28
May
After working so much on my Tron lately, and not quite getting to 100% working status, I decided to take a break and work on something else. I have a Pole Position 2 that I want to get working, so I can either trade it or sell it to make room for my Donkey [...]
16
May
I had to remove the Optical Sensor from my Tron Rotary Controller PCB. It was cracked and needed replaced. So I thought I might as well show how I did it. I was told that this component was very hard to remove, so I figured I should take extra care to make [...]
16
May
Been working on the Tron for the past week or so. Pulled the board out and resoldered all of the connections. That didn’t work. Then, I checked voltages at each of the chips. That didn’t give me any clues where the problem was. For a problem like this, I love [...]
9
May
Just a quick note to mention that I received my replacement D2K kit. Tried it out, and it works perfectly. I’m going to play it for a week or so, then post a review of the kit and the game itself here on my blog.
I’ve only done one other Multi-game kit review so [...]
8
May
FINALLY beat my Donkey Kong high score tonight. I’ve had 115,100 as my high for the past six years. Now, I finally beat it.
8
May
My site has just had the honor of being reviewed! Jeff Rothe from Rotheblog has just written a really good article about the trend in Arcade Game Collector Blogs. His blog has always had great information on classic arcade games and artwork, but the real cool part of his site is that he [...]
8
May
Here’s a repost of a review I did quite a few years ago. It’s a bit dated, but this is still one of the best Multi-Pac kits available. I’ll be posting a similar review for the new Donkey Kong 2 kit within a few weeks
Originally Posted 6/17/2000
Introduction:
I’ve had the enjoyment of collecting classic [...]
7
May
Still have a nagging board issue. I was given a couple spare ribbon cables, so I swapped them around with some of the ones on the board that looked like they could have issues. Didn’t help bring the board any closer to working.
Basically my problem is that the board boots up fine, but [...]
6
May
As I continue focusing on one game in my collection each month, May is Donkey Kong Month! I picked DK because I just saw “The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters” and was inspired to make a run on my high score. My current high score is 115,100, which I’ve held for [...]
1. Donkey Kong
2. Joust
3. Ms. Pac-Man
4. Berzerk
5. Tron
6. Crazy Climber
7. Robotron: 2084
8. Donkey Kong Jr.
9. Q*Bert
10. Burgertime