

Starting to think it's caps on the PCB? I measured voltage at Caps at C42 are 5.002 and C43 is 4.002. I plug the DK3 PCB up and now under load it's only getting +4.3V. Tested under load with the DK PCB and it's +5.08 and everything works fine. I measured the +5V at the VL adaptor and all 4 read a good +5.2V. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Nintendo Donkey Kong 3 Arcade PCB board repair and refurbish service at the best online prices. The PS is putting out a strong 5.2 without load at the power supply. So I've done a lot of testing with my DMM today. desoldered original socket and installed a nice round pin machine IC socket. Ordered and installed another DK3 Braze Kit. I've done everything I can thing of to get the kit to work. I always seem to have intermittent issue where the game would only work without the Braze Kit installed. Everything works great except for the DK3 board. I try to keep no more than 2-3 repairs in the shop at a time. On the DK boards I have a Braze HS save kit installed. Welcome to Lakeside Arcade PCB repair, where we specialize in repairing Atari vector games. You can also play Donkey Kong 2 online, if you don't mind playing Flash games in a browser.So I've been fighting this DK3 PCB forever.įor a quick background I own a original DK cab running a VL DK switch set up. I used an old power cable with ground to plug into the wall. This game has been so well received, the artwork needed to complete a dedicated Donkey Kong II Jumpman Returns arcade cabinet is available online (pending availability). 1.Obviously you need something to power the game. Without being told, I wouldn't have guessed it was a homebrew created decades after the original. Partly due to including the original's 4 levels, but the design and play makes it feel like a Nintendo sequel. Jeff's Donkey Kong II Jumpman Returns seems to flow seamlessly from the original. But what astounds me most is the visual integration of the 4 new levels!Īfter playing the original Donkey Kong, both Donkey Kong Junior and Donkey Kong 3 look and play much differently as though they are tied in primarily by title.
Donkey kong 3 pcb upgrade#
I love the chip-swap implementation making this upgrade fairly easy for most owners. This includes the original 4 levels, with a few minor (clever) updates, and 4 new levels: Mixer, Foundry, Refinery, and Incinerator. First, I cleaned and re-seated all the eproms and the 8039, no change. The modded game offers a total of 8 levels. Missing only Kong sounds when he jumps on and breaks the girders in the introduction and no sound when he pounds on the girders. Adding the DK2 chipset allows you to switch from original Donkey Kong to DK2 via pressing both Player Start buttons followed by the Jump button. Nintendo then redesigned the PCB and came out with the 2-board stack, which went in all upright DKs. Nintendo continued using the 4-board stack with the dedicated red Donkey Kongs (TKG-3) they started using blue DK cabinets a little later but continued with the 4-board stack.
Donkey kong 3 pcb update#
It is a homebrew game having no affiliation with Nintendo and can be applied as a chip update to a Donkey Kong PCB. Under the sticker you'll see TRS (for Radar Scope) printed on the PCB. Wozniak programmed (literally from the PCB design and up) it when Steve Jobs. Jeff Kulczycki of ROM Hack created this game in 2006. Donkey Kong 3: Dai Gyakushuu Is the space invaders game I want to try Nice. I often wonder if the Donkey Kong at Holiday Hill is the same cab I played as a teenager. Donkey Kong Donkey Kong Junior DK/DKjr 'combo' (jumper selectable) DK / DK ladder cheat 'combo' (jumper selectable) D2K Jumpman Returns - adds 4 more levels to DK Donkey Kong 3 Frogger (sega gremlin/konami) Mario Bros.

Prior to letting my son play DKCR on the Wii, I showed him the original, and Donkey Kong Jr., on my Atari 7800 console and the real-deal at a local arcade. In the wake of that awesomeness, I'm surprised I didn't know about the unofficial Donkey Kong II Jumpman Returns game! type (Im not even sure if Nintendo even made a 3- or 4-board DKJR set. I loved the tale of the father who swapped Mario and Pauline for his daughter. The PCB can easily be configured to powerup in either Donkey Kong mode or Donkey. Donkey Kong II Jumpman Returns looks more like a sequel than the actual Nintendo sequels
