Virtua Racer graphics issue

bongoben

New member
Joined
Aug 7, 2008
Messages
2,250
Reaction score
7
Location
Wisconsin
Hey... just picked up an upright Virtua Racer lastnight. Can looks great and game plays fine but there is a graphics issue. Two issues that I see. First, the "background layer" of graphics (grass and sky) seem to be fine. Colors are good and they are aligned correctly. But the "top layer" of graphics (i.e. the actual gameplay) is shifted a couple inches to the left. You can see the blank right side of the screen for that layer of the graphics. Additionally, the colors in that top layer of graphics is all screwed up. The road might be fine in a couple of screens but as you drive it turns all sorts of strange colors. The same with the trees and other off the road things. See attached pics.

It was recommended to me to re-seat all the chips on the board which I did and it had no effect. oh the above listed issues. Any other ideas or other things I should check. If not I'm assuming there is a corrupted rom or a bad connection on the game pcb. So, does anyone know what rom chip might be giving me this hard time and where I could find the file to have this chip burned for me? If not, I'm probably looking at just needing to pick up a new boardset, correct? Anyone have one for sale/trade at a reasonable price? What is a reasonable price for this boardset?
 

Attachments

  • IMG00347.jpg
    IMG00347.jpg
    89.9 KB · Views: 8
  • IMG00348.jpg
    IMG00348.jpg
    95.4 KB · Views: 7
  • IMG00350.jpg
    IMG00350.jpg
    100.3 KB · Views: 6
  • IMG00351.jpg
    IMG00351.jpg
    100.3 KB · Views: 10
Congrats on the pickup (I just got one too last weekend).

I have been doing a lot of research and saw your symptoms listed in quite a few places. The first one below seems to be the most specific in regards to your problem and the second confirms it.

Good luck!!!

- Mike

http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.video.arcade.collecting/browse_thread/thread/31cf52648b152678/4f6c9e9fa2603b07?lnk=gst&q=virtua+racing#4f6c9e9fa2603b07

http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.video.marketplace/browse_thread/thread/3b3464f35481c21f/5f91ec35fc575f28?lnk=gst&q=virtua+racing#5f91ec35fc575f28
 
Wow.. thanks for those links. And congrats on your pickup also. I sounds like I just need to find a new video board from either a Virtua Racing or a Virtua Fighter. The search is on...
 
Back
Top Bottom