Arcade – Video Game Stuff

CPS2 InfiniKey decryption key injection

January 28, 2019 roxbury Leave a comment

Capcom CPS2 game boards contain a “suicide” battery which powers a circuit which contains a decryption table required for the game to run. If the battery runs out of charge, the decryption table is lost, and the game cannot be played. Previously, to keep games as original as possible every

LAI Space Invaders Restore – Checking PCB & Monitor (Part 1)

December 3, 2017 roxbury Leave a comment

Its time now to start the restoration of my LAI Space Invaders upright. LAI (Leisure & Allied Industries) is an Australian producer of amusement and arcade games. This cabinet is quite similar to the original Taito Space Invaders, using a lot of the same components. However the LAI variant is

Terminator 2 Arcade Restore – The final touches (Part 3)

September 3, 2017 roxbury Leave a comment

I am on the home stretch of finishing this project now! I have noticed that the bezel I have is way smaller than the tube. I think the standard tube size for T2 is 59 CM, and it looks like mine has been replaced with a 63cm tube. As the

Terminator 2 Arcade Restore – Gun clean & fix (Part 2)

July 16, 2017 roxbury Leave a comment

Following on from http://www.tehkella.net/retro/?p=1333. The guns on this need a bit of work. They are quite dirty, and the recoil doesn’t work. There is some sort of black grease on them. I don’t know where that has come from? EDIT: The black grease stuff is actually the bump stop on

New Project Time – Outrun!

June 8, 2017 roxbury Leave a comment

Well sooner than expected I couldn’t pass up this new project, an upright Outrun! It is not working, and needs a lot of TLC. This project needs to wait in line behind T2 and Space Invaders restoration. I am just imagining the sweet music and play of Outrun. Ahhhhhhhh

Terminator 2 Arcade Restore – Internal Clean & Tidy (Part 1)

May 15, 2017 roxbury Leave a comment

I remember back in the day when the Terminator 2 movie came out, and playing the arcade shooting game. This great big behemoth of a cabinet. Loud recoiling guns, movie like scenes and fantastic sounds. It comes as no surprise I have always wanted one as an arcade collector. Well my