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Not sure how many folks here read Arcade Otaku, but check out the work one of the guys has put in over there to the Mikado Europe project in Spain.

He's going to have every Cave arcade release playable.

I know right??? Half tempted to look for last minute flights!

Holy hell! Where was that?

As mentioned before, I had an Atomiswave which I picked up from m0zie81 (<-- if I replace the '0' with an 'o', boards for some reason replaces it with "Amanda Lively Schoolroom") back in 2015. Only problem was that I had it in my workplace. It was fine at the started but when I had a notion to get hit home, the options for doing that (van with a taillift or allowing randos into the office) had all gone - so it sat in work for another few years. The pandemic/pox happened and it was moved into a corner.

Flash forwards to a few weeks back, I got some new motivation to get her home. The only way, take it mostly apart and use the missuses car.

It started like this;

And went to this with the control panel off

And then the screen out, front panel off and all bunged into the car;

That was one trip, next day BOOM!

So got all the parts home and then start to clean/assemble the cab (cat was of little help)

And now she is together at least...only problem is that the two Arcade1Up cabs will either need to go into storage or get sold due to the lack of space :(

Cab itself had a few scuffs which I thought had cut through the paintwork but most turned out to be 'magic eraser sponge'able so came off which is great.

Mistercade now installed - need to remind meself how the controls are setup for coin, menu etc. :D

Monitor was dim at initial power on but after 10min it brightened up. Maybe a capkit is in order, but I think its 80+ caps so it will be a chunk of work. Good news, I got a Hakko desoldering gun so it should make light work of it.

The bolts around the control panel needed encourement most likely due to its abuse in an arcade and 'spills' but they came out. Once the control panel and support has been removed, there is another bracket which is for the coin slide and that was a pain to remove with the monitor in. I should have waited until it was out before removing. All in all, just two people needed to dismantle/move with some balancing of the monitor bazel on a head when unbolting it :D

I've seen a video of someone horking one of these into a car on its back fully together. Defo wouldn't have fit in herselves car like that. The control panel wouldn't have allowed the boot closed. Wouldn't be a fun drive around the M50 :D

MiSTer - I had a kickharness adapter (kick to JAMMA edge) and it worked a treat. Just need to sort audio to take direct from the MiSTerCade direct to the speakers. JST connector/cable in post which I'll throw on phono connectors.

Need a new marquee light. The tube that was in it was over sized and did't like going back in after I tried to figure out the power cabling. Anyone just use a 12V LED strip?

I got mine in the back of a Toyota Starlet on its way for respray but with monitor and panel also removed

So I know a lot of folk including myself have been on the lookout for arcade machine coins that are a suitable alternative for 100 yen coins.

I have a handful of yen but would like a nice bundle of coins for the machine and yen are increasingly more difficult and expenive to get.

Most arcade coin tokens like Sega, Capcom or unbranded are a totally different size, thickness, weight etc. and require adjustment of the coin entry slot and mech itself, often needing to totally change the entry slot and remove parts of the coin mech. Effectively making the mech a shute wihout any of the mechanics and familiar "clunk" sounds!

I've been on the hunt for a token that is like a 100 yen coin but ensuring the entry slot and mech require little to no modification.

Say Hello to these little guys from Aliexpress. I saw them linked on UKVAC but with not a lot of context so took a punt on 200 of them for circa 40 euro.

Original yen front and back on left, tokens on the right

As you can see they look very like 100 yen coins but with MVS written on one side. No changing of the coin entry slot required and they go through the coin mech already set for 100 yen without any adjustment. Sort of.

As the coins are made of steel, you need to flip the magnet around in the mech to stop them getting stuck. I don't see this as a dealbreaker as that part of the mech is just used to pick up fake coins which in this case we are knowingly putting through and we're not in a commerical environement. The all important screw adjustments keeeping it set at stock for 100 yen remain untouched.

But otherwise you have a coin mech that can accept original 100 yen coins along with these tokens without any physical adjustments, all while retaining that all important clunk clunk clunk sound as the coin works it way through the mech!

I have put a good few through the mech there now without any rejecting.

Anyone have a super hangon cabinet here?

Need to do 21 and I've been stalling , 65 is a pain

Id second Olly in Arcade Artshop , a gent and always helpful. Not sure on customs now with UK stuff though.

@KeRbDoG Where did you get the cap kit?

65 caps? ouch! fair play to you, I'd say that was beyond tedious. Colours in that picture look lovely, I'd say you're delighted.

Console5 have always been great for any cap orders I've put through in the past, nice dude running the site too.

The extended times and prices are crap as well I payed close to 20 quid for some slow blow fuses from UK 2 weeks ago and still waiting for them to arrive 🤨and need them to see my parts list from the states which will be another wait