An Exercise In Frustration

An Exercise In Frustration


An Exercise In Frustration

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 ..

Defender Cocktail

Defender Cocktail


Defender Cocktail

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 ..

Garagecade 2010

Garagecade 2010


Garagecade 2010

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 2011

Garagecade 2011


Garagecade 2011

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 2012

Garagecade 2012


Garagecade 2012

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 2013

Garagecade 2013


Garagecade 2013

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 2014

Garagecade 2014


Garagecade 2014

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 2015

Garagecade 2015


Garagecade 2015

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 2016

Garagecade 2016


Garagecade 2016

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 2017

Garagecade 2017


Garagecade 2017

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 ..

Garagecade Update Feb. 2016

Garagecade Update Feb. 2016


Garagecade Update Feb. 2016

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, ..

Lethal Weapon 3 Pinball

Lethal Weapon 3 Pinball


Lethal Weapon 3 Pinball

Manufactured by Data East (c)1992 Condition When Purchased: B+ Current Condition: A- Lethal Weapon 3 is a DMD pinball machine by Data East.  It has a "cops and robbers" type of theme and would work as such for the most part even if it didn't have the Lethal Weapon license.  While many consider it a ..

Williams Multigame

Williams Multigame


Williams Multigame

Multigame Manufactured by Jrok Manufactured by Williams Electronics, Inc. (c)1981, 1982, 1983 Condition When Purchased: D Current Condition: A+ I was in the market for a Williams cabinet as I wanted to build a Williams Multigame cabinet.  Jrok had just released his Williams Multigame PCB and I was on the list of those to receive ..