Hail to Galaxian... by Namco!

[ataritoobin]

Wow, very cool story, thanks ! Even I would have bought that Galaga without blinking my eye.....

Does that manual have any drawings or pictures from the inside of the cab, i mean the PSU, how the wiring ran etc. (At least something I will understand )

That would be a great help for my restoration. I hope to bring everything back in original condition, well as much as possible.....

I'll take a look again, I'm not sure how useful manual would be since it's for the cocktail and I recall it being pretty sparse.  For sure it's just drawings, no pics.

One interesting thing about the Galaga (and I'm not sure if Galaxian was the same) cabinet is that there's a built-in edge connector junction where the main cabinet harness goes, much like in a Sega Aero City cabinet.  IIRC, this is mounted to a plate on the wall under the PCB, so in theory you could make an adapter to whichever PCB to go to the main cabinet harness.

Actually, not unlike what is seen here (except the PCB side would have an edge connector):

[Muerto]

Dont know if this could be of any use...
Original size 1420, so save the pic to see it in 100p

[level42]

Great ! Anyway to get the full res files ?

I guess this is the manual for the monitor:

http://arcarc.xmission.com/PDF_Monitors/Toei%2019in%20CMA20HC%20Manual.pdf

It says CM-A20HC where mine says CM-A20GL. I guess GL stands for Galaxian. Wonder if there are any changes per game or if this is just an indication...guess the basic stuff is the same so at least some docs for the old chassis.

I'm hoping that the tube got really burnt and that they only put in the Hanti for that reason.....so maybe the old chassis still works...
Anyway, not the most important thing...I'm not that anal about monitor originality, I prefer a good picture....

[Muerto]

Ill take better ones later today, and up them....

[level42]

Did you find some time Michael ?

I may have found a solution for the buttons.....

http://www.modelbrouwers.nl/shop/catalog/giethars-glashelder-crystal-clear-2-x-250ml-p-2317.html

However, I wonder how "hard" that material is after drying. Would be fun to try at least 

[level42]

Need some parts for the coin-mech for sure. Currently investigating options.

Alternatively, I could use this Chinese look-a-like (pretty funny they copied that ancient design):


No of course I wouldn't do that....

[Muerto]

Did you find some time Michael ?

I may have found a solution for the buttons.....

http://www.modelbrouwers.nl/shop/catalog/giethars-glashelder-crystal-clear-2-x-250ml-p-2317.html

However, I wonder how "hard" that material is after drying. Would be fun to try at least 

Shit! Forgot that - a vacation got in the way... Do you still need them?

[ataritoobin]

What Asahi Seiko parts are you needing, André?  I think I have a few spare parts left over.  I THINK I have the bolts and maybe a reject lever or two, but I'd need to check to confirm.

[level42]

Did you find some time Michael ?

I may have found a solution for the buttons.....

http://www.modelbrouwers.nl/shop/catalog/giethars-glashelder-crystal-clear-2-x-250ml-p-2317.html

However, I wonder how "hard" that material is after drying. Would be fun to try at least 

Shit! Forgot that - a vacation got in the way... Do you still need them?

Always welcome But no hurry !

[level42]

What Asahi Seiko parts are you needing, André?  I think I have a few spare parts left over.  I THINK I have the bolts and maybe a reject lever or two, but I'd need to check to confirm.

I've just been checking again on my old Mario Bros thread on BYOAC forums and it turns out that the bolts used for the coin-mech have completely flat heads.


However, if I check my coin-door picture, it looks like they are round-topped (like the one's on the DK CP)....



I may be mistaken though....I'll have to check in "real life" tomorrow.

Nerdtendo from KLOV just kindly offered me to send a bugle in a bubble envelope so that is the most important part.

If you still have a lever I'd sure like that Toobin !

[level42]

Looking again I'm pretty confident these are not the "flat top" one's because these "level" with the front plate on a Nintendo cab....

So...these might be like DK's CP bolts....i'll check in reality tomorrow...

[ataritoobin]

What Asahi Seiko parts are you needing, André?  I think I have a few spare parts left over.  I THINK I have the bolts and maybe a reject lever or two, but I'd need to check to confirm.

I've just been checking again on my old Mario Bros thread on BYOAC forums and it turns out that the bolts used for the coin-mech have completely flat heads.


However, if I check my coin-door picture, it looks like they are round-topped (like the one's on the DK CP)....



I may be mistaken though....I'll have to check in "real life" tomorrow.

Nerdtendo from KLOV just kindly offered me to send a bugle in a bubble envelope so that is the most important part.

If you still have a lever I'd sure like that Toobin !

Cool, I'll take a look soon to see what I have.  Ping me if I forget.

I'm pretty certain the Asahi bolts (at least the ones I have) have rounded tops.  I vaguely remember them being smaller than the Nintendo CP bolts, but don't hold me to that

[Muerto]

Sorry for the delay:

[level42]

OK, how much ?





 

Muchas Gracias amigo !

[level42]

I received a Namco Galaxian board from Alpha1 (thanks my friend !!)  that seems hacked to something else. I just checked one of the EPROMS and although I can't ID it here on the job, I saw the following texts:

TAZZ ROOM
THE SUPER HOPPER ROOM
SUPER MIXED ROOM

enough info, put TAZZ in the search field of KLOV and sure enough it must be this:

http://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=10040

Tazz Mania.

It's amazing how many games have been hacked onto the Galaxian hardware BITD.

Problem now is, how to reconvert it.....