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It's not often I work on arcade machines, but after grabbing this Cyber Cylces (Namco, 1995) as a part of a bulk arcade machine deal, I found that it was in need of a fair bit of work. So, I figured this blog post would be a good way to record the journey of learning about this game and board system. The pinball purists will have to forgive me, but even though I am a pinball die hard I still have a soft spot for video arcade games, particularly driving cabs. Cyber Cycles runs on Namco's Super System 22 hardware system, which I would say is a difficult system to repair due to a lack of schematics and general repair information. However, if I decided to sell this game, it would need to be in good working condition for the next owner, so I figure that posting some of my successes (and failures) during this repair may help out other Cyber Cycles owners in the future. Jump on, and let's ride...
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Last week, I was browsing Facebook marketplace for more projects to buy that I don't have time for (as you do). Most of the time this is an innocent way to waste some time in between meetings or during my lunch break. But last week was not so innocent. I actually found an interesting listing. It was a listing for a bulk lot of arcade cabinets which were in a storage container. The description didn't say much more than that, and there were no photos. The listing was local to me, so I contacted the seller, got his phone number, and gave him a call to get the down-low
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