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Category: Arcade

28 October 2013

Predator Pinball October update

Written by S11
I’ve been on the preorder list for this machine since it was opened, it’s taking longer than originally planned to finish the machine but that’s been good for me financially.  It’s also good to see the machine improving and...
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Arcade
19 October 2013

New Arrivals 19/10/2013

Written by S11
A bit of a bumper batch this time with a couple of real rarities. R-Shark – actually already have one of these but it’s not in the best cosmetic condition, so I bought this to replace it.  However, it...
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Arcade
11 October 2013

Repair – Cave CV1000 colour problems

Written by S11
Recently I’ve become aware of a growing number of Cave boards offered for sale (just search Yahoo auctions for many examples) which have colour faults.  Usually these aren’t even advertised as being faulty, I’m not sure how much of...
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Arcade, Tech / Repair
05 October 2013

New Arrivals 05/10/2013

Written by S11
Still missing some….  Apparently they have all been sent now. Sauro – a really very bad scrolling shooter that I’ve always wanted to own for some reason.  Arrived booting unreliably, with sparkly sprites, and with unstable colour.  Sold as...
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Arcade
05 October 2013

Repair – Edge connector contact replacement

Written by S11
If you collect older games, sooner or later you’re going to run into burned out connector pins.  Sometimes it’s just from a bad loom or dirty contacts, other times it’s due to people soldering adapters to boards – one...
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Arcade, Tech / Repair
27 September 2013

New arrivals 25/09/2013

Written by S11
Should have been more – several sellers I need to chase for tracking or sending dates.. Battle Cruiser M-12 – got this VERY cheap including a well made JAMMA adapter and an original marquee.  It’s a fun little game...
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Arcade
26 September 2013

Repair – G07 flyback transformer

Written by S11
One of my cabs is a Missile Storm I’ve had a love/hate relationship with for some time.  It came from the famous Duke Of Lancaster cab raid, I actually had two of them – put all the best parts...
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Arcade, Tech / Repair
25 September 2013

Repair – Undercover Cops cap damage / bad seller

Written by S11
A bit of a sad story this one, one without a complete ending in fact.  A few weeks ago I bought an Undercover Cops PCB + art from a French PCB shop called ‘Video Game Addict’ (www.video-game-addict.com, don’t buy...
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Arcade, Tech / Repair
20 September 2013

New arrivals 20/09/2013

Written by S11
Another pile of PCBs came in – a little bit of everything in here. Real Break Billiard Academy – I bought this a few weeks ago just just under 8 euros, it was sold as faulty – heavy graphical...
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