Author: John Bennett
Not Phil
PCB Reproduction: Space Harrier/Outrun Deluxe Motor Drive
I thought I’d plug the PCB we’ve been working on over at UKVAC.
It’s an open-source Circuit Maker project where we took the hard-to-find motor drive PCB for Outrun and Space Harrier Deluxe and made our own.
Not Phil
PCB Repair: Lethal Enforcers
Problem
Lots of things as it turned out, but initially it just sat in a constant reset within milliseconds of power-on.
The list:
- Watchdog reset.
- Graphics corruption.
- No sound.
- No P1 gun input.
Not Phil
Cricket Scoreboard Repair
Well, it’s game related and has electronics in it. The story shall be told in chronological order to pad it out…
Evening One
Whilst watching my kids running around at the cricket club, I find out the scoreboard is broken – it’s been like that for a few weeks. “Blown fuse” apparently. I volunteer to have a look…
Not Phil
PCB Repair: Rolling Thunder (again)
John here again with another Rolling Thunder but a different problem .
Problem
Sprites flicker and disappear in a ‘noisy’ manner. They don’t disappear in a ‘block’ manner, rather random pixels flicker as if the sprites are being blown away. Once warmed up, this seems to lessen, although one that sticks around the longest is a priority issue:
Not Phil
PCB Repair: Rolling Thunder
John here (first ever blog!)
A game we bought 20 years ago and, after a few failed attempts, was consigned to the cupboard of shame.
At boot it goes through the usual few pages of random tiles/sprites but then freezes.
Not Phil