Some of you may recall my attempt to restore an Omega Race upright arcade game (pictured to the left) a few years back. Unfortunately, I didn’t have a whole lot of success and finally scraped the idea. I stripped most of the parts out of the cabinet and used the coin door, motherboard mounts and some of the wiring in my MAME cabinet. I sold the motherboard to a fellow arcade enthuisiast who used it to get his Omega Race working.

Several weeks ago, I had the opportunity to purchase another complete Omega Race upright cabinet, again in non-working condition. Most of the motherboards on the Omega Race games are covered in corrosive acid due to bad battery placement. After years in the cabinets, the batteries, used to save high score data, began leaking acid on the motherboard. The longer the battery leaked, the more damage done to the board. Working Omega Race boards are difficult to come by as a result of this.

I jumped on the opportunity to grab this new cabinet as I was always disappointed that I never got the game working. The hunt for a working motherboard begins! The progress of this restoration will be maintained on a dedicated page on this site. Updates for this restoration will only be posted on the dedicated page (also reachable by the “Arcade Restorations” option in the top menu) and not on the front page of the site. Photos of the restoration will be posted in the Photo Gallery as well.