Dharmaboy
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Street Fighter 2 - Champion Edition Restore (another)
Hey Guys,
Here is my first post and wanted to say hello. My girlfriend picked me up a Street Fighter 2 Champion Edition Cabinet with working game for my Birthday. My Jaw dropped.
The game cabinet hadn't been cleaned or taken care of for years. We spent some time taking the glass off and cleaning as much as we could given what we had at the house. Replaced the Marquee lights with some low power soft blue halogens. We fixed the screen image on the tube (it was a little off centered, wrong contrast and not sharp). The image is still not crisp, but I think it does give it a bit of a vintage feel. I canned air blew out most of the PCB board and blew out the JAMMA mainboard as well. Blew out the dust in the PSU and anything else I felt and saw that collected nearly 20 years of dust. Put the game at Level 5 Difficulty and Turned On Free Play via the Dip switches.
I am not sure what type of Dynamo case that it is but its not an original SF2 cab. I think it was for some other game and they just kinda threw in the buttons (notice the angle) to make it fit like a SF2 game.
Here is my list which I plan to do for this Cabinet.
1) Change the faded Bezel, Add CE Side Stickers
2) Replace the bizarre Control Panel to more a traditional style CP Layout
3) Replace all the Buttons and Joystick (New ones are on their way via LizardLick)
4) Replace Put on some new T-molding
5) Fix any imperfections in the cabinet (busted wood etc)
6) Put in Right Side speaker on the right side (wires are there but only has left side now)
7) Coin Door locks
That should keep me busy for a bit. I was cleaning the bottom of the unit when I saw some junk wire and candy wrappers but I also found THE ORIGINAL INSTRUCTION MANUAL FOR SF2 CE!!!
I was sooo stoked. I can't believe it was just sitting there at the bottom.
Wish me luck. I will add to this post for my progress.
PS. If anyone can give me pointers what what to do about that control panel, I am all ears. I was thinking of cutting out some sheet metal and doing the work myself. User on another forum mentioned he just epoxied the new CP to the CP hinge etc.
Hey Guys,
Here is my first post and wanted to say hello. My girlfriend picked me up a Street Fighter 2 Champion Edition Cabinet with working game for my Birthday. My Jaw dropped.
The game cabinet hadn't been cleaned or taken care of for years. We spent some time taking the glass off and cleaning as much as we could given what we had at the house. Replaced the Marquee lights with some low power soft blue halogens. We fixed the screen image on the tube (it was a little off centered, wrong contrast and not sharp). The image is still not crisp, but I think it does give it a bit of a vintage feel. I canned air blew out most of the PCB board and blew out the JAMMA mainboard as well. Blew out the dust in the PSU and anything else I felt and saw that collected nearly 20 years of dust. Put the game at Level 5 Difficulty and Turned On Free Play via the Dip switches.
I am not sure what type of Dynamo case that it is but its not an original SF2 cab. I think it was for some other game and they just kinda threw in the buttons (notice the angle) to make it fit like a SF2 game.
Here is my list which I plan to do for this Cabinet.
1) Change the faded Bezel, Add CE Side Stickers
2) Replace the bizarre Control Panel to more a traditional style CP Layout
3) Replace all the Buttons and Joystick (New ones are on their way via LizardLick)
4) Replace Put on some new T-molding
5) Fix any imperfections in the cabinet (busted wood etc)
6) Put in Right Side speaker on the right side (wires are there but only has left side now)
7) Coin Door locks
That should keep me busy for a bit. I was cleaning the bottom of the unit when I saw some junk wire and candy wrappers but I also found THE ORIGINAL INSTRUCTION MANUAL FOR SF2 CE!!!
I was sooo stoked. I can't believe it was just sitting there at the bottom.
Wish me luck. I will add to this post for my progress.
PS. If anyone can give me pointers what what to do about that control panel, I am all ears. I was thinking of cutting out some sheet metal and doing the work myself. User on another forum mentioned he just epoxied the new CP to the CP hinge etc.
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