How do I hook up the plut it in & play retro arcade Pac-Man game? It's the little $25 dollar game system. It appears very simple, but I must be doing something wrong.

Do you have a VCR that can hook to the TV that has the proper hook ups for your game system? Be sure your TV is on proper channel for your VCR to work (test it with a VCR tape and see if it plays) then change your channel on your vcr until it shows your game you have in your system hope that helps good luck

I have a plug and play multy pacman game I need to resoider some wires inside I need the wireing scamatics

If this is a CRT type of arcade video game, it most likely uses an old-school flyback transformer, and a bunch of electrolytic capacitors. Check for cold or dry solder joints on all the boards (with the unit unplugged), and retouch any suspicious ones; especially the pins on the flyback, the CRT neck board/socket (if applicable) and in the power supply sections, where heat may be generated. Also check to see if the filaments light up in the CRT neck. It's also a good idea to check the caps in the power, horizontal and video sections as well - look for bulging or ruptured electrolytics, and/or burned resistors. Some arcade games (e.g. Asteroids) use a HV diode rated at around 25-30kV (it is located near the flyback and may have an insulated plug at each end). These can crack, short or simply go open circuit producing a "no display" symptom. If your game has this, check it before condemning the flyback or caps (the diode also doubles as a HV fuse). Do all the basic checks/visual inspections that you can thoroughly first before going any further with repair and/or restoration. It could be something really simple and easy to fix and/or obtain parts for (at reasonable cost if necessary).

I have a eralier 80's upright Bally's Pac Man arcade machine that I got off a freind of mine. They said that they palyed it all the time up to about a year ago. I got it home set it up and pluged it in... and nothing happens. I've hit the start buttom on the inside and the new game button but still nothing... Is there something else that I may need to check?

Install and run it using compatibility mode for earlier versions of windows.

if you're good at soldering, you can replace a few things on the monitor's main board. puffy capacitors (look like cans) especially. but before you do so, you'll need to discharge the crt tube by running the stored charge (up to 20,000 volts dc) straight to a ground source. it's a big deal and it's dangerous if done incorrectly, so you might want to leave it to the professionals. now might be a good time to change to a lcd monitor.

your monitor high voltage circuit has failed troubleshoot it as any tv

mine did this and i had to do a disk drive replacement so you might need to do this replacement drives usually run 35-50 dollars USD and depending on the drive type could be a very simple fix, i have had some problems out of the philips replacements but the hitachi are very simple to replace

Replace 74LS257 @ U2 on VRam addresser board, or replace the whole addresser board. Usually $20 on ebay.

i don't think that xbox arcade xbox 360 are they compatable with it