:: Workshop :: Fly me to the MOON, let me PATROL amoung the stars...

[Laschek]

Back on the - on the left, the  board I got, labeled 'not working' and previously mentioned as a boot? It's the left one on the coming picture 



In fact, I can't tell if it's a boot or not... the components seems to be the same at first sight, but only differences I see so far is :

- the connector : the original one (on the right) has a key in order to match the original harness.
- the stickers : the original one has Williams stickers everywhere

Looks like an original to me, the screenprinting seems to be identical (often different with bootlegs) plus I have never seen a Moon Patrol bootleg with those flat cables that have all separate wires (had at least 10-20 over the years). They always have standard flat cables where all the wires are connected to one flat band. Those seperated ones are a typical sign for an original PCB, Moon Patrol or others on the same hardware like Zippy Race etc.
Missing Williams stickers don't mean anything as the board is actually made by Irem.

[DarthNuno]

Cannot resist to present you the game... on 'location' ... and on 'situation' with lights   









 

[Muerto]

simply beautiful!!!!!! 
and next to the GYRUSS.... 

[gyruss]

Looks stunning! One more great game added to your already great game room. 

[scr33n]

Awesome !!! 

And thanks for the 4 new Gyruss pics    

[Superully]

have you been able to fix the "steering problem", bruno?

[DarthNuno]

have you been able to fix the "steering problem", bruno?

Yes...see this segment of this topic 

[Superully]

but you were saying "But I still have that 'left/slow' problem... but guess what? It doesn't seems to affect the gameplay too much because I've done a nice score". or did the new board fix the problem?

[DarthNuno]

Yes, the new board is 100% bug free. I'm now able to go left (slow down) 
But the funny thing is ... going left (for slow down the buggy) is not really necessary for doing a nice score on Moon Patrol
Since I got this last 100% working board, I still didn't beat my high score done with the faulty board 

[Tyrem]

Hey Bruno,

thank you so much for giving this cab to me... and sorry for bringing this old thread up again. What exactely was the "left-problem" cause I am experiencing such a problem again here with the cab.

When I press left... the car actually speeds up... same effect when i press right. The only way to slow it down is not to press the stick in any direction. This is really strange and it made it hard for me to play the game cause I was so used to speeding up and slowing down with the stick. Any help would be very welcome. Maybe some of the other guys know what to do. I checked the leaf switches... cables seem fine, too.

Greetings
Stefan

[DarthNuno]

I'm sure you must confuse with the gameplay 
I tested the game at your location and everything was OK 
If you don't touch anything the car runs at a 'medium' speed.
If you go 'left', you slow down the car, but if you don't touch anything, the car will go again at its 'medium' speed.
Now, if you go 'right', you accelerate the 'car', but again, if you stop to go right, the car will go again at its 'medium' speed.
In any case, if you don't touch the joystick, the car will run at its medium speed/position
Try it in Mame and you'll figure out the controls 

[Tyrem]

I'm sure you must confuse with the gameplay 
I tested the game at your location and everything was OK 
If you don't touch anything the car runs at a 'medium' speed.
If you go 'left', you slow down the car, but if you don't touch anything, the car will go again at its 'medium' speed.

Now, if you go 'right', you accelerate the 'car', but again, if you stop to go right, the car will go again at its 'medium' speed.
In any case, if you don't touch the joystick, the car will run at its medium speed/position
Try it in Mame and you'll figure out the controls 

hehe.. i know the game quite well cause it is one of my alltime favs.

no matter what you do... if you press left or right the car speeds up. if you do nothing it goes in a normal position.
i know it used to work when you brought it to me cause i talked to my friend jochen who played it till the end on that morning after you left.
he told me that in the first levels everything was like it is supposed to be. but after a while it did not work anymore. he tought that gameplay was like that cause he was not familiar with the game.

he just told me 30 min ago because we talked on the phone and i told him about the problems that occured. still.. nothing to worry about. i am sure we will find what's wrong.

[leonk]

Hey Bruno,

thank you so much for giving this cab to me...

!?!?!?!  Bruno, why would you get rid of such an awesome game??

[Tyrem]

Hey Bruno,

thank you so much for giving this cab to me...

!?!?!?!  Bruno, why would you get rid of such an awesome game??

he told me his reasons and it made sense to me. and i am very thankful and happy that i had the chance to buy it.