Grbgemen
Active member
I picked up a Punch-out cabinet from a local guy a few weeks back. Was missing both monitors, bezel, and power supply(i now have all of that). The pcb had a ton of corrosion on the cpu board but the other two boards were really clean.
On my quest to get my pcb working, i bought an untested pcb to see if i could get at least one going. Upon receiving the untested pcb, i noticed that my pcb was actually a Super Punch-Out and not a regular Punch-Out like i had thought. I thought that was neat but after swapping the boards and roms in every possible combination, i finally broke down and bought a working PO pcb.
So yesterday i had some free time to mess with the SPO pcb that i originally got in the cabinet. I swapped all the roms and security board from the cpu over to the working cpu board. Hooked all the boards together and what do you know, SPO booted up and plays just fine.
So now, after that lengthy story, i need to make a decision. Do i restore the cabinet to Punch-Out or do i restore the cabinet to Super Punch-Out?
Here is what is needed in each case....
Super Punch-Out
- Side art w/Super decals
- Marquee
- CPO "Ducking Pull" overlay
- Convert Joystick to allow duck
- Wiring(for extra switch to allow duck)???
Punch-Out
- Side art
At this point, I am leaning towards just restoring back to Punch-Out like i had originally had intended. Seems to be the easiest and cost effective way to go about this.
On my quest to get my pcb working, i bought an untested pcb to see if i could get at least one going. Upon receiving the untested pcb, i noticed that my pcb was actually a Super Punch-Out and not a regular Punch-Out like i had thought. I thought that was neat but after swapping the boards and roms in every possible combination, i finally broke down and bought a working PO pcb.
So yesterday i had some free time to mess with the SPO pcb that i originally got in the cabinet. I swapped all the roms and security board from the cpu over to the working cpu board. Hooked all the boards together and what do you know, SPO booted up and plays just fine.
So now, after that lengthy story, i need to make a decision. Do i restore the cabinet to Punch-Out or do i restore the cabinet to Super Punch-Out?
Here is what is needed in each case....
Super Punch-Out
- Side art w/Super decals
- Marquee
- CPO "Ducking Pull" overlay
- Convert Joystick to allow duck
- Wiring(for extra switch to allow duck)???
Punch-Out
- Side art
At this point, I am leaning towards just restoring back to Punch-Out like i had originally had intended. Seems to be the easiest and cost effective way to go about this.

