Live Show – Episode 44 – Putting The Pac-Man To Bed

This Live Show episode was broadcast live on Thursday, October 1, 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…

• Update and Question from Sean who needs help identifying his Captain America and the Avengers arcade cabinet and wonders where he can get some replacement SNK LS=30 style rotary joysticks for his Ikari Warriors II: Victory Road arcade game.
  Ikari Warriors: Regular Joystick Hack –
• Question from James involving an issue with his cabinet where the screen isn’t working at all when the power is on but the sound is fine.
• Question from Dan who recently purchased a Qbert and the Wells Gardner K4900 monitor is having some horizontal issues. He replaced the existing chassis with a new fully capped one and it does the exact same thing.
• Question from Michael that involves a Pac-Man cocktail arcade that worked fine until he let it sit overnight under a blanket in the middle bed of his truck. Now the monitor won’t come on.
• Question from John who is currently restoring a Street Fighter II cabinet and is having some problems wiring up a new marquee light.
• Question from Manuel who has a Pac-Man with a screen that is glitching.
  Lawnmowerman’s Pac Man Page – http://lawnmowerman.rotheblog.com/
  Pacman Troubleshooting (MikesArcade.com) –
• Question from Scanline City who wonders if a flyback replacement needs to be specific to the monitor / chassis.
• Question from BermeGames who wants to buy some white potentiometers but can only find blue ones available for purchase.
• Are Video Arcades More Dangerous Than Casinos During a Pandemic? (Reason) – https://reason.com/2020/09/09/are-video-arcades-more-dangerous-than-casinos-during-a-pandemic/
  Update: https://www.boston.com/culture/entertainment/2020/09/10/arcades-can-reopen-in-massachusetts-next-week
• ICE Launches New Home-Focused Arcade Product Line, ARCADE PRO (Arcade Heroes) – https://arcadeheroes.com/2020/09/18/ice-launches-new-home-focused-arcade-product-line-arcade-pro/
• GameStop is closing hundreds more stores (CNN) – https://edition.cnn.com/2020/09/10/investing/gamestop-store-closures/index.html
• Deeproot Pinball Delays Launch of Retro Atomic Zombie Adventureland (Pinball News) – https://www.pinballnews.com/site/2020/09/23/deeproot-delays-launch/
• Chuck E. Cheese Is Getting His Own Movie and TV Show (Movieweb) – https://movieweb.com/chuck-e-cheese-movie-tv-show-pizza/

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Arcade Repair Tips – Live Show Episode 44 – Putting The Pac-Man To Bed

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