Arkanoid Restore

jltlarry

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I bought this about a year ago. I finally started working on it a few months ago. After getting into it I ended up doing more than originally intended. I ended up putting red acrylic panels on the front and thought it would be cool to mount them via velcro. If needed I can change colors in a few minutes. This also completely hid the nasty front side of the machine. This machine was originally a time pilot and I think it spent some time in the water. The bottom was half disconnected and warped pretty bad. I refabbed the bottom and reinstalled it.
The sides were missing chunks at the bottom. Fixed them by cutting a chunk of aluminum and screwing it into the sides. This hid nearly everything that was really bad on the side of the game. This was a fun project and turned out better than I thought it would. You might ask, how do you play a game. I ended up mounting the credit switch just behind the red panel. Pressing slightly in the center of the panel, activates the switch. This way, I did not have to sandblast the coin door.
 

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Did you use standard 3/4 inch t-molding on it? I'm curious if you have any close-up pics of the t-molding since Centuri cabs used 13/16" offset t-molding and I can only find it in black and white...
 
Did you use standard 3/4 inch t-molding on it? I'm curious if you have any close-up pics of the t-molding since Centuri cabs used 13/16" offset t-molding and I can only find it in black and white...

I am pretty sure it is 3/4 , it overhangs slightly on the outer edge. I will measure it when I get back to the states to be sure.
 

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Great job on the restoration. Always nice to see an Arkanoid being cleaned up. I also like that you switched knob styles. I'm a fan of the one you used. I really should fix the 2nd player controller on my cocktail...
 
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