Game Night….Part 1

By Jeff on June 26, 2008

Well, there’s not a lot taking place on the arcade restorations.  I’ve come to the conclusion that spring and summer are too busy for me to dedicate time to my projects.  Between kid’s baseball games, swimming, soccer, business trips and vacation there just isn’t enough time (not to mention work itself).  I guess that is one benefit to living in Illinois.  It’s so damn cold in the winter you’re forced to stay inside.  That seems to be the time when most of my work gets done.

Anyway, last week, my long time friend and good buddy Patrick was in town.  Patrick is a frequent commenter on this site and lives in Hawaii, so we don’t see each other too often.  About a week ago, we developed a great plan…Saturday would be “game night”.  Patrick would show up around 5:00, we’d cook some burgers on the grill, have a few beers and then head to the basement for some serious old style arcade gaming.

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All American Football - All That’s Left Is Molding

By Jeff on June 5, 2008

I managed to free some time last weekend to do a bit of work on the All American Football cabinet. Other than new t-molding, this project is about done. I spent about an hour cleaning then reattaching all of the joysticks, spring sticks and buttons. The buttons will eventually get replaced but the old ones will work fine for now. I’d like them to at least be the same color!  Per a request in another thread, I’ve got some closeups of each joystick hole cutout:

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Omega Race - Offered For Trade

By Jeff on May 29, 2008

I came to the realization that of the games I own, the Omega Race upright doesn’t get much play. I’m looking to trade it for a Pac-Man, Ms. Pac-Man or Galaga machine. You can find plenty of pictures of the game in the Omega Race photo gallery. Where two cabinets are pictured, the one usually referred to as the “orginal” cabinet is the one offered up for trade. The other cabinet was empty and sold several months ago.

The game is fully working but does have one minor issue. When the game is playing there is some “blooming” present on the screen. What does that mean? The image moves in and out slightly only when the game is playing. This is not present when the game is in attract mode. I have replaced the high voltage diode but that didn’t solve the problem and I haven’t tried to diagnose it any further.

Use the contact form to contact me with any offers you may have. I’m located about 2 to 2 1/2 hours from Chicago and St. Louis and about 3 hours from Indianapolis.

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All American Football - Paint & CPO

By Jeff on May 28, 2008

The new control panel overlay arrived today from Mame Marquees.  I have had a marquee printed there before but never a control panel overlay.  I have to admit, I’m very impressed with the quality.  In anticipation of installing the control panel overlay, I wanted to make sure to have all of the cabinet components painted before it arrived.  I spent some time over the weekend repainting the marquee retainers and control panel frame.

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All American Football - CPO On It’s Way

By Jeff on May 21, 2008

I received an e-mail today notifying me that my All American Football control panel overlay was shipped.  It should be here in 2 or 3 days.  I’m busy painting those parts that I stripped and should have an update in a few days.

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Man’s Best Friend

By Jeff on May 20, 2008

Lady In A BasketIf you only come to this website to read about classic arcade restorations, you’ll want to skip this post. I’m going to do something that is cliche of every personal website / blog and write a bit about my dog, Lady. We picked up Lady about 9 years ago from the local animal shelter. I knew immediately that she was the dog for us. As we walked past the cages, all of the other dogs would bark, jump up on the cage and display outward signs that they were too hyper to have around small children. Not Lady, she just sat there and looked up at us with her big brown eyes as to say “I’m the dog for you”. We picked her up the next day and took here home.

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All American Football - Minor Progress

By Jeff on May 19, 2008

Anyone that has seen my schedule for the last two months knows it is difficult for me to find time to dedicate to my restoration projects. I did make some small progress on the All American Football cabinet last week. I removed the old control panel overlay using a heat gun and putty knife. The metal portion of the control panel had some rust so the entire thing was sanded with my palm sander. Those areas that I couldn’t reach with the palm sander got sanded with the Dremmel.

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Missile Command - It’s Alive!

By Jeff on May 19, 2008

I received my Missile Command board in the mail Saturday morning. I mailed the board to Andre at Arcade Solution on Monday, May 5th, and as promised in his e-mails, it took him a little less than two weeks to get the board back to me.

Prior to shipping the board, I had already replaced several components. While inspecting the board, I discovered that one of the EPROMS was missing a leg. Instead of repairing it, I decided to order a new pre-programmed set. Stephan from Hobby Roms quickly sent a new set out to me, although shipping from him takes a bit longer as he is located in Canada and the package had to clear customs. Just to be on the safe side, I also ordered a new 6502 processor and a pokey chip. These were obtained from Mike’s Arcade.

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Missile Command Update

By Jeff on May 13, 2008

I just received an e-mail from Andre at Arcade Solution, informing me that my Missile Command board has been repaired.  He’ll be shipping it back tomorrow.  The next big step will be to see if it works in my machine.  I’ll post an update as soon as the board arrives and I get a chance to test it out.

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Control Panel Overlays

By Jeff on May 13, 2008

I receive a lot of visits to this blog from searchers looking for a specific control panel overlay. As a service to those who stumble across this site hoping to find a control panel overlay for their game, I’m going to list the major sites that specialize in reproduction control panel overlays and list the overlays that they have. Note that some of these sites also sell the side art for the same games. Unless listed, assume all are for the upright version of a game. Click on the “Read More” link for the list:

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