Live Show – Episode 49 – My Game Machine Screen Is Green
This Live Show episode was broadcast live on Thursday, March 4, 2021. For more information on the show, please visit our YouTube page at http://youtube.arcaderepairtips.com/. All of our past episodes can be found there as well as the upcoming schedule for our future episodes. On this episode, Tim and Jonathan discussed the following topics…
- Question from Bruce who has a horizontal 2 player arcade cabinet that uses a VGA cabinet to connect the monitor and he want to play standard JAMMA boards in it.
CGA to VGA GBS-8200 Video Converter Board (Holland Computers) – https://bit.ly/hc-video-converter-vga - Question from Geo involving a X-Men vs. Street Fighter 2 player stand up arcade game that has a green screen.
Undamned InfiniKey-CPS2 by UD Game Tech (Paradise Arcade Shop) – - Question from Chris who is experiencing an unstable image on his Electrohome G07 monitor even though he installed a cap kit and replaced the flyback, chassis pots, and b+ pot.
G07 centipede image issue (from Chris) – https://youtu.be/tnLxj3_jrJE
A Quick Look At Sync’ing (The Real Bob Roberts) – http://www.therealbobroberts.net/sync.html - Question from Juan who has a Ms. Pac-Man tabletop game that will power up for about 30 minutes or so then turns off and gets a shock when he tries to tap on the power box.
- Question from Ashleigh-Kate involving a Victory video games arcade machine (with Street Fighter installed) that doesn’t work after being in storage for 10+ years.
- Question from John who wonders if should use a plastic or rubber insulated screwdriver when discharging a monitor.
- Question from Paul who wants to know how to get the screen to light up on his Ms. Pac-Man floor machine.
- Question from Fred who has an Atari multigame classic that shuts down during startup.
- Tim’s Tech Tip: Atari® XY Vector Monitor Transistor Upgrade Kit – https://alan-1.com/product/atari-xy-vector-monitor-transistor-upgrade-kit/
- Things Are Horrible For Japanese Arcades Right Now (Kotaku) – https://kotaku.com/things-are-horrible-for-japanese-arcades-right-now-1846237246
- Insanely Rare Sega Arcade Cabinet Found Abandoned In U.K. Field (Forbes) – https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattgardner1/2021/02/19/insanely-rare-sega-arcade-cabinet-found-abandoned-in-uk-field/
- Fry’s Electronics is shutting its doors for good (The Verge) – https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2021/2/24/22298616/frys-electronics-going-out-of-business
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Live Show – Episode 49 – My Game Machine Screen Is Green
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