I seem to be devolving.

jehuie

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It seems like when I used to repair arcade games, I would start with a non-working game and I would ask a few questions and try a few things and then after fiddling for a while I would have a good working game.

Now, when I work on a game, I ask a few questions and try a few things and then after fiddling for a while my game still doesn't work. So I ask more questions and work on it some more. Repeat the cycle a few times and then after all that work, I still have a game that doesn't work.

It would be refreshing to have something work right for a change.
 
That's about where I am at too.

We need to expand our repertoire of repair knowledge, skills, and abilities.

Less shopping for games, more hands on fixing, tweaking, and messing around with what we have.






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That's about where I am at too.

We need to expand our repertoire of repair knowledge, skills, and abilities.

Or go back to easy fixes. I am lost on my Roadblasters, but I got the Millipede working really fast. One has board issues, the other had the switch turned off. :)
 
Or go back to easy fixes. I am lost on my Roadblasters, but I got the Millipede working really fast. One has board issues, the other had the switch turned off. :)

Good idea. I'll only answer ads that say "probably just a fuse" from now on.
 
At least you know how to work on games and fix them. That's always a plus.

I always limit myself to getting games that are complete and working that only need minor repairs. I've never bought a game with PCB issues as I wouldn't know what to do other than send to board out to someone who can fix it. I've only had one monitor that needed major repairs but sold it to a fellow KLOVer who was able to fix it themselves.

In the long run, I don't want to put in the time or money to try and fix my games. I'd rather spend my time and money doing cosmetic/restoration work knowing my games will work in the end. But I know there are guys who like doing one or the other or both.

More luck to you getting your games to work though. I'm sure you'll figure out whatever is not working. :)
 
Well, I enjoy trying anyway. My Tempest was working but had a minor issue. Now it's not working and there's smoke. Maybe I'll go fix it some more and burn the house down. ha ha

http://forums.arcade-museum.com/showthread.php?t=132588

Haha. Trial and error I guess. But I guess that can get costly depending on the issue. Though, the total cost put into the machine will still probably be less than most guys have spent on a Tempest, correct? ;)

Best of luck anyways, try not to burn anything down. :D
 
I feel better now. I got my Tempest monitor working. It took waaaaaaay longer than it should of. But it's beautiful now and all is right with the world.
 
You should see my latest catch from yesterday. A doctor who pin, that the play field has been stripped and I have a box of play field parts to put back on. This one will take a while.
 
You should see my latest catch from yesterday. A doctor who pin, that the play field has been stripped and I have a box of play field parts to put back on. This one will take a while.

Midway? Nice pickup....where did you come across that? Any pics?
 
just a few when I was pulling it out of the truck. It's folded up in the garage right now. I was barely able to get it in there even folded. I hope datacade gets built soon (3 weeks to go, got my plans approved last Thursday).
 

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actually here is my little 1 car garage, packed full of projects. DW is folded up against the championship sprint right now.
 

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actually here is my little 1 car garage, packed full of projects. DW is folded up against the championship sprint right now.

Yeah, it's a bit cramped. Datacade huh? What about Frycade? I fried some arcade parts today....
 
Sometimes it feels like you take two steps forward and one step back, and sometimes it's one step forward and 2 steps back. Just gotta hang in there and keep trying.
 
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