Yeah, here we go again

I've found one of my favorite game 'XEVIOUS'  

This time, the roadtrip won't be far    The game is located in France, at only 100km from my place  

Ok, let's prepare the map... in case    



After the Turbo Out Run road trip, here's once again Freddy ... is  ready to help me for this quest  



Ok, let's go...

We drive 5 minutes and ... out of fuel    



Hopefully, he has a short fuel reserve  :idea:  :idea:  :idea: enough to reach the net gas station in ... Luxembourg    


Fuel's so expensive in europe


OK we are now in France...  



Hey...we are approching    Look that Solvalou who is showing the way        



... we are close now  



After 1h20 of driving, we are at location  

Quick look inside the seller's hangar ...

... Pole Position under the dust  



... and there it is : XEVIOUS  



The worst moment ... give €€€€€€€  to seller        



... the loading ...



... and it's time to go back...

15 minutes later... what ?

We stop  



... it's time to eat, we get the first restaurant  



Let's eat quick    A dedicated Xevious is alone, outside...



... on the road again...



... in few seconds, the game will enter in Belgium    



OK, arriving at my home  



The gaming room is not finished yet, let's found empty space insise the house    



At a temporary location...



OK, now have a look inside the beast  



... dust ... dust ... dust      

OK, yes, let's check the identity card    



Let's plug the thing...  :



RAM 8 ERROR message in the boot check ram procedure  

... let's continue the cleaning process :



I replace the old srews, full of rust, by new ones  :idea:



Now, the serious stuff        

The CPU pcb :



The VIDEO pcb :



I decide to clean the contacts between chip & socket :



Here's what I'm using to clean the parts :



- air bomb
- contact spray
- special fine cleaner

Look at these chips :



DiRt    

So after cleaning few things on the pcb , I plug on the game and ...

RAM  7 ... time to time :x

or

RAM 8 ... most ot time  :x

Let's start to solve these problem  

OK, according the documentation :



the RAM 8 is the 2S on the video pcb :



OK these chip seems to be the fault one, according the doc below  :cry:

Well, still don't know where the problem is exaclty located   ...

SO, I'll try another way  

I got a NAMCO Classic Collection vol 1 original pcb  

it includes :

- Xevious 'original'
- Super Xevious 'original'
- Xevious 'Arrangement'
- Mappy 'original'
- Mappy 'Arrangement'
- Galaga 'original'
- Galaga 'Arrangement'


It's the Japanes import version :



It's a jamma, so it will be easy to wire...



I Got also a new arcade power supply, and of course a jamma harness.

Let's quickly plug the thing, just to check...



Ok, the pcb is ok



...but I got a problem on the monitor  

I can't have a full size picture    



It's an ElectroHome 19" G07 CB0 monitor.

The width coil doest effect the size anymore  

Well, I'll order a capkit first...

As you can see on tbe latest update, I need a new control panel overlay.

SO I'm removing the oginal 'damaged' overlay :



It is necessary to fully sand the panel, and also the piece of metal who joins the panel/bezel...

... after more than 3 weeks, I finally get the CPO repro :



Stay tuned  

OK, I don't want to use modern switches for the stick and the buttons, so I'll clean as best as possible original hardware.

It's very dirty  :



...very very dirty    :





... it's the best I can do :



Ok, let's put them on the panel :





...closer...



...well, I put back original screws    mmhhh a lot of dust    I'll change them later :





... after all that work... time for some good time      



... Xevious Arrangement is WONDERFULL        I played it like a crazy          



Stay Tuned    

Yeps...a short update    It's alive but the coins door is full of rust    :





...what a shame... everythink is fine on the Xev' cab' expect the coins door...



Let's fix that  

I sand the pieces  



The tools of the day :



Let's go with 2 layers of PRIMER :



...the other sides :



Now, the main black color :



... the other sides :



The day after, it's all dry  



...closer...



Stay Tuned