Even with the issues I didn't think this would last long.

Chris

$ to donuts says dung grabbed this one...

am I right?

Why do you say that?

unless you already picked one up, I know you have been looking for one for a bit.

Fair deal and you are game for a long haul to get a game you want (or a duplicate).

Have had one for a fair bit now. My cab is presentable, but this one is better and I wast tempted, but my funds are spoken for unless I can find a reasonably priced breakshot (1400 with a beat head unshopped is not). I actually sent the link around to a number of kc collectors, but none had the funds even with offering to let them use mine for diagnostics.

Boards are going to be fun to fix but they can be sent off. Not sure if the left ramp flap is available. Someone with access to a makerspace could make it pretty easily though (doing it for radical).

Most boards are available from Spare Parts Australia at a reasonable price and shipping is cheap.

Most of their boards are very clearly marked as returns and untested. So spend 100+ after shipping to get an untested board that you will most likely need to repair, or get the ones in it repaired.

Whoever gets this airborne will very easily come out ahead, but gotta make sure you say those cheap boards are in fact crap shoots.

fun game good luck

They are not cheap boards. They are factory original NOS. Yes your right they do have some boards marked as untested but they also have NOS. I had an issue with the sound board in my Airborne that when you would crank up the volume past 5 the sound would crackle. Since I haven't worked on a Capcom board before I said forget I'm going to buy a new one. I checked Marco and they had one for $259 ish and then I checked and I got one NOS from Spare Parts Australia for $120 shipped Australia dollars which are worth a lot less than USD. Now I do remember seeing other NOS boards than just sound boards but maybe not CPUs I can't remember it was a few months back. All I'm saying is it's another option that in my opinion is a great place to buy parts from that people always forget about. I've bought parts from there numerous times for weird stuff that's harder to find and they are accommodating.

But yes forgot to also say yes your right whoever gets this game should come out ahead! Congrats it's a great game that you don't see everyday.