About 2 weeks ago, after trying for several months to work out a trade, I decided to sell my Omega Race game. It was a tough decision to make as it is the game that got me into the hobby. It was also without a doubt the game the required the most effort [...]
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, [...]
One things you’ll notice if you look closely at the pictures of both my Omega Race cabinets is that the side art, while complete on both machines, is severely cracking. This was a common problem on most Omega Race machines as changes in temperature and humidity caused the decal to expand and contrast over the [...]
The control panel on the Omega Race cabinet was in pretty rough shape. Several of the bolts were missing, leaving holes in the panel and a larger section of the lower left hand corner was torn off.
One of the problems with both cabinets was the condition of many of the parts. Most were in decent shape for a 26 year old game, but others needed some work. One of those was the monitor bezel that covers the monitor. The original bezel had one of the “ears” torn off where it screwed [...]
After 2+ years of trying, the Omega Race arcade game lives! I received the needed parts in the mail over the weekend and successfully fired it up yesterday. I may be able to grab some pictures tonight after a little cleanup. I have parts scattered all over the work room.
I’ve finally gotten around to swapping all of the parts from the new cabinet to the original cabinet. Here are a couple of photos of my progress:
Before I do too much work on this cabinet, I want to get it in working condition. I have some parts ordered, mainly for the monitor. There won’t be much work until these new parts arrive. To keep you occupied, here are some scans of the original marketing flyer for the game.
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The new Omega Race cabinet arrived and has made it’s way to the work room in the basement. The cabinet is in worse shape than the original cabinet and has a little water damage at the bottom so my plan is to transfer all of the parts into the original cabinet and then scrap the [...]
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 [...]