Pac-Man Board keeps blowing both 1Amp Fuses

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So I'm working on this Pac-Man machine. Everything turns on but no game comes on screen & it doesn't sound like it's playing blind. The monitor hasn't been worked on in 20+ years so I'm going to recap it regardless, all I get is a solid green screen & it appears to be collapsing anyway.
The fuse holder was broken, & the previous owner at some point put a paper clip in there to by pass the fuse in the broken holder. I replaced the holder & the 1 Amp Fast Blow fuses blow. When I disconnect the game PCB the fuses do not blow, but when it is connected they blow.
The board was converted to Pac-Man Plus & the daughter board was no longer secured & was hanging just hanging by it's ribbon cable & had knocked off the Sync Bus which was hanging by what was left of it's zip tie. So my first plan of action is to convert it back to Pac-Man because 1. It's in a gorgeous Pac-Man cab & 2. I prefer working on them without the daughter board in the way.
My question really is if I should be looking for anything specific that could be blowing the fuse? I imagine possibly a short or something with the edge connector, which appears fine but I haven't had a chance to look at it closely, but wanted to know if it could possibly a certain component at fault or if maybe it's the caps. I have already tried searching for someone with a similar issue but every other "fuse blow" issue I find is a different set of fuses.
 
Take a pic of the PCB. Do you know if the PCB was converted to D.C.? That would blow the fuse.
 
I can post a pic of the board in the morning, but I'm pretty sure it wasn't converted to DC. The board was found in the cabinet I'm using it in so one would think the board should work in this cabinet with all components working at least.
 
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We need to see a pic of the diodes on the game board to see if they have a jumper across them.


I can post a pic of the board in the morning, but I'm pretty sure it wasn't converted to DC. The board was found in the cabinet I'm using it in so one would think the board should work in this cabinet with all components working at least.
 
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