I took this week off from work, and one of my goals was to get the Tron painted and put back together.  The first thing I needed to do was to do some further wood putty repair to the cabinet.  Tried the “Rock Hard Wood Putty” but it was too powdery when I sanded it, [...]

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ALMOST 300K! Tonight I just wrapped up a LONG game of Donkey Kong.
Here’s how I did:

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Here’s a new tour of my arcade, complete with a working TRON…

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Time to start on the cabinet.  As I mentioned in a previous post, I already stripped all the parts off of this cabinet, except the wiring harness.  So basically I have a big ugly wood box.  It’s not in terrible shape, just pretty much normal wear for a 25 year old video game.  There are [...]

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Decided that I didn’t like the look of the coin door. It was hacked up a bit for a credit switch, and it was scratched up.

I then took the parts into work and media blasted them while on my lunch break.  Turned out really good!

I then tried to paint the coin door with [...]

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STATUS: No Longer In the Collection

Post from old site last updated 4/5/2000

How I got it:
Picked this game up at a local thrift store. Had a "City of Ft. Wayne" asset sticker on it. Must have seen some official government use. Maybe it’s a military version like the Military Battlezone 8^}

Recent repairs:
Had a little difficulty [...]

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by Atari, 1981
STATUS: No Longer In the Collection

Post from old site last updated 4/5/2000

How I got it:
I got this game from Brian Penzone through a trade for my Galaga cocktail. And for all of you who wonder why I would trade a Galaga away, I hate to tell you but I’m not a huge [...]

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by Bally/Midway, 1980
STATUS: No Longer In the Collection

Post from old site last updated 5/19/2005

Description of game:
Black and White Midway game. Very simple to play. You fire lasers from a center located base ship, trying to defend you base from attacks from four different directions. The game consists of five very large control buttons [...]

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by Data East, 1985
STATUS: No Longer In the Collection

Post from old site last updated 1/21/2004

Description of game:
Nice dedicated Shootout cabinet. Game is a "third person" view shooter, where the player remains along the bottom of the screen and aims to different locations to shoot Mafia gangsters or bonus targets.

Different games that this cabinet plays:
Dedicated [...]

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STATUS: No Longer In the Collection

Post from old site last updated 4/5/2000. This is the first of my THREE (so far…) Pole Position cabinets that I’ve owned.

How I got it:
Picked this game up from a local operator while picking up some other supplies. It did not include the boards, but had everything else. [...]

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