Live Show – Episode 18
This Live Show episode was broadcast live on Thursday, August 2, 2018. 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 Joe who is having trouble getting a clean sharp focus on his Gorf monitor even after he installed a cap kit on it.
Gorf with unfocused aliens (Joe) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87Al67N8HR0 - Question from Jordan that involves a Ms. Pac Man cocktail that has power, can play the game, and hear the noises but the screen is black.
Lawnmowerman’s Pac Man Page – http://lawnmowerman.rotheblog.com/
Pacman Troubleshooting (MikesArcade.com) – https://www.mikesarcade.com/arcade/pactrouble.html
Pac Man Guide V 1.0 (Arcade Archive) – http://arcarc.xmission.com/Tech/Pac-Man%20Guide%20V1.0%20(7%20Feb%2003).pdf - Question from Matthew who has an arcade cabinet with 6000 games on it that was working and now won’t work.
- Question from Scott who wonders if a tube rejuvenation will help the overall brightness on his 2003 Samsung 1100DF that has a picture that is dimmer than he would like it to be.
- Question from Glen on his Neo Geo 4 Slot with a screen is squished down with lines going through it (i.e. folded over).
- Question from Gix Gix who asks how to wire up a coin mech and is wondering if pin 16 on the harness has something to do with it.
- Question from Gus who is curious if arcade cabinets that use non-traditional controls (such as steering wheels, gas peddles, flight sticks, throttles, etc.) are more complicated to repair than games that use traditional joystick and button controls.
- My local arcade chain switched from tokens to swipe cards and removed physical redemption tickets (8-Bit Central) – http://www.8-bitcentral.com/blog/2017/noTickets.html
- Chuck E. Cheese’s calls out Build-A-Bear in new promotion (Houston Chronicle) – https://www.chron.com/neighborhood/article/Chuck-E-Cheese-calls-out-Build-A-Bear-in-new-13072317.php
- Arcade1Up pre-orders are now live! Order from Walmart, GameStop or Bed Bath & Beyond today! (Arcade1Up) – https://www.facebook.com/Arcade1UpOfficial/photos/a.400520300444002.1073741829.337913966704636/436023270227038/?type=3
- Live Show – Episode 13 (Arcade1Up Arcade Debate segment) – https://youtu.be/wpI5N8V6QvM?t=1h9s
- Arcade Monitor Basics (Erich) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hgalu-vNak
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Arcade Repair Tips – Live Show – Episode 18
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