Phetishboy
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This time it was a Street Fighter II: World Warrior in a Dynamo Cut corner cab at a small town movie theatre. The game displayed no picture, no power, switcher appeared dead, about $75 in quarters on the floor, mingling with a ton of dust and shorting out God knows what. I cleaned out the quarters, took the K7000 chassis home and capped it. Still wasn't working so I sent it to Chris and he needed to replace a few more components including the flyback if I remember correctly. He sent it back and I sat on it for a few months. Finally got a chance to get back over there and install it. Still dead. Changed out the fuse with a new 4A SlowBlow, still nothing. Reseated connectors, twisted the fuse, now she powered up, but still no picture. Pulled the monitor's AC plug, metered the transformer side, it was putting out 118 V. Plugged it back in, heard it energize. Must have been a bad connection. Went to the front, still no pic. messed with the brightness, screen and contrast. Finally got a pic but man was it touchy. I had to have all 3 dialed in just right or the pic would go black. Very small adjustment window.
Now to coin it up and play. Wouldn't coin up. Checked the micros, both 5V coin wires were off. reconnected them, was able to coin it up. Tried to start a 1 player game, wouldn't start. Finally flipped open the CP and reconnected the crimp connectors. Now I could start a game. Tried to fight, but half the buttons didn't work, player one Joy wouldn't jump, etc. Pulled the CP open again and my God what a mess. Some connections soldered, some crimped, some bent, one microswitch housing busted open, 3 tabs on the side bent over and pinched when the CP was shut. Did what I could reconnecting and securing everything, tried it again, now all controls worked. Dialed the monitor in a little better, locked it all back up and pushed it to the wall. I then packed up my gear and got the hell out of there. Another game lives in the wild.
Now to coin it up and play. Wouldn't coin up. Checked the micros, both 5V coin wires were off. reconnected them, was able to coin it up. Tried to start a 1 player game, wouldn't start. Finally flipped open the CP and reconnected the crimp connectors. Now I could start a game. Tried to fight, but half the buttons didn't work, player one Joy wouldn't jump, etc. Pulled the CP open again and my God what a mess. Some connections soldered, some crimped, some bent, one microswitch housing busted open, 3 tabs on the side bent over and pinched when the CP was shut. Did what I could reconnecting and securing everything, tried it again, now all controls worked. Dialed the monitor in a little better, locked it all back up and pushed it to the wall. I then packed up my gear and got the hell out of there. Another game lives in the wild.
