Yeah, I can confirm as well that 1P on ITG is having some serious issues. It seemed to be double triggering and all sorts of stuff tonight. 2P worked perfectly for me, though.

TGM is, as usual, in awesome condition. Cool! Hopefully it is getting enough play... I think that will improve after the Sakura-Con tournament.

That's all I played today, so I'm not sure on other stuff.

Am I the only one who is sitting here wondering how long it will take for a DJ Max machine's touch screen to start getting dead spots?  At the very least, the screen would need to be cleaned frequently. :/  I don't know, maybe I'm just behind in touch-screen technology and someone's designed an indestructible touch screen now, but last I checked, touch screen's aren't durable enough for Arcade use.

I'm sure the screen is pretty durable.  They've had touch related coinops for years (Megatouch, etc), I don't think they've had to many problems.

Also, this is some pretty unfortunate news, but Tokyo Game Action is closing its doors.

http://www.bemanistyle.com/index.php/news/tga-to-close-forever-plans-on-liquidating-all-their-games-by-may-2009-1233#comments

Might be a good chance to get some games though.  I know they have a lot of good stuff.

Hey Keby, it was nice to meet you at Acme the other night. Sorry I didn't see you before you left. Too bad there were so many people. I'd like to have played ITG with you, but I'm too impatient waiting in long lines to play a game.

Yeah, if you want a V3 or V5 upgrade kit you'll pretty much have to go through Andrea or TGA's liquidation (which is in essence going through Andrea as I recall they got their V5 kit from him).

Yeah, it was nice to meet you too, sorry I left in a rush, I had to get home to finish up homework for college. I'm gonna be down at acme this weekend again. Well I'm trying to go there more often because it seems that's where most of the community goes to play.

Went to Acme today.  Spent an hour pulling ITG apart.  Replaced a couple sensors, but honestly, they did not seem all that bad to begin with.  Please report current player 1 pad conditions.  They seem great to me, but?

thx

BILL IF YOU HAPPEN TO GET IIDX FROM THERE I WILL GIVE YOU MY BABIES.

I miss 8th style so much from Acme ; ;

Yeah...one thing to point out! They do have either DJ Troopers or Gold, I can't remember. The important part is that they do have a game with the latest hardware so if you wanted to buy it and try out IIDX again, the TGA auction would probably be a very very good very very cheap place to get fully legitimate IIDX stuff from.

According to there site...

http://www.tokyogameaction.com/

They have DJ Troopers.

• DDR SuperNOVA 2
• DDR Extreme
• DDR 5th Mix
• In The Groove 2
• beatmania IIDX 15 - DJ Troopers
• beatmania THE FINAL
• Pop'n Music 16 - Party
• Pop'n Music 14 - FEVER
• DrumMania V5
• GuitarFreaks V5
• DrumMania V3
• Pump It Up New Xenesis 2
• DanceManiax 2nd Mix J-Append
• Para Para Paradise 2nd Mix
• Taiko no Tatsujin 10
• Shamisen Brothers

can someone tell me some possible reasons why my card is fuckin up? when i used it on monday, only some of the songs loaded but i couldnt play any of them because of a "bad address"

I lament that I'm not longer just a 4 hour drive away from TGA.  They had a Beatmania The Final that I would buy if it was on auction, but can no longer easily drive to pick it up

Kinda like how Sega announced they're closing 100+ arcade locations in Japan.. think of all those Virtual On Force machines going into the secondary market!  ...then think about how much crated shipping would be from Japan... ;A;

Try resetting the machine a few times (i.e. unplug the power)  Usually after one or two resets it seems to work for me for about 3-5 games.

Note: If my card is working and then I move my card to the other slot, or remove it because someone else wants to play a game, it will usually give me the "Bad Address" error when I try it the next time. So if possible, try not to remove your card in-between games for best results.

yeah i did do the reset thing many times and the only time i took the card out was when the "bad address" thing kept reoccuring and i tried to fix it by reinserting it which didnt work =(

Went last night, Amber was there and I watched her play for a bit.  Finally have a pretty good handle on what's going on, the sensors are actually TOO sensitive.  At least the left and down on 1p side are registering hits from other pads, which is why they're always "Decent" or "Way Off" and not "Miss".  The pad is activating from a previous hit on another arrow.  I have switched to playing on the 2p side exclusively (which works amazingly well!), so I can't tell you how common they are for me, but for Amber it turned several 99%+ into 97~98%.  Usually at least 3~5 per song, probably much more with someone heavier like me.

That would kind of explain why me (and my three other friends who're 6' tall) noticed this problem first. Though for me, I was mostly getting solid misses, not decents or way offs.

Are you sure?  When I saw you play you were getting tons of "Way Off" and I don't recall a single "Miss".

I think the DM cabinet really just needs a new hi-hat assembly at this point. I know those are kind of expensive, but that Illusionz one just keeps crapping out and those stripped screws or whatever just keep getting worse and worse. I know swapping the assembly makes a huge difference; GW did that a while back and their cabinet is much much better now.

Seriously, I would love to play DM at acme more, because it would be cheaper, but GW just has a better cabinet at this point.
I think the hi-hat is the only one that needs replacement. That and the bass feels just a bit loose....it works fine, it just seems loose, I don't know.

The pads didn't seem that bad...  But I think I'm going to play at Narrows more and head up to Acme every so often...
Though the 1P did have a random miss on the down arrow I think, but I'm not trying to get 99.9999 or anything; I'm happy to pass a song.

They aren't bad at all. at least the 2p side is flawless, but I play on that side all the time. The only thing I have qualms about is the damn USB. Does r21 just hate cruzer usb's or something? because it just cannot read mine........ever........
It's formatted right, I restart the machine, still doesn't.....I should just get a new USB.....ugh....

I don't think it'll help. It's the machine and/or the USB ports themselves. I've been using the same USB stick for 3 years and it has always worked on all the ITG 2's I've played, including this one. But lately the USB sticks just don't seem to be working properly.

The 2P USB port has been finicky for years.

In test, the USB's always check okay.  But we are going to pull them apart again for some clean up and check over.
What ITG arrow seems most funky right now?  Time to take a different approach, and try swapping the most sensitive sensors.

Bill,

Who is the distributor you get your ITG parts from?

I'm trying to make my ITG cabinet as good as new, but it needs two replacement floor pad lamps (the CCFLs) but they're nearly $20 a piece! I was also needing to replace the two neon rings that encircle the floor speakers, but those were nearly $90 each at Mountain Coin Machine Dist. This is way out of my budget, but I still want to make my set look nice. Any suggestions?