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!
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Dig Dug restoration
In The Words Of Q*Bert, “@!#?@!”
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 [...]
Dig Dug Troubles Continue
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 [...]
Dig Dug Is Dead
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 [...]
Dig Dug Repair Log
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 [...]
Dig Dug - Almost Finished
This project is finally coming to an end. I spent some time this weekend putting a few of the finishing touches on the restoration. The coin door, coin box and utilty panel were reinstalled. I admit, I got a little lazy and didn’t repaint the coin box as originally planned. The box can’t be seen [...]
Dig Dug - Sideart Finished, Coin Door Repainted
As with last weekend, I made some significant progress again this weekend. The right side art was installed following the same procedures as used to install the left side. After allowing the new side art to sit for a few hours, I applied two coats of ClearShield liquid laminate using a 9 inch 1/4″ nap [...]
Dig Dug - Major Progress
It’s amazing what one can do with a three day weekend and some fairly decent weather! It was nice enough this weekend that I could get out in the garage (as opposed to the basement) and continue some work on the Dig Dug cabinet. Let me bring you up to speed on all that has [...]
Dig Dug - Corner Repair
I finally developed a plan for attacking the missing chunk on the bottom left corner of my cabinet.
It involved plexiglass, a putty knife, Bondo and lots of sandpaper. After doing some research, I learned that one thing Bondo will not stick to is plexiglass. I decided to make a “frame” for the missing corner out of [...]
Dig Dug - Parts Stripped
I spent a portion of Saturday evening stripping the parts out of the Dig Dug cabinet. There are essentially two reasons for doing so: 1. You’ll see that the cabinet is filthy inside and 2. I don’t want anything to get in the way when I attempt to repair the chipped off corner. Below are [...]
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