Hey all,
This is my first post, so go easy on me.
Anyway, I just recently bought a Donkey Kong cabinet. It's my first cabinet too, so I'm pretty pumped. She's rough, rusty and dusty, definitely a fixer-upper but that's exactly why I bought 'er in the first place. I've always wanted to learn more about arcade cabinets and how to fix and restore them, but they always seemed out of the realm of possibility when it comes to the 'ol wallet. I didn't want to buy just any game either, and wanted it to be something I'd know I'd play, such as a Q*bert or Mario Bros. Didn't want a MAME cab either, wanted something dedicated and as original as possible.
Lo and behold, I find a DK cabinet at a used goods store whilst thrifting with friends. They were asking 800 bones for it, to which I immediately said no. After returning to the store the next day and going over it again I offered $300. We eventually came to an agreement at 5. Overspent, sure, but it was right there and I'm not planning on going crazy with cosmetic restoration, maybe get some new T molding at most.
So now onto the meat of the matter. The game itself is a four board stack, TKG3 specifically, which is odd, considering the adjustments sheet on the door refers to TKG4 as well as the serial plate. When you turn the game on, the marquee lights up, you can insert a quarter and the game will start up once the 1 player button is pressed. My only indication that anything is happening, however, is the sound, as there is no picture. Nothing. No life in the display. No orange glow in the tube either.
I'd like to have an arcade tech look at it, but I thought I'd come to the forum first to see if I could figure out the root cause of the issue and perhaps save myself a few bucks in the process. It's a Sanyo EZ monitor, looks to be the same as in other Nintendo cabinets. Don't want to touch it as I obviously don't want to die. I also don't currently have any way to discharge it either, so there's that problem.
I'll be honest, I know almost zilch about this stuff, so now it's time to learn. If you guys need any pictures, I'll provide 'em.
Thanks.
