Playchoice 10 Super-Deluxe (LAI)

[AskJacob]

Figured I better keep track of this project:

 

Picked this monster up today off another member, thanks 4wasp4.

 

No pics just yet, but some notes:

 

1 - top CRT has no yoke, also MAY have signs of burning from the original so I hold the chassis sus at this stage

2 - main CRT has bad impurity/alignment on the LHS and degaussing does not help. A quick peek at the back and it's an orion tube with an unlabelled chassis. Looks like the yoke either is not original or has been fiddled with...

3 - Only boots occasionally. Not sure on this yet, will need to have a look at the power supply.

4 - Golf cart does not work.

 

Here are the carts it came with:

 

1 - Mike Tyson's Punch Out - with an onboard CR2032 battery which will be replaced ASAP

2 - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

3 - Dr Mario

4 - Rad Racer

5 - Pro Wrestling

6 - Gauntlet

7 - Double Dragon

8 - Tennis

9 - Golf

10 - Super Mario Brothers

 

and an additional board "Kung Fu" unpopulated.

 

A quick question - did these come with eproms or mask-roms originally? All of these are eproms, but the security chip is still present..

 

Cheers

Jacob

[AskJacob]

Now with some pics:

 

These guys are not hugely common, so I thought I'd drop some pics here for members to have a squiz at. Gotta get to the cab to take some will do that soon.

 

Here is the main board, with 10 sockets for the carts:

 

http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc5/askjacob/PlayChoice10/DSC04298.jpg

 

Here is a close-up of a good idea: a 1F super-cap instead of a battery. Still going strong, and no leaks

 

http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc5/askjacob/PlayChoice10/DSC04299.jpg

 

A close-up of the 10 sockets:

 

http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc5/askjacob/PlayChoice10/DSC04300.jpg

 

A closeup of the heatsinked custom:

 

http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc5/askjacob/PlayChoice10/DSC04301.jpg

 

Top of the PCB: with the "other than jamma" connector for the 2nd monitor

 

http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc5/askjacob/PlayChoice10/DSC04302.jpg

 

Near the "almost Jamma" connector, with RGB pots:

 

http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc5/askjacob/PlayChoice10/DSC04304.jpg

 

Some sample carts: short and full lengths, different eprom configs, and one with a backup battery: (top to bottom: Gauntlet, Double Dragon, Pro Wrestling, Mike Tyson's Punch Out and Super Mario Brothers)

 

http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc5/askjacob/PlayChoice10/DSC04306.jpg

 

Cheers

Jacob

[AskJacob]

More Pics:

 

Top Screen Bezel:

http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc5/askjacob/PlayChoice10/DSC04307.jpg

 

Main Screen and CP:

http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc5/askjacob/PlayChoice10/DSC04308.jpg

 

Inside the cab(front):

http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc5/askjacob/PlayChoice10/DSC04309.jpg

 

Side Profile of the cab (crap piccy!)

http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc5/askjacob/PlayChoice10/DSC04310.jpg

 

Cheers

Jacob

[Emohawk]

Cool looking cab. The PCB's look nice and clean. The game line up sounds good to.

 

Is that a ploy with the wife "I hung out the washing hun".....

[AskJacob]

heheh yeah - it's the only sheltered spot that was suitable. Problem is in rainy weather the washing gets in the way :laugh:

 

It's moving soon, just have to wait for the Mrs to be away for a few hours;)

 

Cheers

Jacob

[jstr]

I love the cab, it has so much character to it.

[Adzy8383]

@AskJacob

I just bought one of these and need to do a couple of the things to it.

I was hoping u could tell me/show me what mech was in it?.

Mine is missing the bottom of my Control panel overlay see pic.

So hoping u could take a photo of that part of the cpo so I can get a reprint, i can just notice it says playchoice on the bottom of one of ur photos, is the lettering the exact the same size as the marquee as I have the marquee to copy from.

Any help from anyone would be greatly appreciated

 

 

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