Centipede has arrived!

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Wohoooo! - won this baby on ebay.de for 391,5€ equals to $553, wich is a fair price for a "non" working machine in Europe...

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and today it arrived...

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got it unwraped, and the sides wasent that bad, only a lot of dirt/nicotine on them..

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And when i powered it up, it was not a pritty sight....

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continues due to the 5 pic rule....
 
Now for the CPO cleaning....

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And the trackball was not working, i tried to clean it, though it got better, i decided to order a new one...

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As shown on a previous image, there was somthing wrong with the game, so i took out the PCB and
pressed the rom´s that could be removed into their sockets, and ..... Woila!
THOUGH! - notise there´s some A´s and P´s on the screen douing attract and play, maby a rom error, anyway to remove that??

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The random As and Ps might still be dirty chips. Take them out completely and reset them and I can almost guarantee you it will be 100%. Awesome score!
 
As a noobie Centipede owner myself, I must say congratulations on yours... she looks pretty darn good already! :beerchug:
 
Congrats!!! I always dig the European graphics package on the Centipede.

The random chars on the screen likely mean a bad playfield RAM. Switch it over into test mode and see what you get. Also, try removing, cleaning, and reseating the two char ROMs (toward the middle of the board).

And dookie throws to you people who think Centipede is a girly game!!! :p It rocks!!!!
 
And dookie throws to you people who think Centipede is a girly game!!! :p It rocks!!!!

Here, here!!! :beerchug:

BUT, I have noticed it is one game that girls can actually play :joyman:. I was a complete vidiot back in the day and Centipede was the *only* game my older sister could beat me on. Now that we have a working one here, I have vowed to avenge my previous embarrassments and come back swinging(even though she probably hasn't played it in 20 years) :D
 
Congrats!!! I always dig the European graphics package on the Centipede.

The random chars on the screen likely mean a bad playfield RAM. Switch it over into test mode and see what you get. Also, try removing, cleaning, and reseating the two char ROMs (toward the middle of the board).

And dookie throws to you people who think Centipede is a girly game!!! :p It rocks!!!!

Thanks, now i know what specific rom´s there´s somthing wrong with...
INFO - centipede was actually the first arcade game designed by a women, maby that´s why girls like it so much..... ;)
 
Dude, you could have had my Millipede (w/multikit) for $300 USD, and the bitch works all the way :)

Shipping probably would have sucked though.
 
now what is the difference on the european graphics package? that marquee does look really pink compared to the ones i've seen over here.
 
Euro 'pedes have a good bit more red in all the artwork - the outline on the sideart, stripes on the CPO, and like you pointed out with the marquee. More red on the bezel too.

now what is the difference on the european graphics package? that marquee does look really pink compared to the ones i've seen over here.
 
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Side art is also different.

Looks like the US version had 1 antenna pointing up while the European version had both pointing down. There were different versions with pink and yellow outlines, but I don't know if that was country specific as I think I've seen both on US versions.

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Nice score man! I did see that "different" colored marquee on a Centipede game at a penny arcade in New Hampshire (Half Moon Arcade) a couple of months ago. Although I will say that is the only one I have ever seen like that before. Congrats
 
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