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Atari Asteroids game PCB repair (#1 board): lift that reset! 6502 aren't made equal?
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This is the complete repair process of one of my Atari Asteroids Arcade PCBs.
Faults fixed:
1) A double-IC shorted /RESET line.
2) The previous "repair" person attempted to permanently kill the board with the help of a soldering iron
3) Some 6502 seems not really suited for the Asteroids game board.
Timeline:
00:00 - Welcome
01:42 - First power on
02:23 - CPU's Reset problem
07:47 - The shacking vectors disease
08:16 - Poor soldering job disease
10:22 - Not all 6502s are made equal
13:40 - Last checks
Related videos:
first inspection and repairs of my Asteroids PCBs:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHRH3E0EtLg
Making a power supply and audio power amplifier for Atari Asteroids:
https://youtu.be/35YR62yv3-E
Atari Asteroids related information:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asteroids_(video_game)
http://www.andysarcade.de/asteroids.html
https://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=6939
http://www.jmargolin.com/vgens/vgens.htm
...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tu10tQlWd3Y
This is the complete repair process of one of my Atari Asteroids Arcade PCBs.
Faults fixed:
1) A double-IC shorted /RESET line.
2) The previous "repair" person attempted to permanently kill the board with the help of a soldering iron
3) Some 6502 seems not really suited for the Asteroids game board.
Timeline:
00:00 - Welcome
01:42 - First power on
02:23 - CPU's Reset problem
07:47 - The shacking vectors disease
08:16 - Poor soldering job disease
10:22 - Not all 6502s are made equal
13:40 - Last checks
Related videos:
first inspection and repairs of my Asteroids PCBs:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHRH3E0EtLg
Making a power supply and audio power amplifier for Atari Asteroids:
https://youtu.be/35YR62yv3-E
Atari Asteroids related information:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asteroids_(video_game)
http://www.andysarcade.de/asteroids.html
https://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=6939
http://www.jmargolin.com/vgens/vgens.htm
...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tu10tQlWd3Y
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