Crystal Castle will not start a Game

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I just picked up a Crystal Castle, it will power up and you can put credits on it, but it will not start a game with either the single player or the two player button. I traced the wiring thru the edge connector and to the LS244 on the board and all seems fine.

While working on it I managed to get the game to start and I was able to repeat starting games until I turned the game off (and I used both buttons to start game)

Has anyone had this issue before? Maybe a ground problem? Any ideas?

Thanks Kevin
 
Thanks, After looking around a little more I noticied that the "Test" switch was not working either. The "test" switch goes thru the same LS244 as the game start buttons. I will check out the LS244 closer after the holiday. Thanks Kevin
 
Thanks, After looking around a little more I noticied that the "Test" switch was not working either. The "test" switch goes thru the same LS244 as the game start buttons. I will check out the LS244 closer after the holiday. Thanks Kevin

I would just go ahead and replace that chip and put in a socket if it doesn't have one.
 
There is a version of the rom data that will not start in a cocktail cabinet..
I have both the cocktail and upright right now. I was testing boards in the cocktail and it would not start. It worked in the upright.. I swapped the rom chips and it fixed the problem.. I don't think thats your problem, but it might be helpful to someone in the future.
 
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