Started to work on the Moon Lander today. Thought I’d start tracing power first. Remember the first thing to check when a game doesn’t work is if it’s plugged in! Well, I was happy to find out that the fuse was blown on the incoming AC power. That’s an easy fix. [...]

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This past weekend, I received a call from a friend of mine who was “talking to some guy that said he had a couple arcade games he wanted to get rid of…” I’ve heard that kind of story before, so I was cautiously optimistic.
“One of the games is called ‘Tron something, or something…tron”. WHAT?
That immediately [...]

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I’m in the process of converting my site to a blog, instead of just an informational site. My old site is still available at the link to the right. I’ll be adding quite a bit of new content soon!

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My first cockpit game! Always wanted one. The big problem (no pun intended) is that this thing takes up a ton of room! This is a top down racer that is really fast! It was the game released by Sega just before Turbo. It is also the last of the discrete circuit style arcade games [...]

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View from through the back plexiglass cockpit window

Serial Number 68448

Here’s the hacked up console. Had to tear it off and repair it.
The seat was still in great condition
This has a fully working Tachometer. Very cool!
Check out the factory installed sound baffling. I pulled this wadded paper out of the top speaker [...]

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Using Clay Cowgill’s 24in1 Multi-Pac Kit

Description of game:
Nice little Pac-Man Plus cabaret cabinet. Worked great, but I thought it could use a Multi-Pac kit!

Different games that this cabinet plays:

Pac-Man (original, fast, plus, plus fast, Puckman, Hanglyman mod[ified], Pac-Man After Dark, Namco (Sil), Pacmini2, Pengoman, Pac-Man 3D, and Piranha)
Ms. Pac-Man (original, fast, plus, plus [...]

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Description of game:
Jamma converted Rockola cabinet. I converted it to a Mr. Do cabinet because I don’t care much for Heavy Unit. It was a very well done conversion before, so it ended up being pretty clean when I was done. I chose Mr. Do since it was one of my favorite games of [...]

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Description of game:
It was a cabaret poker game of some type (not working). I decided instead of scrapping it I would make it a nice MAME cabinet. Put a PII/400 in it, with Windows 98 and MAME .68. If you want to know more about MAME, check out my Links Page.

Different games that [...]

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Description of game:
Kicker is also known as Shao Lin’s Road. It’s a kung fu themed game that’s not a fighting style game that ended up being popular in the ’90s. Not really a big favorite of mine, but the cabinet is able to play some of my favorite PCB’s that I’ve had lying around [...]

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Description of game:
My all-time favorite game! I always thought that I was a bit different to like this game so much. I didn’t know anyone back in the ’80s that was a big fan. Now I see that it is one of the most common collector games, and that there are hundreds of [...]

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