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Arcade 1up - Dig Dug Countercade

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Did a breakdown, and some testing with the Arcade 1up Dig dug machine.

 

Its a very minimal build, with 1 new component that is not in the

normal machines.

 

Retroralph did a breakdown on the pac-man one on youtube, so if you

want to see that as a video reference, it might help.

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Parts:

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1 joystick

2 player buttons for action / pump [1 on left of joystick, 1 on right]

2 player start/credit buttons

1 volume adjustment switch

1 on off switch

 

 

cabinet

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1 control panel

1 control panel plexiglass overlay - 2 large screws

1 panel under control panel in front

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1 plain back panel - attached with 4 screws

 

1 top panel overhanging - to hold in marquee

1 marquee panel

1 front bezel

2 left and right panels

 

video

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1 8 inch lcd screen

1 lcd controller cable converter

1 cable for lcd

1 cable for power to lcd

 

box covering the video board - 2 small screws

 

game

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1 ribbon cable to control panel

1 cable with ground from PCB to video board

1 game pcb

1 power cable

1 multi wire cable to video board

 

box covering PCB - 2 screws

 

 

ALWAYS MAKE SURE POWER IS OFF BEFORE STARTING

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None of the screws were tightened much

 

Also, although most of the cables are one way, make a

not of the reversible one, with the red wires, and also

which sides are plugged in. Take pictures if necessary.

 

 

Tools need - Philips Screwdriver

- possible smaller sized philips screwdriver

- something to hold the screws

 

I flipped the machine onto the front for this part

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1 - detach power cable from small connector to mini plug on back

2 - Detach 4 screws on back panel

 

3 - Carefully unplug the mini power cord from the PCB

 

4 - Remove the 2 side screws from the box over the PCB,

you now have access to it.

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I stood the machine up for this

5 - Remove the front 2 large screws from the control panel

 

DO NOT LIFT OUT YET

 

6 - carefully pull up, and REMOVE the 2 pin cable attached to the

speaker. If you yanked the control panel off, it will probably rip

out the cable.

 

7 - Detach the large ribbon cable from the control panel,

this will free up the PCB.

 

8 - Remove the ground screw and then you can detach the larger

ribbon cable (the one with the red wires)

 

9 - You can also remove the smaller cable with 3 wires on it.

 

This removes the PCB from the board

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10 - Remove the 2 small screws from the side of the box on the

back of the LCD

 

11 - Remove the 2 cables from the back of the lcd converter board.

 

This gives you access to the video board, if you want to attach

another one for Modding, or a different LVDS adapter.

 

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* To reassamble - just reverse the steps

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At this point, theoretically, you could swap in another

control panel, other countercade PCB's, etc.

 

Or just experiment.

 

I did the reverse, and tried plugging the Dig Dug PCB, into a full

sized Arcade 1UP, but of course, the video output is not compatible

and just gave a blank screen.

 

If the settings in the software can be modified to address it, it most

likely would work, but of course, the control panel would have to be

altered with that board too.

video boards

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control panel

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blank screen

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later

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A view of the defender countercade button layout:

 

Here is the new layout:

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2 direction Joystick

smart bomb thrust fire [1 player]

reverse

hyperspace [2 player]

 

 

original:

defender-cp.jpg

 

2 direction joystick player 1 start player 2 start thrust fire

reverse smart bomb

 

hyperspace

 

later

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I'm in the process of converting 2 AIU games into multicades and I plan to convert a couple more.

 

If I could find a inexpensive source for the LCD monitors I could use the AIU control panel and LCD diver board to create some countercades

 

I plan to order Blackout edition Marques so I could even use those for the top

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On 6/25/2019 at 12:48 PM, 0078265317 said:

I tried that machine out at the Grafton, WI Costco. The knob doesn't freely turn but turns in "steps" like a switch knob. I don't recall the original playing that way. This Tempest was playable but it felt like I was competing both with the game and the controls. 

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Arcade 1UP - Countercade Multigame-mod
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So, I got the Dig Dug countercade, but wasn't
happy with the controls for Dig Dug 2. Also,
Dig Dug was the Japanese settings, which is
5 men only, which makes it much harder to
get to 1 million and killscreens.

 

Anyways, I bought the LVDS adapter, but haven't
been able to get it to work quite right, so
I've given up on that for now. My plan was
to add a pc, or small computer to it, for
using MAME for multigames. Or to input
from a game console.

 

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Issue - Small screen size, actually it isn't
too bad, when sitting in front of it, but it
is very small when playing horizontal based games.

Solution - New Screen

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Issue - Bad emulation, and controls

Solution - Better PC, and alternate controls with joystick,
trackball and spinner
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Issue - Mono sound (loud though)

Solution - Stereo Sound
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Issue - Poor screen angles and colors

Solution - New Screen
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I ended up using a Fujitsu 13 inch tablet PC which
I had not being used currently.

Its a Core 2 Duo, 1 Gig ram, 80Gig hard drive.
So tons of horsepower, and space for many
emulators, and ROMS. 


This solved all problems at once, and also added
pen input to the screen, so no keyboard is needed.

The tablet PC has 2 usb inputs, firewire, audio in,
audio out, VGA out, microphones.
- 1 usb used for controller(s)
- 1 usb used for keyboard or HUB

Resolution : 1024x768 32 bit color
Size       : 12.1 inches
Networking : Built In

Battery    : Up to 4 hours with expanded battery

YES, it can be 'portable', and does not need to be plugged into wall socket.

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Bezel - Too large on original

Solution - Replaced with Black Plastic Board cut to allow screen to show.

 

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Total Price  - Tablet ($50-150 spent several years ago - many can be found on EBAY)
             - Bezel  ($5 spent at Art supply store)

Keyboard (already had spare)

Joystick, Mouse, Trackball, Spinner (already owned).

So technically it cost me $5, since I owned all the other parts.

 

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Game notes:
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- Software
MAME 0.106 for testing.
I can upgrade to much later versions for other
games, but I was trying to show Arcade 1UP ones,
and mostly vertical ones.

 

OFFICIAL CURRENT Arcade 1up Games
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Dig Dug - Slight glitch in sound, but can play Atari Roms, besides Namco, and alter player settings.

Dig Dug 2 - Perfect emulation of both versions, and superior controls, since 2 buttons are on the
            right side mapped correctly
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Centipede - Works great, haven't put in correct settings for trackball
Missile Command - Did not Test
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Space Invaders - Works excellent, need to tweak settings for correct sound
Space Invaders Color - Works excellent, need to tweak settings for correct sound
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Pac-Man   - Did not test, expect it to work perfectly
Pac n Pal - Tested, works perfectly
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Galaga   - Tested, works perfectly
Galaxian - Did not test
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PROPOSED BUT NOT RELEASED
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Defender - Works, but have to map controls correctly
Joust    - Works perfectly

Ghosts N Goblins - Works perfectly

 

GAMES I LIKE, BUT NOT OFFICIAL
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Galaga '88 - Excellent game in the series
Joust 2    - Excellent Vertical oriented game, very tough

Pac-Man plus - Tested, works perfectly
Super Pac-Man - Tested, works perfectly
Pacmania - Tested, works perfectly (will have a separate gameplay video too)
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Final notes: You can see the tablet green LED's, but when playing 
they are blocked by the Bezel. Also in the video, the left side
appears to bent slightly, but from the front view, its fine.


I need to tweak the software some more, and add some more ROMS.

I don't care about frontends, and MAME GUI works fine for me.

Any questions about the games, let me know.


later

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There are 99$ countercades coming later this year with smaller footprints and screens.

 

 

If you want Dig Dug, Centipede or Space Invaders, get them for $125 from Arcade 1up site:

 

https://arcade1up.com/collections/counter-cade

https://arcade1up.com/collections/counter-cade/products/centipede-counter-cade

 

todayshow_countercade_sale_centipede_V1_

 

todayshow_countercade_sale_spaceinvaders

todayshow_countercade_sale_digdug_V1_600

 

 

 

Or $149 with free shipping from Walmart

 

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