So much for the dry spell...

Nice grab Keith. I don't know if its the one by me, but i tried to get ahold of that guy about 5 times over the past week with no response...lol Megatack and Star Castle were my first 2 games, i got them free from a laundromat owner i worked for in the evenings when i was 16.
 
Nice grab Keith. I don't know if its the one by me, but i tried to get ahold of that guy about 5 times over the past week with no response...lol Megatack and Star Castle were my first 2 games, i got them free from a laundromat owner i worked for in the evenings when i was 16.

If you want it let me know. I already have a Challenger and probably won't be able to keep this one. I left my number and got a text right away. Ended up buying a bunch of tools from him also.

The sound is currently not working and it's got some nasty cat shit inside, but it's otherwise decent and working. Hoping to get it fixed up and pass it on to a fellow enthusiast.
 
Excellent snag, Keith!

If kiddrivers does not want it, you may want to hit-up others in the KC area, as they are collecting some of these more obscure titles.

Scott C.
 
If you want it let me know. I already have a Challenger and probably won't be able to keep this one. I left my number and got a text right away. Ended up buying a bunch of tools from him also.

The sound is currently not working and it's got some nasty cat shit inside, but it's otherwise decent and working. Hoping to get it fixed up and pass it on to a fellow enthusiast.

Thanks for the offer man, but its not something i am dying to have. Just was going to try and save it because it was so close to me and it was 1 of my first 2 games ever...lol Sounds like you shouldn't have any trouble finding it a good home!!!
 
Thanks for the offer man, but its not something i am dying to have. Just was going to try and save it because it was so close to me and it was 1 of my first 2 games ever...lol Sounds like you shouldn't have any trouble finding it a good home!!!

Yes I was making contact with the seller, and then just lost contact.. :( Miss out on this one.. Ill buy it for the same price.. :)

j
 
Yes I was making contact with the seller, and then just lost contact.. :( Miss out on this one.. Ill buy it for the same price.. :)

j
I have mine at Chesterfield mall right now. I have 2 sets of boards that both have problems. Last time I played it, the graphics were garbled. Sometimes it was playable. I have been toying with putting in a 619-in-1 in it so it could play the original game and other 1 button games. Monitor worked for the most part, but I think I took a daughterboard off it to try to fix another monitor (can double check). Fairly solid cab. I can let it go for what I paid for if you or anybody is interested in it for $40.
 
Are you saying you have a complete Megatach game with 2 boards for $40? If so I'm in. Maybe we can resurrect 2 of these games.

I'm going to try to brave the cold today and open this up, clean out all the cat shit, try to figure out why there is no sound and snap some photos. Stay tuned...
 
Are you saying you have a complete Megatach game with 2 boards for $40? If so I'm in. Maybe we can resurrect 2 of these games.

Yes I do. Yes I will. I'm at the Neutral Zone at Chesterfield Mall on Mondays so if you want to see/get it, that it the day to do it. I will take a couple pics tomorrow and post them.
 
Lunch break. Here's the morning report...

While unloading I noticed the bottom was loose and warped from all the cat piss. I yanked it off. Luckily the game has a box frame base that just bolts on to the cabinet so it should be easy to rebuild with some fresh lumber. The bottom of the cabinet has some swelling (typical MDF damage). Probably wouldn't be hard to cut a few inches off the bottom and just expand a new box frame to make up the difference.

The power supply is shit (literally). Replacing it obviously, but I did test it and it was putting out 6V. Hopefully it didn't fry the sound board. I do happen to have a spare sound board from another Megatack laying around so there's still some hope either way.

I'll get back to work on this in a bit and see if I can get it up and running today.
 

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Put in a computer power supply and found that the speaker was simply disconnected for some reason. Fully working game now, sounds and all tests pass. I'll tackle the cabinet when the weather warms up.

Yes I was making contact with the seller, and then just lost contact.. :( Miss out on this one.. Ill buy it for the same price.. :)

j

Yes I do. Yes I will. I'm at the Neutral Zone at Chesterfield Mall on Mondays so if you want to see/get it, that it the day to do it. I will take a couple pics tomorrow and post them.

If dhackd wants one let him have first crack at either yours or mine. Otherwise I will definitely come get it. Can possibly even come early tomorrow morning or late afternoon if dhackd responds pretty soon. Any more cheap projects you need to move?
 

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Here is the pics!
 

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Thanks to Ralph and his generosity I now own 2 of these games along with a third set of boards. Looks like both of the Video Interface boards are shot. Both main boards are good. Just missing a rom for one of them. So the search is now on for at least one (preferably 2) Interface boards. I tried swapping all socketed components around with the same result each time on each board (see images below) so the problem is directly on each board. In the meantime I'll be able to put together one nice game out of these. The rougher cab will sit in the barn for now until I can hopefully get it going also and fix the cabinet up a bit. Otherwise it might be a good parts donor if anyone out there needs parts to fix a better cabinet. Stay tuned...
 

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