Restoring the classics…
Archive for year 2007
Omega Race – Gutting The Cabinets
Dec 26th
The new Omega Race cabinet arrived and has made it’s way to the work room in the basement. The cabinet is in worse shape than the original cabinet and has a little water damage at the bottom so my plan is to transfer all of the parts into the original cabinet and then scrap the new cabinet.
Omega Race Revisited
Dec 21st
Some of you may recall my attempt to restore an Omega Race upright arcade game (pictured to the left) a few years back. Unfortunately, I didn’t have a whole lot of success and finally scraped the idea. I stripped most of the parts out of the cabinet and used the coin door, motherboard mounts and some of the wiring in my MAME cabinet. I sold the motherboard to a fellow arcade enthuisiast who used it to get his Omega Race working.
Track & Field – Additional Pictures
Dec 18th
Here’s a slew of pictures of the Track & Field cabinet in it’s present condition:
A New Project
Dec 18th
A new toy arrived just in time for Christmas! It’s a fully working, dedicated Konami Track & Field game. I’ve been on the hunt for one of these for a while and finally got one at the right price. Given the repairs I plan on doing, I probably over paid for it, but I have seen similar machines in much worse condition sell for much more money.
For those of you unfamiliar with this game, it was released in 1983 and features various Olympic events. The principal is simple, bash the run buttons as fast as you can to make your player run then press the jump/throw button at the appropriate time. You can read it’s entry in the Killer List Of Video Games here . I spent many youthful dollars on this machine.
