Many of you may (or may not) have read my write up for the Capcom Anthology cabinet that I have in the arcade. It's running Darksoft's multi CPS2 kit in it, and until recently, I've also been running a Pandora's Box (first it was a PB3 then more recently a PB4) with all games disabled ..
Originally posted on the Arcade Crusade Website 11/14/12: I picked this up along with Cruis'N Exoica from an OP in the Salt Lake City area of Utah. I was connected to the OP via a friend on the AHA/KLOV forums. The machines were sold to me as non-working… To get this machine up and running I ..
Again I have somehow managed to "fill" the garagecade to the point where nothing else will fit. I had said I wasn't going to do it again… but it's amazing just how much room a Jurassic Park Lost World … and a Dynamo Showcase cabinet take up. This, on top of the fact that I'd just ..
Manufactured by Exidy (c)1985 Condition When Purchased: B- Current Condition: B- It was mid-July 2013 when an ad posted on a neighboring craigslist caught my eye. I'd been collecting for nearly 7 years by now and had yet to come across an Exidy shooter… ANY Exidy shooter… so I was quite interested when I saw ..
Game System Produced by Capcom (c)1993 Multigame Produced by Darksoft in 2015 Condition When Purchased: B Current Condition: B+ A few months back I picked up Darksoft's CPS-2 All-in-One kit. It's a very nifty piece of hardware that enables you to play just about every Capcom CPS-2 title using actual CPS-2 hardware. Essentially it swaps out ROM data ..
Manufactured by Nihon Bussan Co. Ltd. (c)1980 Licensed by Taito Condition When Purchased: B- Current Condition: B- Crazy Climber… a game that has been on my "want" list since the day I started collecting. A game that so rarely comes up for sale locally that, well, I've only ever seen one in the 9 ..
It's something I have been hoping would come to pass for quite some time. For many many moons now I have been just about begging someone… anyone… to take on a high score save kit for Crazy Climber. Short of M. Spaeth bragging about how he's had one (of his own creation that he refused ..
When it comes to restoring an arcade game to it's former glory there are a few different avenues you can take to achieve your end goal. To do it properly you really want to try to mimic the way the artwork handled originally. Stenciled machines should be restored with stencils. Vinyl artwork should be (in ..
Games Produced by Williams (c)1981 Condition When Purchased: C Current Condition: UNKNOWN This Defender cocktail cabinet pretty much popped right in to my lap this morning. I woke up around 7AM and after a little bit ended up checking out the local craigslist where I spied a Defender Cocktail cabinet having been listed 6 hours prior ..
Cabinet / Original PCB manufactured by Nintendo © 1981 Remix / Deranged Kit by John Kowalski © 2016 Condition When Purchased: C+ Current Condition: B- I recently sold the Multi Donkey Kong cabinet I've had for 9 years or so. It was one of my first cabinets and I actually JAMMAtized it (the horror!!). It was ..
As any owner of a Sega NAOMI/NAOMI 2 with GDROM (or Netbooting), Chihiro or (I believe) Tri-Force systems will tell you… one of the bigger pains in the ass is the battery system that was used to retain data while the system is off. I have personal experience with Chihiro and NAOMI systems so please ..
If you've not, I invite you to read my blog post about the Exidy Combat cabinet that I bought a few years back knowing one day I would add the kick ass multi-kit from Mike Doyle & Friend, the Exidy Collex'n. Basically it's an add on kit with 2 PCB's that takes pretty much any ..
The heat, and to a lesser extent, the cold… it can be a problem in South West Idaho, which skirts the high desert area of Idaho. Situated about 30 minutes east of the Oregon border along the 84 FWY, some 60 to 80 miles north of the border with Nevada, the Treasure Valley, as the ..
The end of Spring and the beginning of Summer is typically a pretty busy time for me… and that did not change this year. The weather was fantastic for working out in the garagecade right up to July 3rd… starting with Independence Day, it’s not been below 95 degrees here with 9 of the last ..
