Restoring the classics…
Archive for year 2009
Disney Quest
Jul 22nd
There is not a whole lot of news to report on the arcade restoration front. Summer is actually the best time to work on things but a never-ending schedule keeps me from dedicating any significant time to the seemingly endless list of projects. However, I just returned from a 7 day trip to Walt Disney World with the family and had the opportunity to spend a few hours at Disney Quest. Disney Quest is an “indoor interactive theme park” located in Downtown Disney. More >
Another Donkey Kong Machine
May 20th
2 weeks ago I picked up another Donkey Kong cabinet from a high school friend (thanks, Nick!). The cabinet is in good shape and complete with the exception of a monitor. I have a monitor I could use that would require an inverter board, but I’d prefer an original Sanyo 20EZ monitor. I have a couple leads on a monitor but nothing set in stone yet. I planned to use the spare monitor in my Centipede cabinet, which has a serious case of burn-in.
My intention is to run Donkey Kong Jr. in this cabinet. Here’s the question…leave the cabinet original colors, etc. and just run Jr. in it, or completely convert it to a Jr. cabinet with orange paint, new side art, bezel, control panel and marquee? Pictures later.
Centipede Lives
Apr 2nd
Just a short update today. I didn’t get around to taking pictures of the Operation Wolf cabinet but hopefully will tonight. While troubleshooting my newly acquired Centipede cabinet, I came to the conclusion that the power supply was bad as I was not getting the proper voltages to the monitor. I ordered a “refurbished” power supply from Quarter Arcade. I received the power supply, advertised as tested and working, via Fedex today. After removing the old supply and plugging in the new one, I powered on the game. Viola! Centipede lives! I had to tweak the monitor a bit as it was scrolling but I now have the image stabilized. Knowing that the game is fully working, I can slowly start restoring this cabinet, along with my on-going basement remodel.
Centipede Pictures
Mar 31st
As promised, I finally have some pictures of my Centipede game acquired last week. Be sure to check out the previous post for pictures of the Golden Tee conversion cabinet. If the mouse pictures from last Friday weren’t enough to scare you off, the condition of this cabinet probably is. Truthfully, it’s not in terrible shape, but it needs a lot of work to make it presentable. I bought this one sight unseen and in hindsight, should have requested some pictures of the cabinet. Still, for the price I paid, I can probably get it working and restored for about the cost of a working machine in nice condition. More >
Golden Tee – The New Cabinet
Mar 31st
As promised, I have a bunch of new pictures today of my Golden Tee cabinet that I picked up over a month ago and of the Centipede cabinet that I picked up last week. First up, the Golden Tee cabinet. For anyone interested in the story behind this cabinet, check out my last post on this topic, A New Addition, A Project Revisited. Once you see the pictures, I think you’ll agree that for $20, with a working 25″ monitor, this was definitely a great deal. More >
