“We just have a difference of opinion” – remember that? We heard that a lot during the pandemic, usually from someone that is talking out of their ass and comparing their opinion to something stated by a doctor, scientist, researcher, or in a published article. This person is often comparatively uneducated, and inexperienced with the topic at hand. Sure, everyone is entitled to an opinion, but no one is entitled to have their opinions valued the same as anyone else’s, or even heard for that matter. Continue reading We Just Have a Difference of Opinion…
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Bringing Joust Back to Life
So it came to pass that I ended up with three cabinets for $100 each. A Great Golf in a Midway cabaret, some Toaplan run-n-gun in a Taito Qix cabinet, and… A Joust(!) in its original cabinet.
I agreed to purchase all three sight-unseen. When I get them all home, the golf game worked except for a rolling screen, the run-n-gun has an board issue where some sprites are being displayed at the wrong horizontal locations, and the Joust?
Well, the Joust was dead. Simple static video (monitor needs a cap kit, too), watchdog barking, no response to inputs, nothing on the LED on the ROM board.
