A Public Appeal...

Dear would be owners of candy cabinets...

Please do some research about the cabinet in question before resorting to this:

At least the side still looks good.

Some catch up posts....

Won a spinner on Trademe recently. It is actually in good condition and will be applying it to a couple games that I have.

I referred here to get the scoop on it...

Spinners galore!

On a side note, got me some side arm...this is a beast of a gun. Can expect sore wrist in no time as it is made of solid metal.

Decided to fire up my other NBA JAM board and it was in a mood for resetting. Off to Trademe it goes..

Some manuals and log of the PCB life..

Next up, I powered up my second copy of POW...I notice this is a 1 board revision whereas there exists a motherboard + ROM combo as well..

Damn RAM error...every second (or third line) is a blank so no it is not an intentional scanline filter...

Do you realise this is not a pleasant game? Neither did I! The MEGADRIVE version was the one I was most familiar with and I remember it as being "fair" in terms of difficulty.
Will this be a game I will be putting more time into?

Now, this game is far more enjoyable. Maybe I dislike bugs in real life??

GROWL is an interesting title. The 2 frames animation of the main character kicking poachers and 80s chicks ass is funny and strangely gratifying. Not to mention reducing them into chunks of BBQ meat (presumable for the animals to consume on after you rescue them?).

This game has slightly more frame of animation, but it plays dirt cheap. Prepare to kick punks in the ribs when you play this game. The unlimited ammo on the handgun is a blast.

This looks awkward.

Another night of testing games, working as expected.

That expectation was right down to a fault I expected on the Atomiswave motherboard:

Which is a tell tale sign that someone has plugged it in backwards frying the diodes for the input at the same time. No worries as its an easy fix. Other than that, it was a successful night.

The region of the board was a surprise though.

New arrivals today

Today I received in the mail these items as alluded before:

First is a copy of Demolish Fist which I was reminded today was an effort by DIMPS which is cool because they went on to make SF4...which is cool for its time.

Next I have another naked CPS2 game: Street Fighter Zero 2. The mother board is of the EURO region.

This is my second copy of Shadow over Mysteria for the CPS2. The black duct tape will be removed later.

Not pictured is Hell Fire by Toaplan, would of not bothered getting the lot if that game was not included. But, the jewel of the pickup was this:

LS40 Optical Control Lever!! All 3 of them.

I will have justice with my fist...

A spiritual follow up to Kung Fu Master, Vigilante from IREM has removed references to Bruce Lee's movie and swap out for downtown goons and outdoor environments.

I really did not like the lag the character is experiencing, he might have some brain trauma from all the fighting he got himself into? I don't know....

Also, dating a chick named Madonna is not something anyone would think about, especially in the 90s. Long live the skinheads!!

Time to take a spin on Forgotten World...

First and foremost, the voice acting was 90s to the max with extra throatiness, especially with player 2!!

 The board is a much later revision according to my source, definitely the meatier CPS1 games of my collection.

Please excuse my haphazard installation of the spinner. Note that the spinner has a microswitch function as well by pressing it down. I was quite skeptic about that aspect of the control scheme as I needed to adopt a 2 finger 1 thumb hold on the spinner to make it work.
  

I was not wrong....

But I had an awesome time learning to play it.