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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
As promised yesterday, I was able to grab a few pictures of the new Missile Command cabinet for your viewing pleasure. I’m still surprised at the conditional of the cabinet. Keep in mind when looking at the pictures that I haven’t done any cleanup on the machine, the pictures show the actual condition [...]
In case you haven’t guessed by the “teaser” image yesterday, Missile Command joined the expanding list of games in my collection today. Here’s the good news, the cabinet is probably in the best shape of any cabinet I’ve received to date. The front of the cabinet literally looks like it’s factory fresh. [...]
I just struck a deal to pick up another game tomorrow, probably my last until I catch up on some of my projects. The price was right and the cabinet appears to be in very good shape from the photographs I have seen. I have no idea if the game works or not. [...]