Video gaming projects and general musings
A while ago I picked up an Atari Basketball arcade machine. This is a black and white game made in 1979. I really like this one as it has trackball controls, so it is a bit unusual. I also really like the style of the machine, with a very 70s
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There are a number of great Neo Geo MVS cartridge storage boxes available, in particular shockboxes and great printed inserts. See http://southtown-homebrew.com/index.php?cPath=170 for an example. However, I actually like the simple boxes and label that MVS cartridges originally were shipped with. An Australian supplier http://www.noodleshirt.com/store is now offerring reproduction boxes, labels and
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I haven’t had as much time as I would like lately to spend time on my projects. I have been tinkering away at a few things, but haven’t got to the point where it is worth writing about. Anyway some project arcade machines became available locally, so I couldn’t let
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There is something great that cannot be explained about playing games on real Neo Geo hardware. However as anybody who has attempted to collect Neo Geo AES games can tell you, it can get insanely expensive very quickly. Luckily most MVS games can be found at a fraction of the
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Recently I came across an old Universal cocktail machine in very sad condition. It could be restored, but it has many parts missing. I would like to try and track down some spare parts before getting stuck into this too far, as I would like to keep it as original
Continue readingThis restoration thread won’t go into the same depth as my first LAI Cocktail Arcade Machine Restoration thread, so please refer to the original thread for more detail on some of the cosmetic work. Time to fix up Moon Patrol. This works, and isn’t too bad, but can look a
Continue readingDiary of a LAI arcade cocktail machine restoration. A long time ago, back in about 2008 I got hold of 3 LAI arcade cocktail machines. They all needed some TLC, some more than others.
Continue readingThis is a diary of a restoration of a Hankin cocktail machine. This was my first major arcade restoration project I did around 2008-2009. The condition of the cabinet was very average, and in some ways poor (but I am fussy). Over the years it had been poorly resprayed, converted
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