XEVIOUS - RoadTrip + Restoration in progress...

[DarthNuno]

Yeah, here we go again

I've found one of my favorite game 'XEVIOUS'  

This time, the roadtrip won't be far    The game is located in France, at only 100km from my place  

Ok, let's prepare the map... in case    



After the Turbo Out Run road trip, here's once again Freddy ... is  ready to help me for this quest  



Ok, let's go...

We drive 5 minutes and ... out of fuel    



Hopefully, he has a short fuel reserve  :idea:  :idea:  :idea: enough to reach the net gas station in ... Luxembourg    


Fuel's so expensive in europe


OK we are now in France...  



Hey...we are approching    Look that Solvalou who is showing the way        



... we are close now  



After 1h20 of driving, we are at location  

Quick look inside the seller's hangar ...

... Pole Position under the dust  



... and there it is : XEVIOUS  



The worst moment ... give €€€€€€€  to seller        



... the loading ...



... and it's time to go back...

15 minutes later... what ?

We stop  



... it's time to eat, we get the first restaurant  



Let's eat quick    A dedicated Xevious is alone, outside...



... on the road again...



... in few seconds, the game will enter in Belgium    



OK, arriving at my home  



The gaming room is not finished yet, let's found empty space insise the house    



At a temporary location...



OK, now have a look inside the beast  



... dust ... dust ... dust      

OK, yes, let's check the identity card    



Let's plug the thing...  :



RAM 8 ERROR message in the boot check ram procedure  

[DarthNuno]

Ok, now that the cab is in location... it's time to restore it & make it work... ASAP    



  after so many years, a lot of dust  :cry:



Let's start to clean inside the cab' :



I'm starting to remove the alimentation , and ...



   a coin of one french franc  

... further ...



WoW      I'm a rich man now  



Well, the inside looks better now...



... without the 22 years old dust  

[DarthNuno]

... let's continue the cleaning process :



I replace the old srews, full of rust, by new ones  :idea:



Now, the serious stuff        

The CPU pcb :



The VIDEO pcb :



I decide to clean the contacts between chip & socket :



Here's what I'm using to clean the parts :



- air bomb
- contact spray
- special fine cleaner

Look at these chips :



DiRt    

So after cleaning few things on the pcb , I plug on the game and ...

RAM  7 ... time to time :x

or

RAM 8 ... most ot time  :x

Let's start to solve these problem  

OK, according the documentation :



the RAM 8 is the 2S on the video pcb :



OK these chip seems to be the fault one, according the doc below  :cry:

[DarthNuno]

I'll try to wash the PCB, it maybe will solve the problem ?!

OK, here we go, I unplug all the chip :



... hot water, soap and brush : the tools of the day    



... the moment ...   water & electronical components  




Check this operation in a short video, if you don't believe it         https://www.dragonslairfans.com/xevious/xeviouswater.avi



... removing the rest of soap...



and finally, let's dry the pcb  



   The pcb looks better now  



Plug the chip...




...    The problem is still the same... well    

... still investigating ...

[DarthNuno]

Well, still don't know where the problem is exaclty located   ...

SO, I'll try another way  

I got a NAMCO Classic Collection vol 1 original pcb  

it includes :

- Xevious 'original'
- Super Xevious 'original'
- Xevious 'Arrangement'
- Mappy 'original'
- Mappy 'Arrangement'
- Galaga 'original'
- Galaga 'Arrangement'


It's the Japanes import version :



It's a jamma, so it will be easy to wire...



I Got also a new arcade power supply, and of course a jamma harness.

Let's quickly plug the thing, just to check...



Ok, the pcb is ok



...but I got a problem on the monitor  

I can't have a full size picture    



It's an ElectroHome 19" G07 CB0 monitor.

The width coil doest effect the size anymore  

Well, I'll order a capkit first...

[DarthNuno]

Time to restore the panel...

Here's how it looks like :



...closer...



...mmmhhhh... ugly      



Ok, I've to fully restore it  

...removing all the parts...



Even the joystick is to replace  



To do :

- removing the original overlay
- buying a repro overlay
- buying a brand new stick ...

[DarthNuno]

As you can see on tbe latest update, I need a new control panel overlay.

SO I'm removing the oginal 'damaged' overlay :



It is necessary to fully sand the panel, and also the piece of metal who joins the panel/bezel...

... after more than 3 weeks, I finally get the CPO repro :



Stay tuned  

[DarthNuno]

Well, I can't quickly fix the original Eletrohome monitor  
  I'm still not able to extend the picture to "full screen"  

Hopefully I have two Hantarex spare monitors  

In fact I'm not sure if these two spare monitors work... so let's try one, outside the cab of course



The Hantarex monitor needs 130w... like the original ElectroHome, so it'll be easy and quick to test it   :idea:



Let's plug everything :



Yeah Baby Yeah, it's working fine  

OK, well, now I'm sure this Hantarex works, so let's remove the Electrome from the cab...  



Here's the empy space, left by the Electrohome... let's see if I can fit the Hantarex in that hole    :



OK... the Hantarex is on location... same size    The Force is with me today  



Ok, I plug the monitor and... of course, bad colors...    Don't panic... it's usual after moving it, and changing the monitor orientation : horizontal to vertical...  :idea:  :idea:  :idea:  So, I de-magnetize it, and...



...looks beautifull  

Argh,  I can't wait to play these games      



...Stay tuned  

[DarthNuno]

OK, I don't want to use modern switches for the stick and the buttons, so I'll clean as best as possible original hardware.

It's very dirty  :



...very very dirty    :





... it's the best I can do :



Ok, let's put them on the panel :





...closer...



...well, I put back original screws    mmhhh a lot of dust    I'll change them later :





... after all that work... time for some good time      



... Xevious Arrangement is WONDERFULL        I played it like a crazy          



Stay Tuned    

[DarthNuno]

...final run  

The neon marquee isn't working all the time  :x  :




 ...I change that old 110V material by a brand new 220V neon    Europe RUlez        



I also remove old control panel  screws, full of rust, by 4 brand new ones  :idea:



... closer ...



..and...



XEVIOUS is ALIVE !!!



Let's Play      

[DarthNuno]

Yeps...a short update    It's alive but the coins door is full of rust    :





...what a shame... everythink is fine on the Xev' cab' expect the coins door...



Let's fix that  

I sand the pieces  



The tools of the day :



Let's go with 2 layers of PRIMER :



...the other sides :



Now, the main black color :



... the other sides :



The day after, it's all dry  



...closer...



Stay Tuned  

[DarthNuno]

Opsss... why I didn't finish this post  

Of course, it's finished since a while from now  

My priority was to have a game up & running... DONE  

Now, the cab has to be cleaned ...



... opps... I cannot remove this with soap  



Hopefully, it's possible to remove such dust with Acetone... this one remove all the paint and other dust...on white vinyl, there's no problem at all  :idea:  



...closer...



Some skrews are full of rust :



After removing rust, I sand the skrews and I paint them in mate black ... the result on location now :



...closer...



The final result :



PLaying time