I picked up this Spy Hunter today...
It works...mostly... there is no red showing on the monitor. I wiggled both ends of the video wire... one end does nothing and the other end (PCB side) causes the video to cut off and on but doesn't ever show red. I figure it's likely either the monitor chassis or the harness... I'll figure that out easily enough by plugging in to the extra monitor I have sitting here.
The game has been changed over to use a switcher... but instead of being a total hack-job, there is a PCB the switcher hooks up to:
The little PCB says "MCR Switcher Adapter - Copyright Tom Wisnionski"
There is an on-board 3.6v battery back it looks like.
But it's not saving high scores. Any ideas?
Also, I get major popping every time a light on the dashboard (bezel) comes on... (machine gun, etc.)... grounding issue you figure?
It works...mostly... there is no red showing on the monitor. I wiggled both ends of the video wire... one end does nothing and the other end (PCB side) causes the video to cut off and on but doesn't ever show red. I figure it's likely either the monitor chassis or the harness... I'll figure that out easily enough by plugging in to the extra monitor I have sitting here.
The game has been changed over to use a switcher... but instead of being a total hack-job, there is a PCB the switcher hooks up to:
The little PCB says "MCR Switcher Adapter - Copyright Tom Wisnionski"
There is an on-board 3.6v battery back it looks like.
But it's not saving high scores. Any ideas?
Also, I get major popping every time a light on the dashboard (bezel) comes on... (machine gun, etc.)... grounding issue you figure?


