Hailrazer's Ms. Pac-Man Cocktail Restore : A Woman Scorned

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Hailrazer's Ms. Pac-Man Cocktail Restore : A Woman Scorned

About 1 year ago I had a WTB add on the local Craigslist. A guy called me and said he had a Ms. Pac-Man cocktail in rough shape, non working, no game pcb , monitor not working with extreme burn-in, etc. I told him I wasn't interested.

He calls me back a little later and mentions he has a UR Ms. Pac-Man also with a monitor that needs a cap kit. I tell him what the heck. I'll cap his monitor for the Ms. Pac-Man cocktail.

He agrees and I get the chassis, cap it, return it and pick up the cocktail.

A Klov friend (NewSheriffInTown) gives me a couple of Ms.Pac-Man pcb's. I piece together a working one out of them.
Another Klov member (WarGamerHq) gives me the Underlay that goes under the glass.

But the game sits in my work room for over a year. To many projects and no time of initiative to fix it up.

Fast forward to a few weeks ago. I always talk about my hobby at work. A Body Shop owner I've known for over 20 years mention he would love to have a Ms. Pac-Man cocktail because he and his wife used to play one all the time at a Pizza joint when they were dating. I agree to fix it up and sell it to him.

So here's some pics of what I had to work with. Sorry forgot to snap a lot of before pics:

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As you can see it looks gross. And there is a ton of de-laminating from the plywood.

I decided to go about the restore this way :

1. New cabinet. Made out of 3/4" birch. Copied exactly
2. New laminate on the sides
3. New glass. The old one is scratched up badly
4. New tube. Will do a tube swap
5. Restore metal. All metal including coin door restored/painted/powder coated
6. New start buttons , centering grommets, glass top clips, $.25 plastic, plastic light shields, t-molding.

1. So the cab was dis-assembled and everything torn down. Then i cut all 4 sides and the bottom pieces with the tables sae. Then with my router I copied all the tongue/groove slots for the sides/bottom. Then with the router I cut all holes (speaker/coin door/switches/etc) Then everything was glued/brad nailed/clamped.

I re-used the original top as it was in good shape and I didn't have any 1" birch :D

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This weekend the laminate goes on, and the metal work is done.
 
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nice wood..working skills... question tho, on the bottom of old cab, is it normal to have 2 iso's and all those fuses for a game typicaly ?
One is ISO and other is for ac to power the pcb..Pcb takes ac in and converts it to 5 volts DC to run the board..
 
I'm working on something similar. How do you plan to deal with gametop?
My glass is painted, am likely stripping it, the using paperboard on the top. What was it originally?
 
I'm working on something similar. How do you plan to deal with gametop?
My glass is painted, am likely stripping it, the using paperboard on the top. What was it originally?

The glass was pretty scratched on mine, so I ordered new glass from Holland. A friend gave me a repro overlay that goes under the glass.
 
Nice work so far!

Where do you get your laminate at? I need t get some for my Frogger Cocktail that I just picked up.
 
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