astar617
B. Jenet's Firstmate
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- Sep 5, 2008
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Hey all...
I'm the proud new owner of an MVS
So I'll probably be hangin' around here for a while.
Thanks to a Craigslist end-of-month moving sale, I just acquired an original dedicated 4-25 Rev 3 cabinet. It's seen *much* better days but gets the job done for now and with some TLC over time will be a great cab. The joysticks function but could use some tuning, and a button on each side is nonfunctional (uninstalled replacements were included). No coin mechs or coin door lock, but the bucket's there. And I got a couple $$ knocked off because when the seller (mike26 on these forums) was moving it the day before the sale, he dropped it and the tempered glass in front of the CRT shattered (fairly inconsequential loss and easy fix if you ask me). The cab itself is otherwise largely intact, solid construction with black sides that are only lightly scratched and begging for a custom art applique... all 4 slots and both speakers/headphone jacks (and theoretically the card reader) work, and 3 of 4 marquees light up (I plan to replace all 4 EL panel elements myself since the other 3 are dimming and original MV-EL replacments are hard to find). After some careful tuning the "focus" pot on the CRT flyback with a plastic knife, the image is decently sharp, with only a minor distortion on the top 1/4-1/2 inch of the image, very legible/playable.
All in all, I'm finally living what woulda been a distant dream for any of us back at age 12.
I consider it a steal at the price I got it for, but needless to say, I'll be tinkering with it and haunting neo-geo.com and other places like HardMVS for many weekends to come.
Generally speaking, I see myself as a nostalgic broke gamer, not a museum curator. For that reason, all I'll be looking for is inexpensive carts with marquees, no kits necessary. So keep me in mind when ridding yourself of the scraps and loose ends of your collections
Oh, and it's currently next to the fridge in my pizza parlor--I mean, kitchen--while its permanent home is readied. My fiancee proved her coolness with not only allowing that one to happen, but suggesting it
Thx,
-A
P.S. I literally laughed out loud when I saw weak-sauce 90s rapper Mase as an avatar option...
I'm the proud new owner of an MVS
So I'll probably be hangin' around here for a while.Thanks to a Craigslist end-of-month moving sale, I just acquired an original dedicated 4-25 Rev 3 cabinet. It's seen *much* better days but gets the job done for now and with some TLC over time will be a great cab. The joysticks function but could use some tuning, and a button on each side is nonfunctional (uninstalled replacements were included). No coin mechs or coin door lock, but the bucket's there. And I got a couple $$ knocked off because when the seller (mike26 on these forums) was moving it the day before the sale, he dropped it and the tempered glass in front of the CRT shattered (fairly inconsequential loss and easy fix if you ask me). The cab itself is otherwise largely intact, solid construction with black sides that are only lightly scratched and begging for a custom art applique... all 4 slots and both speakers/headphone jacks (and theoretically the card reader) work, and 3 of 4 marquees light up (I plan to replace all 4 EL panel elements myself since the other 3 are dimming and original MV-EL replacments are hard to find). After some careful tuning the "focus" pot on the CRT flyback with a plastic knife, the image is decently sharp, with only a minor distortion on the top 1/4-1/2 inch of the image, very legible/playable.
All in all, I'm finally living what woulda been a distant dream for any of us back at age 12.
I consider it a steal at the price I got it for, but needless to say, I'll be tinkering with it and haunting neo-geo.com and other places like HardMVS for many weekends to come.Generally speaking, I see myself as a nostalgic broke gamer, not a museum curator. For that reason, all I'll be looking for is inexpensive carts with marquees, no kits necessary. So keep me in mind when ridding yourself of the scraps and loose ends of your collections
Oh, and it's currently next to the fridge in my pizza parlor--I mean, kitchen--while its permanent home is readied. My fiancee proved her coolness with not only allowing that one to happen, but suggesting it
Thx,
-A
P.S. I literally laughed out loud when I saw weak-sauce 90s rapper Mase as an avatar option...
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