Dragon's Lair Fans - Arcade Lifestyle
General Chat => Arcade Lifestyle => Topic started by: DarthNuno on April 08, 2010, 11:09:42 AM
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Following this road trip in UK :arrow:
(https://www.dragonslairfans.com/news/moon-ghosts.jpg) (https://www.dragonslairfans.com/smfor/index.php?topic=1493.0)
Let's start to work on the world famous Capcom game... - no, this IS not Street Fighter II ::) - ... let's name it : GHOSTS'N'GOBLINS :-*
When I plug the game and put a coin, I can start a game...and I can hear all the sounds... but the screen display nothing. Let's remove the back door :
(https://www.dragonslairfans.com/gng/gng_1.jpg)
Good, it's the original capcom board :-* :arrow:
(https://www.dragonslairfans.com/gng/gng_2.jpg)
Its identity, a sitcker on the cabinet :
(https://www.dragonslairfans.com/gng/gng_3.jpg)
Something funny here : The sticker says : "GHOST'N'GOBLINS" ... without the "S" for GHOSTS.
I use to see different spelling for that game over the Internet...even different on the flyer itself :shock: :arrow:
(http://www.arcadeflyers.com/flyers_video//capcom/png/10005201.png)
... interesting isn't it? ... but let's stand that the original spelling for this game is the one written on the game itself (over the panel overlay, side arts and marquee) 8) :arrow: GHOSTS'N'GOBLINS :)
The serial is also available on the monitor brackets :
(https://www.dragonslairfans.com/gng/gng_4.jpg)
At this point, even If I can play the game 'blind' ... I'm not sure everything will be right on screen : maybe graphics garbages or missing... who knows? So, before trying to repair the monitor, let's build a custom 'display adapter' CAPCOM to SCART (true RGB'ed of course ;)) :arrow:
(https://www.dragonslairfans.com/gng/gng_5.jpg)
YEAHHAAW !!! The game works fine :-* :-* :-* :arrow:
(https://www.dragonslairfans.com/gng/gng_6.jpg)
For this very special game, I mean : full of warm colors, smooth scrooling, cutes characters... I want to use a brand new monitor of course ;) So I'll remove the current dead monitor which I'll keep for a later restoration. Let's disassemble all the stuff in order to remove it. The main bezel first :
(https://www.dragonslairfans.com/gng/gng_7.jpg)
...a wood frame, and under it... a black paper bezel :
(https://www.dragonslairfans.com/gng/gng_8.jpg)
This is it ... naked :
(https://www.dragonslairfans.com/gng/gng_9.jpg)
Now, let's prepare the *brand* new display... thanks god, the screen is -as curved- as the original one :-* :arrow:
(https://www.dragonslairfans.com/gng/gng_10.jpg)
Disassembled... and fixed on a monitor frame ... ready to go :
(https://www.dragonslairfans.com/gng/gng_11.jpg)
Red/Green/Blue/Sync/Ground wires are now going into the SCART connector in order to input the original RGB signal. You all know here that the result is 100% arcade accurate. I'll also input correct voltage for switching automatically the TV into RGB/Scart mode :
(https://www.dragonslairfans.com/gng/gng_12.jpg)
Hey, I didn't notice... the SN is also written on the metal board box...
(https://www.dragonslairfans.com/gng/gng_13.jpg)
It's like a car : SN written everywhere (too bad it's just a sticker and not 'carved' ::))
Ok, let's try how it works with this display (not the same used to check the board in the beginning of this topic) :arrow:
(https://www.dragonslairfans.com/gng/gng_14.jpg)
Yeah Baby YEah! :-* :-* :-* :arrow:
(https://www.dragonslairfans.com/gng/gng_15.jpg)
Ok, I'll have to found back the maintenance code in order to set the horizontal size of the screen, but... it's alive... and sometime it's good to have *almost* nothing to do... and having time for playing games... and especially this one :-* :-* :-*
Ok, now that my mind is clean (I mean "the hardware is working"), the next step will be some cleaning ... stay tuned ;)
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looking real good Bruno! congratulations once again with this wonderful game! :spaceace:
And, it´s funny to see how the real deal is build, mine´s not build in the same way, but the basics is there :)
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The best video game ever made.
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that really was an easy fix - at least for you with all your scart-building experience. i'm sure you can build them in your sleep by now, right?
looking forward to the rest of the resto ;)
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Great game and very good conditions cabinet! Finding the PCB working should have been like finding a treasure (it also has it's own casket) :D
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congrats bruno,
As mentioned, I didn't pay attention on the ghosts 'n' goblins S issue.
allways thought it was ghost'n'goblins without the 's' at the end of ghost.
maybe a working cabinet for Vierzon ;D
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:-*
...and got a new package ::) :
(https://www.dragonslairfans.com/gng/gng-spare-2.jpg)
Yes! An other original GNG board for spare :P :arrow:
(https://www.dragonslairfans.com/gng/gng-spare-3.jpg)
...but this one has been "jamma-ized", directly on the connectors :ghost: :arrow:
(https://www.dragonslairfans.com/gng/gng-spare-4.jpg)
Let's reverse that operation! :arrow:
(https://www.dragonslairfans.com/gng/gng-spare-5.jpg)
...and finally check if that board is working...
(https://www.dragonslairfans.com/gng/gng-spare-6.jpg)
Yeah! :-* :arrow:
(https://www.dragonslairfans.com/gng/gng-spare-1.jpg)
I feel better know, it's good to have at last one *spare* board :P 8)
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I feel better know, it's good to have at last one *spare* board :P 8)
I can understand you perfectly :wink:
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I feel better know, it's good to have at last one *spare* board :P 8)
+1
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hate connectors that are soldered directly to the board. i 2nd your sentiment.
lemme know if you can find a spare ghouls n ghosts. :lol:
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hate connectors that are soldered directly to the board. i 2nd your sentiment.
lemme know if you can find a spare ghouls n ghosts. :lol:
for that, there's the "convert" way...
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Nice to see, great game!
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lemme know if you can find a spare ghouls n ghosts. :lol:
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Hey Vib, a *boot* Daimakaimura (aka Ghouls'n Ghosts) is on ebay France, right now : right here (http://cgi.befr.ebay.be/Daimakaimura-Ghoulsn-Ghosts-PCB-Jamma-/250652125900?cmd=ViewItem&pt=FR_YO_Jeux_Jeux_JeuxCafes&hash=item3a5c07eacc) (Buy it now for 99€)
;)
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ah... thank you for thinking of me. i think i will pass on this one this time. i think i can accept a converted board but not a bootleg.
i am going to sell some stuff off and fund this board i have decided. ;)
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Hi,
Great looking cab.
I know this post is old but I was wondering what the size of the original monitor or your replacement TV is? 19 inch or bigger?
Thanks
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Welcome to this website, Zapposh 8)
I've used a 20inch TV monitor, that model :arrow: