I have been trying like HELL to get my multi-shooter PCB's all to play nicely with each other and I have failed miserably thus far and it's getting to me. I've probably spent a good 20 hours trying every which way to get all 6 game (now 5, more on that later) to work right ..
Originally posted on the Arcade Crusade Website 03/03/10: This is my 2nd Asteroids Deluxe. I sold the first one and have regretted it since. I was on the lookout for a nice AD and one popped up on the local Craigslist. The first two pix were taken as the machine looked when I brought it ..
Games Produced by Atari (c)1979, 1980 Multigame Produced by Braze Technologies Condition When Purchased: C Current Condition: B+ In early 2007, toward the start of when I joined in on this hobby, I happed to acquire the first of many Asteroids arcade games. Overall it was in decent shape with some side art help needed and ..
Originally posted on the Arcade Crusade Website 10/16/08: I picked up Paperboy for a decent price, though i was told the monitor worked. Of course, it didn't. The PCB's, however, did work somewhat (was told they didn't!)…video and controls were fine, but I only got a "click…click…" loop in the sound with an occasional "bong" ..
Manufactured by Atari (c)1980 Condition When Purchased: C+ Current Condition: B+ Battlezone… my nemesis. The is the single biggest pain in the ass cabinet I’ve owned. I have had this games PCB out on the bench more times than I can count trying to track down an issue that caused the monitor to go crazy ..
Garagecade – February 2010 By February 2010 I had not just one, but TWO Punch Out cabinets. One was fully restored and was kept a Punch Out. The 2nd was mostly restored and converted to a Super Punch Out. I sold Punch Out and had Super Punch Out for a while but preferred the original ..
Garagecade – January 2011 By the first of the year 2011 I'd acquired a Star Castle. Having grown up playing Star Castle (not very well I might add) it was exciting to add one to the garagecade. Garagecade – June 2011 Not a ton happened in the first 6 months of 2011 in the garagecade. ..
Garagecade – March 2012 I ended up picking up a Space Duel … which looked great next to the Black Widow cabinet Garagecade – September 2012 It was toward the end of Summer 2012 when I made a roat trip to Salt Lake City, UT to pick up a Cruis`n Exotica and Cart Fury from ..
Garagecade – May 2013 I took a bit of a break from taking photos of the gameroom for a while. As you can see though, there have been many changes from the 2012 photos to these… I picked up a showcase cabinet which became a dedicated multi gun cabinet. I also picked up Rush 2049 ..
Garagecade – April 2014 Here is a video walk-thru of the garagecade as of April 18th, 2014. Garagecade – July 2014 Things have slowed down considerably compared to the early years of collecting. A lack of space + the the fact that I am less apt to tackle full restorations + the fact that my ..
Garagecade – February 2015 Here are the first shots of the garagecade from 2015. These were taken a couple days before I picked up Gyruss from a fellow collector in the Salt Lake City area. I'm sure you'll see it in the next series of photos I take. Garagecade – September 2015 While there hasn't ..
Garagecade – February 2016 These shots are of the 2-car side of the garagecade. There have been some significant changes since the last photo set. Tron is gone. Gravitar/Black Widow is gone. Soul Calibur 2… yup, gone. Police 911 is a new addition… as is Capcom Anthology. I've been trying to clear out ..
Garagecade – November 2017 Here it is… the last day of November 2017… and I pretty much just realized that I'd not posted a single "Garagecade" update for exactly ONE YEAR as of tomorrow. I've been slippin'… That said, it doesn't help that there hasn't been a whole heck of a lot going on new in ..
It's been a while since I have updated this blog. Things tend to slow down during the winter months… plus I've not had a whole lot to report. Today's update includes two new blog posts, one about my adventures with a monster of a cabinet called Police 911… the other about my current project, ..
Originally posted on the Arcade Crusade Website 03/03/10: This Atari System I cabinet started life as an Indiana Jones… and was still an Indy when I took possession. Over the course of about 6 months I acquired a Marble Madness kit and Road Blasters kit for it. Then in January 2011 I traded the Indiana ..