Mortal Kombat II Arcade Control Panel Restoration - IL vs HAPP joysticks buttons - RESTORE PART 1
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- Опубликовано: 21 окт 2024
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Mortal Kombat II arcade restoration CPO, CP, Joysticks and Buttons. In the video we will install a reproduction Mortal Kombat II control panel overlay (cpo) using rapidtac and the wet method. Then we will populate the control panel with HAPP buttons and some joysticks. Also we will compare the Happ Competition Joysticks vs the IL EUROJOYSTICK from Paradise Arcade. Supposedly the HAPP joysticks were made by IL and they had a falling out and HAPP moved production to CHINA. So, they are not the same as the old joysticks that Mortal Kombat had in the 90s. The IL EUROJOYSTICKS are suppose to the same as those old 90s joysticks. We will also screw the Mortal Kombat Plexi Glass Lexan to the wood control panel.
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Love your restoration series always enjoyed the way you did your videos and how you showed how to fix games if it wasn’t for you I wouldn’t have all the games I own today. Thanks for all the great videos you gave us and please come back one day 🙏 😢
I miss these videos so much. I can’t believe how long it’s been. John you have saved many lives. I did not know I had to discharge the power to an arcade monitor until your video. Thanks guy!
All the help with getting parts shows how much people appreciate what you do for the hobby. You bring back a sense of excitement and satisfaction that's easy to forget. Rock on!
Thanks, Warren! I am very lucky. ^_^ You all rule, including YOU! :)
I really love that sound the Bronco makes when you hit the reset on it. Reminds me a lot of an Apple IIe booting up.
Mortal Kombat II the Arcade the internet re-built :) really neat that everyone pitched in for this one, i played a ton of times on one of these, so seeing one that was gutted was not a pleasant look. Well, at least i knew that with you buying it, it's going to get a lot, lot better.
This feels like an old school John's Arcade episode. A lot of hands on, a lot of teaching...good stuff man!
Putting the buttons on is always my favourite part :)
I can't wait to see more in this restore series... MK was a huuuge part of my childhood and this makes me wish I had one of these machines to restore! Thanks for putting out such good content!
I'm restoring a Smash TV that was converted to an Ultracade. The metal plate for the control panel was missing and I couldn't locate a replacement. After I gave up, I used a piece of laminate in place of the metal, but covered it in lexan. Little choice, unless I could have a metal shop cut one. Turned out really good, even thought it's a compromise. Of a genuine piece turns up for me, I'll rebuild it with the correct part. Cool project. Lots of parallels in technique between STV and MK2.
wow perfect coincidence , just pick up a complete mk2 arcade machine yesterday for 40$ on Craigslist.... this is going to help me get it to its best .. thanks man!
great video john im totally excited that your starting this restore i loved mk2 in the arcades i also say in the next video get the game running and save the side art and other stuff last
Finally, the continuation of MK2...
MORTALLLLL KOMBATTTTT. Great video again John. Can't wait for the next episodes to come :)
Thanks this was very helpful.
Inspired by your videos, I went and found a steal on a Craigslist Black Tiger today! Keep it up!
Looking forward to the new restoration journey 👍🏻
omg, i was stunned to see you working so fast. normally you spend 45 minutes faffing around with tape and various cleaning sprays before any attempt is made to mount the CPO. I'm not sure what to think about the "new John". ;)
+theorgandude lol. This one was easy. :)
LOL, John's voice was so cool when the parts started tipping like nothing was happening but everything else in his body was like "OH SHIT!"! XD
Looks like a lot of things you but near the edge of a surface just want to fall off. XD
Definitely be cool having a MKII cab!
I live for these restoration videos
Thanks for reading out my viewer mail - fingers crossed the boards turn up for me.
good job on putting control panel together
Original Overlay VS. Repo: goo.gl/photos/uhS7yVGf3ziT2iGE6
My MK2 Rebuild (Original with New Cabinet): goo.gl/photos/pNqJVMhRXacy3Hpc8
Nice work, I was shouting SHARPIE at you, funny when you mentioned it later. Looks great though.
Nice one John. Looking forward to the next one!
Cant wait to see the restore on this, John - Love MK2
got my second arcade game yesterday Stun runner cheap and dead had a bad power switch bypassed it and fired it right up works great.
Save the cabinet for last, putting Raiden on the side would be a nice final touch
Hey John, those IL joysticks are really the way to go. Also, looks like you still need another trim piece which runs along the top of the control panel and rests against the bottom monitor glass bracket. It's a standard Midway cab piece so you should be able to find it pretty easily.
Great to see the MK2 restoration under way. The Isopropyl and Magic Eraser is pretty amazing, but you might want to wear some gloves if you decide to use that method for a whole cabinet. The alcohol will dry out your skin and make it crack.
I live for these restoration videos
FINALLY JOHN!!!!!!!!!!!! I been waiting for it
Great video! Happ joysticks are good quality. Installed in games I have. Feel good and are very durable. have kids that play my games. Keep restoring. thanks, John
the white just looks like the lightning hitting the buttons to me either way looks awesome can you recommend a good place for a cheap empty cabinet that i could build a MAME cab with? i have a spare 32" hdtv but i guess there's no machines that would hold that size tv? thanks.
You did "Excellent!" in my best Shao Khan voice haha. Good choice with restoring MKII the best MK imho.
Dude, Nice work! That overlay came out fantastic.
-Mitch
Super excited for this!
Finally! An actual Sunday video. LOL!!!
Great job as always John!
I like that your name is sillysausage. :)
+John's Arcade Game Reviews & Tech 😂Thanks!
+John's Arcade Game Reviews & Tech Is there a way to remove the storage in the basement and expand the basement? You can always move the popcorn to fit a other one or two games.
Looking good! I would just touch up the paint and leave the sides black.
Do the side Art when the cabinet is much lighter in weight without the electric s. Love all your work. Reminds me of all my banana seat /Bmx bikes i took to the arcade for asteroids. Nyc
omg John. lol. I was screaming at the screen to grab a black sharpie before you put the lexan back on. ha ha
Really interested in the Bronco restore. As I grew up with computers I was just a touch too young to really live through the analogue era. So I have no cluie how anything worked before computers and love finding out how they did things back then.
Great to see the MK2 restoration happening. Really looked forward to this. Just to let you know that the control panel is missing a bracket where it meets the bezel. There are 4 or 5 screw holes along the edge on the underside where it attaches to the wood. I don't know if it's an easy part to come by. I'm building an MK 2 control panel from scratch and that is the only piece I don't have. I'm sure someone will be able to hook you up with though.
+Chris Kaminski I think I have that piece. Came with cabinet
+John's Arcade Game Reviews & Tech That's lucky then. I think it's a tricky part to get hold of...at least it is here in the UK.
+Chris Kaminski I checked. He brackets are in the cabinet. Got em. Thanks.
A swivel head deburring tool works really well for getting the edges of the vinyl cut straight. And they're cheap :)
It's looking good!
Suhweet! CP looking good!
in console restoration videos they only use magic eraser for removing scratches because it destroys logos/artwork . so i'm not so sure this is a safe way to remove paint
I think you should do the elecrronics next. Then the cabinet. great video.
wow man, I was just playing MKII at a barcade a few weeks ago! (I did remember my fave fatality, Liu Kang's Dragon Transformation -- at about a step back from your opponent, D,F,B,B,HK) definitely one of my favorites in the series.
UGH, 'previous owner' damage.... when I won the Gunblade NY some six years ago after I finally got it I noticed the power cord didn't have the little grounding prong on it, it was snapped off! I was having some other issues with it but I wanted to have it addressed asap so I had a friend help with replacing the plug. so I feel you on having to clean up a mess from the last guy that had the game.
The sideart, now that won't be as big a deal as the Jump Bug, right?
But I'm looking forward to the next episode of this restore, definitely one of my favorite 90s fighters!
Get the game working John, do the monitor next, then do the cab would be my vote.
Great job so far.
Great job John I wouldn't be bothered by the overlay, maybe at the most I'd do the sharpie fill in down the side as mentioned but looks good enough either way :)
Hey John, Don't take that CP apart to fix that white edge. Just take a sheet of construction paper, cut off a long 1/8th inch strip of it and shove it in there. Maybe a little dab of glue on the ends to make it stay. Seems like a simple fix.
Love your vids . Hate the wonky table
😂💥
The table is my co-host. :)
As *essential* as it is to have a MKII cab ;) there's something about having an original Gun Dealer cab (just looked it up!) that's far more exotic, in more ways than one... I expect they just used a generic one but who knows, maybe there was something unique about it.
Cool can't wait too see this video
I just picked up a couple cabinets for $75 the other day and one of them was a MKII cabinet that someone butchered as well. I'm going to try to get it back to it's original glory again since I am a huge MK fan. I have the CP but someone drilled a hole in the middle of it to put a trackball and turned it into a World Class Bowling arcade - makes me wanna scream. I'm going to try to revert what they did, should be able to do it. I do need to find the PCB, CP art as well as the rest of the artwork and the marquee. Hopefully this isn't going to be too big of a pain to find that stuff.
John if you want to keep the dart board place it where the Ms. PAC-MAN MAME cabinet is.
About the paint removal process. The bubbles video, the guy said this only works with water based latex type paints. if it was oil based paint, it probably wont work.
Control panel looks good to me man, I'm wondering which joystick works better.
Were the IL or happy better? Whats the best place to get them? Any good sources for parts? I am rebuilding an mk1
Which did you end up liking better? Happ or IL?
Hey John. Looks like this restore isn't going to be as fraught as the Journey one was. I'd still recommend sticking to what you've done in the past and getting all the electronics up and running. Other than that, I think it'll come together pretty nicely.
Exactly right john, IL (Industry Lorenzo) originally used to make happ comps for happ, then as you said production went to china, I tried 2 pair if happ comps absolutely shocking getting diagonals especially for Street Fighter, so IL all the way now so much better I did a youtube video on it
Sorry about the confusion John! it's my friends account that we share.
Thanks for responding to my email.
Between this and quantum I'm starting to think that it's impossible to get properly sized artwork.
Hey John. I have a Namco bowling game that won't power up. It doesn't have the average looking power supply it looks to be factory soldered have you ever seen this before?
Im excited for this resto. Are you going to have any room in the basement when it's done?
Next time try using a wide and fine cut file to trim the edges of the overlay. Works like a charm
22:02 - TIL it's Rapid Tac - Anyone besides me thought John was saying "Rap Attack"?
John...I would think you could clean/move the storage area in the basement, move your desk and such to that area, and then you have a whole new area for games.
Here is question for you John, Out of all of the games in your arcade right now, If you could only pick 5 arcade games to keep what would they be? No multi cades allowed
If Ed Boon sees this then he will be proud of you for doing a restoration of MK 2.
Hey guys! I just got a mk 1 cabinet and wanted to know what kind of black vinyl you put on the front kick plate area where the coin door area is.
John's Arcade Game Reviews & Tech Just water and soap, and spray it on top of the stickers as well. Trust me, no more scratching, and, it helps with pushing bubbles. In general, putting a sticker on is a wet situation.
John, It looks like your missing the metal bracket between the CP & monitor. BTW, I'm quite sure that was ThisOldGame who did that Bubbles paint removal.
Hello!I own a original mk3 cabinet and recently the joysticks and buttons are not responding any idea what causes this?
John, great video and can't wait for the rest of the restore. I just recorded raw footage 2 weeks ago of my MKII cabinet 100% all original for one of my upcoming videos. Would you like me to send you my private video so you can see where all the parts go?
It was wierd to see the bronco in the beginning I heard once that you live in New Jersey if this true I don't know but at my local antique store in south jersey just yesterday there was a mustang pin so at first I thought you got it
What type of microswitches do IL buttons have?
Was this cab MDF or Plywood? Thanks
Hi John,
Is the rest of this restore unlisted? The last one we saw was combined with the hangar visit. Are there any more?
+resilva2 no. I need to revisit this. Soon.
Good video.
Is it worth dojng the side art? After you slot it into place in your garage, you wont be able to even see the sides!
@John, please fix that little table, I am anxious every time i see you sitting there for that popcorn machine to fall over with how badly that table wobbles.
I like the table. Wobbles and all. :)
haha, and you have that right, it is your arcade, but I swear I have a small heart attack every time you sit down and it shifts. PS: keep up the good work. I'm JUST starting to restore my first unit
citrus stripper is the best for removing paint to restore the hidden side art .
I wonder what John does as his day job. Has he ever said? Musician? Sales? Accounting? Graphic design? Just curious.
All of the above?
He works at a restraunt hes a arcade operator/chef I believe
Nice !!
Ya know, I never really had an issue with IL clips flying off.
Sanwa? Those things'll fly through a room with the greatest of ease. 🤣🤣🤣
where did you get the torx security screws ??????
We'll be working on an MK2 at the same time! But you are more experienced, so I will follow your example :)
I honestly love your videos because they really show your passion and interest in the hobby... BUT I would love these videos to have a bit more digestible size versions or be cut up into smaller versions. Over and hour+ for each video is a big bite to take for a person with a bit of free time out of the day. If you had a "Highlights" version of each restore or repair that would be awesome as a second option.
John, the final update version to that PCB is a 3.1 so let us know what version you got?
John, let me know what version the board is and yes i'm curious so don't be forgetting.
After 5 years I left you a comment and you still haven't reply back, man I mss you and your videos.
Craigslist search string that I stole from John : ((takes quarters)|(coin operated)|(upright game)|(standup game)|(coin game)|coin-op|(coin op)|(quarters game)|coinop|neogeo|neo-geo|(neo geo)|arkade|acade|acrade|arcade|aracade)
This brings up a TON of stuff.
Awesome. It's a good string for sure.
I thought the mk happ controls had a circle actuator or gate?
I remember there being two different versions of MK2 for the cpu charters in the arcade. The second one being really hard and to the point that the cpu keeps charging forward. The first version did not do this and you could get farther in the game also with the babalities/friendships you could do multiple ones in a row for fun. I think it also would say the version in the title screen. This is was what i remembered when i was a kid and to this day i never seen the first version. I figure maybe they figured the glitch out and made the game harder since you put quarters in it to make you spend more. If anyone can elaborate on this it be great. I would say the first version was more fun for single player mode and would be the version id want.
Hey John I noticed In the Beginning Of your Video The Firefox is Out Please Keep us up to date to get that bk up and Running
yes 90's fighters FTW
i would love the kill screens CD
Your tapper game is an actual beer tapper?