The kit installed is similar. The machine looks like it was converted a few
times and I'm still trying to find out what it was, originally. The bezel is
missing(was probably just smoked plexiglass); but the marquee is there, just
installed as part of the control panel(a bit strange looking; but it's lighted
and everything!). The marquee is different from the ones in the photo... Just
the rectangular logo in the center on a black background. The CP is layed out
in a linear fashion and has a visible coin-counter and a piece cut out on the
right for inserting an instruction card. The machine came from United Artists
Amusements originally.
The board is similar to the one in your pictures, though it has a thick
piece of clear plexi covering the stripped PC Engine. The card installed is a standard
Japanese Hu-Card of Ninjawarriors. Due to some wiring issues, it seems to get
sound issues when I install certain other cards(It seems to be the ones which
use stereo sound; though that shouldn't matter, since the board only
seems to be connected to one of the sound outputs on the PC-Engine's expansion bus). The
board is only wired to handle a single player, which is sort of a bummer... I
was hoping it had one of the nice 2-player timer boards so I could build a
2-player control panel for it. When you insert a coin, the Run button becomes
active for 10 seconds. This should be adjustable with a DIP switch, but I
haven't had time to experiment(need to get the wiring issue fixed, first).
I still need to take some photos to upload; but I want to get it cleaned up a
bit more, first(and maybe get some nice smoked plexi in the bezel).
I'm thinking of reselling it once it is fixed up- with a PCE-PRO flash cart
inside to make it a little more versatile.
-Andy C
Chris Covell wrote:
> That's a cool find. Does it look anything like in the pics I have up on
> my page here: http://www.zyx.com/chrisc/misc.html ? I found these from an
> old VG&CE magazine issue.
>