StrainedSky
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Looks great, I really need to get to restoring mine 
I really wish someone would reproduce the bezel.
I really wish someone would reproduce the bezel.
Mario Widebody Restore - Pic Heavy
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sk8ersublime
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Looks great, I really need to get to restoring mine
Yea I wish they would repo the bezels, even the conversions are a pain to find in good condition.
Parpunk
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looks beautiful man! Do you have a new CPO on order too?
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sk8ersublime
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Not yet. I have spent too much on this thing...lol. I saw it's cheaper at gameongraphix but the one from quarterarcade looks so much better. Anyone confirm?
StrainedSky
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I can confirm, get the one from Quarterarcade, you can't beat silkscreened!
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sk8ersublime
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Yea it looks perfect and it's cut already too. Damn it. I'm gonna end up charging it.... Lol. I need to fix the glitches on my board too
StrainedSky
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Yea it looks perfect and it's cut already too. Damn it. I'm gonna end up charging it.... Lol. I need to fix the glitches on my board too
It'll be worth it in the end, one of my favorites.
Excellent!
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sk8ersublime
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I got my audio cable yesterday. Unfortunately I had to hack the end of it because my harness has the little black 4 pin connector and the cable came with the white 2 pin molex. I took that off and I spliced on a 3 pin connector from one of my RC cars servo. After cutting some of the plastic off the connector it fits perfectly.
I love hearing the real sounds, when I played on mame it was terrible. On the old versions it was so bad, but since like .130 or around there they changed the walk sound and it makes me want to stab my ears.
I do have a hum in the speaker tho and I recapped the audio board already as well as replaced the transistors. I read that the transformer causes this hum?
I love hearing the real sounds, when I played on mame it was terrible. On the old versions it was so bad, but since like .130 or around there they changed the walk sound and it makes me want to stab my ears.
I do have a hum in the speaker tho and I recapped the audio board already as well as replaced the transistors. I read that the transformer causes this hum?
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sk8ersublime
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Got the CPO on eBay a few weeks ago. $35! Silkscreened. Posting from my phone so sorry about the rotated photo.
I guess the only other thing I've done is get the coin door lights working
Anyway. Just missing side art, which I am going to buy the solvent inkjet set on eBay for $55. The phoenix arcade stuff looks really nice but $165 is more than I paid for the cab itself.... And I need to fix the ram issue on the board, but the game is playable.
I guess the only other thing I've done is get the coin door lights working
Anyway. Just missing side art, which I am going to buy the solvent inkjet set on eBay for $55. The phoenix arcade stuff looks really nice but $165 is more than I paid for the cab itself.... And I need to fix the ram issue on the board, but the game is playable.
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sk8ersublime
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I got the sideart from ebay. It was kind of a pain to apply because it kept trying to stretch, but with my wife's help, we got it on and it looks great! She bought me the artwork for my birthday
The game does not play right now because I stole the monitor out of it for my DK and replaced it with a K4901. I need the inverter board and sound amp from Mike's arcade. Ill be ordering that soon enough. Once I have that and the 2 orange buttons, I just need to get the dents out of the coin door and then I think I am finished...unless of course I get a hold of another sanyo, then i put it in here.
The game does not play right now because I stole the monitor out of it for my DK and replaced it with a K4901. I need the inverter board and sound amp from Mike's arcade. Ill be ordering that soon enough. Once I have that and the 2 orange buttons, I just need to get the dents out of the coin door and then I think I am finished...unless of course I get a hold of another sanyo, then i put it in here.
kcfreeloader
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That looks so great! Hope mine looks like that someday!
Phetishboy
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Is this still a work in progress then? I see that you didn't really restore the front of the machine. You mentioned the dents in the coin door, but the black looks scuffed and I see plugs in the still existing lockbar holes? Did you paint the sides or use Rich's vinyl? The vinyl kit comes with all new black vinyl for the front as well. I am sure he'll sell you just the black if you need it. I'm just wondering and offering suggestions. I mean, you've gone to all this trouble so far, might as well go all the way.
You did a great job! Love the before and after pic......
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Caveat emptor. Several Negative reviews
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you gotta love the nintendo games.
you gotta love the nintendo games.
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sk8ersublime
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It is a wip still. The machine was painted black when I got it and I never removed the black paint from the front, because I hate black paint. I'm not too worried about it but I have thought about TOGs vinyl. That will be the route I go if I decide to do anything about it. I removed the security bolts from my DK and just patched and sanded and painted it, but again I hate black paint so I am trying to avoid it lol
Phetishboy
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You'll have to do both unfortunately. It does look good when finished though.
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sk8ersublime
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Yea Ive seen all of your restores. They are fantastic, lucky for me I'm not a perfectionist
Parpunk
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Congrats again man! Awesome to see this thing evolve from the horrible double dragon hack that it was.
