Newfie
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So I bought a $200 Galaga, owner told me "Motherboard is bad, and video is gone". Side art, CPO and marquee were all in excellent shape, so I thoght WTF, I'll get it. Brought it home. adjusted H-hold and another couple of pots and woo-hoo, I can play Galaga.
First thing I notice is that once the enemies settle at the top, there is a mirror image of them midway on the screen. Then ,after stage 7, no enemies come down. Hmmm, weird. Turn it off and on again, play for another while, next time I have like 50,000 after level 1. Then my score shows as 15S2K51, while the high score shows as 125, 18somethingsomething. I stop playing, and then the high score is KS52K51.
So, board problem I'm guessing.
Any way to troubleshoot this? The board is def. a bootleg (2 boards), and I know squat about boards.
Any help is appreciated.
First thing I notice is that once the enemies settle at the top, there is a mirror image of them midway on the screen. Then ,after stage 7, no enemies come down. Hmmm, weird. Turn it off and on again, play for another while, next time I have like 50,000 after level 1. Then my score shows as 15S2K51, while the high score shows as 125, 18somethingsomething. I stop playing, and then the high score is KS52K51.
So, board problem I'm guessing.
Any way to troubleshoot this? The board is def. a bootleg (2 boards), and I know squat about boards.
Any help is appreciated.
