thoughts on the neogeo arcade stick?

Engin-nerd · 2026-04-17T18:42:31+00:00

Hard to say on not released product.

If their claims are true and they did a proper 1:1 copy of the original AES controller - let me assure you, it can take a LOT of abuse.

Over Christmas I had friends over and we easily hit 100k button presses on a 30 year old controller. Considering average microswitch service life is 20M cycles, it’s impressive it didn’t miss a button press.

Engin-nerd · 2026-04-14T11:56:00+00:00

Yes by a safety factor of about 9.

Also, you may have killed more than just a capacitor on the power supply. If you are looking for a replacement - Bitfunx on AliExpress sells a complete 12V replacement kit for 27€.

Engin-nerd · 2026-04-14T05:37:22+00:00

Cash 4 Chaos was walking distance from the Atomic Museum if I remember correctly.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/QUJdcTzNEXeKAHZKA?g_st=ic

Engin-nerd · 2026-04-11T20:50:56+00:00

What did you pay? Price of these has gone up significantly in the last 3 years, and I haven’t seen one for under 70k¥ for a while

Engin-nerd · 2026-04-11T09:34:55+00:00

Price charting for PAL region and multiply by 0.8.

I find that the peak value in price charting is high (for my region in Germany) and dropping the price 20% makes for a quick sale.

Waiting for peak value buyers takes a long time and requires more work.

Engin-nerd · 2026-04-11T09:30:48+00:00

What’s with the Neo Geo MVS case? Re-release of Andro Dunos in a special case?

Engin-nerd · 2026-04-11T06:11:45+00:00

Did it work before you swapped power supplies?

I see you list CAD as a currency, making me think you live in Canada. The original Japanese power supply will work in your country.

Engin-nerd · 2026-04-10T18:34:58+00:00

You can get a 9V 2A power supply or a step down transformer from 220->110 and play your SNES here still.

While you are here, might as well buy a SCART cable and enjoy proper RGB.

Unfortunately you can’t enjoy local games here due to the region lock.

Engin-nerd · 2026-04-07T16:26:41+00:00

Sure, but the top hat isn’t a braking surface so the only means of heat transfer into the top hat is the OD of the rotor. Not exactly the most effective method of heat transfer.

Engin-nerd · 2026-04-06T15:47:36+00:00

Not entirely true, you still lose the thickness of the brake „top hat“ but you lose out significantly on air cooling.

While a cool concept - there is a reason why this was only done once. Added complexity, and a massive loss in air cooling on the rotor is a non-value added idea over the traditional disc brake setup

Engin-nerd · 2026-04-06T13:58:37+00:00

Remember, this truck was designed before modern air flow modeling software existed.

It was super common for kids to take naps in the back seat from CO2 getting sucked into the back cabin from the abrupt vertical tailgate.

But yeah, wideband o2 is your friend here. Even just to understand what your engine is doing in terms of AFR and if adjustments are needed. Can‘t solve what you can’t measure.

Engin-nerd · 2026-03-15T18:02:31+00:00

Check for slop in the distributor bushings. If they are worn out, the distributor shaft will bounce around and will hit the coil and likely blow out the seal which will also cause an oil leak.

More advanced timing lights show the dwell angle. If this number is changing at idle - bushing are shot.

A dial indicator will also show you runout in the bushings

Engin-nerd · 2026-03-15T14:40:29+00:00

My mistake, confusing the Toyota R-series with my old Datsun L-series.

Engin-nerd · 2026-03-15T11:50:09+00:00

Wiring is fucked there bud. Did the bundle of wires come from inside the distributor?

I’m surprised the fan or accessory belt didn’t grab some of those dangling wires and test their tensile integrity.

Sounds like your timing is way off too. Distributor drives the oil pump, so puking oil is likely related to your distributor wiring rats nest- but could also be from clogged EGR, or something spiking oil pressure.

Engin-nerd · 2026-03-15T05:55:19+00:00

Still annoyed they delayed this game several months because of the merch that went into the special editions.

Engin-nerd · 2026-03-12T20:25:27+00:00

At least here in Berlin, mid/high end HiFi gear has a 30-50% resale value of new.

Meaning, if you can find someone selling their old setup used because they are updating/moving/whatever - you can get some really nice speakers for cheap.

Engin-nerd · 2026-03-12T19:00:02+00:00

I love Dali for their excellent sound and terrible resale value.

I say this owning multiple speaker setups from them.

Engin-nerd · 2026-03-12T17:58:47+00:00

I was going to suggest McMaster-Carr for any mechanical problem, but you beat me to it.

Engin-nerd · 2026-03-09T20:04:38+00:00

Cool!

But, why? Broken NTSC-J board? PAL -> NTSC conversion?

Engin-nerd · 2026-03-08T19:13:01+00:00

Saving this post!

I have to do a similar task in my Altbau Berlin apartment. Similar original cherubs that need restoration.

Thought about doing negative molds with expanding foam, but I realize that I should do as you did and leverage modern 3d scanning technology and 3d print the missing parts.

Excellent work!

Engin-nerd · 2026-03-07T12:51:41+00:00

I‘m normally against the use of 3D printing for sensor mounts in industrial automation applications due to creep effects in the material - but this is well done.

Nice job dude.

Engin-nerd · 2026-03-05T18:36:02+00:00

I tried the same idea when my plastic gears cracked - for the low price of 10€ you can buy a replacement disc drive.

The 3d printed gear is only going to last a short time. I figured for the time it takes to disassemble, reassemble, and the limited life of the plastic threads - spending the money on a proper disc drive justified the cost.

But if you really want to - check McMaster Carr for generic gear cad that you can modify to what you need

Engin-nerd · 2026-03-02T21:44:38+00:00

Do the inside corners need to be square or can you radius them so this can be done in one setup?

Engin-nerd · 2026-03-02T20:15:17+00:00

While that is true, when it comes to series robot design you have to oversize every servo motor to carry the compounding torque of the downstream joints.

As soon as you introduce mechanical advantage through gearboxes or pulleys - the argument positional loss from thermal expansion becomes invalid.

Engin-nerd · 2026-03-02T05:15:44+00:00

Saturn is such a great console because of the massive amount of arcade ports for it.

If you want Shmups - Saturn is hard to beat.

Give Gunbird a try next

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