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Namco's "Big Bang Smash":

So sort of getting back to the original poster's question, does anyone have a template *file* for the bezel so that those of us that would want to can make our own?

Look for a part number on the boards, or even a labels on the ROMs, then Google it. It is amazing how often that will identify an unknown board.

This is a good, uplifting movie. However, it is a movie. A movie made by a professional filmmaker with the support of a full crew (even a caterer!), made to be entered into competitions to win awards and further his career. Obviously much of what happened in the film was created (written) by...

"I want to keep my business going."

Not much a Star Wars fan, I see.

A guy says this, I remember that... Many claims but no proofs. Until someone *actually* come up with something, this game shall remain an enigma.

Beside the obvious reason that it wouldn't be Bouncer, there are not enough facts known about the gameplay to re-create it. There are no videos of it playing and only a few photos of the screen. Anyone who claims to have played it only has a vague recollection of what it was like. Anything made...

The entire point of arcade games is to make money. When Star Wars came out in 1983, the operators had a hot machine on their hands. There were lines to play the game (I was in them!). But as time went on, the graphics and game play of Star Wars was lost to newer, flashier titles. The game sat...

Who you gonna call? The Exterminator. Sure looks like a rat perched there to me.

The boards are likely different revisions to support bug fixes, program alterations and ROM sizes. The two chips added are very simple gate and signal inverter chips, maybe used to add decoding logic for larger size ROMs (hence the fewer ROM chips.) That same board also has four logic chips...

I would just plug it in and see what comes up. You should easily be able to identify the power inputs and grounds by looking at the chip pinouts and power bus lines. Use a switching power supply to get +5V and ground hooked up, and any active edge card contacts will be video out. Just hooking up...

Someone thinks it might be a Pac-Man bootleg. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Pacman-Bootleg-Non-Jamma-PCB-2-/140692685723?_trksid=p4340.m185&_trkparms=algo%3DSIC.NPJS%26its%3DI%252BC%26itu%3DUA%26otn%3D5%26pmod%3D140692684080%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D6657562396165063955

$43.00?!!? :eek:

Aren't the monitors BOLTED in?!? I can only imagine anything popping out due to shrinkage if it was a friction fit, and anything destined for a public arcade would NOT be designed that way. (How long would a snap together machine last in the field? ;) ) Anyone knowing how an arcade game is...