Misbehaving Space Invaders

jb007gd

New member
Joined
Jan 7, 2010
Messages
18
Reaction score
2
Location
Cleveland Heights, Ohio
Hi all!

My Space Invaders is acting strangely. At first I was sure I had monitor issues but the more I fiddled with it the more I think the monitor is just fine. What happens is the game powers up just fine and I can start playing. After a few minutes though, the screen will start to act up. By acting up, I mean it may get jittery like if the vertical hold was being adjusted, or it will get dim and look "transparent" as if only every other line is being drawn, and finally the screen will just disappear. The game continues to play just fine during all this.
If I power off the game however, there is a split second where the video comes back on the screen and then of course the game shuts off. Once I turn it back on the video will be fine, and the cycle repeats... I have a video of it here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_n7zW_0piU

Any suggestions on the right steps to start troubleshooting are greatly appreciated.
Thank you!

- Jay
 
I had something similar happen that turned out to be a bad connection at the connector to the monitor. Try wiggling it while this is happening and see if it clears up...
 
I'm going to go home and check my monitor connector - but mine does something extra - sometimes before the screen fades to unviewable, some of the characters turn into upside-down question marks.

Someone suggested my PS's voltage was off (-5v or was it -12v?).

I haven't ordered a new one yet to see if that solves the problem.
 
Back
Top Bottom