SixWayShot
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Wire broke off on cab, need to add credit button...
Hey, everyone. I'm a fairly new arcade enthusiast, but I've been a video game fan/collector all my life. I just got into the arcade hobby this summer when I bought a Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo machine off of Craigslist. It's an awesome machine, apparently converted from a Marvel Super Heroes machine. It's kinda odd that the seller stuck a Puzzle Fighter board and marquee into a MSH cab, but I'm not complaining.
I've run into a snag, however.
See, I bought one of those CPS2 18-in-1 boards online, because I wanted to make full use of the cabinet. That, and 18 games for the price seemed like a good deal, even if it is a partial bootleg (The games themselves are identical). On this particular board, you need to add a credit to change games. I was doing this manually, by pressing down on a red wire on the coin door mechanism. It was a red wire that went in between the two coin mechs, and pressing it registered a credit. Granted, that was sort of stupid of me to do that and not expect something to break, but I don't exactly know what I'm doing when it comes to the actual hardware of the machine.
Anyway, a few weeks ago, the red wire broke off of the P1 coin mech. Now, I can't add credits at all, even on a legit board (My SPF2T). I'd like to either fix the machine so that it can accept credits again, or I'd like to add a credit button. Preferably, I'd like to add a credit button. I've been to a few other sites, and while they've been helpful, I just don't want to screw up. I don't really know too much about the hardware of an arcade machine, at least, not enough to know what to do in this situation.
I know I could just add a coin button by wiring a button to the coin 1 wire on the JAMMA harness, and one to the ground, but that's not really an option for me, as the JAMMA harness is tied down pretty good, so that you can move it around to swap boards, but that's it. I can't literally take it out, because I'd have to pretty much rip it out of the cab.
So, uh, how do I go about adding a credit button to my machine? Anyone got a step-by-step process or something like that?
Takin' this one day at a time...
Hey, everyone. I'm a fairly new arcade enthusiast, but I've been a video game fan/collector all my life. I just got into the arcade hobby this summer when I bought a Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo machine off of Craigslist. It's an awesome machine, apparently converted from a Marvel Super Heroes machine. It's kinda odd that the seller stuck a Puzzle Fighter board and marquee into a MSH cab, but I'm not complaining.
I've run into a snag, however.
See, I bought one of those CPS2 18-in-1 boards online, because I wanted to make full use of the cabinet. That, and 18 games for the price seemed like a good deal, even if it is a partial bootleg (The games themselves are identical). On this particular board, you need to add a credit to change games. I was doing this manually, by pressing down on a red wire on the coin door mechanism. It was a red wire that went in between the two coin mechs, and pressing it registered a credit. Granted, that was sort of stupid of me to do that and not expect something to break, but I don't exactly know what I'm doing when it comes to the actual hardware of the machine.
Anyway, a few weeks ago, the red wire broke off of the P1 coin mech. Now, I can't add credits at all, even on a legit board (My SPF2T). I'd like to either fix the machine so that it can accept credits again, or I'd like to add a credit button. Preferably, I'd like to add a credit button. I've been to a few other sites, and while they've been helpful, I just don't want to screw up. I don't really know too much about the hardware of an arcade machine, at least, not enough to know what to do in this situation.
I know I could just add a coin button by wiring a button to the coin 1 wire on the JAMMA harness, and one to the ground, but that's not really an option for me, as the JAMMA harness is tied down pretty good, so that you can move it around to swap boards, but that's it. I can't literally take it out, because I'd have to pretty much rip it out of the cab.
So, uh, how do I go about adding a credit button to my machine? Anyone got a step-by-step process or something like that?
Takin' this one day at a time...