[USA] Sega New Astro City Group Buy

Glad to hear your upbeat about this disaster and using positive energy. I wish things wouldve swung my way and honestly i offered a 2 side winning proposel but it didnt fly so oh well. Ive learned my lesson.

electricgrave said:

IAfter this I'm done.

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Keep telling yourself that. I do... then months later, I'm lugging another one in.



Keep your head up, the fun of the hobby is everything from spotting something you like to the satisfaction of sitting in your arcade room, listening to attract music and saying "I just can't keep playing these games.. can I?"

..then finally learning to dragon punch 18yrs later

If anyone is in the NJ/PA/DE/MD area and got a fucked up cab, I'll buy it off you for what you paid for it. (sans shipping, as it was refunded, I think)

I'm not trying to be a vulture flying around your corpse, I enjoy restoration and work like this and it's a way for you to recoup your losses.

I will not flip your cab or otherwise underhandedly fuck you.

It's a win-win for anyone willing to take me up on the offer.

kernow said:

..then finally learning to dragon punch 18yrs later

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I know you may have trouble understanding this, but:

It's not about you for once.

Show some fucking respect to the people who took one in the ass.

P.S. You hurt my feelings badly.. I am now very sad.

VanillaThunder said:

I know you may have trouble understanding this, but:

It's not about you for once.

Show some fucking respect to the people who took one in the ass.

P.S. You hurt my feelings badly.. I am now very sad.

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a) I know
b) I know

p.s I always show respect to people who take one in the ass

I still will flip you silly on SF kerns.

Also, no one got refunded any shipping so I would imagine anyone wanting to flip these would most likely would want to make their money back.

I'm washing the cab piece by piece outside, it's cold and bitter but damn it I'm getting this shit done.

I never had an Astro before, I really like the desing inside, it comes apart fairly easy and now knowing the second cab will come apart even easier than the first. I'm just washing the heavy stuff and once inside I'll get to the nitty gritty like yellowing and so forth, I think I might have to do some touch up paint for the areas were the paint has worn off.

I might just paint the whole thing given that the pieces are small enough and it seems easy enough, but I'm not sure yet, I think t6he touch up paint might just do the trick for now to make it look decent.

When I'm done you can swing by kerns, I'll teach you a thing or two about dragon punches...ruffles!

First Kingsley said he'd get my stuff out Thursday then it was Friday now he says everyone's parts ship out Monday. Sigh :\

I got my New Astro City today, and fortunately I had a better experience than some of the others have had. After seeing the other posts, I was pretty worried about the NAC showing up, and seeing as how I am new to the hobby, I was hoping that I wouldn't have to deal with any major problems.

The cabinet on the inside was pretty dirty, and it will definitely take some cleaning, and the monitor has a little bit of burn in, but it's not noticeable when playing a game. Any suggestions on fixing it? Or would I pretty much need a new monitor?

The picture kind of has an "hour glass" thing going on with it at times. I was adjusting the monitor, and when there were black bars on the left and right side of the picture, it had the "hour glass" type image, it wasn't to big of a deal if you stretch the picture out, but if it is fixable, I would love to know how to fix it!

I also got a Blast City panel, not to big of a deal, I would love to get a New Astro City panel, so if anyone out there can help out, please let me know! The PSU was pretty dirty, and so far my CPS2 games, and one PCB play fine, but I took some pics, if anyone can let me know if it is the wrong PSU, or if it won't run certain mobo's, please let me know.

Also, what is the best way to mount a CPS2 mobo inside the NAC?

I am pretty new to the hobby, so any and all help and advice is greatly appreciated. This is my second cabinet (the first being a 4 slot MVS candy), and I am trying to learn more about it.

All in all, I was satisfied with my end of the buy, and Kazuo let me know of the Blast City panel before he shipped it. So on my end, there weren't many major problems. I don't mind doing some cleaning, and I can find a New Astro City panel, repro or otherwise.

The cabinet came with a standard JAMMA harness, but then I also had these harnesses? Does anyone know what these are?


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video_disease said:

I got my New Astro City today, and fortunately I had a better experience than some of the others have had. After seeing the other posts, I was pretty worried about the NAC showing up, and seeing as how I am new to the hobby, I was hoping that I wouldn't have to deal with any major problems.

The cabinet on the inside was pretty dirty, and it will definitely take some cleaning, and the monitor has a little bit of burn in, but it's not noticeable when playing a game. Any suggestions on fixing it? Or would I pretty much need a new monitor?

The picture kind of has an "hour glass" thing going on with it at times. I was adjusting the monitor, and when there were black bars on the left and right side of the picture, it had the "hour glass" type image, it wasn't to big of a deal if you stretch the picture out, but if it is fixable, I would love to know how to fix it!

I also got a Blast City panel, not to big of a deal, I would love to get a New Astro City panel, so if anyone out there can help out, please let me know! The PSU was pretty dirty, and so far my CPS2 games, and one PCB play fine, but I took some pics, if anyone can let me know if it is the wrong PSU, or if it won't run certain mobo's, please let me know.

Also, what is the best way to mount a CPS2 mobo inside the NAC?

I am pretty new to the hobby, so any and all help and advice is greatly appreciated. This is my second cabinet (the first being a 4 slot MVS candy), and I am trying to learn more about it.

Alright now this came with a standard JAMMA harness, but then I also had these harnesses? Does anyone know what this is?

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You got pretty lucky man. You might now want to lean that board on the power supply either.

You cannot fix burn-in, the only "fix" is a new monitor that doesn't suffer the problem. I don't know shit about the Sega cabs, but if there's a pincushion adjustment, that will fix your display issue. From your pic provided that is what it looks like. If it "caves in" on the sides w/black bars, it likely needs to be re-capped.

Nice choice on the TMNT, still one of my favorite games to play and one PCB I'll never sell.

DecepticonZero said:

You got pretty lucky man. You might now want to lean that board on the power supply either.

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Ahh yeah, I was in the middle of taking the board out, but figured I would snap a picture of the PSU real quick before I forgot!

it just needs an adjustment on side pincushion (15k)

madman said:

You cannot fix burn-in, the only "fix" is a new monitor that doesn't suffer the problem. I don't know shit about the Sega cabs, but if there's a pincushion adjustment, that will fix your display issue. From your pic provided that is what it looks like. If it "caves in" on the sides w/black bars, it likely needs to be re-capped.

Nice choice on the TMNT, still one of my favorite games to play and one PCB I'll never sell.

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He has to take the panel off the back and locate the pincushion pot.

http://wiki.arcadeotaku.com/images/9/96/Sega_New_Astro_City_Manual.pdf

Page 17, pot number 15 on that page.

TonK said:

He has to take the panel off the back and locate the pincushion pot.

http://wiki.arcadeotaku.com/images/9/96/Sega_New_Astro_City_Manual.pdf

Page 17, pot number 15 on that page.

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Is this to try and fix the burn in, or the "cave in"?

you can't fix burn in.


the concave picture you can fix with side pincushion.

burn in you have to buy a new monitor, what happens is the phosphors in the tube are used to that picture being on since I am assuming that game was played for a very long time, no way to change that now.

Just find a tube that is compatible with that chassis and do the swap. CRT tubes you can pick up at recycling centers

swolgam said:

Just find a tube that is compatible with that chassis and do the swap. CRT tubes you can pick up at recycling centers

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Not likely to happen with an MS8 or MS9 tube. That's likely what is in these, and their yoke values are not something easy to match (unless of course he finds another of the same model)

Practically speaking the entire monitor unit would need to be replaced with a new 29" monitor, and even that is easier said than done since no one sells good CRTs anymore.

zorahk said:

burn in you have to buy a new monitor, what happens is the phosphors in the tube are used to that picture being on since I am assuming that game was played for a very long time, no way to change that now.

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Phosphors don't "get used to" a picture being on a monitor. They don't form habits. They are simply areas of a monitor where the phosphors are more aged than others.

madman said:

Phosphors don't "get used to" a picture being on a monitor. They don't form habits. They are simply areas of a monitor where the phosphors are more aged than others.

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Technically speaking yes it is a loss in luminesance but this is caused by the picture being on there for an extremely long time.

Yes, but it's not as if the phosphors are saying "we're used to this 'game over' screen so let's keep displaying it."

madman said:

Phosphors don't "get used to" a picture being on a monitor. They don't form habits. They are simply areas of a monitor where the phosphors are more aged than others.

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How do you (form a habit)? is it like puddy? do you (take it (in your hands)) and (form the shape) to create it?

Nearly 90% of (language is metaphorical), very little of what we say is literal.

Why you would (single out) that example ((to bend it) into an argument)). (It serves)
no purpose other than to ((make you sound) like an (ass)).

(Metaphors in brackets), and (I probably missed some).

Celestein said:

How do you (form a habit)? is it like puddy? do you (take it (in your hands)) and (form the shape) to create it?

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How do you try to give an English lesson online and not know how to spell "putty?"

Not an English lesson in the least, lesson in linguistics, specifically conceptual metaphor, my field.

Course, if you knew anything about language, you'd know T and D, are the same sound.

I can confirm that the smaller gray/silver PSU will not power cave SH3 games. ookitarepanda switched me so I am good for the present time.

I started taking apart and cleaning my cab as well