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:: ZAXXON :: Finish the Fight (Workshop)
« on: December 06, 2008, 10:10:10 PM »
Following this HUGE "UK tour" road trip done more than one year  :arrow:



It's time to examine the ZAXXON cab'  :)

There it is, inside a big mess  :arrow:



The side art on the right is in a good condition...





...but the right one has a part missing  :-\  :arrow:



(I'm waiting a new A3 scanner by the way ::) :P)

It's an US import game. See the SN details  :arrow:



The games counter shows 11960 parts ... not a huge number, but I would say enough to pay the investment of the game ?! ::) :P  :arrow:



OK, so the game works and plays fine...



...but after 5 minutes on, the monitor goes down  :-\  :arrow:



A capkit should fix such synch. problems, but this game deserves a new monitor isn't it ?  :-* . In addition,have a look at the deep screen burn on the tube  :ghost:

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Re: :: ZAXXON :: Finish the Fight (Workshop)
« Reply #1 on: December 07, 2008, 12:29:16 AM »
Hey Bruno,

All you need to do is take some high-res photo's of the sideart and I'll make the artwork for you  :)

Nice cab by the way

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Re: :: ZAXXON :: Finish the Fight (Workshop)
« Reply #2 on: December 07, 2008, 04:07:48 PM »
 i would try to fix the monitor if the screen burn is from zaxxon, live with the screen burn til the monitor truly dies , you must preserve your stock of crts for the years to come.
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just keeping an eye on things

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Re: :: ZAXXON :: Finish the Fight (Workshop)
« Reply #3 on: December 09, 2008, 07:11:51 PM »
Yes, and in addition, I'm a HUGE fan of 'original screen burn' on CRT  :-*, but that monitor is sadly very damaged (sychro problem but also geometry problems, picture deformation and moving, colors...  :-\ )... That monitor seem to be already capkit'ed (not by me) in the past, you can see the recent 'blue capacitors' on the next picture.



No, this one definitively needs (& deserves) something more reliable  ;)

So I'm building a custom VIDEO adapter in order to display the game from the original board to a brand new TV monitor, using the usual SCART connector in order to display the RBB 60Hz signal blablabla... but ... argg... it doesn't work ?  :o WHat's wrong on my custom adapter ?

Stay calm, have a look at the board pin out and switches... Thanks to 'Pinouts' document available on the www.mikesarcade.com, I can read the solution  :arrow:



OK... one 'switch move' later, it works  :P :-* :-* :-*  :arrow:



Ok, Let's remove the original monitor. By the way, that Zaxxon features the 'Fast Fire' add-on board, see the black arrow  :arrow:



See the original CRT... a true work of Art, I must admit it  :P ;D  :arrow:



I've to build a custom monitor support in wood :



Let's disassemble that *brand* new TV (I've a good stock of this model  ;):arrow:



...ready to display that historical game for at least (and I hope) 20 years to come  ;D



On location  :arrow:



Let's play now  :) :-* :-* :-* :arrow:



The picture is just... perfect... so precise, so bright... the black on screen is ... black... I love it  :-*

 :spaceace: :spaceace: :spaceace:

I still have to clean the cabinet, the panel, and see what I can do with the damaged side art sticker  ::) :P

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Re: :: ZAXXON :: Finish the Fight (Workshop)
« Reply #4 on: December 10, 2008, 08:30:46 AM »
Looks Great!   ;D

Question:   Where did you learn to repair games & monitors?  Did you go to school or did you have a friend show you the ropes?

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Re: :: ZAXXON :: Finish the Fight (Workshop)
« Reply #5 on: December 10, 2008, 06:06:03 PM »
  Where did you learn to repair games & monitors?  Did you go to school or did you have a friend show you the ropes?

Well, I only have the basis of electronic, and a good understanding of video signal, so ... just enough to do all the 'tricks' you can see on the forum ;)
Sadly I'm not really able to diagnose or fix severe problems on boards by example  :oops: ...but with the help of others people here and there, it's still possible to do something  8) Thanks to Internet  :-* Thanks to people helping people  ;) :-*
In addition, I admit I spend a lot of time in order to try new solution, experiment new hardware / software mix (when I need to replace a defect board by an advance mame setup by example, or hacking an original Tron spinner by an other one,...)
But the most important thing : I LOVE THIS HOBBY, like many fellows/friends here  :-* ;D :-* :spaceace:

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Re: :: ZAXXON :: Finish the Fight (Workshop)
« Reply #6 on: December 27, 2008, 11:59:57 AM »
What's left ? Let's clean the control panel  :arrow:





And this is it  :)

PLAYING TIME NOW!!!





I'm sure I'll do better score if I wear this  :arrow:



Geek ?! Nooooooooooo  ::) :P ;D

Zaaxxxxxxooonnnn !!!!



 :-* :-* :-*


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Re: :: ZAXXON :: Finish the Fight (Workshop)
« Reply #7 on: December 27, 2008, 01:12:04 PM »
And now ... the WIP/GEEK video  :arrow:



(do you recognize the music by the way ?  ::) ;))

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Re: :: ZAXXON :: Finish the Fight (Workshop)
« Reply #8 on: December 28, 2008, 06:48:07 AM »
Great Job Bruno!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  :D  :pac:  :ghost:  :spaceace:


Keep it up!!!!   :o  ;D

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Re: :: ZAXXON :: Finish the Fight (Workshop)
« Reply #9 on: December 30, 2008, 08:00:47 AM »
Well Done Bruno!!  :) :)

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Re: :: ZAXXON :: Finish the Fight (Workshop)
« Reply #10 on: December 30, 2008, 09:11:17 PM »

(do you recognize the music by the way ?  ::) ;))

 :spaceace:

No one recognizes the music ?  :P

Hint : it's coming from an 84' movie  ::) ;) ... a real 'classic' movie!. And you can even see an arcade room in it  ;)
It's a movie about 'a sport'  :P

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Re: :: ZAXXON :: Finish the Fight (Workshop)
« Reply #11 on: December 30, 2008, 09:31:11 PM »
First... Great Job Bruno!!  :-* :-*

MMmmmmmm ...maybe ... Karate Kid?  ???

YESSSS!!!!

Young Hearts - Dave Merenda (Commuter)  :-* :-* :spaceace: :spaceace:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImLxzWhg_tk&feature=related
« Last Edit: December 30, 2008, 09:32:50 PM by scr33n »
PROJECTS FROM SCRATCH:

Galaga - PacMan - Donkey Kong Red Cab - Track & Field Upright - Tempest - Burgertime - Gyruss - Defender - Track & Field Cocktail - Robotron 2084

RESTORATIONS:

Q*bert - Timber

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Re: :: ZAXXON :: Finish the Fight (Workshop)
« Reply #12 on: December 30, 2008, 09:43:13 PM »
MMmmmmmm ...maybe ... Karate Kid?  ???
YESSSS!!!!
Young Hearts - Dave Merenda (Commuter)  :-* :-* :spaceace: :spaceace:

Well done my friend  8)  :spaceace: :spaceace: :spaceace:



Did you notice all the arcade games inside this video  ::) ;)  :-*

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Re: :: ZAXXON :: Finish the Fight (Workshop)
« Reply #13 on: December 30, 2008, 09:53:54 PM »
Yes !!!  :-* :-*

Like Wargames I saw Karate Kid many times and I love this arcade scene  :-* :-* :'(

PROJECTS FROM SCRATCH:

Galaga - PacMan - Donkey Kong Red Cab - Track & Field Upright - Tempest - Burgertime - Gyruss - Defender - Track & Field Cocktail - Robotron 2084

RESTORATIONS:

Q*bert - Timber

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Re: :: ZAXXON :: Finish the Fight (Workshop)
« Reply #14 on: December 31, 2008, 03:57:08 PM »
Nice tune, for our 80ies memories
Thank you.

By the way, happy new year