twelve47
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Dead Taito Space Invaders Board?
I started my arcade collection with a Taito B&W Space Invaders Cocktail a couple of weeks ago.
It was working except for a couple of dead sounds, which I was still building up the nerve to try to and repair.
Today whilst playing it, the screen filled with garbage characters and started flashing. I turned it off, and back on. Now I only get 3 flashing symbols in the top left of the screen (see the attached jpeg).
If I put a coin in and press start, I don't get the game sounds, so I guess it's not a problem with the display circuitry.
Any ideas on things to try, or what might be the problem?
(I've just ordered a taito compatible logitech bootleg SI board from andysarcade to try swapping in, but I don't want to fry that board if the problem is somewhere else.)
I started my arcade collection with a Taito B&W Space Invaders Cocktail a couple of weeks ago.
It was working except for a couple of dead sounds, which I was still building up the nerve to try to and repair.
Today whilst playing it, the screen filled with garbage characters and started flashing. I turned it off, and back on. Now I only get 3 flashing symbols in the top left of the screen (see the attached jpeg).
If I put a coin in and press start, I don't get the game sounds, so I guess it's not a problem with the display circuitry.
Any ideas on things to try, or what might be the problem?
(I've just ordered a taito compatible logitech bootleg SI board from andysarcade to try swapping in, but I don't want to fry that board if the problem is somewhere else.)
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