Video gaming projects and general musings
PVMs have become increasingly sought after for retro gaming enthusiasts over the years, especially good for RGB gaming. I have a few PVMS in my collection now, with my favorite being the NEC XM29. I came across a locally listed 27 inch Sony monitor, and pictures showed it was a
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A common failure for Neo Geo arcade cabinets is the EL panels that light up corresponding to the selected game. There are a few options out there to replace the panels . If you want the top of the line solution, there are things like a LED replacement kit http://www.neogeoledmarquee.info/,
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Time to start restoration of my upright Outrun cabinet! Outrun is such an iconic racer. The sounds, the colours, the speed, I am so excited to be on the way to having a working restored cabinet. This cabinet is complete but in poor condition. Very dirty on the inside, full
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I had a few tasks ahead to complete the restoration. The good news is everything went smoothly, with no sticking points. First up time to make a new cardboard bezel for the monitor. The old one is a bit scummy. I couldn’t find a piece of cardboard large enough at
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The early Space Invaders boardsets, including the Midway L shaped boards only output to a black and white monitor. The monitor that came with my cabinet is not working. I have not really done any troubleshooting for it, however the chassis was very dirty, and I decided my efforts would
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A few years ago I bought an Acorn Archimedes 3000. It had the power plug cut off, but was a reasonable price even if not working. Knowing that these machines often suffered from bad battery corrosion, I opened it up right away. I didn’t actually ever take a picture, but
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Time to apply new side art, and new control panel overlay! We are fortunate to have Noodleshirt in Australia to supply our arcade artwork needs. I wanted to get the artwork colour as close as practical to the original, so sent off the remainder of the artwork I removed so
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The Sinclair Spectrum is a computer that I never played or even saw in person back in the day. It was never sold in retail chain in Australia, so was only stocked by very few specialty stores. I read about games for the Spectrum in C+VG magazine, and was content
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I have a Neo Geo cabinet with a 4 slot motherboard, of which only 3 slots were working. Games inserted into slot 1 refused to boot. After the usual cleaning of pins, it still did not work. Thanks to great work from Arcade King over on Aussie Arcade this was
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This post has been a long time coming. My progress stalled for over a year after our house was flood damaged. Time to get back into this project! Time to tear the cabinet down & make some repairs to the woodwork. It is in very poor shape. Taking everything out
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