OK so this post is a long time coming but here's my latest pickup, the big one, Frogger.

Been looking for this one for a while, #1 on my short list, and i wanted it to be in the original sega woodgrain cabinet with no artwork.
Picked this baby up from fatsgt up in MD. Real short trip, nice weather, and easy to find even though my phone died 5 minutes before we got there. Fats is #1 not fat and #2 a hell of a nice guy with a hell of a nice collection! Was nice enough to show me and my buddy around even though he was working. Always love seeing other peoples collections.
So anyway, I sent him a $100 deposit the day the game was posted and then picked it up about 10 days later. When I arrived, the monitor colors were off though and there was a wave in the monitor. Other than that, it was in great working shape as advertised. Like I said, fats was working that day and he was on multiple conference calls.. but still took the time to not only degauss the monitor (and fix the colors) but show me how to use it which i really appreciated. I bought one that week. I had heard about this process but never had a game that needed it and had never seen it in person, pretty cool stuff.
Anyway, all looks good on the game otherwise, its in a really nice cabinet with just a couple dings. Insides are SUPER clean, all the original hardware is there, manuals also. The CPO is not in good shape but this was well documented before I purchased it and i am going to replace that and the cardboard bezel behind the monitor glass also since those are pretty easy to acquire these days repro'd. I also had some custom sideart made that should be here today or tomorrow.
So we strap her in and make the drive home. Get it inside and plug it in and the monitor looked like this:

I freaked out a little bit.. i just saw the monitor and it was not like this.. something must have happened on the trip home.. but it was a smooth trip. Give him a call and he apologized profusely for the trouble and suggested it needed to be degaussed again, perhaps a sensitive monitor. I agreed and thought I should get one anyway so bought one off ebay. After rotating the game 90 degrees into its new home and hitting it twice the the degaussing coil I got the colors looking real good:

So the only issue now is this wave in the monitor. It is constant from turn on to off, moving horizontally, the wave is shaped a bit like mountains and that is also constant. Also, while playing, every 20 -30 seconds or so the monitor can be seen "bumping" or "shifting", as if the wave had crashed into the side. This sounds really bad but when you play it's not too noticeable. The hits are, but not the wave. Regardless, as nice as this game is, i want this monitor fixed. Unfortunately I am a noob when it comes to monitor repair. here is a video where you can see the wave but I'm not sure if you'll see the shakes or not. Suggestions on where to start? All I've done so far is check the voltages on PS, which seem to be OK.
Here's a pic of the wave:

And a video:
Wanted to thank fats again for the great game, tour of the house and all the tech help so far, great great seller!
Cap kit fix the issue with the monitor you think? I'm sorry I did not grab the model when i was back there, forgot, but it is the original monitor that came with Frogger i assume.

Been looking for this one for a while, #1 on my short list, and i wanted it to be in the original sega woodgrain cabinet with no artwork.
Picked this baby up from fatsgt up in MD. Real short trip, nice weather, and easy to find even though my phone died 5 minutes before we got there. Fats is #1 not fat and #2 a hell of a nice guy with a hell of a nice collection! Was nice enough to show me and my buddy around even though he was working. Always love seeing other peoples collections.
So anyway, I sent him a $100 deposit the day the game was posted and then picked it up about 10 days later. When I arrived, the monitor colors were off though and there was a wave in the monitor. Other than that, it was in great working shape as advertised. Like I said, fats was working that day and he was on multiple conference calls.. but still took the time to not only degauss the monitor (and fix the colors) but show me how to use it which i really appreciated. I bought one that week. I had heard about this process but never had a game that needed it and had never seen it in person, pretty cool stuff.
Anyway, all looks good on the game otherwise, its in a really nice cabinet with just a couple dings. Insides are SUPER clean, all the original hardware is there, manuals also. The CPO is not in good shape but this was well documented before I purchased it and i am going to replace that and the cardboard bezel behind the monitor glass also since those are pretty easy to acquire these days repro'd. I also had some custom sideart made that should be here today or tomorrow.
So we strap her in and make the drive home. Get it inside and plug it in and the monitor looked like this:

I freaked out a little bit.. i just saw the monitor and it was not like this.. something must have happened on the trip home.. but it was a smooth trip. Give him a call and he apologized profusely for the trouble and suggested it needed to be degaussed again, perhaps a sensitive monitor. I agreed and thought I should get one anyway so bought one off ebay. After rotating the game 90 degrees into its new home and hitting it twice the the degaussing coil I got the colors looking real good:

So the only issue now is this wave in the monitor. It is constant from turn on to off, moving horizontally, the wave is shaped a bit like mountains and that is also constant. Also, while playing, every 20 -30 seconds or so the monitor can be seen "bumping" or "shifting", as if the wave had crashed into the side. This sounds really bad but when you play it's not too noticeable. The hits are, but not the wave. Regardless, as nice as this game is, i want this monitor fixed. Unfortunately I am a noob when it comes to monitor repair. here is a video where you can see the wave but I'm not sure if you'll see the shakes or not. Suggestions on where to start? All I've done so far is check the voltages on PS, which seem to be OK.
Here's a pic of the wave:

And a video:
Wanted to thank fats again for the great game, tour of the house and all the tech help so far, great great seller!
Cap kit fix the issue with the monitor you think? I'm sorry I did not grab the model when i was back there, forgot, but it is the original monitor that came with Frogger i assume.


