Until now this website has been a blog about my classic arcade game collection. I’ve blogged quite a few stories of my arcade game restorations. One thing I haven’t talked about until now is my classic console collection. I actually started my video game collecting years ago before I owned a house big enough to [...]

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I completed a lot of restoration work on my Asteroids cocktail during my Christmas vacation. I had to order some parts because my cocktail needed quite a few items “rebuilt” to make sure they were working properly and ensure it would keep working for years to come. I also ordered some new buttons because the [...]

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On my last work day of the year, I came across a Craigslist ad for an Asteroids cocktail. I made arrangements to go see it after work. The game did not work, but was in great shape so I had to pick it up. I really like the game Asteroids but never had the chance [...]

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I’ve had a busy summer this year. I was able to wrap up three projects before the weather turned cold. I already reported on the Time Pilot restoration, and shopping my Earthshaker pinball. The last game I finished up this summer was my Centipede that I’ve had in the garage for a few years. I [...]

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When I last updated this project, I had just started cleaning all of the parts that were removed from the playfield. I also just finished cleaning off the playfield itself. Now I just needed to reassemble everything and give it a try. There are a ton of pieces to this game, including a bunch of [...]

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As the weather was starting to cool off I wanted to finish up the final assembly of a couple games in the garage. I want to get the car in before the heavy frost so I don’t have to scrape windows every morning. The first game to finish up was Time Pilot. It was in [...]

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I was doing some monitor work this past week and was thinking about how much I wish I had a mirror to help me adjust my monitors. Anyone that collects games knows that adjusting monitors is a real pain without a mirror. Nearly all monitors have the adjustment controls on the back of the monitor [...]

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I wanted to share a tool I’ve been using for the last year or so. It’s called Sketchup and is available free from Google. It’s a really easy to use 3D modeling tool. Google has worked this tool into Google Earth, and thousands of people have been modeling buildings and other structures to help make [...]

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I’m not used to get a fully working game as a project. It’s nice to start with restoration tasks instead of repair tasks. Since the control panel was in the worst shape of anything on this game, it made a good starting point. Get the tough stuff out of the way so the rest of [...]

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It’s been a while since I posted progress on this restoration. I’ve actually finished up the restore by “shopping” the playfield. “Shopping” a pinball machine from what I understand is the process of cleaning, repairing, and waxing the playfield and its parts. Basically it is restoring the playfield. I hear the term quite a bit [...]

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