MasterFygar
Well-known member
Well, the time has finally come. This game has always been my grail and is my favorite in my collection so it's time to launch my first restoration. Since this is a 90s game and is mainly plastic this will be interesting 
When I first got the machine. Grunge residue everywhere (especially around decals, you can kind of see it), blown bulb on the right marquee and the wiring was screwy, had been hack-jobbed to hell before I got it (though obviously you can't tell that from the picture). The internal cardboard bezels had also broken and come loose and were obscuring the monitors as you can see.
Where it is now:
It looks better in the pictures than in person. It needs some pretty major cosmetic work all the way around. Sadly, I didn't have any pictures before I did my initial cleanup. It took about 5 magic erasers to get rid of a pretty-much everywhere layer of skating rink grunge. When I got it, it also needed a new optical cable... and in the end, I basically had to rewire the whole thing. No pictures of that, but it required removing the seats and balancing them while reaching underneath and through to the bottom of the cabinet. In other words, don't try rewiring it unless you have a deathwish.
NECESSARY:
-FULL CLEAN (DONE)
-Replace optical cables/rewire (DONE)
-Repair Cardboard Bezels (DONE)
-Fix left marquee bulb/starter (DONE)
-Degauss monitors
-Seat backs
-Repair center divider
-Canopy decals
-Repaint wood parts
-T-molding
-Replace bolts
-Fix yellowing
-Detailed clean
When I first got the machine. Grunge residue everywhere (especially around decals, you can kind of see it), blown bulb on the right marquee and the wiring was screwy, had been hack-jobbed to hell before I got it (though obviously you can't tell that from the picture). The internal cardboard bezels had also broken and come loose and were obscuring the monitors as you can see.
Where it is now:
It looks better in the pictures than in person. It needs some pretty major cosmetic work all the way around. Sadly, I didn't have any pictures before I did my initial cleanup. It took about 5 magic erasers to get rid of a pretty-much everywhere layer of skating rink grunge. When I got it, it also needed a new optical cable... and in the end, I basically had to rewire the whole thing. No pictures of that, but it required removing the seats and balancing them while reaching underneath and through to the bottom of the cabinet. In other words, don't try rewiring it unless you have a deathwish.
NECESSARY:
-FULL CLEAN (DONE)
-Replace optical cables/rewire (DONE)
-Repair Cardboard Bezels (DONE)
-Fix left marquee bulb/starter (DONE)
-Degauss monitors
-Seat backs
-Repair center divider
-Canopy decals
-Repaint wood parts
-T-molding
-Replace bolts
-Fix yellowing
-Detailed clean
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