OMGWTFBBQ!!! - My QIX video review with pics and hardware overview!
I recently picked up a QIX and finally got it working today! I put up a quick little video review below. This game was a bitch to get working. I ended up buying two board sets, swapping ram, reflowing header pins, etc. In the end, the working board set from eBay fixed this for me. Phew!! This was after countless hours of swapping different boards in and out and fiddling with edge connectors, header pins, harnesses, etc. This game sucks!
After I installed my "working" board set from ebay today, the game wouldn't boot at all. I called Jon Exidy's Taito support hotline and he suggested I install a battery. So, I took a drive to Ace Hardware and picked up a 3.6v 1200mah cordless phone battery, installed it, and after it fired right up. Thanks, Jon! I remember having a similar issue when I was trying to get my Zoo Keeper working. These damn games need that battery!!!! Otherwise they just DO NOT want to boot! Arrgh!
Huge shout out to Joey Ray for hooking me up with the seller of this game, Professor Farnsworth for the (FREE!) bezel and the KLOV'r whose name I forget who sold me the marquee (sorry! I forget your name!).
It takes a village...
BTW - this game is frickin' HARD!! Seriously hard. I'd love to hear some tips and tricks to get good at this game. Right now, I BLOW!!!
Now, to find a way to fit this into the basement!
In HD here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W08i_HWtZFk&feature=youtu.be
I recently picked up a QIX and finally got it working today! I put up a quick little video review below. This game was a bitch to get working. I ended up buying two board sets, swapping ram, reflowing header pins, etc. In the end, the working board set from eBay fixed this for me. Phew!! This was after countless hours of swapping different boards in and out and fiddling with edge connectors, header pins, harnesses, etc. This game sucks!
After I installed my "working" board set from ebay today, the game wouldn't boot at all. I called Jon Exidy's Taito support hotline and he suggested I install a battery. So, I took a drive to Ace Hardware and picked up a 3.6v 1200mah cordless phone battery, installed it, and after it fired right up. Thanks, Jon! I remember having a similar issue when I was trying to get my Zoo Keeper working. These damn games need that battery!!!! Otherwise they just DO NOT want to boot! Arrgh!
Huge shout out to Joey Ray for hooking me up with the seller of this game, Professor Farnsworth for the (FREE!) bezel and the KLOV'r whose name I forget who sold me the marquee (sorry! I forget your name!).
It takes a village...
BTW - this game is frickin' HARD!! Seriously hard. I'd love to hear some tips and tricks to get good at this game. Right now, I BLOW!!!
Now, to find a way to fit this into the basement!
In HD here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W08i_HWtZFk&feature=youtu.be
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