Author Topic: :: KRULL :: - The Road Trip -  (Read 73715 times)

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Re: :: KRULL :: - The Road Trip -
« Reply #30 on: January 06, 2012, 05:04:41 PM »
Enjoy that Kult 80s movie  ;D

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Re: :: KRULL :: - The Road Trip -
« Reply #31 on: January 09, 2012, 01:23:15 PM »
Bruno - check your pm.

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Re: :: KRULL :: - The Road Trip -
« Reply #32 on: April 05, 2012, 11:08:37 PM »
OK, back on this!

I got that game as 'not working'! It's time to plug in and see what happens  ::)

...as expected, nothing! No monitor activity, no marquee light, no sound... nothing!

I love these symptoms... it could be a simple power supply problem, fuse or even a simple security switch disconnected... Let's open the cabinet  :arrow:



This cabinets looks very clean at first sight... now let's see what behind the curtain piece of cardboard ...



...the boards look not bad...



Damn! It looks like a pinball here  :shock:  :arrow:



I can see the incoming 220V, but still no output behind power brick... what the hell?

Christ! There's is also a security switch inside the coin door, and of course because the the coins mechs are missing ... no contact so no voltage!



It's the first time I see a security switch at this level?!

Ok, after 'by-passing it' for my test, I can see 'activity' on boards, here  :arrow:



Got now the marquee on, a 'now powered' monitor displaying a black screen. No sound, no credit sound, no game test mode... nothing!

Let's look closer here... a led supposed to indicated the presence of 12V here  :arrow:



Looks good, and here... I'm supposed to have 5V  :arrow:



Not good! what could be wrong? Let's check the fuses everywhere. They are all fine, but see this support  :?  :arrow:



... and the modifications here?  ::)  :arrow:



Well, the problem was the fuse support. 'temporary' fixed for this test...



...and got all the led on! Now I have something 'static' on the screen  8)  :arrow:



...but still no sound, no on screen activity (still the same static picture), test mode without any effect...

So I've checked the voltage incoming directly into the game board, and the values measured are too low / not correct. Looks like a voltage problem at this level.
In addition I'll have to check the harness and understand what was the purpose of the hacked/cut wires...

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Re: :: KRULL :: - The Road Trip -
« Reply #33 on: April 06, 2012, 08:12:01 AM »
Very interesting pcb layout, never seen like this before.
I'm really curious about the following results. :D

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Re: :: KRULL :: - The Road Trip -
« Reply #34 on: April 06, 2012, 09:40:09 AM »
There is some progress here, thats good!

maybe a new fusehodler in the future ?  ;)

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Re: :: KRULL :: - The Road Trip -
« Reply #35 on: April 06, 2012, 10:00:26 AM »
well, at least you got some life into this already, but please replace that fuse holder quickly!
all i need is ... PONG - and a select few others: TOUCH ME, DRAGON'S LAIR, JOUST, ROBOTRON, MR DO, SAN FRANCISCO RUSH THE ROCK!!!

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Re: :: KRULL :: - The Road Trip -
« Reply #36 on: April 06, 2012, 11:07:56 AM »
Funny to see how the boards all most look the same...:

Krull:


Q*bert´s Qubes:


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On a second glance, they are all most identical, only difference is the daughter board on the QQ and the small PCB on the Krull (left of it)
« Last Edit: April 06, 2012, 11:10:22 AM by Muerto »

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Re: :: KRULL :: - The Road Trip -
« Reply #37 on: April 06, 2012, 07:04:37 PM »
Nice! It'll very useful for comparing things. :) I've just checked once again your Q*bert´s Qubes topic, and you're ahead of me concerning the repair 8)

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Re: :: KRULL :: - The Road Trip -
« Reply #38 on: April 07, 2012, 06:52:40 PM »
Maybe a stupid suggestion, but did you flip this switch ?

Looks like it is set to test mode  ::)

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Re: :: KRULL :: - The Road Trip -
« Reply #39 on: April 07, 2012, 07:07:56 PM »
well spotted, etienne! i had the same thing on my championship sprint - flicked the switch et voila ...
all i need is ... PONG - and a select few others: TOUCH ME, DRAGON'S LAIR, JOUST, ROBOTRON, MR DO, SAN FRANCISCO RUSH THE ROCK!!!

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Re: :: KRULL :: - The Road Trip -
« Reply #40 on: April 07, 2012, 07:24:09 PM »
Maybe a stupid suggestion, but did you flip this switch ?
Looks like it is set to test mode  ::)

As I said : "...but still no sound, no on screen activity (still the same static picture), test mode without any effect...".  :P

I'll have to fix some voltage problems first, and understand why some wires are cut /hacked  :-\

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Re: :: KRULL :: - The Road Trip -
« Reply #41 on: April 07, 2012, 07:53:23 PM »
Sorry, i misunderstanded your phrase  :oops:

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Re: :: KRULL :: - The Road Trip -
« Reply #42 on: April 07, 2012, 09:13:57 PM »
Sorry, i misunderstanded your phrase  :oops:

No problem  ;) When I move the test switch -> no effect at all on the graphic 'garbages'  :-\


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Re: :: KRULL :: - The Road Trip -
« Reply #43 on: April 22, 2012, 10:44:59 AM »
Check out this great review, they compare the game with the actual movie scenes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDxw1z42lYY&feature=channel&list=UL


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Re: :: KRULL :: - The Road Trip -
« Reply #44 on: April 22, 2012, 02:36:33 PM »
I didn't check too closely any Krull arcade videos game play so far (I prefer to discover it when the game will be repair), but I had to check your video link  ;)
Cool, now I really want to go forward on that restoration to play these 'scenes'  :)
(because no progress so far on this one  :oops:)
Thx for the link :)

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