An Excelent Free Find

bambi · Post by **bambi** » Sat Nov 25, 2006 5:53 pm

I went to go to this Roller Rink in Frankfort IN for my little sisters birthday, but who cares? On the way back i saw on the side of the road on arcade game.Its this dart game and it looked pretty beat up to me but i wanted it. I was like "Oh snap" and my mom let me get it. I opened it up theres quite a bit in there. A coin door, 20 watt speaker, around 10 pushbuttens, 88 LEDS and much more. But I dont know what to do with it. I could restore it ( the guy said it only fell) salvage the parts and make something, or salvage the parts and sell them. IDK what do you guys think I should do.

ganonbanned · Post by **ganonbanned** » Sat Nov 25, 2006 6:00 pm

restore it and get an arcade game or a MAME cabinet.

Indigno · Post by **Indigno** » Sun Nov 26, 2006 12:03 am

It really depends on what the game is, how nce the cabinet is, and how much it would take to restore.

atari2600a · Post by **atari2600a** » Sun Nov 26, 2006 12:40 am

From what you described, it doesn't have a monitor? Or is it like a virtual darts game or something?

bambi · Post by **bambi** » Sun Nov 26, 2006 1:19 pm

Theres no monitar on it, its called a scorpian (sting maybe?) the top part cabnet is the only thing beat up, i was thinking about taking the motherboard and stuff out of the unit and make like a counter top version out of it and use the bottom part to make a MAME machine or something. I'll try to post pictures of what mine looks like and see what you guys think
EDIT: I really dont care for darts and heck by basic coinecidence my next door neighbor has the exact same thing. So I reallly dont want to make it the darts again.

josh · Post by **josh** » Sun Nov 26, 2006 2:04 pm

Yuo should move this topic to the ARCADE fourm

Post by **Triton** » Sun Nov 26, 2006 2:30 pm

moved!

bambi · Post by **bambi** » Sun Nov 26, 2006 4:08 pm

Thx I did not know about this new section. I got the thing to run, but it dosent work.

arfink · Post by **arfink** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 3:17 pm

Awesome, although it sounds like you need to do some troubleshooting on the logic boards if you want it to work again. I have not heard of a scorpion brand dart machine, I have seen and done a little bit with something called an "arachnid" brand dart machine. Post up some pictures- I would say that if it is in really rough shape you may need to scrap it out, but my guess is that something minor broke or came uncoupled when it fell over. Probably something like broken wiring, or maybe a faulty power supply or something like that.

bambi · Post by **bambi** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 5:29 pm

I got it to turn on, the top part that keeps score and suck isnt working at all, im gonna take a look at it soon so I'll see what the fate of this is gonna be.

*o* · Post by ***o*** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 6:16 pm

if restoring arcade games is half as fun as restoring pinballs then its awsome!

just one bit of advice...FIND THE MANUAL! you can often get them online! they have details of schemtics ect. it is indispensible while repairing

atari2600a · Post by **atari2600a** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 6:25 pm

check http://klov.com/. They seem to have everything...

kidw/32+systems · Post by **kidw/32+systems** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 10:02 am

Hehe thats funny cause thats how I got my Ameri Darts cab and its not worth resoring a darts game cause nobody will buy it for a reasonable price.

bambi · Post by **bambi** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 6:57 pm

I still cant get the top to work! Ive opened it up and it looks fine it just wont turn on! I found the manual and it helped some. But i still cant get it.