b_koenig
Active member
I picked this one up years ago and after getting it working a year after getting it, have been plugging away at different parts of the restoration ever since. After gutting it, I took a pic of what I started with:
It was basically a boy and a dream. Non working complete Baby Pacman with an OK aged playfield. I dropped it in my arcade a few years ago after restoring the cabinet. The playfield was decent and I thought that I could live with it.
I should have known better. I can never just "Live with" anything unless its done right. Fast forward to now. I had the playfield touched up and clearcoated. I polished all hardware. 1/2 of the bulbs under the playfield didn't work. That issue ended up being a bad solder joint on a ground wire that I was able to find pretty fast. Now all bulbs are working. I'm just waiting on bulbs (I'm replacing all bulbs) to finish it. Here's where I'm stuck now:
I'm not sure that I could be happier with the way that it has turned out!
It was basically a boy and a dream. Non working complete Baby Pacman with an OK aged playfield. I dropped it in my arcade a few years ago after restoring the cabinet. The playfield was decent and I thought that I could live with it.
I should have known better. I can never just "Live with" anything unless its done right. Fast forward to now. I had the playfield touched up and clearcoated. I polished all hardware. 1/2 of the bulbs under the playfield didn't work. That issue ended up being a bad solder joint on a ground wire that I was able to find pretty fast. Now all bulbs are working. I'm just waiting on bulbs (I'm replacing all bulbs) to finish it. Here's where I'm stuck now:
I'm not sure that I could be happier with the way that it has turned out!

