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15 July 2024

Nichibutsu X-Rate DVD system footage (NSFW)

Written by S11
The X-Rate system very similar to the High Rate system, but the IDE control / video playback board is replaced with a board which controls a DVD player via IR pulses, similar to the much older VHS and Laserdisc...
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Arcade, Games
15 October 2023

Hardware macro click mouse with variance (Nikke)

Written by S11
There are plenty of mice with macro functionality on the market, some very precise or with full step sequences, but none that I can find allow you to add variance and if you ask the companies or on support...
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Games, Tech / Repair
22 April 2021

Nichibutsu DVD21 DVD system footage (NSFW)

Written by S11
Developed at the same time as the Next Generation system, the DVD21 uses infrared controlled drives the same as the X-Rate rather than serial controlled. I think this was a system aimed at operators who had already invested in...
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Arcade, Games
31 August 2020

Cassette tape foam problems – chewing & bad reads

Written by S11
I’ve been dumping a lot of cassette media lately, and I’ve seen this problem enough to consider it a common fault.  On standard computer cassette tapes there is a piece of foam which acts like a tensioner pressing the...
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Games, Tech / Repair
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
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
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
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
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
16 July 2017

Nichibutsu High Rate DVD System game captures (NSFW)

Written by S11
WARNING: this page contains video which is not suitable for work or family environments,  it includes “soft” porn elements and viewer discretion is advised. If you’ve seen my new arrivals post, I picked up a couple of Nichibutsu DVD-based...
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Arcade, Games
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