Live Show – Episode 107 – A Dark and Zooming Flywheel
This Live Show episode was broadcast live on Thursday, January 8, 2026. 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 Mike who is trying to help his daughter-in-law’s boyfriend repair a 1982 Ms. Pac-Man arcade game but he’s not sure what part is missing.
- Question from Diogo who has PC-based GroovyMAME cabinet with a monitor that turns off when a game displays a bright screen and wonders if not having an isolation transformer is causing the issue.
- Question from Erik who has a Mortal Kombat cabinet with a screen that’s dark and zooms in and out sometimes even after installing a cap kit and replacing the flywheel (flyback).
- Question from Kevin who recently picked up an arcade cabinet from his local game station arcade that just has pixels on the screen that change color and wonders if it can be repaired.
- Question from animasgames4539 who wonders if you can add a degaussing coil to a monitor that currently doesn’t have one installed.
- Arcade1Up confirms that Basic Fun has acquired select assets of the home arcade company (The Verge) – https://www.theverge.com/news/846034/arcade1up-basic-fun-dead-home-arcade
- Arcade Machines Around the World: A Technical and Cultural Decline (TechBullion) – https://techbullion.com/arcade-machines-around-the-world-a-technical-and-cultural-decline/
- I always wanted a full-size arcade machine, but this is even better (Stuff Magazine) – https://www.stuff.tv/features/i-always-wanted-a-full-size-arcade-machine-but-this-is-even-better/
- Did You Spot This NES-Related Blunder In Stranger Things Season 5? (Time Extension) – https://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/11/random-did-you-spot-this-nes-related-blunder-in-stranger-things-season-5
- Chuck’s Arcade location in Kansas City Closed Permanently – https://fb.com/ArcadeRepairTips/posts/pfbid02DeVeVuYuoVKXqV4yxgvaUGDEuXRbcLwrdu784y594cjKVzXuH7z8FxShwdVN5o2xl
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Live Show – Episode 107 – A Dark and Zooming Flywheel
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