Live Show – Episode 104 – Hit the Square Doo Hickey
This Live Show episode was broadcast live on Thursday, October 2, 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 benjamincapps5258 who is having trouble with a Mars bill acceptor with no lights or beeping.
Mars Bill Acceptor VN2500 Manual (Vending World) – https://vendingworld.com/Manuals/Mars/VN2500%20Bill%20Acceptor.pdf - Question from Adam who is trying to fix up an Astyanax but the monitor has some issues including a replicated picture on the screen.
- Question from jamessinclair6561 who has a Lethal Enforcers with light guns that will only hit the edge of the screen.
Lethal Enforcers Manual (Internet Archive) – https://archive.org/details/arcademanual_lethal-enforcers-manual-us - Question from Christine who has a Ms. Pac-Man/Galaga cabinet where someone hit the square doo hickey connected to the yolk and now the monitor won’t come on.
Donor TVs for Arcade Monitor Picture Tubes (Junknet.net) – https://www.junknet.net/arcade/donor-tvs/ - Question from Josh who has a CarnEvil where the screen is shifted over to one side and cannot be adjusted out.
- Triviamaker Quiz for Episode 104 – https://play.triviamaker.com/
- Sega Dev Kit Raid “A Preservation Disaster” For “Collectors, Archivists, And The Gaming Community” (Time Extension) – https://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/09/sega-dev-kit-raid-a-preservation-disaster-for-collectors-archivists-and-the-gaming-community
- Old school arcade machines still climbing in value (The Daily Overview) – https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/gaming/old-school-arcade-machines-still-climbing-in-value/ar-AA1LxUlS
- Pinball Is Getting Too Fancy (Defector) – https://defector.com/pinball-is-getting-too-fancy
- Rare Arcade Version Joins Two Of The Worst ‘Mortal Kombat’ Games In Legacy Kollection (Nintendo Life) – https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2025/08/rare-arcade-version-joins-two-of-the-worst-mortal-kombat-games-in-legacy-kollection
- Claw machine experts say ‘double tap’ technique can help you win at arcade game (Daily Record) – https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/real-life/claw-machine-experts-say-double-35894621
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Live Show – Episode 104 – Hit the Square Doo Hickey
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