HELP - Circus Charlie color and audio

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I traded for some boards on Saturday and one of them was a non-working Circus Charlie.

DOA. Missing leg on one rom and note stating one ram was scavenged.

Replaced 4164 and burned new rom, no change.

All roms checked out and sockets are stiff and holding well.
All ram checked on main board, passed.

Using the Slice Tool from @GadgetFreak I found 3x 374 and 1x 244 that we bad. For @mecha scorecard, they were all fushitsu.

I got it booting with ram and rom passing boot check and can play the game.


Colors are off and I have audio. I don't think I'm missing a color as white is correct but something is off for sure. Proms are not socketed so wondering if it may be color prom ?

Roms in sound board checked out.
Amp is good and pot seems to function.

Any input on either problem is appreciated.


Played it a bit and it's more fun than I expected, looking forward to making it 100%

Shout out to @mattosborn for his info on here about the Konami customs. Helped me rule out the non boot issue being related to customs.
 

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@mattosborn is definitely a good citizen

also I can't claim credit for the Fujitsu thing. I'm sure other people have brought it up but it was a thing @gamefixer would ask me if I had any strange issues. he was fixing JAMMA games with bad Fujitsu chips, so it was a thing that went on for awhile.
 
Booted some more last night.

Ram/Rom screen is showing in light blue.
Grid is showing in white.

I believe ram/rom test should be in white.

Also note, removed prom 2A (J28 in mame) and it passes.

The digging continues…
 
Booted some more last night.

Ram/Rom screen is showing in light blue.
Grid is showing in white.

I believe ram/rom test should be in white.

Also note, removed prom 2A (J28 in mame) and it passes.

The digging continues…
Unfortunately I don't have any technical help for you but I am confident you will figure it out. Circus Charlie is a very underrated game. I play it on the Konami 573. Super fun.
 
Unfortunately I don't have any technical help for you but I am confident you will figure it out. Circus Charlie is a very underrated game. I play it on the Konami 573. Super fun.
I didn't know it was on the 573, I will see if I can find that one on the "adjusted" CDr list to work with mine.

I agree, this game feels like TnF as a clown with different events. I wonder how hard it would be to port these events over to the TnF / Hypersport ReArranged ...
 
System 573 80's Arcade Gallery. One of my favorite multi games.
 
Definitely the colors are off, I have 2 boards that had issues and could never figure them out (novice repairs) I ended up sending them to Madrits he fixed them for me
 
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