Punch-Out!! #1950 is ready to go the distance!

supertechnoboy

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I picked up this really nice Punch-Out!! a month ago, and I figured I could sqeeze in a mini-overhaul between projects on my EDOT. Here's a photo of the game as it came to me, with some areas of concern circled in red:

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The control panel had the wrong joystick and the wrong colored buttons. I replaced the joystck with an original, and replaced the buttons with the orange ones from Mike's. The overlay was really pretty nice, so I left it alone. I also replaced all of the control panel bolts while I was in there.

Before:

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After:

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While I was installing the new buttons something seemed off. Was it--hey wait a second, those aren't Nintendo swtiches!

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Corrected:

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The upper monitor had jailbars and vertical fold-over, both of which cleared right up with a cap kit. The bottom monitor just needed a little adjustment, and since I recently learned about the "hidden" brightness control VR301, I put my new knowledge to use directly.

Before:

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After:

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The bezel had a decent-size scratch, so I polished it with some steel wool, then Novus 3, 2, and 1. Here's my polishing rig, a drill with a Mothers PowerBall.

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Before...

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and after. The scratch is still there, but it's greatly improved.

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Normally I powdercoat coin doors, but I didn't want to lose that cool splatter texture or the stickers on the inside, so I tried a completely different tactic. I covered the holes with aluminum tape, and set the doors in a pool of Rust Remover Soak, which is WD40's version of Evapo-rust.
Here's what it looked like before:

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Here's what it did to the rust:

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It's hard to tell, but it basically turned the rust into bare metal. After that, I just layed a few coats of satin black directly on the original finish. It looks better than it did before, but it's not nearly as good as fresh powdercoat, so I don't know if I'll use this method again. I also replaced the reject buttons with new ones from Happ, since both of the old ones were broken and would not hold an insert.

The game was running on a switcher with the smallest-guage wiring you've ever seen!

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Thankfully, whoever did the conversion re-used the plugs from the power supply instead of hacking the harness, so that made things much easier for me. With a correct power supply the coin counter works again, which is the only thing in the game that runs off +24V.

Before (missing power supply):

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After, and in portrait orientation for no particular reason:

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The marquee was illuminated by an incandescent bulb, but by a strange twist of fate, I had an original 100V Nintendo fixture sitting on my shelf. (Twists of fate sometimes happen when you mis-diagnose a problem with your Donkey Kong fixture.)

Old one in hand, correct one installed:

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And finally, I replaced the sideart with excellect prints from QuarterArcade.

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Looks beautiful! Correct me if I am wrong, but I believe the incandescent fixture is the correct one, as mine has it too, and I believe Nintendo's intention was to illuminate the gloves on the marquee.
 
Looks beautiful! Correct me if I am wrong, but I believe the incandescent fixture is the correct one, as mine has it too, and I believe Nintendo's intention was to illuminate the gloves on the marquee.
That's wild that yours has the same thing. The parts list calls out the 100V fluorescent, and when I put mine in, it lined up with the mounting holes that were already in the wood. Maybe it was a common retrofit?
 
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