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04 June 2019

TourVision HuCard adapters & BIOS 6.x

Written by S11
Well here it is, I’d been planning to make some of these for a long time and finally found the time and energy to do so.  TourVision carts are getting expensive.  I think part of this may be my...
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Arcade, Tech / Repair
09 May 2019

Tourvision BIOS tool & updates

Written by S11
I’ve updated the Tourvision BIOS post, there’s a new version of the BIOS decoder tool that offers different output formats including one that tells you what all the bytes actually do, it now supports multiple BIOS versions for comparison...
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Arcade, Tech / Repair
02 February 2019

Irem capacitor update & Artemio video

Written by S11
Artemio (@artemio) has made a video discussing the issues with leaking capacitors on Irem and Konami boards (the infamous sound custom).  I’ve updated the Irem games and leaking capacitors article here with the cap list for M99 Irem games,...
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Arcade, Tech / Repair
12 November 2018

SNES 4 slot arcade switcher

Written by S11
I recently obtained this from another member of The Dumping Union group, if you’ve seen my Tourvision posts then you’ll understand how eager I was to obtain a similar unit for a different system.  So without further ado, here...
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Arcade, Tech / Repair
01 August 2018

Cassette collecting – the mould problem

Written by S11
Living as I do in the UK and being the age I am, I grew up with home computers being my primary gaming experience with arcades being a rare treat if we visited the coast.  In the UK by...
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Games, Tech / Repair
18 April 2018

TourVision – V1 cart support rail

Written by S11
Just a little update – when I obtained the V1 system it seemed odd that there was no physical support for the carts and that they’d just use their edge connector to stay in place.  The rail was missing...
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Arcade, Tech / Repair
27 March 2018

TourVision – new information on score panels

Written by S11
I’m very excited to reveal I obtained a type of score panel which answers more questions on this system – the main article has been revised here: TourVision – like a Playchoice for PC Engine
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Arcade, Tech / Repair
17 March 2018

Repair – DVD-A01 spindle clasp repair

Written by S11
The DVD-A01 is an early PC DVD player, which is used by the Nichibutsu High Rate DVD system.  It’s one of the few models that work with this system, which only supports drives that have RPC Phase 1 region...
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Arcade, Tech / Repair
19 December 2017

Strider original Japanese version graphics/sound fix

Written by S11
A while ago a user on the KLOV forums called willkaotix created a set of replacement graphics ROMs for Strider which remove the censorship added for the final game (the leaf on the Amazons) as well as a couple...
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Games, Tech / Repair
15 December 2017

Amiga (various models) Kickstart switcher

Written by S11
The Amiga has had multiple firmware versions over the years, known as “Kickstart”.  Unfortunately a lot of software that hits the hardware directly is affected by which version of Kickstart you’re using, leading to various hardware and software solutions....
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Tech / Repair
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