Wonderboy 3 - Repair

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I recently purchased the following Wonderboy 3 PCB:

http://s1224.photobucket.com/albums/ee371/markrhurst/Wonderboy 3/

I thought that Wonderboy 3 was only a System 16 game (and this does not look like a System 16 board to me). Is it possibly a coversion or a bootleg? When I use the board in a straight Jamma setting it has graphical issues (wavey, rolling screen). Can anyone recommend a repair company who can look at the board? This is a game I would really like to get working if possible.

All thoughts are appreciated!
 
I recently purchased the following Wonderboy 3 PCB:

http://s1224.photobucket.com/albums/ee371/markrhurst/Wonderboy 3/

I thought that Wonderboy 3 was only a System 16 game (and this does not look like a System 16 board to me). Is it possibly a coversion or a bootleg? When I use the board in a straight Jamma setting it has graphical issues (wavey, rolling screen). Can anyone recommend a repair company who can look at the board? This is a game I would really like to get working if possible.

All thoughts are appreciated!

You have the System 16A version of Wonderboy 3, not System 16B like you were expecting. It is an original Sega board and isn't JAMMA! You still need to connect the System 16B adapter if you have one or purchase/make one if you don't.

Here is the entry on System 16A hardware at www.system16.com : http://www.system16.com/hardware.php?id=700&page=1#3167

You will see the picture of the boards at the top of the hardware pate is an exact match for yours. With the correct adapter you will probably find that the board works perfectly.

Brian.
 
It's VERY rare for an official JAMMA board to not have a key on the edge connector. Still, it was a very poor design choice by Sega to use such a similar connector.
 
It's VERY rare for an official JAMMA board to not have a key on the edge connector. Still, it was a very poor design choice by Sega to use such a similar connector.

It is the same width as a JAMMA connector, but isn't keyed so you don't plug a JAMMA harness directly onto it.

Sega isn't the only manufacturer to have an edge connector that is close to JAMMA.

Universal has one even closer with Mr. Do/Mr. Do's Castle/Carnival, it even has a key cut in it at the same spot.

Capcom did one almost the same for 1942/Vulgus.

There might be a few others I can't remember off the top of my head.

Brian.
 
It is the same width as a JAMMA connector, but isn't keyed so you don't plug a JAMMA harness directly onto it.

Sega isn't the only manufacturer to have an edge connector that is close to JAMMA.
I realise that. My point is that any board without a key on the connector should not be assumed to be JAMMA.

dbstallman said:
Universal has one even closer with Mr. Do/Mr. Do's Castle/Carnival, it even has a key cut in it at the same spot.

Capcom did one almost the same for 1942/Vulgus.
I didn't realise Universal used an absolutely identical edge connector. Of course, that was designed well before the JAMMA standard (as was 1942).
 
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I realise that. My point is that any board without a key on the connector should not be assumed to be JAMMA.

That is a VERY good point. I wish everyone knew that.

The last Universal board I bought (Mr. Do's Castle), was listed as a "Tested, Non-Working JAMMA" board. Fortunately it didn't suffer any damage from the seller attempting to make it work.

Brian.
 
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