Galaga rom error?? Need Help!
I went to look at the playchoice 10 as stated in the other thread and the guy selling also had a galaga machine. I wasn't impressed with the playchoice since the games are exactly nes games.
Anyway, Galaga is in my top 5 games I want. He said the screen comes up with the galaga stars in the backround and says rom or ram error. He told me the previous owner said it was working fine right before the error message. The cab itself is in good shape with minor wear all around. He wants $450 as-is. I know working ones go for $750-800 in this condition. Is this something easily fixed?? I don't have a backround in electronics, so I can't do anything too involved.
What do you guys think? I think I probably could get him down to $400.
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You will hear that a lot. Personally I won't spend more than $100 maybe $150 on a non-working game. Galaga is always way overpriced too. Now if there is a bad solder somewhere it should be easy to fix. You can reseat your chips (ie desolder and resolder). If you need to re burn the rom on one of the chips you need special hardware for that. Do you feel confident in soldering and using a multimeter? Keep in mind I'm no expert and others here may have better information, but I hope this helps. If you really want the game I would try to get him down to $300. I've found that patience is the key. I just found an asteroids deluxe for $10 in great shape!
