Super happy to have gotten this, saw a FB Marketplace ad of someone selling this with about 7 other MyArcade game stations for $40. I jumped on the deal, I looked up this cabinet so fast and sealed the deal right away. Ended up paying $100 after talking with them since they said they got them all at a garage sale for that price, and I recouped them the money. Tried to turn it on the first time and it kept boot looping, then I noticed the QC stickers had been removed by whoever had it previously. A telltale sign whoever owned it also had issues with this not booting for a while. A little research later and some messages to the Customer Support email, they pointed me to a new internal battery and the guide to re-flash the firmware. This was late in late July.

Fast forward to yesterday, I received the new battery in the mail, installed it exactly like the old one, and found out the power switch in the back was the cause of the same boot looping issues and wouldn’t allow the battery to charge properly. So, I bypassed it! Plugged it in directly and it started charging, I was super stoked that it worked now! I let it charge overnight and the light on top was green when I woke up; needless to say I have hardly stopped playing it all day! Didn’t know this subreddit existed till now, but if anyone has issues with older cabinets not booting in the future and constant shutdowns I now feel like I’m an expert! I was so glad to get this thing working again, our family has a full-sized cabinet that we all traded high scores on over the years. This little miniature version will stay with me forever now, I’m so glad I got to add it to my collection rather than someone else possibly trying to resell it on eBay for a quick buck. I’m now looking forward to seeing more NewWave Replicades in the future, it’s cool to know these things exist!

New (to me) Centipede Cabinet!