First thing I thought was strange when I fired up Marble Madness this evening was that my high scores were gone and the machine was off FREE PLAY. I figured there must be a battery or a chip that would need to be replaced soon.
I played a few games and all was well...
Then suddenly i get an error message that read SOFTWARE EXCEPTION ERROR... everything locks up...then it reboots back to attract. I attempt to play a game and as soon as I press the button the screen flashes and a bunch of crap just flashes and scroll from top to bottom. (i've attached a photo below).
Freaking out a bit I check voltages... all was OK at 4.97. I remove then re-insert the Marble Madness "board"... same thing.
I go grab my Roadblasters kit and install it... hoping beyond hope it's a mainboard issue and not a Marble Madness board issue...
Sure enough... it's different scrambled crap, but scrambled crap none-the-less.
So now what do I do aside from just finding another System 1 mainboard? Anything a newb can try?
Thanks!
I played a few games and all was well...
Then suddenly i get an error message that read SOFTWARE EXCEPTION ERROR... everything locks up...then it reboots back to attract. I attempt to play a game and as soon as I press the button the screen flashes and a bunch of crap just flashes and scroll from top to bottom. (i've attached a photo below).
Freaking out a bit I check voltages... all was OK at 4.97. I remove then re-insert the Marble Madness "board"... same thing.
I go grab my Roadblasters kit and install it... hoping beyond hope it's a mainboard issue and not a Marble Madness board issue...
Sure enough... it's different scrambled crap, but scrambled crap none-the-less.
So now what do I do aside from just finding another System 1 mainboard? Anything a newb can try?
Thanks!
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