so what did u do with your games today?

Today I got to learn quite a bit in a short period of time, and I also got to make an enhancement to my Ms. Pac machine.

1. on a game I just got, the monitor tube had the plastic thingy busted off of the neck at the bottom. Some folks were saying I could probably reinstall the piece and it would be fine, others were saying that basically ended the life of the tube. I reinstalled the piece and unfortunately it did not work, but in doing so I got to get more proficient with degaussing a monitor. I'm terrified of electricity, got zapped pretty bad as a teen when I grabbed a cracked distributor plug wire on a running car. Been with me ever since. But today I seemed to get through the degaussing pretty easily, so I am starting to be a little more comfortable with being around electricity.

2. on my Ms. Pac, the original CP was shot when I got her in 2006. I got a complete replacement panel which was in really good shape, except in a couple of places it had white spots where it looked like it had torn. I couldn't feel any tear when running a finger over it, but it was always there just enough to irritate me. At diff times I've tried cleaning it off to no avail, and even tried using some WD-40 on it, thinking it might be leftovers from something that was stuck there- no luck. Today while passing by it once more, I decided to put some acetone on a rag and go over it VERY lightly, to see if maybe it was paint from God knows what. I did one brief pass and........... it came right off! There were 3 or 4 spots where this had happened, and all of them came right off of the CP and did no damage. I was really psyched because during this week, I got the sound fixed on the game myself, got the coin lights fixed myself, and now, the CP looks really good too! She's looking really good.

While I was out there messing around with the games, I also played a few rounds of Ms. Pac. I'm hoping after the kids go to bed that I can get out there and tinker around some more. But all in all, a good day for games!
 
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Inventoried game parts, tested a couple of boards, replaced the power cord on my Satan's Hollow mini, then played one of the best games of SH in years, despite the screen being funky! :>

Scott C.
 
I want to play Tempest, but I am afraid to turn it on in the cold garage. I have tried Altered beast in the cold and it worked fine, but I really don't want to risk screwing up the 6100 in the Tempest. I played a couple of games of DK yesterday on the MAME cab. I also tried Timber after reading a thread here.
 
I want to play Tempest, but I am afraid to turn it on in the cold garage. I have tried Altered beast in the cold and it worked fine, but I really don't want to risk screwing up the 6100 in the Tempest. I played a couple of games of DK yesterday on the MAME cab. I also tried Timber after reading a thread here.

How cold is "cold" in Nevada??!!
 
Making room for the game I'm picking up tomorrow. Rearranged the gameroom and realized I can comfortably fit 8 games in a 14'x11' room. Got a new high score in Journey (MAME), and I played a couple rounds of Tempest (not MAME) :D
 
hauled my carnevil up stairs for mudman tim to pickup for leinhit..

unfortunately as of right now hes broken down 45 mins from here ...hub fell apart on the trailer... d'oh!!

double whammy is i conned him into hauling a game here for me to buy too.. so i feel like a double douche now that the trailer is cashed out...


mike
 
hauled my carnevil up stairs for mudman tim to pickup for leinhit..

unfortunately as of right now hes broken down 45 mins from here ...hub fell apart on the trailer... d'oh!!

double whammy is i conned him into hauling a game here for me to buy too.. so i feel like a double douche now that the trailer is cashed out...


mike


Hopefully it's not snowing there like it is here!! Keep us posted!
 
Played some Missile Command while watching the world record attempt. ;)

Replaced a socket on a Battlezone PCB in preparation for replacing a bad 74LS399.

Re-capping a Sanyo EZ10 and also checking all the transistors having to do with RGB. (monitor was missing R and sometimes B)

-Jeff
 
Played a few games of Tempest and am selling toys on ebay. thats about it. Had a super lazy day watching movies and I ordered a pizza. Too cold to go out since I didnt have too.
 
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