If you’re not familiar with Williams’ Robotron arcade game then you need to seek it out. A cornerstone of classic arcade gaming, it delivers relentless twitch shooter action in absolute spades. This is a game that delivers even today. Frenetic and colourful with sound effects to die for (literally), its gameplay pumps adrenaline through your…
Category: Restoration
Sega Dinosaur King Conversion 2 FINAL
So having got the Sega Dino King stripped and cleaned out in part one, we had a PC installed happily running GroovyMAME. A stable picture was showing on the monitor, and it was time to take a look at how the controls might work on this tiny cab. There wasn’t a great deal I could…
Sega Dinosaur King Conversion 1
Released in 2005, Sega’s Dinosaur King was an attempt to appeal to the kids market, and to cash in on the growing popularity of turn based card games like Pokemon. The release was designed as a card battle game where players face off against each other using bar-code cards purchased from, and dispensed by, the…
Atari Asteroids Restoration 3 FINAL
Part 2 saw the cab get to a point where it was looking good for the most part. The bulk of the work was done, now it was time to start putting the parts that had been removed back into the empty shell of the now restored cabinet. If you’ve been following this blog, this…
Atari Asteroids Restoration 2
So with the main cabinet sanded down at the end of part 1, I moved onto the wiring loom. For some reason the loom was taped up with electrical tape. A previous owner probably thought it was a good idea at the time, but now it was all sticky and collecting dust: That had to…
Atari Asteroids Restoration 1
Regular readers of this blog will have noticed a common theme in the cabs I’ve been restoring: I have a penchant for the smaller “cabaret” versions of arcade machines. This is partly out of necessity – my games room us up three flights of stairs at the top of the house, and being in the…
Atari Centipede Restoration 4 FINAL
Sharp eyed readers may have noticed that the Centipede cabaret I restored came without a marquee light from the factory – it appears this is a common thing. Atari put the light housing in some cabs (like the Tempest cabaret previously documented in my blog) but not others. Here’s the completed cab. With no marquee…
Atari Centipede Restoration 3
In Part 2, we stripped the cab down and got to work on some of the parts. Here in part 3, we continue the work required to get the cab ship shape again. First job was the coin doors. I’ve detailed in previous blogs how I do this with paint stripper and metallic paint, so…
Atari Centipede Restoration 2
In Part 1 you’ll recall reading that the Centipede cab had been picked up, and arrived in an all round good shape. On the surface of it, this looks like it’s going to be a pretty simple restoration. We just need to be methodical, and work around the parts of the cab, fixing and cleaning…
Atari Centipede Restoration 1
Well here we are, back on the hamster wheel of arcade restorations. This time round, I came across a game I’ve never really played before – Centipede. Released in 1981, it quickly became one of Atari’s mainstay arcade titles, and is widely regarded as one of the classics of the Golden Era. It was released…
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