Mike Rhinehart
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Thanks for sharing Zete. You've inspired me to Novus my bezel. It has some patina as well, including a little etched graffiti. Seeing this, I think I will be able to make it look a lot better.
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I had a pronounced scratch down the middle of the bezel and finer ones throughout. The finer ones appear gone. The long and deeper one down the middle is still there but way less pronounced. I think I'll apply Novus to it once again and rub it in for a while. I'm also going to use it on my original marquee. The stuff works great!Thanks for sharing Zete. You've inspired me to Novus my bezel. It has some patina as well, including a little etched graffiti. Seeing this, I think I will be able to make it look a lot better.
Just dont play the Atari 2600 versionIt's the greatest video game of all-time imo. Defender is just peerless in many ways and great to see that you'll be building one.
You can also mount the Vision Pro LCD with something like this which will make the mounting much easier anyways, it's the same form factor as a CRT and can easily swap it out with a CRT whenever you're ready.
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Retro Frame Kit for 19" LCD Monitors
19" LCD Frame Kit. This kit will allow our Wells Gardner Game Pro 19" LCD monitor to mount in place of a 19" CRT monitor. Features:Can be configured for horizontal mount (Defender, Robotron, etc.) or vertical mount (Ms. Pac-Man, Galaga, Etc.)Same mounting hole dimensionwww.arcadeshop.com

Back then, new release games were almost like new release films.
I can attest to this. We had an awesome arcade and billiards area in the Unicentre at Carleton University in the 80s. We got all the new releases. It was wonderful. And the crowds awaiting to play each new game was great.Just dont play the Atari 2600 version
Defender was huge when it was released back in "81". I can still see the crowd of kids around that cab, the day it was wheeled into our local Mom & Pop Grocery.
Back then, new release games were almost like new release films.
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You just reminded me of younger days starting to use buttons. I remember when we were able to use a calculator instead of a slide rule in maths class and then in exams.For the joystick I can swap the top as can be seen in the pictures below. I will try both to see which is easier on my six decade old hands that have typed way too many keystrokes in the last 50 years.
Never used a slide rule though my engineering friends did. I was in Computer Science with a focus on Mathematics and we rarely got to use a calculator, more often got to use nothing. Simpler timesYou just reminded me of younger days starting to use buttons. I remember when we were able to use a calculator instead of a slide rule in maths class and then in exams.














