If anyone likes hearing me lecture on arcade boards, I just posted a 45 minute tutorial video on installing the new Darksoft Namco System 2 Multi kit. youtu.be/x3UTDccPb5g?...

In for servicing is a Neo Geo 6 Slot MVS board. The audio used to fade out shortly after power on but a full capacitor replacement sorted that out. I swapped the old clock battery for a rechargeable coin cell too. These boards are large and in charge! 😎

It’s very Xexex in my workroom tonight. #arcade #shmup

Repaired a UPL Black Heart #arcade #shmup board this evening. The NMK 902 custom chip used for rendering the FIX layer for the title screen and HUD failed. Swapped in a replacement from a Thunder Dragon donor and now it works great.

I'm getting back to work on backlogged arcade board repairs. Latest is an Irem M92 with bent pins on the GA22 chip. It took 20 minutes under the microscope with sewing needles and desoldering braid to straighten the legs. Resoldered legs to pads, confirmed connections, and the board works perfectly.

Playing Batsugun tonight. #shmup

Just traded some JAMMA boards for an Exa-Arcadia setup. There’s enough here to keep me busy for a long time! #arcade #shmup

Another Last Second Save for Random Game Saturday! This time it’s the Famicom/NES shmup Gun-Nac. Developed by Compile, it’s no surprise that it’s a quality game, but more importantly you pilot a robotic rabbit, which places it in a Hall of Honor alongside Jumping Flash and Rabio Lepus.

For my Random Game Saturday, it’s the PC Engine port of Taito’s Jigoku Meguri - aka Bonze Adventure. Play a priest battling your way through haunted graveyards to take on a demon king. Overall, it plays a bit like Ghosts N Goblins and the PCE port is quality.

I’m going to try my hand at BGA reballing. This should be interesting…

Now that the Irem M92 #arcade Multi is complete and starting to ship, I’m selling off several of my spare M92 game boards that I used in testing. Each one gets a fresh capacitor replacement and jumpers installed where the Multi requires different settings for future-proofing. 😎

My buddy's AV Famicom w/NESRGB V1.4 mod started dropping V-Sync after warming up. I reached out to Tim Worthington, the mod creator, who said to replace the MCP6561T-E/OT (sync separator) and SGM8051XN5 (composite video buffer). That fixed it - thank you Tim!

I’m pleased to report that the #arcade CPS3 adapter for the Open Source Cartridge Reader developed by herzmx is the real deal. I can now erase and reprogram a CPS3 security cartridge in 2 minutes! I wish I had this thing years ago. 😁

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Sign me up - they had me at Jeff Minter. 😎

Scanline Sunday Display: Mitsubishi Diamond Pro 91TXM Game: Metal Dragoon on MSX

Random Game Saturday for me this time is Son Son 2 for PC Engine. A colorful, fun plaformer, it’s an overlooked Capcom gem.

I just repaired a bootleg Cave DDPDOJ #arcade #shmup board. It had a damaged clock crystal and wouldn’t boot. One part swap later and now it’s running like a champion! 😎

I just released my latest biggest Gorefield fangame: GAR-TYPE! Launch trailer: youtu.be/i-9hIsEsSSo?... Itch link (downloadable version is here, recommended for fullscreen play): lumpytouch.itch.io/gar-type Newgrounds link: www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/...

I’m back at the workbench today updating a CPS3 security cartridge with the Darksoft UltraBIOS and programming a set of CPS3 UltraSIMMs. I’m not much of a fighting game guy but the art and presentation on these games is gorgeous. #arcade

I just posted a detailed write up on how I used tools created by Buffi and Alamone to repair a faulty Art asset flash chip on a Cave Muchi Muchi Pork CV1000 #arcade board. Happy Holidays! jammarcade.net/cave-cv1000-...

Random Game From Your Collection Saturday! I have a soft spot for games with an isometric view and Landstalker is one of the best ones!

It’s a good day to dump a Cave CV1000 #arcade board. Major kudos to Buffi for his research and scripts that make this possible.

It’s Saturday - TIME FOR ANOTHER GAME FROM YOUR COLLECTION! Any R-Type is good R-Type but R-Type III is my favorite game in the series.

Give me a single screenshot from a video game that immediately makes you hear the soundtrack in your head.

If you see this, post something green.

I’ve been an Irem fanboy for decades but I only learned just now what the acronym stands for.

Today’s project was tackling rusted traces on my Ninja Baseball Bat Man #arcade board. The ground traces already had a roughed-up appearance-perhaps someone worked on them before-and didn’t cover the exposed copper after? I used clear conformal coating so that any rust recurrence will be obvious.

Scanline Sunday this time is Metal Black running on a Sony PVM-20M2U.

Post A Random Game From Your Collection Saturday ActRaiser for SNES is one of my childhood faves. My sister and I are playing through it together again right now. Pity the sequel wasn’t as good.

It’s snowing outside so that means it’s a good day to stay inside and knock out a quick capacitor replacement on this Irem GunForce board.

Scanline Sunday Aero Fighter 3 on a JVC D-Series.

Post a Random Game From Your Collection Saturday (9 Hours Late) Gunner’s Heaven is one of the best Contra homages out there.

Post a you from a different era. Playing Crono Cross back in college just after release. 😁

As for Scanline Sunday, here’s Windjammers running on a Nanao MS-9 arcade chassis with a Hitachi tube.

One day late for Post An Item From Your Video Game Collection, but it’s the thought that counts right? This is Project Neon, a newly released indie shmup for the Neo Geo by Fullset. It’s awesome! 😎

My IRL childhood friend Fitaurus just celebrated the 10 year anniversary of his weekly shmup YouTube show Shoot ‘Em Up Saturday. Please check it out if you’re a shmup enthusiast and want to keep up on the latest releases. youtu.be/Ylb34batoUs?...

I missed Post A Game Saturday but I can still catch Scanline Sunday by a hair. Here’s some In The Hunt and Ninja Baseball Bat Man running on a Sony PVM-20L2MD

I fired up my arcade cabs (and cart) with Halloween appropriate selections for a party I’m hosting tonight. The youngsters are delighted by the experience of coining up! 😁

Post a random game from your collection Saturday!

Oh, is Arnold Palmer in the news? I just like his fine line of Arizona beverages.

Scanline Sunday now eh? Here’s a picture of my two-chip SNES console running upscaled by a RetroTink 5X into a Mitsubishi DiamondTron Pro PC monitor.

It’s post a random game from your collection Saturday! That new Silent Hill 2 remake is pretty great, but the OG on PS2 is no slouch either.

A Taito G-NET #arcade board and Capcom CPS2 with Darksoft Multi already installed were both sent to me for repairs, but they’re both working fine for me. Make sure you use a healthy power supply with an adjustable 5.0V rail and adjust it when changing boards folks!

It’s post a random game in your collection Saturday

I just posted a writeup of the diagnosis and repair of the DDP DOJ #shmup board: jammarcade.net/dodonpachi-d... The adapter board I designed for replacing the dead mask ROM ended up not being needed, which is unfortunate because I wanted to see if it works. Maybe with another repair...

Another update on this DDP DOJ #shmup board with missing backgrounds. The owner sourced a dead parts donor and I successfully transplanted the background art ROM over from it. Backgrounds are now back and everything is working 100%. 😎 #arcade

It’s post a random game in your collection Saturday

Final update on this SVG cart for the Poly Game Master. Apocalypse was able to dump the GALs off a working SVG cart. I programmed new GAL chips with the files and the cart now works fine after several hours of running. 😎 PLD files available at wiki.pldarchive.co.uk/index.php?ti...