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Monitor Rotation for Vertical Games
A lot of arcade games run with the monitor rotated 90 degrees from the “normal” format that we’re used to with our TV’s. If you’ve ever tried to install one of these games in an arcade cabinet you...
View ArticleAll the officially released Flavors of the Net City/NAOMI Universal Cab
A while back I was having a discussion around the many variants of the Net City and NAOMI Universal cabs and it got me thinking about how many “official” variants of these cabs there were. What...
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All Known Official Sega Panels for Astro through New Net City
When Sega launched the Astro City Candy cabinet they gave it a modular control panel to make swapping the panel as easy as swapping the the game board. They continued using this control panel Design...
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No Battery Mod for Y-Unit, T-Unit, IT32 and other Arcade Boards
A while back I worked out a drop in RAM replacement on the Midway Y-Unit Arcade hardware. Anyone who collects arcade PCBs knows that Batteries Suck. Not only can they die and wipe out your highscores...
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All Known Official Control Panels for Taito Egret II, Egret 3, and Atomiswave...
When Taito launched the Egret II Candy cabinet they gave it a modular control panel similar to the one Sega used on the Astro City. They continued this same panel design with the Egret 3 and...
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All Known Official Control Panels for Taito Vewlix
The Taito Vewlix line of cabinets has a modular control panel similar to past cabinets they’ve made. In addition to supporting the cabinets below they also made adapter brackets and conversion...
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NAOMI/Net City VMU Mount
As you may know the Sega NAOMI hardware is based on the Sega Dreamcast console. along with this it also shares the “Maple Bus” which is what the Dreamcast used for controller ports. A handful of NAOMI...
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Repair Log: Namco System ND-1 – Namco Classic Collection Volume 1
Last week I caught a listing for a “Free non-working unknown Namco PCB”: I instantly recognized it as the Namco ND-1 Hardware used for their Namco Classics Collection games. Checking the ROM label in...
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Konami’s Jackal Rotary Stick Version
I’ve been buried with my work for months now, but it’s a quiet Thanksgiving so I decided to dust off a project. I’ve been rounding out my collection of Rotary stick game so decided to dive into...
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twisted’s PCB Bubble Wrapping Guide
I’ve had a few requests to put together a guide on my PCB bubble wrapping technique. There’s a lot of text here because I wanted to provide insights into why I chose this method and do it the way that...
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