How to find CGQ Everywhere: https://linktr.ee/cgquarterly Crowdfunding: http://www.patreon.com/cgquarterly Shop: http://www.cgquarterly.com/shopcgq Ever since I started streaming (and recording some videos) in my basement, people have been curious about the arcade cabinet sitting in the background, which is a Sega Astro City cabinet from 1993. So I figured I would just do a video all about it. Originally I was just going to give a brief overview of the cabinet and play a few games, but "brief" and "Classic Gaming Quarterly" don't really go together. So in this video I'm going to talk about Japanese "candy cabinets" and their significance in Japan versus what we had here, we're going to replace the Seimitsu LS-56 joystick in my control panel with a Sanwa JLF (which we're going to modify with some PERFORMANCE-BOOSTING parts), we're going to add dampers to the buttons, and we're going to clean up the wiring in the control panel by adding a new player 2 harness. Only then am I going to give you a tour of the cabinet, and then we'll play games for about an hour. I bought the joystick and other control panel parts from FocusAttack.com. Other parts for this cabinet have been purchased from SmallCab.net, who still sells some NOS Sega candy cab parts. Show notes: - This is by far the most work I have ever put in to a CGQ+ video. I worked on this episode for about 2 weeks. - The new camera (that Patreon fundage paid for, thank you!) is what allowed me to record CRT footage so cleanly. The Panasonic GH5 allows you to make micro adjustments to the shutter speed, so that you don't get a rolling picture (or whatever you want to call it) effect. So the Neo-Geo footage looks perfect. Unfortunately I forgot to re-adjust the shutter speed when I switched to a different PCB (refresh rate is determined by the game, not the monitor) so there is some minor imperfection in the other gameplay footage. Still looks good though, in my opinion. - Speaking of gameplay footage, everything was shot at 30fps, so that's why transparency effects are not preserved. Coury told me that he likes how CRT footage looks at 30fps, and he's smarter than I am, so I just did what he told me. I think it turned out looking pretty awesome. - I didn't mention it in the video, but while shooting everything, a SEGA neon sign that I had ordered showed up in the mail. So that's why in some shots you see that framed SamSho2 artwork on the wall, and in others you see the sign. It is a real neon sign (not LEDs or anything) but is not vintage. I got it on eBay for about $85 shipped. - Although I didn't record them, some other improvements were made to the cab during the time that I was making this episode. For instance, the control panel didn't have it's original locks (none of the locks on the cab were original when I got it) when I was installing the joystick, but a couple of days later new locks showed up, so I went ahead and popped them in. - The coin return button on the front of the coin mech door was completely frozen, probably from rust. The same package that had the new locks in it also had a new coin return button, so I installed that as well. - Lastly and maybe most importantly, when I got this cab it did not come with the key for the coin bucket door. These locks are individually-keyed (unlike the other locks on the cabinet), so there's no way to get a replacement key unless you know the lock's serial number. I finally drilled the lock on the door, and was able to see the coin bucket area for the first time. I was curious how high the number would be on the coin meter, but was also shocked that the coin bucket was still in the cab! - The coin mech wasn't working properly (which didn't matter because if I put coins in the machine I wasn't going to be able to get them back out), but I got that all adjusted as well, although as you can see it still needs to be fine-tuned. I could buy a new coin mech for not too much money, but why not try to preserve the original one? Anyway, prior to this I had all of my games set to "free play". I think it's a lot cooler to be able to use coins, though. - The only arcade board that I own that we didn't get out was Street Fighter II: The World Warrior, which would have just been redundant since we played SFIIT. I do have quite a few Neo-Geo carts, but I felt like three was enough. Send me a postcard: Classic Gaming Quarterly PO Box 73126 Davis, CA 95617 #Flashback #CGQ #CGQuarterly