Godzilla Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 hope it wotks! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennybingo Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 hope it wotks! What a coincidence...I was cooking up some stir fry in my "wotks" this evening! Best of luck with the new cabinet! Centipede is an awesome arcade game...tons of replay-ability! I hope for your sake it wotks too! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godzilla Posted October 31, 2012 Author Share Posted October 31, 2012 The perils of posting from my phone. Lolz! Lets see if i can get the picture to attach this time... Yea i LOVE centipedes game play so i sure do hope it works! There is a tag inside it that says 'led out 6t' hope thats not a bad omen. This cab is in great shape for 30+ years old really clean inside too... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godzilla Posted October 31, 2012 Author Share Posted October 31, 2012 The belly of the beast... Found a switch on the back that says cherry on it that was taped in perma-on, but the tape came off. I re-taped the switch... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kombalar Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 Brilliant! Enjoy this classic!!!! I love Centipede. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godzilla Posted October 31, 2012 Author Share Posted October 31, 2012 Well so far the marque and one coin slot light up! Lolz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simbalion Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 Good find! I made Centipede the first cab in my collection when I started. Lately there have been several Centipede uprights for sale around my region. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godzilla Posted October 31, 2012 Author Share Posted October 31, 2012 I'm immensely pleased with the condition (inside and out,) the bezel, the side art and the marque all look very nice Though I do hope there isn't a ton of work to make it work again. Can't beat the $79 price at a local thrift, imho. :-) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJ Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 Yah looks really clean not too bad at all! Wow, 1st someone here finds a cab at a garage sale, now you get one for $80. I wish I could find stuff like that around here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
number six Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 (edited) Ahh that is a great price from a thrift. I've seen arcade machines at sallys before but usually its a golden tee marked @ $600 or some other rediculous amount. Best I saw was a 2-play off-road for $150, but I already have an off-road so I didnt buy it and those things are heavy. Anyway welcome to the wonderful world of arcade ownership. Since you are in Jax you should drop by the Florida Arcade and Pinball collectors forum (http://www.villagebbs.com/forum). We have plenty of techs that can help with advice on getting it working. Edited October 31, 2012 by number six Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godzilla Posted October 31, 2012 Author Share Posted October 31, 2012 wooy! great advice! i eill give that a try! thanks. i hope im luckyn n its just a fuse or something simple. so far every arcade cab i bought i bought dead and got em to work pretty easily... i also have a phoenix cocktail a pleadies upright a nin playchoice 10 and a black cab that looks like it mightve been pacman w/ a turbo ms. mb in it. both ms. n pleadies monitors go out while playin, nin 10 works n d phoenix is dead n i havent looked at it (it was free from neighbors trash...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeosoft Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 Awesome machine. Monitor Cap kits, get all of them for every cab you own. Invest in a good Discharge device, watch some YouTube videos on how to safely discharge said monitor. Don't be nervous and get to work. Those monitors will stop shutting off after ten minutes. I can tell you from experience that the symptoms of turning off after heating up or working for a bit is almost always one of two things: 1. Capacitors are shot and traces on the daughter board are bad 2. High voltage turn off circuit is kicking in after 5 to 10 minutes because of the voltage spike due to old caps at are warn out and or heat has warped the daughter board and traces are arching shorting out and the HV circuit is kicking . Both are common problems with arcade monitor hardware of 20+ years old and has taken a Beating. Nice finds, let me know if you need more help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racerx Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 Centipede cabinets seem to hold up really well. I recently picked up a non-working one as well, and it didn't take much to get her up and running again. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Random Terrain Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 Found a switch on the back that says cherry on it that was taped in perma-on, but the tape came off. I re-taped the switch... Somebody popped its cherry? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godzilla Posted November 6, 2012 Author Share Posted November 6, 2012 great info and NICE cabs As soon as I have time to poke at it again, I'll definitely use the advice here Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iesposta Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 When you get it working, don't forget to go into service mode and then hit the fire to cycle through the sprites, and you can see the grasshopper! The grasshopper didn't make it into the game. I remember reading about it, and then seeing it for myself in the 1980's. How geek is that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simbalion Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 I can remember the only issue my Centipede had was needing the monitor recapped. Seems to be a rugged, reliable design by Atari. To find one for the price you did, at a thrift shop to boot, is practically unheard of here in Ohio! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Random Terrain Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 If I'm ever able to make room for a personal mini-arcade, Centipede is one of the games I'd try to find. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godzilla Posted November 11, 2012 Author Share Posted November 11, 2012 just did my standard round of cleaning, cleaned mb edge connectors, checked all the couplings, visually checked all the fuses. now not even the marque lights come one! gah! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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