If I understand correctly now... a jamma board can replace an original PCB... and can also be universal?
So now my question is...... since I am in the infancy of arcade restoration... Would I be better in the long run keeping up and fixing say an original PCB.. or just replacing it with a jamma...
I was wondering.. if I take some of the chips off of the PCB that say mrs pac-man.. would i be able to turn it into its original Pac-Man game... or would I have to remove some chips and replace with pac-man chips?
By the way on the board it says "PACKMAN GAME LOGIC BOARD" This tells me its...
I was curious... if anyone has a link to or knows where I can find information about the production numbers for some/all arcade games... just curious..
I would consider giving away ms pac-man or centipede if someone in my area would come help me/teach me ... give me a crash course in arcade game repair. .. Not that I have given up hope yet... in just a few weeks.. but I really dont know where to start.. Kinda lost ...
If I think my centipede monitor works.. because it is has a white screen lit... then can i swap the galaxian PCB into that cabinet just to see if the galaxian PCB works... or will the centipede electronics fry the galaxian PCB.. is there any reason I cant test it this way? thx again
Which of the 3 would you try to fix first?
non of them work:
Galaxian
Centipede
after some digging... it seems that its a mrs pac-man game in a pacman cabinet? strange!
Thats a sweet loft. !!! Some nice classics there.. LOL at the last picture
How long did it take you to collect all those games.. and if you dont mind me asking... how did you acquire most of them?
is there say a list or order of operations to find out if a PCB is working properly. Just trying to figure out if/how I can test my PCB's. Is there any special equipment needed? Also what would you all say is a good tool list to get together for working on arcade games?