Happy Holidays everyone! I've been wanting to start collecting arcade games for a while now, but have never been able to due to not having room. However, my wife and I finally have a home of our own which means the room to have a couple of machines. I am basically going to be on the lookout for a couple of my favorites from when I was younger, but before I made any kind of purchases, I wanted to stop here and ask a couple of questions (I've been lurking for a while now and have searched around, but really didn't see any definitive answers to my questions).
1. What is the best way to transport a standard, upright game? Is it ok to lay it (carefully, of course) on its back and brace it from sliding around, like in the back of a van, pickup, or SUV? Or is this a "no no"?
2. Any good books out there to read in order to understand a little bit more about the inner-workings of your basic game? I'm not looking to buy anything non-working, but I would like to acquire some knowledge of the ins and outs so that one day, maybe, I could have the skills/ability to purchase a game in need of repair and actually repair it.
3. And this may be a stupid question, but, does everyone here leave their games on or do they unplug them/turn them off when not in use?
Any other advice? I know you guys/gals must get a lot of people like me asking these questions, but I'd appreciate any help you could give. Thank you much.
-Nick
1. What is the best way to transport a standard, upright game? Is it ok to lay it (carefully, of course) on its back and brace it from sliding around, like in the back of a van, pickup, or SUV? Or is this a "no no"?
2. Any good books out there to read in order to understand a little bit more about the inner-workings of your basic game? I'm not looking to buy anything non-working, but I would like to acquire some knowledge of the ins and outs so that one day, maybe, I could have the skills/ability to purchase a game in need of repair and actually repair it.
3. And this may be a stupid question, but, does everyone here leave their games on or do they unplug them/turn them off when not in use?
Any other advice? I know you guys/gals must get a lot of people like me asking these questions, but I'd appreciate any help you could give. Thank you much.
-Nick

