My plumber saw my arcade collection in my garage when he was doing some work, and asked if I could fix his uncle's New Fruit Bonus '96 slot machine. It turned out the monitor (Tovis MTG-1901) needed a cap kit.
Definitely not my area of interest, but I'm a blue collar kid and I like to keep trades people happy, so I agreed to fix it.
Installed the cap kit, which went great.
Here's the issue: it was set on free play when I got it. There's a button on the top left of the cabinet that I pressed while testing (shown in the 2nd photo), and now free play is gone. I have since pressed that button repeatedly, held it down while powering the cab up, etc: nothing. I don't think it's a DIP switch issue (I never touched those), but I checked the manual, and I don't see an option there either. I also checked the service menu: nothing there.
Playing with cash works fine.
I think the button is some sort of free credit hack (I don't think the PCB supports that option), but I know little/nothing about these machines.
Would appreciate any thoughts from anyone who knows more about these machines than I do.
Thanks!
- Eric


Definitely not my area of interest, but I'm a blue collar kid and I like to keep trades people happy, so I agreed to fix it.
Installed the cap kit, which went great.
Here's the issue: it was set on free play when I got it. There's a button on the top left of the cabinet that I pressed while testing (shown in the 2nd photo), and now free play is gone. I have since pressed that button repeatedly, held it down while powering the cab up, etc: nothing. I don't think it's a DIP switch issue (I never touched those), but I checked the manual, and I don't see an option there either. I also checked the service menu: nothing there.
Playing with cash works fine.
I think the button is some sort of free credit hack (I don't think the PCB supports that option), but I know little/nothing about these machines.
Would appreciate any thoughts from anyone who knows more about these machines than I do.
Thanks!
- Eric




