Restoring the classics…
Dig Dug
Dig Dug restoration
Dig Dug Resurrected
Dec 15th
I received yet another Dig Dug board in the mail on Friday. I plugged the board into the cabinet and Dig Dug has been resurrected. The game plays flawlessly and with all of the new components it will hopefully continue to play flawlessly for some time to come!
In The Words Of Q*Bert, “@!#?@!”
Dec 10th
I’ve spent a significant amount of time with Dig Dug over the last few days trying to get it working again. Monday night, at the suggestion of a fellow collector, I spent about an hour swapping out the old edge connector with a new one to insure that it was making good contact with the board. More >
Dig Dug Troubles Continue
Dec 5th
Yesterday, I received a Dig Dug board in the mail. The board was supposed to be tested and working. I fixed the burnt resistor on the A/R II board and plugged the new board into the cabinet. The good news…nothing smoked. The bad news…poor Dig Dug still doesn’t work. Instead, I’m greeted by a 3 looping screens of corrupt graphics, in either test mode or game mode:
It appears to be some type of power issue causing the game to go into an infinite reset cycle. I’ve ordered a repair kit for the A/R II board which consists of new capacitors and a few new resistors. I’ve also ordered a new edge connector to ensure I’m getting good contact to the board. Any other thoughts or ideas on the problem would be appreciated. The parts will probably arrive on Monday, so I guess I’m tearing out carpet this weekend.
Dig Dug Is Dead
Dec 3rd
Unfortunately, one of the problems with owning classic arcade games is the fact that they will eventually quit working and need repair. Such is the case with poor Dig Dug. For the last few weeks, the game has been playing fine and then suddenly going to a scrambled screen of graphics. It became progressively worse and finally was just the scrambled screen when powered on. Needless to say, I wasn’t able to get any pictures of the scrambled screen. More >
Dig Dug Repair Log
May 9th
Inquiring minds often wonder how much work goes into a complete restoration of an arcade cabinet. I maintain a “log” on each machine I restore and keep track of the total spent on new parts and how many hours have gone into the restoration. Since the Dig Dug restoration is essentially complete, with the exception being a new back door, I’ll use it as an example:
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