So I’m in the home straight here with my Robotron upright restoration. If you missed Part 2, you can quickly catch up here. In short, we left the cabinet last time having just used filler to tidy up the bottom edges, which were disintegrating quite badly, and I wanted to patch those up so that…
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The TDE Podcast Episode 02: GORF’s Jamie Fenton
Episode 02 of the Ted Dabney Experience podcast is out now! TDE sits down with Jamie Fenton, the developer of the original multi-game shooter, Gorf. We dig deep into Jamie’s early life and career with Dave Nutting Associates and Midway. We talk transgender issues, Datsun sports cars, Larry Cuba of Star Wars SFX fame, the…
Atari Centipede Prototype surfaces!
Atari’s Centipede was a huge hit with arcade operators and players during the golden years of classic arcade gaming. Second in terms of production numbers only to Asteroids, Centipede shifted just over 46,000 upright units during its lifetime. Released in 1981, three units were produced; an upright, cabaret and cocktail variants rolled off the production…
Classic Arcade News Feed: April 2020
I hope everyone is doing OK in the current situation. I’ve been keeping busy with Nintendo Red Tent and Robotron restorations – updates will of course follow here on the blog in the coming weeks. It’s been a while since I’ve done one of these; I’ve been bookmarking a few things over the last few…
Arcade Raid! Ireland, EU
Another arcade “find and rescue” adventure to report on the blog this week! This raid came out of the blue. I got word of it early 2019, but it took many months to finally execute. A collector in Ireland got a lead that a local arcade was closing down, and the operator was looking to…
Classic Arcade News Feed: May 2019
Here’s a summary for you of the latest arcade-related news! This month, I thought I’d mix things up a bit and pull together bunch of videos detailing what’s new relating to the hobby. Don’t forget to let me know your thoughts in the comments below. Paul Johnson is a 2D animator with a penchant for…
Atari Gravitar Restoration 3 FINAL
So we’re in the home straight here with the Gravitar. Not much left to do, but I wanted to document these last bits here on the blog. So I know what you’re thinking. The featured image is of a Space Duel, not a Gravitar right? You are correct. But there are reasons for that –…
Atari Gravitar Restoration 2
Here we are with the second instalment of this Gravitar restoration project. If you’ve been waiting patiently for me to get this cabinet completed, I can only apologise. I have too many arcade projects and so little time! To catch up on the history of this cab so far, take a look here for the…
Classic Arcade News Feed: January 2019
Welcome to Classic Arcade News Feed for January 2019! This is the second instalment in this series. Feedback was good from last month’s inaugural news article, so I can see this being a regular feature here on Arcade Blogger. Let’s get to it! First up is a great interview with American Classic Arcade Museum curator…
Classic Arcade Gaming Quiz!
If you’re a regular Arcade Blogger reader, you might recall that back in November 2018, I made my annual trip to The Free Play Florida event in Orlando – read my review here. Each year, I am asked to get involved with the event organisation in some way. This year we decided to try out…
The Arcade Blogger 