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19 April 2020

1972 TONY coin-op Mahjong bartop

Written by S11
I was browsing Yahoo auctions recently looking for Mahjong control panels and an IMAX MJ adapter loom, when I came across an unusual little bartop machine, the “TONY”.  The description stated that they’d plugged it in and nothing happened,...
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Arcade, Games, Tech / Repair
24 December 2019

TourVision – display board add-ons finally discovered

Written by S11
I’ve had the good fortune to locate some of the add-on score display panels which were previously only seen in a flyer image, and testing them has helped me learn more about just what the “score” is.  I saw...
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Arcade, Tech / Repair
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
29 July 2018

New arrivals 29/07/2018

Written by S11
Another set of games which I’ve had arrive over the past few months – I’ve simply got most of the things I want to own now which aren’t so rare they can’t be obtained.  That said, this one contains...
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Arcade
09 July 2018

LED Storm prototype!

Written by S11
If you head over to my article on LED Storm, I’ve updated it with more photos and information, and a video comparison of the now three discovered versions.  What a troubled history this one had! LED Storm – an...
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Arcade, Games
12 May 2018

Nichibutsu Next Generation DVD system footage (NSFW)

Written by S11
Another newly recorded piece of hardware (I also have X-Rate and CATS but both are faulty atm), I believe this was the final DVD based system from Nichibutsu and unfortunately the only working title I have for it is...
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Arcade
21 April 2018

Miki DVD Theatre system footage

Written by S11
You may have noticed a newly discovered type of DVD Mahjong system in my last New Arrivals post, the Miki DVD Theatre.  Most of the titles get very lewd immediately (they used off the shelf pornographic DVDs and just...
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Arcade, Games
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