Enduro
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Hi all,
I original bought a Dig Dug cocktail with the intention of making it a 60 in 1 but after seeing the lackluster 60 in 1 menu and some correspondence with a local shop saying it would be hard to convert it in a way that would make going back to stock feasible I started looking for another cabinet. So, I picked up a Devastators for 50 bucks with a wacky screen that I easily fixed by adjusting it (except the slight burn in that says GAME OVER but I find it almost charming). The cabinet likely was converted from a Contra and I know of 0 [There is 1! -Ed.] loyal Devastators fans so I thought it'd make a good candidate for the classics.
Here's my issues:
It looks like the sound was hard wired to the Devastators PCB (wires were seemingly soldiered to the board and were attached to the speakers with wire nuts). So I'm going to need to put those into the harness since I currently have no sound. I'm having trouble finding the info on how/where to do that on the net. Was this standard for these cabinets or did someone hack it that way?
The other issue I have is the player 2 joystick is not registering so I cannot play 2 player simultaneous games. This is not a big issue for me though since I got a nice 4 way stick I just installed on player 1 and all the 2 player games are 8 way, I think. I would rather make the player 2 stick the lone 4 way stick (better position for maze games which I play with my right hand) and make the two sets of buttons clones or lefty/righty players, which I also don't know how to do. Perhaps I'll install a trackball and re-activate those games when I get comfortable enough with these things.
Any help, input or suggestions would be appreciated. Also, if you're in the Detroit area and are interested in a Devastator PCB let me know.
I original bought a Dig Dug cocktail with the intention of making it a 60 in 1 but after seeing the lackluster 60 in 1 menu and some correspondence with a local shop saying it would be hard to convert it in a way that would make going back to stock feasible I started looking for another cabinet. So, I picked up a Devastators for 50 bucks with a wacky screen that I easily fixed by adjusting it (except the slight burn in that says GAME OVER but I find it almost charming). The cabinet likely was converted from a Contra and I know of 0 [There is 1! -Ed.] loyal Devastators fans so I thought it'd make a good candidate for the classics.
Here's my issues:
It looks like the sound was hard wired to the Devastators PCB (wires were seemingly soldiered to the board and were attached to the speakers with wire nuts). So I'm going to need to put those into the harness since I currently have no sound. I'm having trouble finding the info on how/where to do that on the net. Was this standard for these cabinets or did someone hack it that way?
The other issue I have is the player 2 joystick is not registering so I cannot play 2 player simultaneous games. This is not a big issue for me though since I got a nice 4 way stick I just installed on player 1 and all the 2 player games are 8 way, I think. I would rather make the player 2 stick the lone 4 way stick (better position for maze games which I play with my right hand) and make the two sets of buttons clones or lefty/righty players, which I also don't know how to do. Perhaps I'll install a trackball and re-activate those games when I get comfortable enough with these things.
Any help, input or suggestions would be appreciated. Also, if you're in the Detroit area and are interested in a Devastator PCB let me know.
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