Centipede Rises From the Ashes
Centipede, Restorations March 10th, 2007There is a big saga I created on the problem with the Centipede I picked up last Sunday over at KLOV.com. Read it if you are bored. I’ll summarize here a bit. Basically, Centipede is now fully functional (like Data from Star Trek, and yes I am a geek).
The guys in the forums at KLOV.com helped me big time with this. I’d give them a big kiss but I don’t like dudes and my wife would be upset. Anyways…I was able to get it to tell me that the 2114 type RAM in spot F2 was bad. I stole one from my Pac-Man board that has yet to be installed, and soldered it in. Turned it back on, and it gave me 3 beeps for the 2101 RAM in spot K7. I didn’t have any of that to steal. I placed an order via an arcade chip website, with express mail shipping. It was taking too long for me to get a notice that they shipped the chips, so I found another place yesterday that would overnight them - Eldorado Games. The guy was very nice…I also got a joystick for Moon Patrol from him. RAM came this morning. I replaced K7 and it came right up. 
The monitor faded out after about 5 mins of playing. I’m not sure what the deal was with that. I checked the 2 fuses on the chassis and they were OK. I turned it back on and its working OK now…been runnig for about 30 mins or so. I pushed on the neck board a bit in case a loose connection caused that.
Next on the list for this:
- Rebuild the trackball (I have the technology)
- New control panel overlay
- Cap kit for the monitor
- Maybe a new marquee…this one has some good sized scratches
- Maybe sideart…still deciding on that
- T-molding
Here is how it looks in our game room (ignore the clutter):
The game room is growing very fast…I can’t get a good pic of the entire thing anymore, and yes we are insane. Speaking of insanity…we are off to see Zodiac. Cya L8R.
March 16th, 2007 at 11:22 am
Wow, you’re becoming a pro at fixing (and finding) arcade games. I’m in a condo right now, but we plan on buying a home in a few years, and I dream of having an arcade/game room. I hope mine ends up have as nice (and half as packed
) as yours.
March 16th, 2007 at 11:26 am
Thanks! I feel like I have an awful lot to learn about fixing them, but I’m getting there. I put an add the other day in Craigslist saying I was looking for broken games to haul away for free. Got one reply for a free Mat Mania which I may get. You might want to try it if you have room for some more.
March 19th, 2007 at 12:39 pm
I did something similar a while back, never got any response, but did see a few other people do the same sort of ad not too long after me (I’m such a trend setter).