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For sale a not working The Simpsons PCB.Board appears to be complete with no missing parts but not working (showing only a flashing blank screen).Some repairs done (see pictures).Price is 120 euro plus shipping (from Itay)

For sale a fully working Vendetta PCB.Some little signs of repair (see pictures).Heatsink of the sound amplifer is missing.Price is 170 euro plus shipping (from Italy).

For sale an untested Championship Sprint PCB set (main board + video board).Both boards appear to be complete with no missing parts and in very good condition.Price is 299 USD plus shipping (from Italy).

'ZILOG' is an internal floppy disk drive emulator I designed for the MSX2+ and turbo R computers ( equipped with built-in FDD).You can read more details about these machines here : MSX2+ MSX turbo R Like for 'The Thing' (the FM Towns Marty FDD emulator), 'ZILOG' (which I named like this in...

The Mitsubishi 'MN50005XTA' and 'M60002-0118P' are two custom chips found on Tecmo arcade PCBs of mid/late '80 like Rygar/Argos no Senshi, Silk Worm, Gemini Wing, Solomon's Key and few other boards. The Mitsubishi 'MN50005XTA' is a DIP28 .600mil plastic part : Whereas the 'M60002-0118P' is...

Another Irem custom IC has been defeated and successfully reproduced. After the 'KNA70H015(11)' and 'KNA70H016(12)' Irem 'KNA70H015(11)' and 'KNA70H016(12)' reproduction I took into account the 'KNA65005-17', a DIP48 part found on M72 and later hardware like M81, M82, M84 and M85 (although...

Recently 'Furrtek' decapped the Seta 'X1-007' custom chip donated by me (this part, in SDIP42 package, is used on many Taito/Seta PCBs as RGB latch and video SYNC generator) I took the chance to put his (always) brilliant work into practice and made a replacement of this custom IC using a +5V...

Some months ago I finally found a Bogey Manor PCB,I was after this board since ages.For the uninitiated Bogey Manor is an obscure game released from Technos in 1985 (but actualy running on Data East hardware), you can read more about here : Bogey Manor review The board was in quite good...

This is the follow-up to my latest post about my work on reproducing a couple of rare thirdy-part add-on cards for the Fuitsu FM Towns Marty console.The first made was the 2/4MB RAM expansion : FM Towns Marty 2/4MB RAM expansion card reproduction Also the SCSI card has been now succesfully...

Some months ago the user 'parodius' kindly loaned me a couple of ultra-rare add-on cards for the FM Towns Marty console, a video game console released in 1993 by Fujitsu, exclusively for the Japanese market. They were a RAM expansion and a SCSI cards : Since these cards are extrely hard to...

Some time ago I've been sent a Gang Wars PCB for repair.For the uninitiated this game is a beat 'em up developed by Alpha Denshi and published by SNK in 1989.The board was in fair condition (a little bit dusty perhaps...) At power up I was greeted by a static garbage screen : Checking the...

Recently me and my mate @Hammy worked together on a custom chip reproduction project.The chip is marked 'MA7054' (manufactured by Mitsubishi as logo proves) and it's found on some Tecmo PCBs like World Cup '90 and Tehkan World Cup : The package is SIL, same of the 'MA7053' (reproduced as...

The 'CUS27' (or simply '27' as part marking says) is another custom IC found on Namco arcade PCBs of mid/late '80 like : Pac-land, Dragon Buster, Sky Kid, Metro-Cross and other pre-System 86 hardware System 86 hardware (Rolling Thunder, etc) System1 hardware (Splatterhouse, Galaga88...

The '005924' is another custom IC from Konami used on arcade PCBs of the mid / late 80s like : Nemesis hardware Twin 16 hardware Contra Jackal Combat School WEC Le Mans 24 The chip comes in a ceramic SIL package (11 pin) covered by epoxy : Technically speaking the '005924' is for main...

Another reproduction of a custom IC : the Taito 'PC010SA'.The orginal part comes in SIL14 package : It can be found on N.Y. Captor, The Legend of Kage, L.S.A. Squad, Tokio/Scramble Formation, Darius, Big Event Golf PCBs. 'RCAVictorCo' decapped the part and drawn schematics of the internal...

Recently I've been contacted by a couple of arcade collectors, both had a not working 'Prehistoric Isle in 1930' PCB (a shooter game originally developed and published by SNK in 1989) with a problem regarding a custom IC marked 'SNK IO'.In one PCB the chip was faulty, in the other it was...

Who among you does not know and has never played Bubble Bobble in his arcade life? Personally I love this game and I was looking for an original board since ages but never been lucky to get one so I always ended up settling for bootlegs.But recently I spotted on eBay a legit PCB from Taito.The...

For sale the whole CD-ROM assembly for FM TOWNS Marty console.I no longer need it since I have the DocBrown (v2) ODE inside. I have no means to test it again so I sell it as untested but it was working fine when pulled out.Price is 130 euro including shipping worldwide via UPS carrier (2-3 days...

Recently I've been asked to look at the Taito 'PC050CM' in order to study a replacement.It's another custom IC you can find on arcade PCBs from '80 like Rastan, Rainbow Islands, Operation Wolf, Chuka Taisen, Dr. Toppel Tankenkai, Kuri Kinton, Continental Circus and others.The chip has a SIL28...

Some years I made some work on the Fujitsu FM Towns Marty, a home video game console released in 1993 by Fujitsu, exclusively for the Japanese market.Specifically I found the way to use a FDD emulator (HxC or Gotek) with this console, you can read my past article here : Using the HxC Floppy...