Live Show – Episode 84 – Dipping Our Toes In This Arcade Thing

This Live Show episode was broadcast live on Thursday, February 1, 2024. 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 Andre who just bought a house that came with two Arcade1Up cabinets: a Pac-Man cocktail that is missing the power cord and The Simpsons cabinet that makes noise but shows no display.
  UpBright 12V Arcade1Up AC Adapter (Amazon) – https://amzn.to/42l8M0n
• Question from Steven who has scratch-built Nintendo-style arcade cabinet with a Weiya c2420hr monitor chassis that has problems with the vertical hold.
• Question from Adam about using a standard switching power supply in a Sega Super Hang-On upright arcade cabinet.
  Sega Super Hang-On Manual (GamesDatabase.org) –
• Question from Jon who has a 1942 arcade game where the background sprites will work when the game is first powered on but will slowly go away as the game warms up.
• Question from Rodolfo who has a MAME PC-based arcade cabinet that was given to him for free but does not seem to be working.
• Question from Cool Casper who wonders why his arcade monitor is leaning back.
• Question from Asutosh who is looking for a replacement light gun.
• Question from Jeanette who has a Golden Tee 99 that will flash colors even though the game will still play.
• Notorious arcade gamer Billy Mitchell settles suit over Donkey Kong world record (Courthouse News Service) – https://www.courthousenews.com/notorious-arcade-gamer-billy-mitchell-settles-suit-over-donkey-kong-world-record/
• Chuck E. Cheese Gameshow Series in Development with Magical Elves (Yahoo Finance) – https://finance.yahoo.com/news/chuck-e-cheese-gameshow-series-120000072.html
• LA’s bar arcade Two Bit Circus closes in Dallas after only a year (Dallas Morning News – Paywalled) – https://www.dallasnews.com/business/retail/2024/01/17/las-bar-arcade-two-bit-circus-closes-in-dallas-after-only-a-year/
• Tron: Ares is Finally Wheeling Into Production (Gizmodo) – https://gizmodo.com/tron-3-disney-production-jared-leto-1851182118

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Live Show – Episode 84 – Dipping Our Toes In This Arcade Thing

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