Live Show – Episode 61 – X-Men Arcade: Virtual Boy Edition
This Live Show episode was broadcast live on Thursday, March 3, 2022. 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 Tom who has a 1033-in-1 Game Elf cocktail arcade game where the up direction on the player 1 joystick is not working.
- Question from James about a X-Men arcade game with a screen that stays red the whole time it’s on.
X-Men Arcade Red Screen Issue (James) – https://1drv.ms/v/s!As1Fqltv8Hx6gdEZ1_c-2WMbZnqoGw
Checking A Monitor Tube – https://www.arcaderepairtips.com/2011/03/23/checking-a-monitor-tube/ - Question from Mark who has several Tron boards that have blown the L116 inductor even when using different types of power supplies.
- Question from Russ who has a 1981 Sega/Gremiln Frogger arcade game that has a power supply issue but he can’t find a replacement that has the -12 VDC line that’s shown in the schematic.
Sega 800-0128 Power Supply Kit (Arcadeshop) – https://bit.ly/as-sega-ps - Question from Bill who has a Ms. Pac-Man full size arcade game that works great with the exception that the horizontal needs to be adjusted smaller.
Adjusting The Horizontal Width Coil – https://www.arcaderepairtips.com/2010/04/21/adjusting-the-horizontal-width-coil/
Horizontal Width Kit (Bob Roberts) – http://therealbobroberts.net/width.html - Question from Cary who has a Wells Gardner D9200 where the screen is only about 4 inches wide but full length.
D9200 Troubleshooting Guide (Wells Gardner) – http://www.wellsgardner.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/D9200_27_33_39_inch.pdf - Question from Ryan who wants to change out the screen on his old 80s greyhound poker machine.
- Question from Thunder Road who wonders what it would cost to fix his Golden Tee that was playing fine until the screen went blank and had a smoke smell.
- Tim’s Birthday Gifts 2022
Original Gamer Graphic T-Shirt (Old Navy) – https://oldnvy.me/356nzmq
Ironton Shop Stool with Casters (Northern Tool) –
Home Depot Gift Card (Home Depot) – https://www.homedepot.com/
Retro Arcade Ticket Bookmark (CEC) – https://etsy.me/348DmR7 - The MAME Team Celebrates the 25th Anniversary of the Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator – https://twitter.com/mamedev_org/status/1490099597443833869
- Hundreds Of Rare Sealed Nintendo and Sega Games Discovered In Nebraska Storage Facility (IGN) – https://www.ign.com/articles/rare-sealed-nintendo-sega-games-discovered-in-nebraska
- Street Fighter 6 announced in short teaser trailer (Polygon) – https://www.polygon.com/22944162/street-fighter-6-announced
- The Texas Pinball Festival 2022 – March 25-27 – https://www.texaspinball.com/
- Multimorphic Announces Weird Al’s Museum of Natural Hilarity Kit for the P3 Platform – https://www.multimorphic.com/news/weird-als-museum-of-natural-hilarity/
- Barry Oursler has passed away (Pinball News) – https://www.pinballnews.com/site/2022/02/22/barry-oursler-dies/
After Show Links:
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Please feel free to leave any comments, questions or suggestions below or on the YouTube page for this episode. As always, you can contact us when we are off the air by email at questions@arcaderepairtips.com. Enjoy!
Live Show – Episode 61 – X-Men Arcade: Virtual Boy Edition
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