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QA Podcast – Episode 28

Jonathan Leung — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:30:47 +0000

This episode of the podcast was broadcast live on Thursday, February 2, 2012. For more information on our podcast, please visit our iTunes page at http://itunes.arcaderepairtips.com. All of our past episodes can be found there as well as a review section where you can leave us a comment on how we’re doing. On this episode, Tim and I answered your questions regarding…

A Space Fever cocktail that will not boot up
A X’s & O’s pinball machine with a tilt error
A Ms. Pac Man with a screen that wobbles
An Asteroids cocktail with no ship or asteroids
A Mortal Kombat 4 with squiggly lines on the screen
A Lil’ Hustler that comes up with crazy screens
A Space Panic cocktail with intermittent issues
A Mars bill acceptor that will not accept bills
An arcade game that will not coin up
A Total Carnage with a green-tinted, dark, flickering screen
A Wells Gardner K7901 monitor with static on the screen
A Punchout that will not power on
A Playchoice 10 where the power will not work
A Wells Gardner K7000 monitor with horizontal size issues
A Wells Gardner K4600 monitor that needs a cap kit
And some general monitor repair questions.

We also give an update on Stan’s USPS Dragon’s Lair board fiasco and discuss different items that can cause interference with your arcade game. Please feel free to leave any comments, questions or suggestions below. As always, you can contact us when we are off the air by email at questions@arcaderepairtips.com or by calling our voicemail line at (972) 8AR-TIPS or (972) 827-8477. Enjoy!

Show Links:

Asteroids Troubleshooting Encyclopedia –
http://www.ionpool.net/arcade/asteroidtech/asteroidsrepair.html
Monitor Tech Information from 8liners.com –
http://www.8liners.com/datatech/monitor.html
Arcade Monitor Chassis and Yoke –
http://www.arcademonitor.com/Arcade-Monitor-Parts/chassis.php
MCM Electronics – http://www.mcmelectronics.com/
MikesArcade.com (Nintendo Parts) – http://www.mikesarcade.com/
Arcadeshop Amusements – http://www.arcadeshop.com/
P&L Video Games (Monitor Repair) – 1-800-992-6588 / (626) 337-9782
American Amusement Auctions –
http://www.americanamusementauctions.com/
Louisville Arcade Expo 2012 – http://www.louisvillearcade.com/
Ohio Pinball & Gameroom Festival 2012 –
http://www.ohiopinballshow.com/
Midwest Gaming Classic 2012 – http://www.midwestgamingclassic.com/
Texas Pinball Festival 2012 – http://www.texaspinball.com/

Special thanks goes to David Vaughan for composing all of the great chiptunes music that we use in our content and Nathan Knight for providing our excellent voiceovers. Please check out their websites for information on the services they provide.

QA Podcast – Episode 27

Jonathan Leung — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 23:30:06 +0000

This episode of the podcast was recorded on Thursday, January 19, 2012. For more information on our podcast, please visit our iTunes page at http://itunes.arcaderepairtips.com. All of our past episodes can be found there as well as a review section where you can leave us a comment on how we’re doing. On this episode, Tim and I answered your questions regarding…

A Kangaroo with green horizontal lines on the screen
A Billabs monitor that’s missing the color green
A Star Wars with static sound and no picture
An Arcade Legends with a broken trackball
A War Final Assault that will not turn on
A WWF Superstars with bad screen burn
A Neo Geo with a white and blue square on the screen
A Donkey Kong monitor that is closing in from the left side
A Mortal Kombat with an overstretched image
A Star Wars Racer with a vertically and horizontally stretched picture
An Astro Blaster with no sound or speech
A Dig Dug with invisible characters
A X-Men vs Street Fighter with a bad monitor
An Arkanoid with no picture or sound
An Eygo monitor with a white line in the center
A Mortal Kombat with a horizontally rolling screen
A Mortal Kombat with a darker image on one side of the monitor
A Wells Gardner D9200 monitor with bad colors
A 1943: Battle Of Midway with a barely visible monitor
A Silverball Mania pinball machine without general illumination
A Playchoice 10 with no monitor or sound
A Street Fighter 2 with horizontal position issues
An Area 51 with a missing monitor
A Space Firebird cocktail with strange and ghosted sprites
A Mortal Kombat 2 with a stretched out screen
A Golden Tee 2005 with distorted colors
A Mortal Kombat 2 with some wiring issues
An Area 51 with lines at the top of the screen
A Rapid Fire with non-working guns
A Tron with video output issues
And some general monitor repair questions.

We also give an update on Stan’s USPS Dragon’s Lair board fiasco and get a Facebook community update from our community manager Mark. Please feel free to leave any comments, questions or suggestions below. As always, you can contact us when we are off the air by email at questions@arcaderepairtips.com or by calling our voicemail line at (972) 8AR-TIPS or (972) 827-8477. Enjoy!

Show Links:

Elektron Forge Video Game Repair – http://www.elektronforge.com/
Eldorado Games (Board & Monitor Repair) –
http://www.eldoradogames.com/
What’s My Monitor by Bob Roberts –
http://www.therealbobroberts.net/monitor.html
HobbyRoms Programming Services – http://www.hobbyroms.com/
The Killer List Of Videogames – http://www.klov.com/
Marvin’s Marvelous Mechanical Museum – http://www.marvin3m.com/
Play It Amusements (Formerly Sega Amusements) – (847) 364-9787
American Amusement Auctions –
http://www.americanamusementauctions.com/
Louisville Arcade Expo 2012 – http://www.louisvillearcade.com/
Midwest Gaming Classic 2012 – http://www.midwestgamingclassic.com/
Texas Pinball Festival 2012 – http://www.texaspinball.com/

QA Podcast – Episode 26

Jonathan Leung — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 23:30:55 +0000

This episode of the podcast was recorded on Thursday, December 8, 2011. For more information on our podcast, please visit our iTunes page at http://itunes.arcaderepairtips.com. All of our past episodes can be found there as well as a review section where you can leave us a comment on how we’re doing. On this episode, Tim, Stan and I answered your questions regarding…

A Joust with the colors slightly out of convergence
A MX 5000 with no indication of it working
A Centipede with monitor issues
A Mortal Kombat 2 power supply wiring problems
A Mortal Kombat 4 with a slight screen interference
A Galaga with a steady audio thumping sound
A Big Casino pinball where nothing but the lights seem to work
A Ship-Mates pinball with tilt issues
A Neo Geo with monitor display problems
A Pac Man/Galaga Class of 81 with a blank monitor
A Beach Head 2000 with a rotated monitor image
An Arkanoid with monitor collapse issues
An Aliens converted to a 60-in-1 multicade
A Superman with graphics glitches
An Area 51 with really quiet sound
A X-Men where the audio has stopped working
An Area 51 with a crazy monitor screen
A Mortal Kombat power supply installation issue
A Millipede marquee light installation issue
A World Cup Italia 90 with 4 images on the screen
A Donkey Kong with a slight jitter on the screen
A Gunsmoke where the sound doesn’t work
A Playchoice 10 with a missing ground prong on the plug
A Draw Poker that doesn’t show the game screen
A Knights Of The Round with an address error
A Drift where the screen goes black after 5 minutes
A MAME with 3 scrolling images on the screen
A Time Crisis with a whited out image
A Space Invaders Deluxe cocktail with jumbled characters on the screen
A Centipede with solid player start lights
A Frogger that needs some restoration
A Pac Man with blue flickering on the screen
A F-15 Strike Eagle with a MAC FAIL error
And some general JAMMA questions.

We also give an update on Stan’s Dragon’s Lair restoration and discuss the story of his first arcade game. Please feel free to leave any comments, questions or suggestions below. As always, you can contact us when we are off the air by email at questions@arcaderepairtips.com or by calling our voicemail line at (972) 8AR-TIPS or (972) 827-8477. Enjoy!

Show Links:

Setup Adjustments For CRT Color Monitors –
http://personalpages.tds.net/~rcarlsen/cbm/converge.txt
JAMMA Wiring Diagram – http://www.arcaderepairtips.com/jamma.html
I Want To Build A Game! by Bob Roberts –
http://www.therealbobroberts.net/buildit.html
The Wiretap Arcade Game Collector’s Archive –
http://www.cityofberwyn.com/
HobbyRoms Programming Services – http://www.hobbyroms.com/
F-15 Strike Eagle Manual –
http://gamesdbase.com/Media/SYSTEM/Arcade//Manual/formated/F-15_Strike_Eagle_-_1991_-_Microprose_Games_Inc..pdf
Lawnmowerman’s Pacman Page – http://lawnmowerman.rotheblog.com/
American Amusement Auctions –
http://www.americanamusementauctions.com/
Texas Pinball Festival 2012 – http://www.texaspinball.com/

QA Podcast – Episode S5

Jonathan Leung — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 23:30:16 +0000

This special episode of the podcast was recorded on Thursday, November 17 to discuss the Houston Area Arcade Group (HAAG) Expo in Houston, Texas. For more information on our podcast, please visit our iTunes page at http://itunes.arcaderepairtips.com. All of our past episodes can be found there as well as a review section where you can leave us a comment on how we’re doing. On this episode, Tim, Stan and I discussed the games that were at the expo as well as the seminars given by Ken Graham (Former Williams Programmer), John Costa (EM Pinball Repair Guru) and Joe Crookham (of Classic Arcade Works).

Show Links:

LaserCon (Shaun) – http://wood1st.com/LaserCon/
Pac-Man Battle Royale (BMI Gaming) –
http://www.bmigaming.com/pacman-mspacman-galaga-commercial.htm
Ken Graham (YellowDog on KLOV Forums) –
http://forums.arcade-museum.com/member.php?u=38753
John Costa (Costa on HAAG Forums) – http://www.arcadecenter.com/haagmsgboard/pop_profile.asp?mode=display&id=305
Classic Arcade Works (Joe) – http://www.classicarcadeworks.com/

Please feel free to leave any comments, questions or suggestions below. As always, you can contact us when we are off the air by email at questions@arcaderepairtips.com or by calling our voicemail line at (972) 8AR-TIPS or (972) 827-8477. Enjoy!

QA Podcast – Episode 25

Jonathan Leung — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 23:30:22 +0000

This episode of the podcast was recorded on Friday, November 4, 2011. For more information on our podcast, please visit our iTunes page at http://itunes.arcaderepairtips.com. All of our past episodes can be found there as well as a review section where you can leave us a comment on how we’re doing. On this episode, Tim and I answered your questions regarding…

A X-Men vs Street Fighter with a green screen
A Cruis’n Exotica without a power cord
A Ms. Pac Man with no sound or picture
A Mortal Kombat with neck glow but no picture
A Super Street Fighter 2 that needs a monitor replacement
A Street Fighter II Championship Edition with non-working kick buttons
A Golden Tee 2K that’s playing blind
A Defender with some video issues
A Ms. Pan Man with a hum coming from the speaker
A Roadblasters with some monitor and/or board issues
A Ms. Pac Man/Galaga Class of 81 with stretched characters
A Star Wars Trilogy with a bad 50″ rear projection monitor
A Galaga where the right side of the monitor is black
A Smash TV with garbage color lines coming down the screen
A Track and Field with a non-working player 1 jump button
A Crane Machine that will not drop the claw
A Virtual Striker 4 with vertical monitor problems
A Street Fighter II monitor replacement issue
A Varth with monitor convergence and stretching issues
A JAMMA arcade cabinet that needs to be adjusted
A Street fighter 3 3rd Strike with board and power issues
A NBA Jam with a scrolling screen
An Ironman Ivan Stewart’s Super Off Road with audio issues
A NBA Jam conversion to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
A Centipede cocktail with a two inch wide screen
A Mortal Kombat 2 with a bad switching power supply
A Knuckleheads with a shadowy dark roll on the screen
A Playchoice 10 with two very dim monitors
A Frogger with thick red and green bars on the screen
A Kung Fu Master that’s missing the top half of the screen
A Karate Champ with a distored and barley legable screen
A NBA Jam Tournament Edition with a green screen and no sound
A Space Invaders monitor replacement issue
A Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 with discoloration in the mid-left corner
A 60-In-1 board that doesn’t save the settings
A Mortal Kombat 2 with a monitor that won’t light up
A Simpsons with some relocation issues
An Astro Blaster with a malfunctioning fire button
A Street Fighter II that needs to be put on free play
A Big Buck Hunter that doesn’t register the gunshots
A Bosconian with no picture, sound or control response
A Killer Instinct that freezes after 20 seconds
A Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles that needs sideart installed
A Donkey Kong with some power supply issues
A Mr. Do cocktail with a jittery screen
A Crystal Castles with some trackball issues
And some explanations as to where we’ve been.

We also go over some listener progress updates and discuss some good tips to follow when moving arcade games upstairs. Please feel free to leave any comments, questions or suggestions below. As always, you can contact us when we are off the air by email at questions@arcaderepairtips.com or by calling our voicemail line at (972) 8AR-TIPS or (972) 827-8477. Enjoy!

Show Links:

CPS-2 Shock (Suicide Page) –
http://cps2shock.emu-france.info/suicide.html
Lawnmowerman’s Pacman Page – http://lawnmowerman.rotheblog.com/
What’s My Monitor by Bob Roberts –
http://www.therealbobroberts.net/monitor.html
Hum Bar Fix by Bob Roberts –
http://www.therealbobroberts.net/hum.html
BNC to VGA Adapter (Star Wars Trilogy) –
Coming Soon
Isolation Transfomers by Bob Roberts –
http://www.therealbobroberts.net/xformer.html
Arcadeshop Galaga Repair Info –
http://www.arcadeshop.com/galaga/galaga.htm
Discharging Monitor Tubes by John –
http://www.flippers.com/vid-tips.html#discharge
Play It Amusements (Formerly Sega Amusements) – (847) 364-9787
Houston Area Arcade Group (HAAG) Expo –
http://www.arcadecenter.com/
American Amusement Auctions –
http://www.americanamusementauctions.com/

QA Podcast – Episode 24

Jonathan Leung — Sun, 01 May 2011 22:30:07 +0000

This episode of the podcast was recorded on Saturday, April 23, 2011. For more information on our podcast, please visit our iTunes page at http://itunes.arcaderepairtips.com. All of our past episodes can be found there as well as a review section where you can leave us a comment on how we’re doing. On this episode, Tim and I answered your questions regarding…

A Donkey Kong Jr. board that only plays levels 1 & 4
A Track And Field with no picture or sound
A Mortal Kombat 2 that’s playing blind
A Sunset Riders with blurring and bending near the top of the screen
A Ms. Pac Man cocktail with sound but a blank monitor
An Outrun with scrambled video and no sound
A Street Fighter II with a jittery monitor
A Donkey Kong that needs some cabinet refurbishment
A Neo Geo with no red showing on the monitor
A Pac Man with a mirroring effect on the screen
A Killer Instinct that will restart or shut down at random
An Area 51 that won’t allow you to shoot the bottom of the screen
An Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 with sparking issues
A Centipede with nothing on the screen
A CPS-2 game that tends to reset a lot
A Crusin’ USA that’s missing a steering wheel motor
A Sega Super GT/Scud Race Twin with washed out colors
A Pac Man cocktail that’s playing blind
A Galaga cocktail flickering “game over” on the screen
A Pac Man cocktail with sound but monitor is black
A Super Mario Bros with a ROM hack
A Silent Scope 2 with the main screen not working
A Golden Tee 4 with a wavy, washed out screen
A NBA Jam TE missing the color red on screen
A Mortal Kombat with a dog chewed harness
A Mortal Kombat 2 missing coin door lights
A Gorf with a scrolling sideways screen
A Killer Instinct that needs to be set up for coin play
A Street Fighter II Hyper Fighter that needs a new joystick
And our thoughts on what certain arcade games are worth.

We also go over some listener progress updates and discuss some good tips to follow when transporting arcade games. Please feel free to leave any comments, questions or suggestions below. As always, you can contact us when we are off the air by email at questions@arcaderepairtips.com or by calling our voicemail line at (972) 8AR-TIPS or (972) 827-8477. Enjoy!

Show Links:

Arcade Components (Raymond) – http://www.arcadecomponents.com/
Arcade Cup (Chad) – http://www.arcadecup.com/
Flippers.com (John) – http://www.flippers.com/
JammaParts.net (Nick) – http://www.jammaparts.net/
HobbyRoms Programming Services – http://www.hobbyroms.com/
Zanen Electronics (BYOAC Information Page) –
http://wiki.arcadecontrols.com/wiki/Zanen_Electronics
Arcadeshop Galaga Repair Info –
http://www.arcadeshop.com/galaga/galaga.htm
The Real Bob Roberts (Mortal Kombat Sound Board) –
http://www.therealbobroberts.net/
Steering Timing Belt (For Crusin’ USA) –
http://www.happcontrols.com/driving/50404190.htm
PSOne LCD in PC –
http://www.bit-tech.net/modding/2004/07/07/psone_lcd/1
CGA/EGA/YUV to VGA Board Installing Video –
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hX8YMFZykXc
American Amusement Auctions –
http://www.americanamusementauctions.com/

QA Podcast – Episode S4

Jonathan Leung — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 03:00:34 +0000

This special episode of the podcast was recorded live on Sunday, March 27 to discuss the Texas Pinball Festival in Grapevine, Texas. For more information on our podcast, please visit our iTunes page at http://itunes.arcaderepairtips.com. All of our past episodes can be found there as well as a review section where you can leave us a comment on how we’re doing. On this episode, Tim and I discussed the games that were at the festival as well as the seminars given by Steve Richie, Gary Stern (of Stern Pinball) and Jack Guarnieri (of Jersey Jack Pinball).

Show Links:

The Internet Pinball Machine Database – http://www.ipdb.org/
Stern Pinball (Gary) – http://www.sternpinball.com/
Jersey Jack Pinball (Jack) – http://www.jerseyjackpinball.com/
Planetary Pinball – http://www.planetarypinball.com/
Fat Wallet – http://www.fatwallet.com/

QA Podcast – Episode 23

Jonathan Leung — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 23:30:35 +0000

This episode of the podcast was recorded on Sunday, March 6, 2011. For more information on our podcast, please visit our iTunes page at http://itunes.arcaderepairtips.com. All of our past episodes can be found there as well as a review section where you can leave us a comment on how we’re doing. On this episode, Tim and I answered your questions regarding…

A Sports Shooting USA with a bad monitor
A Mechanized Attack with a green tint on the sides of the screen
A Sega Turbo Out Run that needs to be set on free play
A Mortal Kombat that needs to be set to coin play
A Donkey Kong Junior with a broken marquee light
A Space Invaders with monitor issues
A Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles without convergence rings
A Street Fighter Alpha that randomly experiences color bleeding
An Atomic Punk that has a bad horizontal pot on the monitor
A Star Wars with a broken cabinet fan
An Area 51 with a horizontal line on the screen
A Tempest with a vertical line on the screen
A Pac Man with monitor hold issues
An Area 51/Maximum Force with power supply issues
A Granny And The Gators pinball with monitor color issues
A Playchoice 10 with a horizontal line on the screen
A Donkey Kong with no sound and no monitor picture
A Varth Operation Thunderstorm with monitor and coin mech issues
A Black Tiger cocktail with image curl on the monitor
A Golden Tee 2005 that needs custom marquee text
A Donkey Kong Junior to 60-in-1 conversion
A Neo Geo 4-Slot with a blowing fuses issue
A Robotron 2084 with monitor issues
A Ms Pac Man with a bad monitor
A Centipede with nothing on the screen
A Golden Tee 2K with a green tint on the monitor
And our thoughts on the first American Amusement Auction.

We also go over some listener progress updates and discuss some good tips to follow when sending your questions to us. Please feel free to leave any comments, questions or suggestions below. As always, you can contact us when we are off the air by email at questions@arcaderepairtips.com or by calling our voicemail line at (972) 8AR-TIPS or (972) 827-8477. Enjoy!

Show Links:

Arcade Components (Raymond) – http://www.arcadecomponents.com/
Arcade Monitor (Michael) – http://www.arcademonitor.com/
Legacy Entertainment (Greg) – http://www.texaslegacy.com/
Arcade Cup (Chad) – http://www.arcadecup.com/
Randy Fromm’s Arcade School – http://www.randyfromm.com/
Flippers.com (John) – http://www.flippers.com/
AMC Solution – http://www.arcadesolution.com/
Bob Roberts G07 Sync Upgrade –
http://www.therealbobroberts.net/g07notes.html
American Amusement Auctions –
http://www.americanamusementauctions.com/
Gameroom Junkies Podcast – http://www.gameroomjunkies.com/
Texas Pinball Festival 2011 – http://www.texaspinball.com/

QA Podcast – Episode S3

Jonathan Leung — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 00:00:22 +0000

This special episode of the podcast was recorded live on Saturday, February 26 from the American Amusement Auction in Mesquite, Texas. For more information on our podcast, please visit our iTunes page at http://itunes.arcaderepairtips.com. All of our past episodes can be found there as well as a review section where you can leave us a comment on how we’re doing. On this episode, Tim and I discussed more auction price updates and give a behind the scenes look at how auctions work.

Show Links:

Tinkertronics Game Services (Ken) – http://www.tinkertronicsgameservices.com/

QA Podcast – Episode S2

Jonathan Leung — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 20:00:51 +0000

This special episode of the podcast was recorded live on Saturday, February 26 from the American Amusement Auction in Mesquite, Texas. For more information on our podcast, please visit our iTunes page at http://itunes.arcaderepairtips.com. All of our past episodes can be found there as well as a review section where you can leave us a comment on how we’re doing. On this episode, Tim and I discussed some auction price updates, some general auction tips and board troubleshooting tips with Raymond (ChannelManiac) from ArcadeComponents.com.

Show Links:

Legacy Entertainment (Greg) – http://www.texaslegacy.com/
Arcade Components (Raymond) – http://www.arcadecomponents.com/
New Life Games Repair Logs (Raymond) –
http://newlifegames.net/nlg/index.php?board=19.0