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[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Motoroader multiplayer]

Playing this game with more than 1 person is like playing a totally different game! A buddy of mine came over today and we played the PC Engine version a bit then the TG-16 version. After planning on what we were buying we easily beat the game lol. I could never seem to get far playing by myself. 

I only recently got a Japanese tap and a 2nd black/orange PC Engine controller for my American TurboDuo and I already want to buy more controllers lol.

[Console Repair/Mod Center / TurboDuo : CD-ROM stopped working]

Hey dudes! I'm in the middle of working on this, but figured it would be a good idea to relay to you all along the way.

My US TurboDuo was recapped by me and "The Steve" (And of course Steve had to fix a lot of my work due to me not having proper equipment for surface-mounted caps  ) a few years back. I've played it off and on since then, but recently have been playing the system a lot more with a new CRT setup.

Anyway, yesterday morning I'm playing Rondo of Blood and hit select+start after losing a round, then turn off the machine. An hour or so later I return and.. the CD-ROM won't spin a disk again.

Symptoms:

- Hit start button, see "Please check disk!" message.
- The drive would not move to the right initially.
- I don't see a light from the laser diode emitting.
- Disc does not spin.
- Laser lens moves up and down vertically a few times before giving up.

Suspects:

- Dirty rails and gears? Took the time to clean those up and add new lithium grease. In the process when I use the gear to advance the lens all the way to the right, it returns to the home position fine when the system boots.

- Dirty lens? Cleaned it.

- Perhaps pots need adjustment now that new caps have been used for many hours? (I have a scope and probe if that's the case)

- Dead laser? (I've gathered this is rare)

- Loose ground? Open via on board that just randomly occurred?

Open to all ideas and suggestions as I try to get it going again!

[PC/Console/Mobile Ports / My Text Adventures]

If anyone here digs old text adventures like Infocom's classics, my text adventures are free to play locally or online here: http://jizaboz.com/projects/if/index.html

Note that the last one in the list is only playable locally and is a short demo for an upcoming game that also has graphics, sound, and music.

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Blog of my Turbo Duo repair]

I took some time to write up some notes and things I learned along the way while I did a recap job on my Turbo Duo.

http://jizaboz.blogspot.com/2018/07/nec-turbo-duo-repair.html


Please feel free to critique or humiliate! I'll update the post with anything you all think is important to add or is just plain wrong.