iz8dwf | Cinematronics arcade italian clones repair. Pt. 4: Ripoff clone resurrection and death. @iz8dwf | Uploaded October 2024 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
This is the fourth video of a (long) repair session of three Cinematronics black'n'white vector arcade games. The clones were made in Italy by a company called "Microhard". In this video I show the repair of the first "Ripof" boardset of the two I got to be serviced.
It seemed an easy enough task, but then the logic PCB died after running with no issues for a few hours.
This game is a clone of Cinematronics' Rip Off, it seems they had no better name for it and just removed one final 'f'.
Previous videos about these arcade repair:
youtube.com/watch?v=6lpwsrjBsOc
youtube.com/watch?v=j_siDBxwS5w
youtube.com/watch?v=GSS1ZmciQ54
Timeline:
00:00 - Physical inspection
00:40 - Missing parts
01:41 - Video PCB
06:58 - Audio PCB & wirings
08:50 - All boards powered
10:01 - Fixing the audio
11:50 - Testing the game
This is the fourth video of a (long) repair session of three Cinematronics black'n'white vector arcade games. The clones were made in Italy by a company called "Microhard". In this video I show the repair of the first "Ripof" boardset of the two I got to be serviced.
It seemed an easy enough task, but then the logic PCB died after running with no issues for a few hours.
This game is a clone of Cinematronics' Rip Off, it seems they had no better name for it and just removed one final 'f'.
Previous videos about these arcade repair:
youtube.com/watch?v=6lpwsrjBsOc
youtube.com/watch?v=j_siDBxwS5w
youtube.com/watch?v=GSS1ZmciQ54
Timeline:
00:00 - Physical inspection
00:40 - Missing parts
01:41 - Video PCB
06:58 - Audio PCB & wirings
08:50 - All boards powered
10:01 - Fixing the audio
11:50 - Testing the game
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