Live Show – Episode 102 – Monitor’s Shot and Bad Mascots
This Live Show episode was broadcast live on Thursday, August 7, 2025. For more information on the show, please visit our YouTube page at https://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 Todd who bought a used Golden Tee Golf arcade with a Wells Gardner 19K4625 screen that’s no good.
- Question from Joe who has a Virtua Fighter 2 with a black screen but one can hear the game working.
- Question from skystormking who wonders why the player 1 gun on every House of the Dead 4 cabinet is ALWAYS broken.
House of the Dead 4 Manual (Play It Amusements) – https://store.playitamusements.com/assets/site/docs/manuals/houseofthedead4.pdf - Question from Joe who is looking to purchase a Tapper arcade game but the monitor is very green in color.
- Question from musicman0150 who wonders why several games at his favorite arcade have purple (missing green) screens or are missing other colors.
- Question from jasyn5667 who would like to know if we still use EMI filters in the AC wiring of arcade cabinets.
- Question from MrGameNfit who asks if the CRT needs to be discharged before checking the tube using the alligator clips on the neck board method.
- Question from gamingo_gguyverx6812 who is curious as to what number is supposed to show up on the multimeter when checking a fuse.
- Tim’s Tech Tim – Question from Cletus about putting together a kit of common Molex connectors.
- Jonathan’s Travels – Manitou Springs Penny Arcade – https://manitouspringsarcade.com/
- Historic Manitou Springs Penny Arcade changes hands after 92 years (The Colorado Springs Gazette) – https://gazette.com/business/historic-manitou-springs-penny-arcade-changes-hands-after-92-years/article_ed6bb943-3c82-4549-ab16-9a4b50b6a8d7.html
- A Ridiculously Rare Konami Lightgun Game Has Just Been Saved From “The Brink of Extinction“ (Time Extension) – https://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/07/a-ridiculously-rare-konami-lightgun-game-has-just-been-saved-from-the-brink-of-extinction
- Street Fighter 2’s developers wanted to make the greatest game ever (EventHubs) – https://www.eventhubs.com/news/2025/jul/20/street-fighter-2-devs-genre/
- Chuck E. Cheese Caught in Credit Card Fraud Trap (TMZ) – https://www.tmz.com/2025/07/24/chuck-e-cheese-mascot-arrested-florida/
- 40 years later, I finally beat the arcade game that financially destroyed me as a child (PC Gamer) – https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/40-years-later-i-finally-beat-the-arcade-game-that-financially-destroyed-me-as-a-child/ar-AA1u3qCO
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Live Show – Episode 102 – Monitor’s Shot and Bad Mascots
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