{"id":19,"date":"2013-09-20T00:38:03","date_gmt":"2013-09-20T00:38:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.system11.org\/?p=19"},"modified":"2015-01-26T13:13:54","modified_gmt":"2015-01-26T13:13:54","slug":"new-arrivals-1809","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.system11.org\/?p=19","title":{"rendered":"New arrivals 20\/09\/2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Another pile of PCBs came in &#8211; a little bit of everything in here.<\/p>\n<p>Real Break Billiard Academy &#8211; I bought this a few weeks ago just just under 8 euros, it was sold as faulty &#8211; heavy graphical problems in the form of colour bleeding in and out, and a bitplane of background tiles missing.\u00a0 Oh, and the sound was broken too.\u00a0 Replacing the missing caps and the damaged volume controls fixed the sound, the graphics were two 74Ls157s.\u00a0 Difficult to work on these, the chips and caps were surface mount, used SMD tweezers to salvage the 157s from a dead Captain America.\u00a0 Pleased with how it came out, try this one in MAME &#8211; it&#8217;s probably the best of all the video pool games.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.system11.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/1809_real_break.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.system11.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/1809_real_break.jpg\" alt=\"1809_real_break\" width=\"800\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.system11.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/1809_real_break.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blog.system11.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/1809_real_break-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.system11.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/1809_real_break-768x468.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Vulcan Venture &#8211; been a while since I&#8217;ve had one of these, decent sequel to the original Gradius\/Nemesis, honestly I do prefer the original though.\u00a0 This is one of the slightly more reliable 2 layer boardsets.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.system11.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/1809_vulcan_venture.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.system11.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/1809_vulcan_venture.jpg\" alt=\"1809_vulcan_venture\" width=\"800\" height=\"519\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.system11.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/1809_vulcan_venture.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blog.system11.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/1809_vulcan_venture-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.system11.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/1809_vulcan_venture-768x498.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Pairs &#8211; it&#8217;s a card matching game\u00a0 where pictures of women are revealed as the cards are eliminated.\u00a0 Not a great game but very rare.\u00a0 Interesting note though, while the actual music and samples are pretty good quality, the analogue output is amazing, even better than Namco boards, the entire top right board is for sound, similar to a pinball machine one.\u00a0 It just sings at any volume!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.system11.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/1809_pairs.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.system11.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/1809_pairs.jpg\" alt=\"1809_pairs\" width=\"800\" height=\"572\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.system11.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/1809_pairs.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blog.system11.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/1809_pairs-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.system11.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/1809_pairs-768x549.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Playgirls 2 &#8211; pretty poor Galaga clone which reveals some of a hand drawn woman after each wave.\u00a0 Actually I should have looked more closely before picking this one up, it&#8217;s actually a conversion &#8211; needs dumping for MAME just in case, since no 5 ROM version exists in there.\u00a0 Pretty sure the person doing the conversion just split the bigger ROM though.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.system11.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/1809_playgirls2_conv.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.system11.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/1809_playgirls2_conv.jpg\" alt=\"1809_playgirls2_conv\" width=\"800\" height=\"608\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.system11.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/1809_playgirls2_conv.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blog.system11.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/1809_playgirls2_conv-300x228.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.system11.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/1809_playgirls2_conv-768x584.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Lady Killer &#8211; flip the tiles to reveal pictures of women (note the theme this time around?)\u00a0 Actually a pretty good game, looks a bit bootleggy but is an original Mitchell board.\u00a0 Sold as working but a few legs on the SMT custom were cracked, it&#8217;s all good now.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.system11.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/1809_lady_killer.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.system11.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/1809_lady_killer.jpg\" alt=\"1809_lady_killer\" width=\"800\" height=\"619\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.system11.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/1809_lady_killer.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blog.system11.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/1809_lady_killer-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.system11.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/1809_lady_killer-768x594.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Meteor &#8211; I actually bought this three years ago and never got around to testing it&#8230;\u00a0 It&#8217;s an Alca clone of Moon Cresta.\u00a0 Worked aside from some corroded and broken legs on the graphics ROMs &#8211; had to weld new legs onto them.\u00a0 Bunch of those green polyester caps needed replacing too as they were missing or broken on one leg.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.system11.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/1809_meteor.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.system11.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/1809_meteor.jpg\" alt=\"1809_meteor\" width=\"800\" height=\"523\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.system11.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/1809_meteor.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blog.system11.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/1809_meteor-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.system11.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/1809_meteor-768x502.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Multi Champ Deluxe &#8211; very much not as described.\u00a0 Several pins on that big ugly custom in the middle were cracked, some of the smaller chips weren&#8217;t soldered properly from the factory, it&#8217;s all fine now though.\u00a0 However, it was sold as a Multi Champ and turned out to be the much more expensive Deluxe one, all for about \u00a34.\u00a0 We&#8217;re looking at your standard minigames collection here, there are women who are supposed to be revealed but you can gamble your progress and I kept losing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.system11.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/1809_multi_champ_deluxe.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.system11.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/1809_multi_champ_deluxe.jpg\" alt=\"1809_multi_champ_deluxe\" width=\"800\" height=\"610\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.system11.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/1809_multi_champ_deluxe.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blog.system11.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/1809_multi_champ_deluxe-300x229.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.system11.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/1809_multi_champ_deluxe-768x586.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Exerizer &#8211; actually a bootleg, I though since it was so cheap I&#8217;d pick it up to play until I can find a real Jaleco one.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.system11.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/1809_exerizer_boot.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.system11.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/1809_exerizer_boot.jpg\" alt=\"1809_exerizer_boot\" width=\"800\" height=\"760\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.system11.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/1809_exerizer_boot.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blog.system11.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/1809_exerizer_boot-300x285.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.system11.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/1809_exerizer_boot-768x730.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Gals Panic &#8211; the original one that started the whole &#8216;adult Qix&#8217; craze.\u00a0 It&#8217;s been superceded so many times now by Kaneko and everyone else that there&#8217;s not much to see here now.\u00a0 It was cheap.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.system11.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/1809_gals_panic.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.system11.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/1809_gals_panic.jpg\" alt=\"1809_gals_panic\" width=\"800\" height=\"623\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.system11.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/1809_gals_panic.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blog.system11.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/1809_gals_panic-300x234.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.system11.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/1809_gals_panic-768x598.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Act Fancer &#8211; I haven&#8217;t seen one of these in the wild for many years &#8211; it&#8217;s a strange platform\/shooting game with odd controls and powerup rules that I&#8217;ve never understood.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.system11.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/1809_act_fancer.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.system11.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/1809_act_fancer.jpg\" alt=\"1809_act_fancer\" width=\"800\" height=\"551\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.system11.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/1809_act_fancer.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blog.system11.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/1809_act_fancer-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.system11.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/1809_act_fancer-768x529.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Cookie &amp; Bibi&#8217;s &#8211; actually already have this one so it&#8217;s up for sale &#8211; again it was cheap and since I was buying so many from the same guy already, it wasn&#8217;t going to cost any extra to grab this at the same time.\u00a0 Puzzle Bobble clone with Squirrels.\u00a0 Pretty good actually, a lot of the Semicom games are better than you&#8217;d expect from a Korean manufacturer.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.system11.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/1809_cookie_bibi.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.system11.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/1809_cookie_bibi.jpg\" alt=\"1809_cookie_bibi\" width=\"800\" height=\"603\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.system11.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/1809_cookie_bibi.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blog.system11.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/1809_cookie_bibi-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.system11.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/1809_cookie_bibi-768x579.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>That rounds up that batch.\u00a0 There was supposed to be a collection crown jewel here too, but &#8230; let&#8217;s just say that&#8217;s under dispute at the moment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another pile of PCBs came in &#8211; a little bit of everything in here. Real Break Billiard Academy &#8211; I bought this a few weeks ago just just under 8 euros, it was sold as faulty &#8211; heavy graphical problems in the form of colour bleeding in and out, and a bitplane of background tiles [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":36,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arcade"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.system11.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.system11.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.system11.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.system11.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.system11.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/blog.system11.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1373,"href":"https:\/\/blog.system11.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19\/revisions\/1373"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.system11.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/36"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.system11.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.system11.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.system11.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}