So i picked up a Defender cabinet when I went to pick up a Centipede cab. I wasn't planning on getting it when i went there. It was complete but not working. Cab is solid. Monitor has slight burn, but not bad at all with bezel over it. I got it for $100. It came with 2 pcbs. One was not working for sure, as the owner told me. He got the second pcb but never had a chance to test it. I only got it because the cab was slightly in better shape than mine. Figured if anything I could make 1 good game from 2.
So I just got done taking each component out one at a time and tested them in my working cabinet. The monitor works and looks good. Better than my current monitor I have. But then i tested the main pcb, rom pcb, sound pcb, and power supply. All 4 components didnt work. Only the interface pcb and monitor worked. Only thing I haven't tested is the power brick on bottom of the cab.
So now my question is what to do with this Cab? Do i fix all 4 components and sell as a working machine? I'm not sure how much it is going to cost to fix all 4 components, plus a cap kit for the monitor chassis. Or do I say screw it, swap out all the better condition parts from it and put on my working cab, and sell it as a non-working but complete game? What would you do?
Here are a few pics of the game in question for reference. It does have all the parts. They are just removed at time of these pics
So I just got done taking each component out one at a time and tested them in my working cabinet. The monitor works and looks good. Better than my current monitor I have. But then i tested the main pcb, rom pcb, sound pcb, and power supply. All 4 components didnt work. Only the interface pcb and monitor worked. Only thing I haven't tested is the power brick on bottom of the cab.
So now my question is what to do with this Cab? Do i fix all 4 components and sell as a working machine? I'm not sure how much it is going to cost to fix all 4 components, plus a cap kit for the monitor chassis. Or do I say screw it, swap out all the better condition parts from it and put on my working cab, and sell it as a non-working but complete game? What would you do?
Here are a few pics of the game in question for reference. It does have all the parts. They are just removed at time of these pics




