Soft modding the original Xbox is extremely easy. You could get someone to mail you the memory card with the files on it.

The boards are actually super clean. The boards don't use an edge connector like jamma if that's what you mean. Eh? DK Jr. should have a pin edge on the top board opposite side of the two ribbon cables and the rainbow cable that connect the two boards together. Can you snap a shot of the board you'...

I've been finding bits and pieces of info on people making using original SFC games to make repros of games rather than using sports games as donors, but I haven't been able to find out any specifics. I want use a Japanese FFV SFC cart as a donor for a rom translation of FFV. I'm looking for informa...

another option is to hook up a one or two slot to a vogatek supergun there are a few different models, so you can read up on which one works best for you in regards to a/v output & controller choice I second this. The is probably the least expensive way and the one that requires the least amoun...

Stark wrote:Thorough cleaning of the board and any connectors?

The boards are actually super clean. The boards don't use an edge connector like jamma if that's what you mean.

EllertMichael wrote:Does the board do a hardware test at boot up?

There isn't anything like that available on this game.

I'm having a graphical issue with a Donkey Kong Jr machine I just picked up. The issue appears to be with the character sprites only. I was wondering if anyone could help narrow down the issue to certain rom chip. I may try re-seating some of the roms before looking for replacement as some people se...

Open up your Scart cable and check if it has capacitors or resistors inside of it. Different revisions of SNES systems could work differently with the same cord potentially if you don't have the right scart cable for your region. Someone else posted this link which shows what components your cable s...

Wow! Thanks for the help guys. Now that I know it's a Stern cab, I'm really thinking about making it into a Berzerk machine... I'm not particularly interested in MAMEing a cabinet myself. The Tetris cabinet is $150 but has issues with control apparently and the Arkanoid one is $125 but has board iss...

Arcade cabinets very rarely come up for sale around where I live, but a couple old beat up games have come up on a classifieds site and I was wondering if anyone could help identify what games these cabinets would have had in them originally. The one on the left currently has Tetris in it and the on...

Based on those pictures it's very likely that you have some solder that is shorting out the pins to the left or right of the pin you have the blue wire connected to. If you haven't ever soldered before it's usually a good idea to do some practice on old junk electronics. Get an old broken radio or s...