Roadmap To My April 7th Arcade Party

Pinball Wizard

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So I am having an arcade party April 7th (more details to follow soon), but the gameroom is in disarray, and I have a bunch to work on. This thread will act as a log of my progress of game repair and the like. To not crowd the real thread (when I post it), this will be my log to keep my sanity.

As of 3/1/12 these games are working (I will edit as I go):
Tekken 2
Blasteroids
Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong 2 combo
Gauntlet dark legacy
Soul edge
Sf rush
Frenzy express
Stargate
Neo geo 150 n 1
Golden tee 97 and 2k
Wizard of Wor
Space invaders 8 in 1
Hang on
Area 51
Chicago coin motorcycle
High speed
Firepower
60 n 1
Silent scope 2
Air hockey
Fooseball
Beachead 2000,2002,2003,operation blockade, incoming in a vortek 3.
Slick Shot
Tempest (As of 3/1/12)
 
Tonight was a good night in the arcade, I got Tempest running. It could use monitor adjustment to some extent, but if I don't get to it, it won't end the world. I have my new interconnect cables in the mail for Tron, and should be here by monday. I also have a direction to try and fix my Asteroids. The other major thing I did was clean up. Those that have visited my warehouse know that one end of it was full of non-arcade stuff, and that is being emptied. I put a good dent in it tonight, and will continue on that as time permits. Earlier today, I also started to gather the music for my jukebox that I have began to setup, and will be running the speaker wire in the next week or 2 for it. I think I've done good for the night :)
 
Put some more time into the arcade again tonight. Moved some power around to prevent tripping hazard. Hung a light over the air hockey table. Did some general clean up to remove non-arcade stuff. Spent some time messing with my Asteroids to try and bring life to it, and will be getting the chip I believe will fix it tomorrow. Also examined my Gorf. This game only has monitor issues in it, and turns out I need to rebuild it. This moved down on the list because I have a few boxed monitors I could move into the cabinet to get the game up for the party, so unless I get a cap kit for it, I will just stick a monitor in it a day or 2 before. Didn't actually get any new games running today, but did a lot of other prep work for the party that needed to be done. All in all, was a good day's effort.
 
Well, I spent a little bit of time cleaning out the arcade, but put a bunch of time into a few games. Tempest monitor is now looking prime! Spent a little bit of time working on my Simpsons bowling monitor, and got the model number off of it, hopefully will have that working in a few days. Now most of my time went into one of my shuffle bowls. Rebuilt the power supply, tweaked display voltage, adjusted the switch on the pin resetting motor, and tomorrow I will be placing an order for a coil stop I need along with a new set of pins and a puck. The only real thing it needs for the party is the coil stop so this will be up and running in a few days too. I will be bringing REvenge From Mars and Independence Day pinballs up to the Gameroom, probably next weekend so I will have 2 more pins for everyone to play. Strong chance of a console gaming area being setup before the party, but we will see how it goes. Stay tuned for more!
 
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