:: Nintendo's Sheriff : Wanted - Dead Or Alive... *Far West RoadTrip inside*

[DarthNuno]

Let's put that 'untested' board...



Power on... nothing?

Power off/on .... YEAH!   



Working! Maybe sounds problem (some sounds seems missing when I play the game, but I'm not sure..)

Regarding the monitor, I have to set the focus and contrast potentiometers located somewhere behind that huge monitor 'box'. 'will figure out how to reach them...But for now, the news of the day is... that damn it board seems to work!   

[Muerto]

Dang!!! What where the chances!!
Thats great news!! If this game is on MAME, maby you can check the "missing" sounds..

[DarthNuno]

Dang!!! What where the chances!!
Thats great news!! If this game is on MAME, maby you can check the "missing" sounds..

I'm usually not lucky regarding the 'untested' board, but I had the opportunity to get this kit (boards + joysticks + others parts) for a very fair price (thanks Rémi )
...and it's finally a working board. What else?
Regarding the sounds, yes, I'll do that.   

[Superully]

if i remember correctly, the sounds on Sheriff were so annoying, it might be a good thing that some of them are missing 

[Belike]

Nice result, +1 for Etienne, turn down the brightness a bit and those vertical lines will disappear.

[Muerto]

if i remember correctly, the sounds on Sheriff were so annoying, it might be a good thing that some of them are missing 

It dosent seem that bad...: http://youtu.be/DUPaB0zizoI

[Chuckie egg]

This is fantastic news,
I am so glad you got it going 
Such a great game and beautiful art
You must be proud
Nice one dude
I wish I had one too

[Chuckie egg]

I forgot to ask you
Can you tell me the code number on the game pcb and sound pcb please ?

[ataritoobin]

Nice! 

Interesting, so it's got a full-color monitor in there then? Is there a backdrop or is the image just reflected into a mirror?

[DarthNuno]

Can you tell me the code number on the game pcb and sound pcb please ?

Will check that for you, no problem 

Interesting, so it's got a full-color monitor in there then? Is there a backdrop or is the image just reflected into a mirror?

Yes, full color monitor, picture reflected into a mirror. No backdrop.

[DarthNuno]

Can you tell me the code number on the game pcb and sound pcb please ?

Here's the boards view.
Game PCB :





Remember the 'missing sounds' problem? Let's try my *spare* PCB, in a temporary setup as you can guess... 



HELL YEAH! This sound PCB ...'part of an untested set' ... is perfectly working! 

OK, Sounds PCB close up :



Replacing the capacitors would probably help to repair the original one, or these sound boards are victim of an other 'specific' failure syndrome ?

[Chuckie egg]

That's awesome mate
They are original sheriff pcbs,amazing !
I thought it might say SFS which are space fever pcbs but I've never seen  TWG.
I would love to see a video of it working
Thanks for sharing mate that's really something special.

[DarthNuno]

Now, let's try to fix the 'contrast/focus' problem on the monitor.

Dawn, there's absolutely no direct access to the monitor electronic parts. All is locked inside an heavy box! I finally found how to remove it!



I didn't completely removed that monitor box (a pain to move)... but just enough to see if I can find the usual 'Focus / Contrast' potentiometers located on the monitor chassis.
Arghhh... only focus here   



OK, at least this 'focus' potentiometer solves me one of the two problems... so there is a contrast/brightness problem on this monitor. I hope a capkit will solve this... but it would be also nice to name that monitor. Any idea about the model of this monitor?

[Superully]

didn't the older nintendo games use sharp monitors? i know that radar scope and space firebird did ...

[level42]

Awesome Bruno, love the game and the machine !

My RS had a Sanyo monitor, it's just an earlier model than the common 20 EZ.