Recent content by D_Harris

Centipede is for women, and Millipede is for the men. Which are you? ;) Darren Harris Staten Island, New York.

I'd go with Gun.Smoke, of which I have a board-set. But back in the 80s I do remember Commando being the more popular of the three. Darren Harris Staten Island, New York.

I'm hoping someone can take you up on this. If I remember correctly you had all the parts and just needed to do some wood work and then put everything together. Darren Harris Staten Island, New York.

I'm curious. Why wouldn't wiring the player start buttons to the coin mech work? Darren Harris Staten Island, New York.

Ok, I'm leaning toward getting the two in the jpg below. At least they would be color coordinated. :D Darren Harris Staten Island, New York.

I have a couple of HT-1921 Crimping Tools I picked up from Bob Roberts over two decades ago. Right from the beginning I was having problems with the rubber sliding off the handles, and I had to do a lot of repositioning and multiple presses in order to get crimps that were sometimes still...

Me thinks you're too serious and missed the context. Darren Harris Staten Island, New York.

Playing the game "wrong" is subjective. Not using strategies conducive to you getting the best score can be considered "wrong". Or just not using strategies the game designer expected you to use can be considered "wrong". Now Star Trek is one of those games where a strategy the game designer...

It's Millipede and StarGate for me. I have Robotron, but have never played it. Darren Harris Staten Island, New York.

I've had, have, and will have world records on different games. ;) Darren Harris Staten Island, New York.

First, the recent climb in value of these games is due to socio-economic factors that have nothing to do with them becoming more rare, and therefore more "collectable". There is only so much "patina" any collecting community would tolerate. Imagine a museum piece far into the future. An...

Not correct. I can use a SuperGun and get a world record. Only the PCBs (with correct ROMs) are needed. That said, here is a partial reprint of something I said several months ago ...

In-person pick-up. And you have to bring your cabinet with you. 😄

You can't force it. You have to really enjoy playing the game. Also, a jump in ability for me and many others always comes after a lay-off. If I play a game every day for a week, and then take a couple of days off, when I start playing again I notice my skills have increased. Darren Harris...

Funny. I was just about to clean an Arkanoid JAMMA adaptor when I decided to check the forums first, and this was the first thread here. The game had been intermittently flipping the image vertically just before resetting. Now after reseating chips I figured I'd try cleaning the adaptor. (And...