting... anything pbj.

Meh. it's a fair enough comment.  I'm just gonna keep at it like I mean to finish anyway.

New stereotype - Australians don’t finish projects

 

Ran the tester and I'm only seeing recoil no lights