knipple
New member
Hello all! Recently picked up a used dedicated KI machine. This used to be my favorite game as a kid in the arcade and I was finally able to get my hands on one!
The cabinet right now is in good working condition. It powers up, original disk check is ok, there are some slight lines in the picture which may be monitor or monitor board related, and the sound seems to be working ok. The cabinet itself is in good shape, I plan on putting some t-molding in, replacing the sticks and buttons and cleaning up or replacing the gfx and marquees.
Just a few questions, could anyone point me in the right direction as to what could be wrong with the screen, you will see in the pic that there are the lines, some people said it might be monitor board related? Do you think it would be more cost effective to just replace it?
I'm planning on creating my own CF drive to replace eventually which I have done a lot of research on, i'm pretty PC tech savvy as well
But I know you need the U98 boot rom replacement which I see you can purchase. My question is; how could I go about creating my own...I believe you need some sort of eprom programmer/eraser, but where would you get the replica chip from??
And one more..I want to clean the control panel overlay off, which is underneath the "glass" where the controls are. I see there a few screws there which look they are a non standard type. Is there an easy way to take this off without damaging it at all?
I plan on picking up some happ controls as well, was planning on the ultimate one..if anyone has suggestions..
http://na.suzohapp.com/joysticks/ultimate_joy.htm
Here is a link to some PICS that I have taken...
http://east5ide.com/ki/
Thanks in advance for any help/suggestions! And thanks for having me on this board!
The cabinet right now is in good working condition. It powers up, original disk check is ok, there are some slight lines in the picture which may be monitor or monitor board related, and the sound seems to be working ok. The cabinet itself is in good shape, I plan on putting some t-molding in, replacing the sticks and buttons and cleaning up or replacing the gfx and marquees.
Just a few questions, could anyone point me in the right direction as to what could be wrong with the screen, you will see in the pic that there are the lines, some people said it might be monitor board related? Do you think it would be more cost effective to just replace it?
I'm planning on creating my own CF drive to replace eventually which I have done a lot of research on, i'm pretty PC tech savvy as well
And one more..I want to clean the control panel overlay off, which is underneath the "glass" where the controls are. I see there a few screws there which look they are a non standard type. Is there an easy way to take this off without damaging it at all?
I plan on picking up some happ controls as well, was planning on the ultimate one..if anyone has suggestions..
http://na.suzohapp.com/joysticks/ultimate_joy.htm
Here is a link to some PICS that I have taken...
http://east5ide.com/ki/
Thanks in advance for any help/suggestions! And thanks for having me on this board!

