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Arcade & Retro Repairs & Mods, all new recipe, with no added MSG...

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  • #1002
    Jack burton
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,790 ✭✭✭Jack burton


    Looks like they pulled the teeth out of Gary Busey

    gary-busey-joins-cast-of-piranha-3dd-54986-205-80.jpg


  • #1003
    o1s1n
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,253 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    Just noticed a comment in that thread about someone hating LED mods.

    Are LEDs to pins as LCDs are to cabs? :pac:


  • #1004
    Jack burton
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,790 ✭✭✭Jack burton


    Ah not as clear cut, of course everyone has their opinion but LEDs are pretty good.

    They dont use as much power, run cooler, brighter, more colours (aswell as a white that actually white) last longer etc.

    i'd say 90% of games that have been restored or serviced will have LEDs in them somewhere

    LCDs are the devil!


  • #1005
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 7,499 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Some people make a mess using coloured leds.
    The dont fade in and out like bulbs either .
    This reminds me,
    fitted a new woofer in WhiteWater and Getaway tables.
    As you can see the one in the getaway was a bit rough
    2014-11-16%2B12.12.30.jpg


  • #1006
    eddhorse
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,783 ✭✭✭eddhorse


    So i dont have access to powder coating for my control panel, what are my options?


  • #1007
    Optimus Prime
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 5,390 Mod ✭✭✭✭Optimus Prime


    Could you get cpo artwork printed out and put it over it? thats what i did before. here is a couple ive done

    Tetris.jpg

    sf2.jpg


  • #1008
    Jack burton
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,790 ✭✭✭Jack burton


    eddhorse wrote: »
    So i dont have access to powder coating for my control panel, what are my options?

    I agree with keith, I did a cp printed before and turned out pretty good. Printer named some vinyl they use on floor or something but I forget it was a few years ago


  • #1009
    eddhorse
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,783 ✭✭✭eddhorse


    Sorry should have mentioned, i have Silverline overlay to go on over it.

    What to put under it to future proof?


  • #1010
    CathalDublin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,146 ✭✭✭CathalDublin


    Tallaght powdercoating would probably powder coat it cheap enough
    Otherwise
    Prime
    Sand
    Prime
    Sand
    Prime
    Sand
    Paint
    Sand
    Paint
    Sand
    Paint


  • #1011
    Optimus Prime
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 5,390 Mod ✭✭✭✭Optimus Prime


    eddhorse wrote: »
    Sorry should have mentioned, i have Silverline overlay to go on over it.

    What to put under it to future proof?

    I wouldnt bother spraying it if i was putting that over it. just sand it down, clean it off and put the overlay on. I never painted any of mine if they where being covered over.

    Putting the overlay on i use a spray bottle with water and a drop of washing up liquid, spray the back of the sticker and put it on. then i have one of these (Link below) i got off a friend of mine that works in a printers, he uses these the whole time they do huge wall murals and this is how they apply them. use this to rub out any bubbles under the sticker. because its wet underneath you can move it around and re-apply it if needed.

    I usually line it up then with a blade cut holes where the buttons and joystick go so i can rub the bubbles out at the these holes too if needed.

    http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Felt-Edge-Hard-Card-Tint-Film-Application-Squeegee-Tool-Grey-Plastic-/400808433754?pt=AU_Car_Parts_Accessories&hash=item5d520b585a

    11.jpg

    2.jpg

    3a.jpg

    3.jpg

    4.jpg


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  • #1012
    eddhorse
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,783 ✭✭✭eddhorse


    Thanks Guys,

    Just worried that for longevity the underside will rust like the previous one that was there.

    I'll see can I get it over to Tallaght Powder Coating and get a price. Definitely not doing it manually Cathal as mentioned :O

    And Keith that looks great now, thanks for the Squidgey tips.


  • #1013
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 7,499 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    @eddhore,
    do you make that?
    looks the shizz


  • #1014
    eddhorse
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,783 ✭✭✭eddhorse


    urbanledge wrote: »
    @eddhore,
    do you make that?
    looks the shizz

    Did i make the overlay or metal control panel?
    Got the metal bent to the same size and shape of previous CP for €10 then drilled myself using template. Will look good hopefully when i get overlay on.
    Should have went with better joysticks/buttons. Virgin decisions.


  • #1015
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 7,499 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    looks the bizz,
    Did they weld on joystick mounts or are you going to bolt on?
    Yea I had those buttons before and they suck arse


  • #1016
    eddhorse
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,783 ✭✭✭eddhorse


    urbanledge wrote: »
    looks the bizz,
    Did they weld on joystick mounts or are you going to bolt on?
    Yea I had those buttons before and they suck arse

    No joystick mounts, any thoughts on that?
    I was going to counter sink but its thin metal.

    Yes plastic buttons was a bad choice. Lesson learned, not difficult to change.


  • #1017
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 7,499 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    I'd mark the spots,
    drill the holes
    put the bolts in from the top then mig weld them in on the top.
    the grind them off with a grinder.
    bit of work but its worth it!


  • #1018
    BGOllie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,599 ✭✭✭BGOllie


    Ciderman, there's a ton of game & watch and other goodies going for auction soon :

    http://www.sheffieldauctiongallery.com/Catalogues/ss271114/page010.html


  • #1019
    CathalDublin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,146 ✭✭✭CathalDublin


    LongZ wrote: »
    Ciderman, there's a ton of game & watch and other goodies going for auction soon :

    http://www.sheffieldauctiongallery.com/Catalogues/ss271114/page010.html

    I want one of those omnibots :eek:


  • #1020
    eddhorse
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,783 ✭✭✭eddhorse


    urbanledge wrote: »
    I'd mark the spots,
    drill the holes
    put the bolts in from the top then mig weld them in on the top.
    the grind them off with a grinder.
    bit of work but its worth it!

    Hmmm bit of work but do able.
    May do some more research http://www.slagcoin.com/joystick/mounting_layering.html


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  • #1021
    The Last Bandit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,725 ✭✭✭The Last Bandit


    Urbanledges method is probably the simplest and strongest solution - if you've access to a welder that is.


  • #1022
    o1s1n
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,253 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    LongZ wrote: »
    Ciderman, there's a ton of game & watch and other goodies going for auction soon :

    http://www.sheffieldauctiongallery.com/Catalogues/ss271114/page010.html

    Is it just me or are those valuations crazy low?

    Some possible bargains to be had there.


  • #1023
    Jack burton
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,790 ✭✭✭Jack burton


    o1s1n wrote: »
    Is it just me or are those valuations crazy low?

    Some possible bargains to be had there.

    All of them have 21% VAT on after the hammer price :(


  • #1024
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,630 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    I want so many but have no money :(
    I'll just have to accept it'll just be me and near thousand games and 60 odd systems to get by on..... :(


  • #1025
    eddhorse
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,783 ✭✭✭eddhorse


    Anyone got any tips on the snes region mod. As in just loosening and lifting pin 4.
    Im off for a few days but my soldering iron is in work.


  • #1026
    Myrddin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


    eddhorse wrote: »
    Anyone got any tips on the snes region mod. As in just loosening and lifting pin 4.
    Im off for a few days but my soldering iron is in work.

    I use a small pointed-tip on the iron, & a small sewing needle then to prise the leg of the chip up, works fine


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  • #1027
    eddhorse
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,783 ✭✭✭eddhorse


    Myrddin wrote: »
    I use a small pointed-tip on the iron, & a small sewing needle then to prise the leg of the chip up, works fine

    Ah thanks, following your tips from an earlier thread, the pin is a lot smaller than i expected ;)


  • #1028
    Myrddin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


    eddhorse wrote: »
    Ah thanks, following your tips from an earlier thread, the pin is a lot smaller than i expected ;)

    Yeah initially it can seem quite small & awkward to get at, the ppu pins are even finer but there's better access to them I find


  • #1029
    Los Lobos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 728 ✭✭✭Los Lobos


    I got a VB off Urbanledge a while back, and he fixed the lens glitching by using the oven trick. About 10 - 12 months later, one of the lens started acting up again, so I took it apart and did it myself, all good.

    From reading a bit on the Planet Virtual Boy forums, it seems that the ribbon cables on these sensors can be permanentely soldered into place, and continuing to heat the glue to refix the ribbon can eventually destroy the join.

    I was talking with a guy in Holland, who will do the solder fix for me for €25, plus €11 to send them back registered post. While mine is back working I plan on sending them to him in the New Year to get it sorted for good.

    If anyone ever wants to use him to get this done, pm me and I'll forward on his details.


  • #1030
    Lenmeister
    Registered Users Posts: 1,457 ✭✭✭Lenmeister


    Just came across this guys blog. Looks like he mods the Nes and N64 actual games. No idea how he does it but looks good.

    Some really cool stuff like making Peach Castle in Super Mario64 a multiplayer map in Goldeneye. Give it a whirl!

    http://sogunstudio.blogspot.ie/2011/07/english-language.html


  • #1031
    The Last Bandit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,725 ✭✭✭The Last Bandit


    Packing up the Amiga for hibernation this morning and decided to check the battery.. just it time by the looks of it too.

    16058824249_17ddfe1b0f_z.jpg


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  • #1032
    The Last Bandit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,725 ✭✭✭The Last Bandit


    Here's another mod I'm working on - converting an arcade time crisis gun for use with a PS2 with working recoil :)

    16057573340_17920206bf_z.jpg


  • #1033
    o1s1n
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,253 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    This is turning out to be most excellent! Fair play! :)

    I was originally thinking of respraying the foot plate but it looks great as is against the resprayed red casing.

    Can't fecking wait to give it a go!


  • #1034
    The Last Bandit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,725 ✭✭✭The Last Bandit


    How fast to you want the autofire ? Its about 3 per second now but can run faster.

    Really need to get a new microswitch for the trigger though, current one is very intermittent...


  • #1035
    o1s1n
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,253 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    This calls for accuracy! /breaks out the metronome :D

    I'm just trying to work out the ROF for the submachine gun in Time Crisis 3 from this video.

    You have rapid fire from the very opening of the game. (and this guy is using it from the start)

    It seems to be about 6 per second?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vA_GD6b-taM


  • #1036
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,630 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    Neeerds!


  • #1037
    The Last Bandit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,725 ✭✭✭The Last Bandit


    CiDeRmAn wrote: »
    Neeerds!

    I agree :D


  • #1038
    o1s1n
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,253 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    CiDeRmAn wrote: »
    Neeerds!

    You'll be glad of it when you're blasting baddies on autofire with arcade accuracy! :D


  • #1039
    Cantstandsya
    Registered Users Posts: 739 ✭✭✭Cantstandsya


    Hey guys, I'm looking to pick up a modded Mega Drive... or have my own one modded. I've switched to 60hz on my SNES and NES games and playing 50hz, bordered Mega Drive games now just feels wrong. Just wondering if anyone here could point me in the right direction towards somewhere I could get it done?

    I've checked out the DIY videos online but I've got no technical skills at all and I'd rather not destroy a nice Mega Drive by trying myself :-)


  • #1040
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,630 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    Cantstandsya wrote: »
    Hey guys, I'm looking to pick up a modded Mega Drive... or have my own one modded. I've switched to 60hz on my SNES and NES games and playing 50hz, bordered Mega Drive games now just feels wrong. Just wondering if anyone here could point me in the right direction towards somewhere I could get it done?

    I've checked out the DIY videos online but I've got no technical skills at all and I'd rather not destroy a nice Mega Drive by trying myself :-)

    We have a whole forum devoted to the topic of console modification,
    Services are also in there so you can hook up with a person of skills to do the work for you.
    Link


  • #1041
    Myrddin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


    CiDeRmAn wrote: »
    We have a whole forum devoted to the topic of console modification,
    Services are also in there so you can hook up with a person of skills to do the work for you.
    Link

    Prob won't find too many modders in there of retro consoles Cidey, in fact that thread & forum have died off big time in recent months/years.


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  • #1042
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,630 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    Myrddin wrote: »
    Prob won't find too many modders in there of retro consoles Cidey, in fact that thread & forum have died off big time in recent months/years.

    Now that is a pity, would it be possible to integrate such retro services here, or in the Marketplace?


  • #1043
    Myrddin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


    CiDeRmAn wrote: »
    Now that is a pity, would it be possible to integrate such retro services here, or in the Marketplace?

    Not a bad idea Cidey, leave it with me & I'll have a think about what we'd need to do:)


  • #1044
    The Last Bandit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,725 ✭✭✭The Last Bandit


    Some nice chap has dumped and repackaged the G-Net modbios so no need to pay ridiculous fees to get a board modded anymore.


  • #1045
    o1s1n
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,253 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    About time! I was amazed at how little info there was out there about it.


  • #1046
    The Last Bandit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,725 ✭✭✭The Last Bandit


    o1s1n wrote: »
    About time! I was amazed at how little info there was out there about it.

    The guy that was doing the mod was charge €120 a board which is fairly excessive and from reading various threads it wasn't all he's own work either that he was charging for.

    So ya the bios and flasher utility are now available on the interwebby. Must buy a suitable eprom now and give it a try.


  • #1047
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,630 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    The Last Bandit wrote: »
    Some nice chap has dumped and repackaged the G-Net modbios so no need to pay ridiculous fees to get a board modded anymore.

    So, you just get the existing BIOS flashed with the modded one?


  • #1048
    The Last Bandit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,725 ✭✭✭The Last Bandit


    Pretty much.

    If you've a stock bios on it you need to (temporarily) install an EPROM with the new bios on it and when it boots the new bios is permanently written to the GNET.

    The ERPOM can now be removed and passed on to the next GNET :)

    It's a 2009 version that's been released. The paid for version is 2011 so not entirely sure how much extra goodness is the newer version.


  • #1049
    James Howlett
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,599 ✭✭✭James Howlett


    Majora's Mask special edition from GS:
    https://www.gamestop.ie/Nintendo%203DS/Games/47132/the-legend-of-zelda-majoras-mask-special-edition

    €80 for the above.
    Nothing on the console as yet.


  • #1050
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    James Howlett wrote: »
    Majora's Mask special edition from GS:
    https://www.gamestop.ie/Nintendo%203DS/Games/47132/the-legend-of-zelda-majoras-mask-special-edition

    €80 for the above.
    Nothing on the console as yet.

    Consoles went up on the system this morning but not up on website yet. There available for preorder in store though.


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  • #1051
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,630 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    Pretty great coverage of this on the Nintendo forum here.
    It seems plain though, bricks and mortar are charging a 12.5% tax of a sort over online vendors.


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