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Meetings, Exhibition, Events... / The Arcade Experience in Cambridge

« on: May 10, 2017, 02:59:37 PM »

In celebration of getting the museum cabs up and running again, Ianski, t-m and nes4life will be running 'The Arcade Experience', a public arcade gaming event, on 2nd September 2017 at The Centre for Computing History in Cambridge (UK). We're planning on getting over 20 arcade machines into the museum and creating a classic arcade experience for an evening. There'll be all the usual museum exhibits and computers (mainly running arcade conversions), a licensed bar, blaring 80s music, classic cabs, a high-score competition and the best food only a burger van can provide!

Those attending from the forum will get entry into the museum all day Saturday for just the cost of attending in the evening (i'll get a code and a link up soon). We'll be sure to get a cab list up but if you know Ianski's collection then you're half way there!

Get involved guys!

http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/43848/The-Arcade-Experience-Saturday-2nd-September/

'Business' Area : Buy/Sell/Trade / FOUND! PCBs - Konami Simpsons (2 player) & Asterix

« on: September 12, 2014, 11:27:41 PM »

FOUND!
My 30th birthday is just around the corner (30th Sept) and so I'm looking to get Konami The Simpsons (2 player) and Asterix PCBs as a present to myself.

Neither have to be working perfectly (as I like attempting to fix minor faults over time) but must at least run and play.

Thanks all!

Meetings, Exhibition, Events... / Arc-aid: Cambridge

« on: May 27, 2014, 02:12:55 PM »

DLF forumites are welcome to attend this great first-time event

It's still in mid-planning stages but this is the current state of things. If you want to know more then please visit the J+ or UK-VAC forums where there are active threads being simultaneously updated.
http://www.jammaplus.co.uk/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=62275&PID=611147
http://www.ukvac.com/forum/arcade-repair-event-arcaid_topic339057.html
Volunteers for talks, repairing the museums's cabs or manning the PCB workshop will be greatly received!

Event: 'Arc-aid: Cambridge'
Confirmed venue: Cambridge Computer Museum http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/pages/14512/Cambridge-Computer-Museum/
Date: 12th July (free rollover to 13th July for those who want to continue on)
Cost: £5 online or £7 on door (exclusive discount code: 'tempest' - do not share this)
Purchase a ticket here: http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/34377/Arc-Aid-12th-and-13th-July-2014/

Highlights:
- Repair museum's cabs! Here are a few: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.859418467407129.1073741858.340735679275413&type=1
- Play museum's working cabs and others (inc. pins) that are brought along by attendees
- Organised arcade-centric talks by forum members
- PCB repair workshop (register and bring a PCB - maybe you'll learn how to fix it yourself!)
- 100's of retro consoles to play and read about in the museum
- Exclusive museum access for forum members all evening until midnight!
- Buy / Sell / Trade

Talks:
1) Jason Fitzpartick - All about the museum.
2) Still available
3) Still available
4) Still available

All the rest / My new app!

« on: February 06, 2014, 11:40:39 PM »

Hey guys,
Apologies if you've seen this on another forum but I'm pretty excited as my app update was accepted by the AppStore.

In my spare time (other then retrogaming & collecting!) I also make iOS apps
I'm shamelessly plugging my new app:

Discover Films for iTunes
https://appsto.re/gb/kmqAF.i

Please download & review it. I'd love some feedback!

Cheers!

'Business' Area : Buy/Sell/Trade / WTB: working Sega Mega-tech

« on: January 03, 2014, 12:11:18 PM »

Guys,

I really want to buy a Sega Mega-Tech and am having a hard time locating one for sale in the UK.
If you know of one that works that is up for sale please let me know! I'm based in the South East but will get it transported from anywhere on the UK mainland.

Thanks!

'Business' Area : Buy/Sell/Trade / FS: NEO-GEO MVS 4-slot upright arcade machine

« on: November 07, 2012, 12:40:39 AM »

For Sale: NEO-GEO MVS 4-slot upright arcade machine

Completely working NEO-GEO arcade machine
Monitor in excellent condition
Coin mech fully operational
MVS 4-slot board including harness and PSU
Similar to this: http://www.hardmvs.com/html/MV-4F.htm
2 player controls - side by side
Plain black pub-style cab (I think that's the right description- please look at the pics!)
key to all compartments included
Control panel could do with a touch up

Includes 3 great MVS Carts:

Metal Slug
Puzzle-de-pon
Neo Turf Masters

£300 cash on collection or PayPal upfront
Currently residing in Ashford, Kent.

I'm selling this in order to fund part-payment towards my wife's birthday present (no really!)
Don't feel too bad for me as I've still got a Nintendo Playchoice 10 to call my own (when I finally fix it)

'Business' Area : Buy/Sell/Trade / FS 3 Neo Geo MVS carts on eBay

« on: July 25, 2012, 10:32:36 PM »

Selling 3 Neo Geo MVS carts on eBay:
http://bit.ly/O8CQTY

All starting at £9.99 - UK only

'Business' Area : Buy/Sell/Trade / FS: 3 Neo-Geo MVS carts - price dropped

« on: July 02, 2012, 10:54:21 PM »

Selling 3 MVS carts at £15 each + p&p

Fatal Fury 2
World Heroes 2
King of the Monsters 2

'Business' Area : Buy/Sell/Trade / FS: Hangly-Man PCB and harness (1983 Pacman clone by Nittoh)

« on: June 08, 2012, 09:38:00 AM »

Hey all,

It didn't take me too long to realise that I'm too much of a beginner to care for my Hangly-Man PCB properly.
Really I need a JAMMA Kit with big pictures and short words.

I'm not sure what a Hangly-Man PCB goes for - I know KLOV.com lists it as very rare but I'm not looking for silly eBay prices.

Please PM me with any offers - if you'd like to trade instead then I'm looking for a complete JAMMA kit ( harness, PCB, controls, instructions - perhaps a 60-in-1 type thing.)

I'm a complete novice so am not sure how to tinker with it. Currently, the PCB fires up and runs but I don't hear sound (I've tried hooking up the speaker in a number of ways and have decided to buy a new speaker), Pacman continues to go right, and I can only make him go left. P1 and P2 buttons are working, as is the service pin, and coin 1 pin. Someone has soldered the 'Table' pin to 'GND' so it's currently in table mode - I'm sure this can be de-soldered. Like I said, I'm sure all the above defects are just due to bad wiring by the previous owner.

Looking forward to any offers

- This is NOT going on eBay unless I get 0 offers. I'll add a photo when I next get near a PC - if you have any questions then please just ask.

Arcade Lifestyle / Beginning with a simple renovation

« on: May 31, 2012, 09:08:44 AM »

Hey all,
This is my 1st post on this forum so a big hello!

I've just bought a 'Fitter' (aka Round-Up) by Taito arcade cab - it was only £15 and just around the corner from my house. I'll attach a photo when i get next get near a PC. It didn't turn on and the seller said they didn't know if it worked (yeah right!). Anyway, I got it home to my garage, opened it up, connected the single loose wire from the internal switch to some internal voltage stepper, plugged it in and got it working! But here's the interesting part, it's a plain pub-style 5ft cab, with a wood effect laminate surface, no side art, and a 'Fitter' marquee, running a Pac-Man PCB. Don't get me wrong I like Pac-Man, but i have a feeling a working 'Fitter' PCB would probably have been more rare.

So I thought I'd join this forum to share my arcade story, and to get some tips on restoring or doing something interesting with this cab. I need to get some micro switches for two buttons, and I might change the joystick if anyone's got a good source for a few arcade parts. The screen is fine, although with a little burn-in, but the coin mech isn't accepting any coins. There's a sticker next to it labelled 'new style 10p' so I mainly trying those - the microswitch does work though.

So the big question, what would you do with it? I'm leaning towards cleaning it up, fixing the controls, changing the action button to 'add credit', and replacing the marquee with a simple Pacman design. I know I could hunt down a 'fitter' PCB, but it'll probably cost a bit and I'm not too experienced with PCB replacement. I could gut it for a JAMMA or MAME brain but I've a feeling that's a cab's 'end-of-life' route... and Pacman still works!

Please let me know your thoughts.

NES4Life