saving a matsushita tm202g out of proto crystal castles UR

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saving a matsushita tm202g out of proto crystal castles UR

I got a call the other day to help fix Franz Lanzinger's proto crystal castle UR. He thought the tube neck was broken in a move, but it actually was the monitor chassis. It got snapped by the flyback and on the other side they broke off the horizontal width coil(took some pcb with it on the small board).

I put a 4900 in the cab and he was happy, But I think I might be able to fix the break and give him back his monitor(The game has 750 plays on it and the screen had zero burn). I think I might have a spare chassis around(probably dead).

So the question is, Should I try to fix the monitor pcb or should I try to swap it? I can post pics of the damage later. I can't imagine its a multi layer board, so I would think it would be straight forward to repair broken traces. Never capped a matsushita monitor before. I have only seen 2 or 3. Are they very reliable? He has the same monitor in his proto xevious. Again with zero burn on it(my guess about the same use, but the cab got exposed to moisture).

He is happy with the 4900, but I feel the urge to keep his game 100%.
 
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I think the Matshushita is a pretty common monitor. I do not think it is that reliable. I wouldn't bother trying to fix a break in the PCB for a monitor chassis that most people just throw away (you should be able to get one cheap). The machine is rare but the monitor is not.
 
Personally I like Matsushitu monitors because once they are working... they have a nice picture quality imho.

Seeing how the game is a prototype, I'd definitely try and fix the original monitor. If anything, the story just adds a little more "patena" to the overall game history... again imho. ;)
 
What was interesting about the cab was that it had written inside magic castle 3. Franz had never noticed it. I would have guessed development name, but he did not think so..
 
I would think "Magic Castle" would be a development name. The "3" probably refers to the cabinet number or the panel number of the cabinet.

I agree with everything said above. It is up to you!
 
For originality, I'd say to fix it.

The broken board is not difficult to fix. I don't know of ANY monitor chassis boards that are multi-layer.
The majority of them have single side traces also.

As for the Matsushita itself, I've had repeat issues with the ones I've had. I don't think any game I've currently got has one installed.

One of my first three games was a Crystal Castles with a Matsushita.
 
I think its a little to gone to fix. from the top it did not look that bad, but from the bottom, its a bit much...

pcb1-2.jpg



they managed to break all 3 boards!

pcb2.jpg
 
Unless there are missing PCB pieces I'd try to fix it.

BTW. Did you notice what Franz' high score was on his machine?

Darren Harris
Staten Island, New York.
 
Unless there are missing PCB pieces I'd try to fix it.

BTW. Did you notice what Franz' high score was on his machine?

Darren Harris
Staten Island, New York.

He was surprised his high score was still there. I told him it had an EAROM and not battery save.

He said a friend of his beat his high score, but I did not see what it was.
 
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