The new control panel overlay that I have been vectorizing in Adobe Illustrator is about done. The most important aspect of this control panel overlay is the button and joystick placement. As you can see, each joystick has directional indicators and the spring sticks also have indicators. If those aren’t aligned correctly [...]
Jeff Rothe has some information on his website about the possibility of some arcade related Word Press themes. His initial post was in the form of a poll, asking which game based theme he should work on first. Today, he posted some images of a work in progress Donkey Kong theme. Check [...]
Anyone familiar with Donkey Kong knows that one of the most frustrating things about the game is its inability to save high scores on power down. Powering off the machine results in all 5 top scores being erased and the high score resetting to a measly 7,650 points. Fortunately, a high score kit is available [...]
As promised yesterday, I was able to grab a few pictures of the new Missile Command cabinet for your viewing pleasure. I’m still surprised at the conditional of the cabinet. Keep in mind when looking at the pictures that I haven’t done any cleanup on the machine, the pictures show the actual condition [...]
In case you haven’t guessed by the “teaser” image yesterday, Missile Command joined the expanding list of games in my collection today. Here’s the good news, the cabinet is probably in the best shape of any cabinet I’ve received to date. The front of the cabinet literally looks like it’s factory fresh. [...]
I just struck a deal to pick up another game tomorrow, probably my last until I catch up on some of my projects. The price was right and the cabinet appears to be in very good shape from the photographs I have seen. I have no idea if the game works or not. [...]
As is customary with all of my games, here is a front and back scan of the original marketing flyer for Donkey Kong:
I’ve finally started work on the All American Football cabinet. The vinyl is stripped off the cabinet and cosmetic repairs have begun. I’m not using Bondo on this cabinet as there wasn’t a need to rebuilt sections of the cabinet, simply filling and patching some holes. I’m using a product called Rock [...]
Welcome to the new home of Jeff’s Arcade, formerly jmphillips.net. Besides a fancy new domain name, I’ve switched content management platforms. The old site used Joomla while the new site will make exclusive use of Wordpress.
I have grown extremely fond of Joomla over the years, but found it to be too complex for [...]
The newly acquired Donkey Kong machine made it’s way from the garage to the basement last night. I finally got a real good look at the cabinet and the work that it’s going to require. The control panel and joystick are shot and will be completely replaced. The joystick has no springback, the jump button [...]