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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All American Football - Minor Progress
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 [...]
Missile Command - It’s Alive!
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 [...]
Missile Command Update
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 [...]
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 [...]
Missile Command Flyers
You know the drill by now, after acquiring a new game, I post the original marketing flyers here for your viewing pleasure. Up today, the original flyers for Missile Command. Click on each image for a larger view:
If you’re looking for more cool information, atarigames.com has a great collection of official Atari [...]
All American Football - New Paint
As promised, I finally have a few pictures to show the progress and paint job on the All American Football cabinet. As I said from the beginning of this project, this cabinet was going to serve as a test to try some new techniques. Why this cabinet? Essentially because it was cheap and doesn’t have [...]
Monday Morning Updates
Well, it’s been a while since my last post, so I’ll try to bring you up to speed on some restoration progress. The exterior of the All American Football cabinet has been repainted. The exterior metal pieces on the cabinet including the marquee retainers and portions of the control panel [...]
Donkey Kong - High Score Kit Installed
Anyone familiar with Donkey Kong knows that one of the most frustrating things about the game is its inability to save high scores on power down. Powering off the machine results in all 5 top scores being erased and the high score resetting to a measly 7,650 points. Fortunately, a high score kit is available [...]
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