Live Show – Episode 42

This Live Show episode was broadcast live on Thursday, August 6, 2020. For more information on the show, please visit our YouTube page at http://youtube.arcaderepairtips.com/. All of our past episodes can be found there as well as the upcoming schedule for our future episodes. On this episode, Tim and Jonathan discussed the following topics…

• Question from Sean who is trying to build an arcade from scratch but can’t figure out what the ground tree is on the schematics for his PCB.
  Ground Terminal Distribution Blocks (Amazon.com) – https://amzn.to/39Bnx3W
• Question from Mike that involves a 1943 Battle of Midway monitor that has power but no neck glow and makes a clicking sound.
• Question from Kenny who is trying to open up the back panel on his 1988 Nintendo VS. UniSystem PlayChoice arcade cabinet.
• Question from Mike who just got a secondhand Pac-Man machine and wants to put a new control panel overlay on it but has no idea how to do it.
• Question from Nick involving a Dance Dance Revolution arcade cabinet with a monitor that will go out if the cabinet experiences any heavy vibration.
• Question from Justin who wonders if he should disconnect the DC output on a power supply completely before plugging in the game and testing it.
• Question from Lou who wants to wire up a Street Fighter 2 CE board but is not sure if he needs a CPS-1 kick harness for it.
• Question from Samuel involving the down direction on his joystick not working after he opened the control panel just to see if everything looked in order.
• Steramine Tablets (Sam’s Club) – https://www.samsclub.com/p/steramine-tablets-150-tablets/prod21220427
• Hundreds of teens go on chaotic rampage at Memphis putt-putt center (New York Post) – https://nypost.com/2020/07/27/hundreds-of-teens-go-on-chaotic-rampage-at-memphis-putt-putt-center/
  Update: https://www.facebook.com/GolfandGames/posts/10157561153327742
• A new Chuck E. Cheese children’s ride but no one to ride it (Washington Post) – https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/covid-bankruptcies-business-closures-chuck-e-cheese/2020/08/01/d0bd535a-c657-11ea-a825-8722004e4150_story.html
• G4 Teases a Return in Some Form – New teaser trailer airs during Comic-Con@Home (IGN) – https://www.ign.com/articles/g4-teaser-2021-g4tv-x-play-attack-of-the-show
• 7-11 is offering arcade cabinet style Slurpee cups for a limited time – https://www.facebook.com/ArcadeRepairTips/posts/10157857339377961

After Show Links:

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Arcade Repair Tips – Live Show – Episode 42

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