8
Jul
This week I just decided that I will be attending the International Video Game Hall of Fame “Big Bang” event next month. The IVGHOF is a new organization based in Ottumwa, Iowa. The goal of the IVGHOF is to house a museum of every arcade game ever made, and a Hall of Fame of gamers [...]
25
Jun
To follow up my post on finishing up my Crystal Castles, I wanted to show how to clean up a really nasty, dirty cabinet. When I got the Crystal Castles, it was sitting in a barn and was filthy. Dirt was caked on from over 20 years of use. The control panel was especially dirty [...]
23
Jun
Just wanted to drop in a quick post to announce that there is a fully-working Crystal Castles now in the gameroom. I had the board repaired after several attempts to do so myself. I also spent a ton of time cleaning up the cabinet so it can be placed in the arcade. I plan to [...]
16
Jan
Over a year and a half ago, I set my high score in Donkey Kong at 298,200. I was SO close to 300K, but didn’t hit it. I haven’t been able to get close to that score at all since then. I took some time off from playing it because I was burning out. Well, [...]
2
Jan
This week I did a few minor repairs to my Frogger while I was on vacation. I had a few parts I recently purchased from Bob Roberts to install, so I took a few hours this week to get some stuff accomplished. First, I needed to install a cap kit. The monitor picture was fuzzy [...]
13
Dec
Last summer I found out on the KLOV Arcade Forums that Hallmark was creating a Pac-Man ornament for their Keepsake Ornaments Collection that season. After waiting patiently I picked one up. This year I bought the second ornament in the series – Galaga. They are great ornaments, with marquees that light up and authentic game [...]
20
Nov
I was flipping through some photos I took recently and thought I could spend a few minutes showing off a couple test devices that I use to help figure out problems with my games. I have two devices that I put together that are useful in testing both PCB boards and monitors. Jamma Conversion Test [...]
17
Nov
Last week I picked up a decent Frogger upright from Craigslist. I purchased it not working. The screen did come up solid green when I first turned it on, but now it is dead. The cabinet is a little odd, because it is not the dedicated factory woodgrain. It has a light grey laminate surface. [...]
22
Oct
Now that the busy summer is over, it’s time to try to finish up some of my Centipede work before Winter. I’d like to get this game down into the gameroom before it gets too cold to work on it in the garage. The first thing I needed to do was to buy some more [...]
5
Oct
Just received a message recently from my friend Jodey Jansen about his new Donkey Kong high score. Jodey is another arcade game collector in my area, and the two of us have been pushing each other to get better at playing Donkey Kong. We’ve been back and forth, but Jodey has been clearly better than [...]
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
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