Live Show – Episode 47 – My Defender’s Neck Is Broken

This Live Show episode was broadcast live on Thursday, January 7, 2021. 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 Rick who has a Defender/Defender 2 standup arcade machine with a CRT tube that’s cracked at the neck.
  Donor TVs for Arcade Monitor Picture Tubes (Junknet.net) – https://www.junknet.net/arcade/donor-tvs/
• Question from Gus involving a Robotron joystick that won’t go left sometimes.
• Question from Jamie who wants to move up to a 412-in-1 Game Elf board in his 60-in-1 multicade cabinet and has some questions about the process.
  JAMMA Trackball Harness for Multicade Boards (412-in-1) (Holland Computers) – http://bit.ly/hc-trackball-harness
• Question from crocsocks292 who has an original Street Fighter cabinet with multiple issues including no neck glow on the monitor and mismatched joystick types.
• Question from Corey who purchased a Big Buck Hunter Pro from an auction that doesn’t have the computer on the inside.
• Question from Doreen who has a cocktail cabinet that has sound but no video.
• Question from Christopher who can only see half of the screen on his arcade monitor.
• Question from DarkIsAndy who is looking for information on how to adjust the horizontal size/width of his screen.
• Tim’s Tech Tip: SLAPtastic! The Atari Slapstic Chip Replacement Now Available from Hot Rod Arcade –
• Continue, save, quit? Houston arcades face unprecedented struggle during pandemic (Houston Chronicle) – https://www.houstonchronicle.com/life/article/Continue-save-quit-Houston-arcades-face-15831730.php
• Stern Pinball Reveals Led Zeppelin (Pinball News) – https://www.pinballnews.com/site/2020/12/15/stern-reveals-led-zeppelin-pinball/
• 2021 Texas Pinball Festival scheduled for March 26-28 has been cancelled due to COVID-19 – https://www.facebook.com/TexasPinball/posts/10158908932874116
• The Insert Coin Documentary that tells the behind-the-scenes story of Midway Games during the arcade boom of the 90s is now available – https://amzn.to/2WdNdh1

After Show Links:

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  Tim’s Webull Referral Link – https://act.webull.com/n/VDE77CPBbbmj/bkz/
  Jonathan’s Webull Referral Link – https://act.webull.com/n/iGoP6GFS7VzL/25k/

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Live Show – Episode 47 – My Defender’s Neck Is Broken

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