translating the japanese on the machines

[millermaster1]

ok i don't know how i managed to do it... but i changed the background back to original by (without the key in it at all) playing with the difficulty button and the spin lever... i thought i kept track of what i did, but it didn't work twice... i held the blue button down for 10? seconds, released, then held down the spin lever and pressed the blue button 5 times. stuck a coin/token/j.r.r. tolkien (i don't know what you'd like to call them) in and viola back to noisy flying stones... but i couldn't go backwards... i'm still experimenting. i'll update, i assume something along the same procedure would work for any other rodeo machine of the same year to do something of the sort, for anyone else listening out there.

My back round changes randomly based on what mission or level you are on (as far as I can tell). That's why I thought my center line isn't paying out, because it is in some mission mode???
I too can play with 2 or 3 credits, it is one of the few games I've owned that can do that!

[dw0r]

yeah mine changes randomly too, 'lady' on the motorcycle, or the battles, or secret mission, or mission, and all of that other stuff but it always went back to the guy walking away with the circles up top spinning (the blue lights) while chunks of the ground were flying down infront of him and playing loud music. until originally i was just playing with the buttons and stuff first or second day i got it. (about 11 - 12 days ago) when i went to play again it was him walking toward you with no music, between buildings or something until today, and i'd played through as a rough guess 3000 credits in that amount of time. enough time to get 3 bb's and 7 rb's so it's not just some special level or something. i honestly believe it's a secondary video for the machine... if you've ever played american video slots, alot of the the machines have 2 or more graphical representations of the same things that are randomly triggered by the central server (while connected at a gaming facility) granted these machines are slightly more sophisticated than some... but i have no idea what i'm talking about... haha. ohh and this is my first pachislo machine by the way, i just decided to drive the 10 minutes over to stealth and pick one up one day... so i didn't know that it wasn't typical for them to accept one token as a bet...

[candyflip]

how about these 2 labels, one is on the inside center of the door (the yellow circle) and the one on the left is on the back of the token reader, which i assume just says do not tamper with it... but it was in the picture...

you are correct - these just tell you to make sure you have the Service Manual before rooting around inside a live electrical component and stuffing up the machine workings. Not anything useful for your needs I'm afraid...

[dw0r]

*sigh*

[candyflip]

the first picture is the message displayed when the machine is first turned on.
second is the message displayed when you turn the set key while the machine is on.
and third is a picture of the top of a chip that appears to be removable and is located on the inside of the door on the top on the center of the motherboard

OK, this one is worth looking at for you. The first two have technical kanji I can't read, so am not much help there, BUT, the third photo is the one you'll be interested in - its the label for the 'Devil May Cry 3 Sound Character ROM' chip. You might want to plug into that...

[dw0r]

well it's good to know thats essentially the soundboard then i assume. how did you learn to read kanji... it amazes me, all the shapes...

[candyflip]

well it's good to know thats essentially the soundboard then i assume. how did you learn to read kanji... it amazes me, all the shapes...

Well, technically, I'm not reading 'kanji' here, though I can read some. The third photo features only katakana, which is what the Japanese typically use for 'loan' words from other languages, or to epmhasize meanings, or to simplify written Japanese for all types of readers (such as electrical components that a child, or someone with limited reading ability might want to be able to understand). As katakana and hiragana are understood by almost anyone who is Japanese over the age of 7, this makes the language very accessible when it is used.

Kanji was appropriated from the Chinese written language back in the early 1st century by the Japanese, and is estimated to have possibly 80,000 known characters, almost 3000 of which the average Japanese child will know in passing when they leave school, and keener native students of the language might know up to 10,000 by the time they leave this earth. But the more popular 3000 will get you by pretty well. The rest are fairly obscure and have faded without use to be practically redundant.

To answer your question, I lived in Japan for 3 years in the 90's.

[dw0r]

i'm not going to lie, kanji sounds like maybe it's easier to learn it if you grow up in it, total immersion style. but wow... i just wish the companies would give english translations of all of their machines, or atleast some language that can be easily deciphered...

[dw0r]

so if that other one is the sound chip, is this the logic chip? it's on the mainboard inside the machine top center

[candyflip]

so if that other one is the sound chip, is this the logic chip? it's on the mainboard inside the machine top center

Hmm, nothing really to translate here. The 'B' red sticker just says 'Devil May Cry 3' again... and then some usual board markings that don't give me a clue as to whether its a 'logic' chip (remembering I know nuthin about electronics)...

[dw0r]

hmm it's probably memory if it says devil may cry on it or video, game specific though, logic would have nothing to do with which game it was, would be interchangable... i need to buy another system identical rig with different theme and swap out stuff to test
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I don't think my lady would be very keen on that logic though...

[dw0r]

ok i think i've managed to translate the boot message and make sense of it... I like criticism so please have at if you want.
i believe the characters in the picture to be 両面準備中

and 準備中 yields 'in preparation'
while 両面 yields 'two sides' and things of the sort, which i would guess to be hardware and software. so... surprise... it just says... hardware and software preparing its self...

[dw0r]

ok so it took me some time and i'm still not done on this one... need some help...
i believe the characters to be

設走値確認中

the 値確認中 = checking value

i'd say that makes sense...
but I can't get the first 2 chars to return anything other than their general translations... which are
設 - establishment; provision; prepare
走 - run

so what I gather is; checking value prepare to run

[hanabi]

ok so it took me some time and i'm still not done on this one... need some help...
i believe the characters to be

設走値確認中

the 値確認中 = checking value

i'd say that makes sense...
but I can't get the first 2 chars to return anything other than their general translations... which are
設 - establishment; provision; prepare
走 - run

so what I gather is; checking value prepare to run

Would that be something similar to the Rom Check Sum type messages that I get when my pinballs boot up, etc

[dw0r]

thats kind of what i was thinking, check sum value sounds good to me... but i like the prepare to run part. plus i wanted some input, i don't like guessing when everything is in japanese

[SlotsRfun]

Found this on the net...
Don't know if they are correct

自 動 精 算 = Automatic Adjustment (Auto Adjust)

打 止 = Momentary Switch

[pinball wizard]

that's what i was thinking too,rom check sum

[emmadog]

To anyone that can help- I'd really appreciate it!!
Anyway, this picture is of the instruction sheet on my latest arepachi. I have game play pretty much figured out with just a couple of questions remaining. Hopefully the translation of these instructions will fill in the blanks! Thanks.
I can also send higher resolution pics if anyone needs them.

[new in town]

Let's ENHANCE a Bit.

[emmadog]

Thanks for improving the pic.