QA Podcast
By Arcade Repair Tips
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Podcast Description
Hosted by Tim Peterson and Jonathan Leung, this podcast answers arcade repair questions that are sent to us via our website. For more information or to submit a question, please visit our website at http://www.arcaderepairtips.com.
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QA Podcast – Episode 15 | This episode of the podcast was recorded on Monday, August 16. For more information on our podcast, please visit our iTunes page at http://itunes.arcaderepairtips.com. When visiting the iTunes page, we encourage you to check out our past episodes and give us a review on how we're doing. On this episode, Tim and I answered your questions regarding... A Ms. Pac Man with a blank screen A Golden Axe with a broken tube A Defender with screen issues A Primal Rage with no sound and wavy picture A Run And Gun with a bad EEPROM A Ms. Pac Man cocktail with monitor issues A 60-In-1 game with a bad power switch A Jumpman And Donkey Kong with focus trouble A Stratovox cocktail with monitor and sprite issues A Cherry Master with a squealing monitor A Lethal Enforcers with hold and sync issues A Taito Continental Circuit 3D with several problems A Golden Axe with a trapezoid-shaped screen A Street Fighter 3 with a thin line on the monitor A Tekken 3 / Neo Geo board swapping issue A Galaxian monitor wiring problem A Ghosts And Goblins with screen issues An Area 51 not getting power A Street Fighter 2: Championship Edition with several problems A Centipede with several horizontal lines running through the screen A Jr. Pac Man with wavy lines and discoloration A Street Fighter 2 with a thin line on the monitor A Killer Instinct 2 with monitor issues A Killer Instinct with lines running down the monitor And some general arcade monitor repair tips. We also go over some listener progress updates and discuss how knowing arcade repair can lead to repairing other electronic devices. Please feel free to leave any comments, questions or suggestions below. As always, you can contact us when we are off the air by email at questions@arcaderepairtips.com or by calling our voicemail line at (972) 8AR-TIPS or (972) 827-8477. Enjoy! Show Links: ICE (Super Chexx Hockey Mfg)- http://www.icegame.com/ Sense Mod for AR2 Boards - http://www.stickycarpet.com/pinx/ar2mods.html Elektron Forge Video Game Repair - http://www.elektronforge.com/ Arcade Circuit Board Repair - http://stores.ebay.com/ARCADE-CIRCUIT-BOARD-REPAIR The Arcade Cup (Monitor Repair) - http://www.arcadecup.com/ Randy Fromm's Coin-Op Repair Info - http://www.randyfromm.com/ HobbyRoms Programming Services - http://www.hobbyroms.com/ TomsZone (Jukebox Information) - http://tomszone.com/ Badcaps Forums - http://www.badcaps.net/forum/ RePlay Magazine - http://www.replaymag.com/ Arcade Repair Tips is making a trip to the Des Moines, IA on September 24. We're going to have a small get together that night to talk about and work on some arcade games. If you are in the area and would like to come hang out with Tim and Jonathan, please contact Ryan Burger at rb@bcparcade.com for more information. Special thanks goes to David Vaughan for composing all of the great chiptunes music that we use in our content and Nathan Knight for providing our excellent voiceovers. Please check out their websites for information on the services they provide. | 8/20/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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QA Podcast – Episode 14 | This episode of the podcast was recorded on Sunday, July 25. For more information on our podcast, please visit our iTunes page at http://itunes.arcaderepairtips.com. When visiting the iTunes page, we encourage you to check out our past episodes and give us a review on how we're doing. On this episode, Tim and I answered your questions regarding... A Star Wars Trilogy with a blue screen A WWF Wrestlefest that won't power on A NBA Jam with power supply issues A Police Trainer with monitor issues A Madden Arcade that resets randomly A Donkey Kong with some monitor issues A Neo Geo 1 Slot with incorrect colors A Galaga with power supply issues A Ms. Pac Man with speed chip issues A Chexx Hockey Game with board trouble A Daytona USA with incorrect colors A Defender with a blank screen A NFL Blitz 99 with monitor issues A Frogger Cocktail with jerky sprites An Arctic Thunder with jumpy lines on the screen A Lethal Weapon 3 Pinball with plasma display issues A San Francisco Rush with shifter trouble A Space Invaders with focus issues A Super Pac Man with a squished screen An Invasion The Abduction with gun issues A Lethal Enforcers with a missing pot And some tips for MAME conversions. We also go over some listener progress updates as well as some problems our community manager Mark has been having with the 8liners chassis. Please feel free to leave any comments, questions or suggestions below. As always, you can contact us when we are off the air by email at questions@arcaderepairtips.com or by calling our voicemail line at (972) 8AR-TIPS or (972) 827-8477. Enjoy! Show Links: Elektron Forge Video Game Repair - http://www.elektronforge.com/ Moss Distributing - http://www.mossdist.com/ Steve Young's The Pinball Resource - http://www.pbresource.com/ Crap Mame (Explicit) - http://www.wickedretarded.com/~crapmame/ Mike's Arcade - http://www.mikesarcade.com/ Flippers.com - http://www.flippers.com/ Marco Specialties - http://www.marcospecialties.com/ Phoenix Arcade - http://www.phoenixarcade.com/ TwoBits Sync Circuit - http://www.twobits.com/RGB/possep2negcomp.html JammaBoards Video Inversion and You - http://www.jammaboards.com/jcenter_nintendo_monitors.html Special thanks goes to David Vaughan for composing all of the great chiptunes music that we use in our content. Please check out his website at http://monkeyv.newgrounds.com/audio/ for more information. | 7/28/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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QA Podcast – Episode 13 | This episode of the podcast was recorded on Tuesday, June 29. For more information on our podcast, please visit our iTunes page at http://itunes.arcaderepairtips.com. When visiting the iTunes page, we encourage you to check out our past episodes and give us a review on how we're doing. On this episode, Tim and I answered your questions regarding... An Ikari Warriors with board issues An Ikari Warriors with a monitor issue A Satan's Hollow with monitor problems A Star Wars Trilogy that turns off randomly A Street Fighter 2: Hyper Fighting with graphics issues A Neo Geo 4-Slot with a jittery screen A Lethal Enforcers with some board trouble A Neo Geo with a skewed screen A War: Final Assault that stopped working A Donkey Kong Jr. with a collapsed screen An iCade 60-In-1 with vertical lines on the screen A Virtual Fighter with a dark picture A Centipede with a bad monitor A Lethal Enforcers with a wavy, fuzzy screen A BloodStorm with bad monitor colors A Mortal Kombat II with a squished screen A Dance Dance Revolution with monitor issues A Defender that will not power on A Mortal Kombat 4 with a blank screen A San Francisco Rush: The Rock with restarting issues And several games with light gun issues. We also go over some listener progress updates as well as some tips for installing fans in our arcade cabinets and some general monitor troubleshooting. Please feel free to leave any comments, questions or suggestions below. As always, you can contact us when we are off the air by email at questions@arcaderepairtips.com or by calling our voicemail line at (972) 8AR-TIPS or (972) 827-8477. Enjoy! Show Links: Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum - http://www.marvin3m.com/ Cointech Gameroom Supplies - eBay Store Special thanks goes to [velvet] once again for allowing us to use their music in our content. Please check out their website at http://www.enjoyvelvet.com/ for more information. | 7/5/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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QA Podcast – Episode 12 | This episode of the podcast was recorded on Tuesday, May 25. For more information on our live podcasts, please visit our BlogTalkRadio site at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/arcaderepairtips. When we are live you can talk to us on the air at (347) 633-9045. On this episode, Tim, Stan and I answered your questions regarding... A Centipede with power issues A NBA Jam with a black screen A Dragon's Lair with board issues A Star Wars (Vector) with problems focusing A Pac Man with some monitor issues A Street Fighter 2 with power supply problems A Off Road Challenge not getting power to the board A Double Dragon screen with a red tint A Commando with incorrect dip switch settings And some general Wells Gardner monitor issues. We also go over some listener progress updates as well as some instructions on how to make your own degaussing coil. Please feel free to leave any comments, questions or suggestions below. As always, you can contact us when we are off the air by email at questions@arcaderepairtips.com or by calling our voicemail line at (972) 8AR-TIPS or (972) 827-8477. Enjoy! Show Links: The ARCade ARChive - http://arcarc.xmission.com/ Crazy Kong Manuals - http://www.crazykong.com/manuals/ Textfiles Arcade Manuals - http://pdf.textfiles.com/manuals/ARCADE/ Degaussing Coil Instructions - http://www.ehow.com/ Lawnmowerman's Pacman Page - http://lawnmowerman.rotheblog.com/ Stan "The Man" Bell has been an avid arcade collector for several years. He has worked on hundreds of arcade games and coin operated machines. He has also made significant contributions to several of our repair projects in the past. Special thanks goes to [velvet] once again for allowing us to use their music in our content. Please check out their website at http://www.enjoyvelvet.com/ for more information. | 5/28/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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QA Podcast – Episode 11 | This episode of the podcast was recorded on Saturday, May 1. For more information on our live podcasts, please visit our BlogTalkRadio site at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/arcaderepairtips. When we are live you can talk to us on the air at (347) 633-9045. On this episode, Tim, Stan and I answered your questions regarding... A Street Fighter 2 with horizontal collapse A Mortal Kombat with an hourglass shaped picture A Donkey Kong with bleeding colors A Neo Geo Candy Cab with a dead monitor A Raiden 2 with a warped screen A Cal .50 with power supply issues A Q*Bert with a broken knocker A Neo Geo 1 Slot with a resetting issue A Mortal Kombat 2 with sprite issues Using the 8liners chassis on a TV tube Replacing a Donkey Kong Control Panel Overlay Converting a Super Pac to a Ms Pac Man And some general broken monitor troubleshooting. We also go over some listener progress updates as well as some details on how arcade cabinets are constructed. Please feel free to leave any comments, questions or suggestions below. As always, you can contact us when we are off the air by email at questions@arcaderepairtips.com or by calling our voicemail line at (972) 8AR-TIPS or (972) 827-8477. Enjoy! Stan "The Man" Bell has been an avid arcade collector for several years. He has worked on hundreds of arcade games and coin operated machines. He has also made significant contributions to several of our repair projects in the past. Special thanks goes to [velvet] once again for allowing us to use their music in our content. Please check out their website at http://www.enjoyvelvet.com/ for more information. | 5/3/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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QA Podcast – Episode 10 | This episode of the podcast was recorded on Saturday, April 10. For more information on our live podcasts, please visit our BlogTalkRadio site at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/arcaderepairtips. When we are live you can talk to us on the air at (347) 633-9045. On this episode, Tim and I answered your questions regarding... A Golden Tee 2005 board that needs testing An Area 51 Site 4 with a blown monitor A Playchoice 10 with some board issues A Mortal Kombat with dim colors A Moon Cresta with shifting colors A Roadblasters with a flaky monitor A Neo Geo with a bad monitor A Ms. Pac Man with corner color issues A Super Sprint with monitor problems A Neo Geo with monitor width issues A Pac Man with monitor video collapse A Street Fighter II with a blue cast And identifying the right tube for your chassis We will also go over some listener progress updates as well as some tips to encourage people who are new to arcade repair. Please feel free to leave any comments, questions or suggestions below. As always, you can contact us when we are off the air by email at questions@arcaderepairtips.com or by calling our voicemail line at (972) 8AR-TIPS or (972) 827-8477. Enjoy! Special thanks goes to [velvet] once again for allowing us to use their music in our content. Please check out their website at http://www.enjoyvelvet.com/ for more information. | 4/18/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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QA Podcast – Episode 9 | This episode of the podcast was recorded live using BlogTalkRadio on Sunday, March 28 at 4 PM EST. For more information on our live podcasts, please visit our BlogTalkRadio site at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/arcaderepairtips. When we are live you can talk to us on the air at (347) 633-9045. On this episode, Tim, Michael and I answered your questions regarding... A Kung-Fu Master board with no sound A Narc with an old power supply A Playchoice 10 with some board issues An arcade monitor with arcing issues A Marvel Vs Street Fighter with a scratched up tube A Street Fighter 2 Turbo with monitor issues An arcade monitor missing the color blue A Soundstage Pinball with resetting issues A Street Fighter 2 CE missing the color red And identifying the right flyback for your chassis We also went over some listener progress updates as well as some tips on painting an arcade cabinet. Please feel free to leave any comments, questions or suggestions below. As always, you can contact us when we are off the air by email at questions@arcaderepairtips.com or by calling our voicemail line at (972) 8AR-TIPS or (972) 827-8477. Enjoy! Special thanks goes to [velvet] once again for allowing us to use their music in our content. Please check out their website at http://www.enjoyvelvet.com/ for more information. We would also like to thank artist Zath on 8bitcollective.com for his 8-bit rendition of Everybody Wants To Rule The World. You can check out more of Zath’s work on his page. | 3/26/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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QA Podcast – Episode 8 | This episode of the podcast was recorded live using BlogTalkRadio on Saturday, March 13 at 2 PM EST. For more information on our live podcasts, please visit our BlogTalkRadio site at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/arcaderepairtips. When we are live you can talk to us on the air at (347) 633-9045. On this episode, Tim and I answered your questions regarding... A 39-In-1 game with some issues A Golden Tee without a monitor chassis And some general monitor issues We also went over some listener progress updates as well as some books that we recommend related to arcade repair. Jerry also called in to give us a live report from the Mesquite, TX arcade auction. Please feel free to leave any comments, questions or suggestions below. As always, you can contact us when we are off the air by email at questions@arcaderepairtips.com or by calling our voicemail line at (972) 8AR-TIPS or (972) 827-8477. Enjoy! Special thanks goes to [velvet] once again for allowing us to use their music in our content. Please check out their website at http://www.enjoyvelvet.com/ for more information. We would also like to thank artist Atila88 on 8bitcollective.com for his 8-bit rendition of Power Of Love. You can check out more of Atilla88's work on his page. | 3/12/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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QA Podcast – Episode 7 | This episode of the podcast was recorded live using BlogTalkRadio on Sunday, March 7 at 7 PM EST. For more information on our live podcasts, please visit our BlogTalkRadio site at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/arcaderepairtips. When we are live you can talk to us on the air at (347) 633-9045. On this episode, Tim, Jerry and I answered your questions regarding... An Asteroids with sound but no screen A Galaga with smoke coming out of it A Tron with a garbled screen An Elvira pinball with a bad score readout A Cherry Master with some various issues A Donkey Kong with monitor troubles An arcade monitor with a long warmup period A Centipede game with a blue screen A Cut The Cheese with some problems A Midway Pigskin 621 with a scrolling screen A Sega Bass Fishing with monitor issues A Super Offroad 3 with a slave memory issue A Tekken 3 with monitor troubles A Sega Turbo with a thin horizontal line A Smash TV with a fuzzy, dull looking monitor A Pole Position with a garbled screen A Neo Geo with a screen width problem And a cabinet with an exploding monitor We also went over some listener progress updates as well as whether we prefer LCD or CRT arcade monitors. Please feel free to leave any comments, questions or suggestions below. As always, you can contact us when we are off the air by email at questions@arcaderepairtips.com or by calling our voicemail line at (972) 8AR-TIPS or (972) 827-8477. Enjoy! Special thanks goes to [velvet] once again for allowing us to use their music in our content. Please check out their website at http://www.enjoyvelvet.com/ for more information. We would also like to thank artist 486 on 8bitcollective.com for his 8-bit rendition of Sweet Child O' Mine. You can check out more of 486's work on his page. | 3/5/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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QA Podcast – Episode 6 | This episode of the podcast was recorded live using BlogTalkRadio on Saturday, February 20 at 2 PM EST. As this was our first live podcast, please pardon our dust as we work out the kinks. For more information on our live podcasts, please visit our BlogTalkRadio site at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/arcaderepairtips. When we are live you can talk to us on the air at (347) 633-9045. On this episode, Tim and I answered your questions regarding... A Golden Tee Complete double image monitor issue A Spy Hunter board issue A Ms. Pac Man cocktail with a resetting issue A Donkey Kong cocktail with a negative colors issue A San Francisco Rush with a fuzzy / blurry screen A Shinobi with with no sound or screen A Big Buck Hunter monitor not displaying the color red A Popeye without a ground prong A P.O.W. not working with a JAMMA extension A Mat Mania not displaying the correct colors And some CPS-2 related questions. Please feel free to leave any comments, questions or suggestions below. You can also contact us by email at questions@arcaderepairtips.com or call our voicemail line at (972) 8AR-TIPS or (972) 827-8477. Special thanks goes to [velvet] once again for allowing us to use their music in our content. Please check out their website at http://www.enjoyvelvet.com/ for more information. | 2/15/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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QA Podcast – Episode 5 | In this episode of the podcast, Tim and I along with our special guest Jeff Rothe answer some of your questions regarding... A Wizard of Wor board resetting issue A Tekken 2 machine with a monitor that shuts off A Super Basketball with a board problem A Golden Tee vertical size issue A Lethal Enforcers producing screeching sound A Super Pac Man with a choppy / doubled screen A Spy Hunter cockpit with control issues A Radical Bikers that randomly goes into test mode And a Street Fighter II with bleeding colors We also go over some listener progress updates, tips for keeping your games in working order and advice when going to an arcade auction. Please feel free to leave any comments, questions or suggestions below. As always, you can contact us by email at questions@arcaderepairtips.com or call our voicemail line at (972) 8AR-TIPS or (972) 827-8477. Enjoy! Jeff Rothe is the proprietor of CoinOpSpace.com and RotheBlog.com. Both of these sites are excellent sources for arcade collecting information. We encourage all of you to visit these sites and get involved with the communities they provide. Special thanks goes to [velvet] once again for allowing us to use their music in our content. Please check out their website at http://www.enjoyvelvet.com/ for more information. | 2/4/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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QA Podcast – Episode 4 | In this episode of the podcast, Tim and I along with our special guest Michael answer some of your questions regarding a stubborn G07 monitor issue, a Tekken 2 machine with no picture or sound, a Marvel vs. Capcom arcade game found in a dumpster, a Space Duel monitor issue, some monitor discoloration problems and an Off Road Challenge that likes to reset. We also go over some progress updates from those of you who have written us on our previous episodes. Please feel free to leave any comments, questions or suggestions below. You can also contact us by email at questions@arcaderepairtips.com or call our voicemail line at (972) 8AR-TIPS or (972) 827-8477. Enjoy! Michael owns his own shop called Affordable Electronic Repair located in Sulphur Springs, TX. You can check out his website (or lack there of) at http://www.tvrepaironline.com/. He also has an email link on there in case you want to get in contact with him directly. Special thanks goes to [velvet] once again for allowing us to use their music in our content. Please check out their website at http://www.enjoyvelvet.com/ for more information. | 1/17/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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QA Podcast – Episode 3 | In this episode of the podcast, Tim, Jerry and I discuss identifying and troubleshooting monitors in some Neo Geo arcade games, a black monitor on a Donkey Kong Christmas present and some monitor and resetting issues with a centipede cocktail. We also go over some progress updates from those of you who have written us on our previous episodes. Please feel free to leave any comments, questions or suggestions below or call our new voicemail line at (972) 8AR-TIPS or (972) 827-8477. Enjoy! Be sure to check our friend and current Wizard of Wor world record holder Doug Lowry's site at http://wizard-of-wor-fan.blogspot.com/. Also, if you live in or around California and are looking for arcade games check out the Captain's Auction Warehouse at http://captainsauction.wordpress.com/. Special thanks goes to [velvet] once again for allowing us to use their music in our content. Please check out their website at http://www.enjoyvelvet.com/ for more information. | 1/1/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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QA Podcast – Episode 2 | In this episode of the podcast, Tim and I discuss repairing a NBA Jam with no signs of life, some Pac Man color issues and a scrolling screen problem with a Capcom Bowling. We also review some of your responses and project updates from our first podcast. Be sure to check out our video after the break on how to adjust a potentiometer without a standard knob. Please feel free to leave any comments, questions or suggestions below. Enjoy! Special thanks goes to [velvet] once again for allowing us to use their music in our content. Please check out their website at http://www.enjoyvelvet.com/ for more information. Adjusting A Potentiometer Without A Knob httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiD4ajm_SN0 | 12/16/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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QA Podcast – Episode 1 | In our first podcasting effort, Tim and I answer your questions which have been submitted through our comments sections on YouTube and this website. This week we cover converting an old television chassis to work in an arcade cabinet, some Donkey Kong II sound issues and various monitor problems including squished and multiple images. Please feel free to leave any comments, questions or suggestions below. Enjoy! Also, special thanks goes to [velvet] for allowing us once again to use their music in our content. Please check out their website at http://www.enjoyvelvet.com/ for more information. | 11/29/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 15 Episodes |
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