Its Cold..........

Went into the garage today to see if any of my machines are still working (for tomorrows gaming afternoon) and fired up a couple of machines, which didn't work out too well. The super Hangon's power supply made some nasty popping noises so I won't be trying that again until the weather has improved. It's -3.0 degrees right now

More Highscore Site Updates

Even more time spent on improving the highscore site.

As well as fixing a little bug, the Scores By User and Scores by Game tables now both display the correct game or user details in the header.

I have replaced the "delete" and "edit" words with icons

improved spacing on he tables so that scores/levels and ranking etc are clearly separated

A reminder again...... The highscore site can be found at :-

http://jammaplus.co.uk/score/Home.aspx

Jamma+ database migration

I have been experimenting tonight with migration of the jamma+ database from the nasty access databse to sql server 2008. I think I have got the hang of it now so pending some testing, this will be migrated for real some time soon.

Firstly I hope this will bring about a performance increase

Secondly it will allow me to use a more up to date version of the forum software

Finally I intend to write my own forum software that integrates better with the jamma+ site and the highscore site

My desk at work

Here is my desk for my day job as a software analyst / developer.
HP 19" TFT screen and core2duo PC and a fancy pants Cisco IP phone.

My Space Harrier

Here is another pic

My Sega Space Harrier - Mini sit-down

As requested here is a picture of my mini Sega Space Harrier sit-down cab.

Currently fully working and in reasonable condition

Hiscore Site - Update Complete

The ability to post pictures to the scoreboard (as well as view peoples submissions) has now completed testing and has gone live.

For anyone who is unfamiliar, the highscore site is located at

http://jammaplus.co.uk/score/Home.aspx

Highscore site updates

I am currently working on the UK highscore site. I am adding the ability to upload photos of scores to the site. Currently the upload is working, I have even added the ability automatic resizing of the image to a sensible size. There is currently a problem with viewing the images which I am working on. I will keep you up to date when this is working again

Paperboy score

My best 49817

New Arrival - Atari Paperboy

At last, after years of waiting I finally have one :)

This one needs alot of work, infact the working condition is nothing like the seller described, but it is getting there.

So far I have had to fix the following problems :-

Controls wired upside-down (up is down and down is up etc)
Controlls jittering (replaced ADC)
Game crashes after 4-5 goes (bad sockets and bad 74ls245)
Sound missing in one chanel (dead amp on right)
Speech scrambled and not working properly (bad speech chip)
Music stops half way through a level (bad 6502 code roms)

Terrible monitor picture (partially fixed with reflowing solder joints and replacing some caps that i had to had) Monitor still has foldover on the left hand side, poor focus, unballanced colours and takes a very long time to warm up.

The 2 5volt psus have been equalised.

The connectors on the wiring harness are poor or have been soldered straight onto the pcb header pins, so all new connectors needed.

Kelly doing some pre-christmas drinking

Look a picture taken in my house with no arcade machines in the background .... there are not many places where that can be done :)

Bubbles

Highest score...... this took me a few goes but it was worth the effort as I think this is a pretty damn good score

Monaco gp

My best score yet. This has taken me quite a few goes to achieve. I still have not 100% got the hang of the bridges yet. I'm hoping to get my first 9999 points soon though :)

Road Runner (Atari)

Roadblasters

My first completion. You only get one chance on level 50, and after several years of owning the machine (maybe 6-7 years now) I have finally managed to complete it and win the T-shirt :) Shame I am about 20 years too late to actually get the T-shirt

Roadblasters

Score

Space harrier score

This is quite poor actually for me. I can get at least double that score..... and I hope to take a photo of a much better score real soon. I probably won't be giving Nick a run for his money (yet!) but hey, I am getting better :)

Asteroids score

Gorf score

Not a bad score if you consider that the up and down do not work on my joystick making avoiding some projectiles impossible. I hope to post a much better score once I get the optos fixed

Monaco gp score

Highscore

Took a few attempts, but finally got a decent score. This is on the easiest track

Super hangon

My new arrival. This is a game I have wanted to get hold of for years now. Bought from a J+ member, it is in reasonably good condition. There are a couple of bits that need tarting up and I had to fix the feedback motor and replace the bulbs (both blown caused by the feedback and lighing wires being switched over at some point) Also I fitted a proper Sega illuminated button as there was some nasty orange fruit machine style thing in there. Other than those minor issues though the cab is a good sound cab and I am pleased. I need to try and locate some handlebar grips.