Your Arcade "To Do" Checklist

[dj_johnnyg]

Mine is simple.

Sell up and move to a better country!!

Come to NZ Andy

[dieKatze88]

New PSU, Trisync monitor, JVS-PAC.

In that order.

[cools]

Nothing critical. Some wiring needs tidying, new rubber on the Pony, fix up another CP.

And completely rebuild the Lordsvale

[DandySephy]

In no actual order of importance

1)Get mame working with proper output on tri-sync. Soft15k seems to be causing more problems then fixing
2)Change the cables on my jvs-pac, it's extremely unreliable at connecting, and I think it's a cabling issue.
3)Aquire an Egret II and a video convertor (I already have the convertor planned, but it's pointless to buy until I get the E2)
4)Get a Naomi repro marque from FrancoB
5)Get a Mahjong panel and game (on hold till I sort out what I am doing regarding E2)
6)Touch up the bits of the Naomi that need repainting

[SuperPang]

new rubber on the Pony

You're mixing us up with that bestiailty forum again cools

[emphatic]

1) Trade games that get no playtime for "games of interest"

Goodbye Raiden Fighters 2. Welcome Ibara.

[Munchies]

Get a Sanwa PFX and new side art for Astro city, strip and clean and spray paint it and get some cave games, though this is more of a fantasy than an actual to do list

[DandySephy]

New list time:
1)Wire up video convertor and some 360 pads to a fingerboard for the Egret II
2)Rotate Naomi uni back to yoko since I'll have the 360 working on the Egret and no longer need a tri-ync vert cab.
3)Touch up the paint on the CP lower/surround while I have it off for rotating
4)Hook up the coin mech
5)Stick Naomi motherboard (and crafty net dimm) back into the Uni so I can bin my **** atx adapter
6)Get a new JVS-Pac
7)Wait for mame pc to arrive
8)Buy some new buttons to finish off these cp's
9)Decide which cab to get a mahjong panel for
10)Wait for Mushi Futari to arrive. Hopefully my 360 fingerboard will be completed by then!

[emphatic]

1) Sell off my Xiong Ba for more than I bought it for - check!
2) Buy a replacement cab (probably another EGRET II)

[invzim]

In no particular order

1) Make shelf with rails for swapping PCB's in universal
2) Use parts already bought to make Mortal Kombat CP for universal
3) Move power button to front shelf on universal
4) Wire for jamma power or make awesome JVS->Jamma converter
6) Permanently install xrgb2
7) Get tri-sync CRT, fit it and buy gradius IV
8) Reconfigure mame-box for tate mode
9) make circuit to emulate cpu fan sensors on naomi2, install quiet new fans in naomi2
10) Figure out memory mapping on naomi DIMM board, install toolchain for sh4 under linux, make dummy elf file and see if vxworks debug shell can upload games
11) design new jvs-pac
12) etc etc etc

[DandySephy]

10) Figure out memory mapping on naomi DIMM board,

New project? Sounds a lot like netbooting.

[penrhos]

Big list this, but getting the motivation to do them is the problem.

01) Start Naomi chop-down Number 7.
02) Fix broken NeoGeo Lordsvale that's been sat in garage for 6 months
03) Clean inside the Minicute I got from IC-09 & fit kick loom so all the buttons work
04) Touch-up the Egret-III I got from IC-09
05) Sell a couple of cabs to make room for new stuff
06) Send Neo-19 Chassis to craig for a service
07) Sort out monitor etc on the Aero
08) Fix coin mech on the Naomi
09) Rebuild MAME PC's (got 3 to do - one for a friend rest are mine).
10) Fit heater & extractor fan into gamesroom
11) Fix multiball kicker on TNMT pinball
12) Sort out duplicate games, faulty PCB's, Stuff I dont play & try and sell it to pay for Progear

[Spectre]

1) Get a better-paid job
2) Move to a bigger place
3) Get myself a cab again!

[Leeram]

- Remove existing Cinematronics Space Ace cab
- Arrange a trip to London
- When I get back insert newly acquired Atari Space Ace into freed up space
- Cut about 3 foot out of my desk space
- Insert Atari Dragon's lair into new space
- Finish selling everything I have that's not PCB related
- Replace t-moulding and covering on parts of the Cinematronics cab
- Fit new, signed by Don Bluth, marquee and control panel
- Sell Cinematronics Space Ace
- Remove empty shelving where existing 8-bit consoles are (because they'll have been sold hopefully)
- Buy a candy cab, orientate it vertically
- Insert candy cab into newly created space.
- Using Time Lord TARDIS mathematics work out how to fit a second candy cab into my room
- Buy second candy cab, orientate it horizontally
- Hopefully I'm still married at this point but I'm not too confident about that
- Buy Ketsui, insert into CAB
- Buy DDP DFK, Espgaluda 2, Mishihimesama Futari, Salamander
- Mount my existing Hyper Sports into Hori Cab
- Buy Ghosts N Goblins, Rastan Saga and Strider on PCB
- If I'm still married at this point and can somehow invoke some kind of magic to fit it into my room, buy an I-Robot cab.

Phew!

Cheers

Lee

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[Parris]

- If I'm still married at this point and can somehow invoke some kind of magic to fit it into my room, buy an I-Robot cab.

Yeah, I can sympathize with that bit...

Good luck with that exhaustive list!

[Parris]

Easier to do it by cab I think

1) Egret II

i) Full strip down
ii) Respray all metal parts, clean up plastic
iii) Attach repro artwork and CP
iv) Check over wiring or harness re the G-Net / SIA masking issue.
v) Fit UK coin mech and adapt coin chute

2) Egret III

i) Clean it and leave it the hell alone as it's working perfectly fine
ii) Oh, 1 minor monitor adjustment
iii) Fit UK coin mech etc

3) Atomiswave

i) Fit UK coin mech etc

4) Naomi 2 driving cab

i) Gut it and rewire the entire cabinet
ii) Obtain ID dashboard, steering mech & servo
iii) Obtain plastic coin tray
iv) Work on some damaged plastic & paint it once filled

5) Naomi SD 1

i) Replace monitor tube (screenburn annoying me)

6) Naomi SD 2

i) Slight filing job on CP lower

7) Naomi UR

i) Mask off and paint the lower areas of the base to get rid of rust spots
ii) Replace coin door and obtain coin drawer

8) Naomi DX

i) Lightbox artwork needs printed off and inserted
ii) Weld a couple of joint on the seat section
iii) Respray seat section

Everything else is pretty much fine right now.

[DandySephy]

New list time:
1)Wire up video convertor and some 360 pads to a fingerboard for the Egret II
2)Rotate Naomi uni back to yoko since I'll have the 360 working on the Egret and no longer need a tri-ync vert cab.
3)Touch up the paint on the CP lower/surround while I have it off for rotating
4)Hook up the coin mech
5)Stick Naomi motherboard (and crafty net dimm) back into the Uni so I can bin my **** atx adapter
6)Get a new JVS-Pac
7)Wait for mame pc to arrive
8)Buy some new buttons to finish off these cp's
9)Decide which cab to get a mahjong panel for
10)Wait for Mushi Futari to arrive. Hopefully my 360 fingerboard will be completed by then!

not too bad. I've been playing a naughty copy of Futari while mine is snail mailed from Hong Kong.

[cools]

Not much left. Here's a "recently done" list:

Pony

• Fixed a ground loop, eliminating the interference on screen. This was resulting from fitting the new Deith PSU.
• Changed the fixings on the marquee for shiny encapsulated nuts and washers.
• Sourced new screws for some holes where they were missing.
• Discovered Mr Sheen general purpose furniture polish is excellent for use on the marquee. Eliminates swirl marks and scratches that show up when it's lit.

E2

• Mounted the Taito Amp to the back of the PCB mounting board and tidied up the cables.
• Ordered connectors to correctly finish off the kick harness and amp wiring.

And remaining to do:

Pony

• Tweak the trapezoid on the monitor.
• Wire up a headphone socket and volume control
• Remove a terminal block connection inside for a soldered & heatshrunk one.

Lordsvale

• Rebuild and restore.

[Akuma]

Okay, let's see...

Game Room:

1) find a lighting solution
2) tidy it up (and find a place for all the stuff for storage) in the process
3) more posters check

Mame Net City:

1) get a propper 1L6B panel with no card reader, drill 2 extra button holes in it and attach a Andy Geezer Services-MCS Net City overlay semi check - need another overlay, this time with "start" on it
2) raise the PFX so it is flush with the bezel (will get the appropriate bushes by tomorrow though check
3) get a spare base with a propper coin door (one screw didn't come out when painting it and now it is a bit off when you open it) and have it painted better as one side is a bit dull
most importantly in the process
4) install a propper frontend and do the final UI tweaks in the process

New Net City:

1) put it back together - getting the required spare parts tomorrow though ; ) check
1b) get a GD Rom mount, GD rom power splitter cable and Sega SCSI-2 cable check

Super Neo 29 Candy:

1) make up my mind if I want to rewire it to MVS or not
2) paint the bezel, cp upper, maybe cp lower and maybe rest of the body
(optional: Get artwork to convert it to Type II)
3) put a brand new monitor in it

Wooden Mini Megalo:

1) make up my mind if I still want it and if I want to finish this project

Okay, some done as it looks...

New entry:

Astro City 2:

1) finally get the broken screw out of it
2) fill the hole with GFK or PU or whatever it is
3) get it spray painted
4) get new sideart from MCS
5) put it back together

[ilazul]

I'll be updating my list tomorrow, as I've done a lot and will be adding a lot (new cabs come tomorrow and will undoubtedly need a ton of work).

at least I found 2 new overlays for them. There's nothing as exciting, and frustrating as getting new cabs.