ASTEROIDS LIVES AGAIN

[arcadefever]

YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

 

When i was a kid, i never had a chance to play ASTEROIDS...
i always played the game on console or pc...but everything changes when 3 years ago , on a trip to orlando , i visited "disney quest".
i found the cab there and played it for an hour and completly fall in love with the game    

the vector monitor give a completly different experience...to a point that i cant play the game on MAME anymore    :cry:

6 months ago i spot a cheap auction on ebay !!! cocktail version...but incomplete...

the monitor is missing the hight voltage cage
the audio board look ok
no pcb



first i decide to give a little boost to the audio board and give it a new capkit

before



after



after that, do one of the most important thing when you have an old atari cab, change the big blue
the big blue is the big capacitor in the middle of the power supply...



because it is in the psu block i have to take it apart ...  



the black cap is the new one and the blue the old one...the color give it is name...the big blue



for the pcb, i didnt wan to mess around...i got a non working pcb and send it to repair...
a full check up and parts have been change...work like a charm now ...    



now the most difficult...the monitor...

but i got lucky , i spot a guy selling a "go5" 15" exactly what i need, he say that the main board as received a capkit, but not the high voltage cage...

so i went back to school and got me the manual and andy fromm arcade school book  



after hours of reading, i am finally able to look at the monitor completly...i did some minor repair and also recap the high voltage cage...

   but after 15 minutes the graphics are kind of blooming ...
i post in some forum, and i found out that it come from the high voltage diode from the high voltage cage...

i order 3 from bob roberts just in case and voila  

here a few pictures of the monitor

black and whyte vector monitor...







ok, now time to put everything back...







i also change the speaker and the volume control



now much more easy .....the cleaning part    

got some new buttons



before:



after:



time to power on :





YHEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA



wowwwwwwwww the picture is CRYSTAL CLEAR

here few pictures of the table done:





Well after a week of playing i have to say that ASTEROIDS is for me the best arcade game ever  

i also have one spair monitor to fix and keep as back up...but that is for a another  post  ...

thanks also to bob roberts where i was abe to found all the parts that i need  

http://homearcade.org/BBBB/

 

[DarthNuno]

hOLY jeSus        YOu dit it      

Congratulation        Atseroids is one of the best games ever made      

YOu've done a really good job, especially regarding the Vector monitor repair... When you got a defect vector monitor, it's always a pain to start working on it, because it's usually difficult to repair... but you did it, congratulation Fred    

Just for information, how much did you paid for the PCB repair ? I plan to repair some pcb, but It's very expensive here in Europe  

ASTEROIDS... rocks  

[arcadefever]

ust for information, how much did you paid for the PCB repair ? I plan to repair some pcb, but It's very expensive here in Europe

to be honest with you it is very expensive here too ....

if i have a pcb not working , i dont bother , i just buy another one...most of the time come way cheaper...

ex: my combatribe pcb was out, they ask average $90 + shipping...i bought it for $19 on ebay  

now for pcb like asteroids , pac man or galaga..then yes i will say that better to use a repair tech guy...

it cost $125 for my asteroids ...

[arcadefever]

some stuff to keep me busy for a while ...

2 vector g05 monitor to rebuild....  



the 2 monitor boards and 1 audio/regulator pcb



 

[arcadefever]

i decided to do some deep cleaning  :wh:

starting with the power block...

BEFORE:



AFTER:





 

[ArcadeMaze]

i decided to do some deep cleaning  :wh:

starting with the power block...

BEFORE:



AFTER:





 

What did you use for the deep-clean?  I have a block in pretty bad condition and I am debating cleaning/sanding or replacing the base.  It has rust in a bad way.

ArcadeMaze

[DarthNuno]

Impressive ! Congrats  

What is your method to remove rust ?

[arcadefever]

i scrub the metal with a dry sponge to remove the dirt and stuff...
and then apply a "all metal cream polisher..."