I got a few new carts in the mail and I'm having some issues. The carts in question are:
Bang Bead
King of Monsters
KoF 2002
Boards
MV-4
MV-2F
MV-1B
MV-1C
All stock BIOS, and the 2F has the RGBs lines run through variable resistors with pull downs. No other mods.
The Bang Bead seems to run fine on my four slot Big Red, but when I put it in my MV-2F + BVM, it crashes every single time at the high score screen after the attract mode runs. It appears to play fine on both. I also ran it on an MV-1C and MV-1B and it seems to run through attract mode just fine. I do not have a proper supergun for these boards so I was unable to play test on the 1C and 1B.
The King of Monsters would boot straight to the title screen and just stay on that screen in my 2F. It will start and play, but it will not run attract mode or cycle to the second game in the board. I also noticed that on the title screen there is no animation on the background. In my Big Red it will run just as it should, until after you play a game. Then it sticks at the title screen again and will not cycle through the other games in the cab. All appears good on the 1B and 1C.
The KoF '02 really has me confused though. On the 2F it will only play in two player mode in team matches. Then after the match, it goes straight to a game over screen. Singles matches, it appears to be fine. On the Big Red its the same thing, but it will only play in Spanish. In the soft dips it won't even give me the option of changing the language or region. It would give me those soft dips on the 2F. Didn't try this on the 1B and 1C as I never noticed any issues with the attract mode.
I have tried searching google and the forum, but really didn't come up with anything useful, I may have not been using the optimal keywords, but I tried numerous phrases. I have cleaned the cart edges, and the cart slots. Tried various dip switch settings, in the original tests only the freeplay dip was on. The boards and chips check out with MVS Scans and do not appear to have been repaired or worked on.
Are these issues with the games or my boards? Any input is appreciated, thanks guys
Bang Bead
King of Monsters
KoF 2002
Boards
MV-4
MV-2F
MV-1B
MV-1C
All stock BIOS, and the 2F has the RGBs lines run through variable resistors with pull downs. No other mods.
The Bang Bead seems to run fine on my four slot Big Red, but when I put it in my MV-2F + BVM, it crashes every single time at the high score screen after the attract mode runs. It appears to play fine on both. I also ran it on an MV-1C and MV-1B and it seems to run through attract mode just fine. I do not have a proper supergun for these boards so I was unable to play test on the 1C and 1B.
The King of Monsters would boot straight to the title screen and just stay on that screen in my 2F. It will start and play, but it will not run attract mode or cycle to the second game in the board. I also noticed that on the title screen there is no animation on the background. In my Big Red it will run just as it should, until after you play a game. Then it sticks at the title screen again and will not cycle through the other games in the cab. All appears good on the 1B and 1C.
The KoF '02 really has me confused though. On the 2F it will only play in two player mode in team matches. Then after the match, it goes straight to a game over screen. Singles matches, it appears to be fine. On the Big Red its the same thing, but it will only play in Spanish. In the soft dips it won't even give me the option of changing the language or region. It would give me those soft dips on the 2F. Didn't try this on the 1B and 1C as I never noticed any issues with the attract mode.
I have tried searching google and the forum, but really didn't come up with anything useful, I may have not been using the optimal keywords, but I tried numerous phrases. I have cleaned the cart edges, and the cart slots. Tried various dip switch settings, in the original tests only the freeplay dip was on. The boards and chips check out with MVS Scans and do not appear to have been repaired or worked on.
Are these issues with the games or my boards? Any input is appreciated, thanks guys
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