📚 Documentation & manuals (where to find them)¶
A map of the major archives of service manuals, schematics and technical docs for arcade and consoles — the sources to archive locally in this wiki (preservation), page by page. Rule: we repatriate manuals/schematics (preservation docs); we do not host firmware, keys or ROMs.
🎛️ Arcade — PCB (manuals & schematics)¶
| Resource | Content | Link |
|---|---|---|
| The Arcade Manual Archive (TAMA) | THE reference: technical manuals + schematics (merger of Arcade-Docs / Arcade-Manuals / International Arcade Museum) | https://www.arcade-museum.com/manuals/ |
| Internet Archive — Arcade Game Manuals | huge PDF collection (install/repair/schematics) | https://archive.org/details/arcade-game-manuals/ |
| Internet Archive — Arcade Manual Archive | manuals, schematics, cheat sheets | https://archive.org/details/arcademanuals |
| VERNIMARK Manual Archive | Capcom (1942 + schematics), Sega/Gremlin (Frogger, Astro Fighter), etc. | https://www.vernimark.com/arcades/manual/ |
| JROK — Arcade Board Schematics | board schematics (repost with credit requested) | https://www.jrok.com/schem.html |
| MikesArcade | classic US manuals & schematics | https://www.mikesarcade.com/arcade/manuals.html |
See also the MAME drivers (
src/mame/<maker>/*.cpp): technical comments, memory maps, protection — cited as a source on each PCB page.
🕹️ Cabinets / candy cabs¶
Arcade Otaku Wiki — Category:Cabinet Manuals hosts directly downloadable PDFs:
| Cabinet | Manual | Size |
|---|---|---|
| Sega New Astro City | Sega_New_Astro_City_Manual.pdf |
7.2 MB |
| Sega Blast City (Bass Fishing) | Sega_Blast_City_Bass_Fishing.pdf |
2.05 MB |
| Sega NAOMI Universal | Sega_Naomi_Universal_Manual.pdf |
3.26 MB |
| Sega Lindbergh Universal | Sega_Lindbergh_Universal_Cabinet.pdf |
7.89 MB |
| Taito Egret II | Taito_Egret_II_Manual_Part_1/2.pdf + Parts_Manual.pdf |
~4 MB |
| Taito Vewlix L | Taito_Vewlix_L_Manual_Part_1/2/3.pdf |
~20 MB |
⚠️ Arcade Otaku rate-limits (429): download by spacing requests, with a browser referer + User-Agent. Also: Hard*Candy (candy cab reviews/specs) — https://www.hard--candy.com/wiki/candy-cabinets
🎮 Consoles (service manuals & schematics)¶
| Resource | Content | Link |
|---|---|---|
| Console5 TechWiki | Sega service manuals (Genesis/Mega Drive/Mega CD, Saturn…) + cap kits | https://wiki.console5.com/ |
| Sega Retro | official service manuals (Saturn PAL 013-1, etc.) | https://segaretro.org/ |
| Internet Archive — Retrokit Manuals | central library: Dreamcast, Genesis, Saturn, SNES, N64, PS1… | https://archive.org/details/retrokit-manuals |
| GameSX / NFG — Console schematics | NES, SEGA, SNES, PS1, Neo-Geo, Genesis schematics | https://gamesx.com/wiki/doku.php?id=schematics:console_related_schematics |
| Internet Archive — Dreamcast Manuals | dedicated Dreamcast collection | https://archive.org/details/SEGADreamcastManuals_201812 |
| Internet Archive — N64 Repair Manual | N64 repair manual | https://archive.org/details/Nintendo-64-2010-12 |
🔧 Preservation & development (technical docs)¶
| Topic | Resource |
|---|---|
| PS3 arcade (System 357/369) | PS3 Dev Wiki (HDD encryption, EID), PSX-Place, GitHub repos archived here |
| PS2 arcade (System 246/256) | GitHub PS2Homebrew-arcade (Proverb, Dongle-Rebinder…), PSX-Place |
| Konami 573 / Nu | psx-spx (consoledev), r1cebank (Nu keychip) |
| Lindbergh | GitHub lindbergh-loader (Linux emulator/loader) |
| Neo-Geo dev | NeoGeoDev Wiki (wiki.neogeodev.org) |
| PS1/PSX | psx-spx (consoledev.net) — the PS1 technical bible |
| MAME | source code (github.com/mamedev/mame) — the most reliable hardware doc |
📥 What we archive in the wiki¶
Already local: Astro City manual, New Astro City (content/bornes/sega/manuals/).
To repatriate (priority = already-created pages): Egret II, Vewlix, NAOMI
Universal, Lindbergh Universal, Mega Drive / Saturn / Dreamcast service manuals,
console schematics (GameSX). Each archived PDF is linked from its page + attributed.
Sources & attribution¶
- The Arcade Manual Archive / arcade-museum.com — https://www.arcade-museum.com/manuals/
- Internet Archive (arcade + retrokit) — https://archive.org/details/arcade-game-manuals/
- Arcade Otaku Wiki (cabinet manuals) — https://wiki.arcadeotaku.com/w/Category:Cabinet_Manuals
- Console5 TechWiki / Sega Retro / GameSX — see links above
Review & corrections
How this space is used
Spotted a wrong value, an outdated procedure, a chip reference that does not match your board? Say so here, with what you observed (model, board revision, serial number, measurement). Every report is cross-checked against a source before anything changes — an unverifiable correction is published as “reported by …, not cross-checked” rather than silently applied.
Reading is open to everyone; posting requires signing in with Discord. Reports from the wiki's declared reviewers are handled first; anyone else's are read too, but go through a human before anything is changed.