Accessing the Joysticks

[Joel D. Park]

I have a superman arcade standup, actually the cabinet says Mappy on the back, so that may have been the original game.

 

I was wondering how you access the joysticks on an arcade cabinet. Does it flip up or something.. I shouldn't have to take the monitor out or anything, right??

 

Thanks,

Joel

[Arcadenut]

I have a superman arcade standup,  actually the cabinet says Mappy on the back, so that may have been the original game.  

 

I was wondering how you access the joysticks on an arcade cabinet.  Does it flip up or something..  I shouldn't have to take the monitor out or anything,  right??

 

Thanks,

Joel

 

Open the coin door and feel along the left and right sides under the control panel, there should be two latches (some have a third in the midddle of the control panel below the monitor).

 

Pop the latches and the control panel should hang down giving you access to the joysticks.

 

Take a look at this picture, in it you should see the latch on the right side of the cabinet. This may not be the same as yours but it should give you an idea.

 

If you take the back off the machine, you might be able to see the latches from the back as well.

 

[Joel D. Park]

That looks simple enough, I'll check it out when I get home from work tonight. Thanks for the tip.

 

I'm glad I didn't just start taking things apart.