Friday, June 4, 2010

Strike-3, finally restored.

My Strike-3 is restored at last!!! It is a 21'' generic cabinet, model: IngeVideo by IngeMatic S.A. (Here in Spain dedicated cabinets are hard to find. Local manufacturers built their own generic cabinets in order to import just the game PCB... yes, it makes sense, but as a collector I can assure you it sucks).

The restoration consisted in...
- Full new wiring and power supply.
- Replaced old buttons and switches, added also new ones (drilling new holes in the control panel): 1-player 4th button (in order to play some NeoGeo games), and hidden test and service buttons.
- Replaced the monitor chassis (old one didn't show red on screen).
- Old paint was removed from all metal parts, and these were sanded and repainted (matte black).
- Replaced the speaker and the marquee lamp.
- Decorated the bezel with some adhesive vinyl.
- Used U-molding in order to hide damaged borders.
...and of course, it was fully cleaned.

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