Wonka
Active member
Anyone have advice for a sluggish DIG DUG machine? HELP!
I have a gorgeous Dig Dug machine that is responding sluggish (more so lately) than ever.
My machine is near mint in all aspects, but has always played a bit off. I figured the first thing it would be is the joystick. I replaced it with a NOS factory new WICO (original), cleaned all the contacts . . . and still...Maybe even more so - it plays sluggish. Sometimes the audio barely cutting out when moving up & down quickly.
The only thing i can liken this to would be a video that plays with the audio track just slightly out of sync but with the physical lag being felt through game play.
Is this a ROM problem? I'm not a full on tech guy with machines. Has anyone else had issues like this with a Dig Dug or any other Atari machine?
I was watching THIS Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFEiRP6sgCw
This Ken House fella is killing it on with this machine.
It seems to play flawless. I'm not talking about the upper level/fast pace game play, BUT the response time he gets with his UP/DOWN/LEFT/RIGHT.
It seems to me that THIS is how a Dig Dug should respond with controls.
Can anyone give me some good advice or maybe share a similar experience?
Thanks!
I have a gorgeous Dig Dug machine that is responding sluggish (more so lately) than ever.
My machine is near mint in all aspects, but has always played a bit off. I figured the first thing it would be is the joystick. I replaced it with a NOS factory new WICO (original), cleaned all the contacts . . . and still...Maybe even more so - it plays sluggish. Sometimes the audio barely cutting out when moving up & down quickly.
The only thing i can liken this to would be a video that plays with the audio track just slightly out of sync but with the physical lag being felt through game play.
Is this a ROM problem? I'm not a full on tech guy with machines. Has anyone else had issues like this with a Dig Dug or any other Atari machine?
I was watching THIS Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFEiRP6sgCw
This Ken House fella is killing it on with this machine.
It seems to play flawless. I'm not talking about the upper level/fast pace game play, BUT the response time he gets with his UP/DOWN/LEFT/RIGHT.
It seems to me that THIS is how a Dig Dug should respond with controls.
Can anyone give me some good advice or maybe share a similar experience?
Thanks!