Arcade Repair Tips QA Podcast
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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 28 | This episode of the podcast was broadcast live on Thursday, February 2, 2012. For more information on our podcast, please visit our iTunes page at http://itunes.arcaderepairtips.com. All of our past episodes can be found there as well as a review section where you can leave us a comment on how we're doing. On this episode, Tim and I answered your questions regarding... A Space Fever cocktail that will not boot up A X's & O's pinball machine with a tilt error A Ms. Pac Man with a screen that wobbles An Asteroids cocktail with no ship or asteroids A Mortal Kombat 4 with squiggly lines on the screen A Lil' Hustler that comes up with crazy screens A Space Panic cocktail with intermittent issues A Mars bill acceptor that will not accept bills An arcade game that will not coin up A Total Carnage with a green-tinted, dark, flickering screen A Wells Gardner K7901 monitor with static on the screen A Punchout that will not power on A Playchoice 10 where the power will not work A Wells Gardner K7000 monitor with horizontal size issues A Wells Gardner K4600 monitor that needs a cap kit And some general monitor repair questions. We also give an update on Stan's USPS Dragon's Lair board fiasco and discuss different items that can cause interference with your arcade game. 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: Asteroids Troubleshooting Encyclopedia - http://www.ionpool.net/arcade/asteroidtech/asteroidsrepair.html Monitor Tech Information from 8liners.com - http://www.8liners.com/datatech/monitor.html Arcade Monitor Chassis and Yoke - http://www.arcademonitor.com/Arcade-Monitor-Parts/chassis.php MCM Electronics - http://www.mcmelectronics.com/ MikesArcade.com (Nintendo Parts) - http://www.mikesarcade.com/ Arcadeshop Amusements - http://www.arcadeshop.com/ P&L Video Games (Monitor Repair) – 1-800-992-6588 / (626) 337-9782 American Amusement Auctions - http://www.americanamusementauctions.com/ Louisville Arcade Expo 2012 - http://www.louisvillearcade.com/ Ohio Pinball & Gameroom Festival 2012 - http://www.ohiopinballshow.com/ Midwest Gaming Classic 2012 - http://www.midwestgamingclassic.com/ Texas Pinball Festival 2012 - http://www.texaspinball.com/ 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. | 2/2/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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QA Podcast – Episode 27 | This episode of the podcast was recorded on Thursday, January 19, 2012. For more information on our podcast, please visit our iTunes page at http://itunes.arcaderepairtips.com. All of our past episodes can be found there as well as a review section where you can leave us a comment on how we're doing. On this episode, Tim and I answered your questions regarding... A Kangaroo with green horizontal lines on the screen A Billabs monitor that's missing the color green A Star Wars with static sound and no picture An Arcade Legends with a broken trackball A War Final Assault that will not turn on A WWF Superstars with bad screen burn A Neo Geo with a white and blue square on the screen A Donkey Kong monitor that is closing in from the left side A Mortal Kombat with an overstretched image A Star Wars Racer with a vertically and horizontally stretched picture An Astro Blaster with no sound or speech A Dig Dug with invisible characters A X-Men vs Street Fighter with a bad monitor An Arkanoid with no picture or sound An Eygo monitor with a white line in the center A Mortal Kombat with a horizontally rolling screen A Mortal Kombat with a darker image on one side of the monitor A Wells Gardner D9200 monitor with bad colors A 1943: Battle Of Midway with a barely visible monitor A Silverball Mania pinball machine without general illumination A Playchoice 10 with no monitor or sound A Street Fighter 2 with horizontal position issues An Area 51 with a missing monitor A Space Firebird cocktail with strange and ghosted sprites A Mortal Kombat 2 with a stretched out screen A Golden Tee 2005 with distorted colors A Mortal Kombat 2 with some wiring issues An Area 51 with lines at the top of the screen A Rapid Fire with non-working guns A Tron with video output issues And some general monitor repair questions. We also give an update on Stan's USPS Dragon's Lair board fiasco and get a Facebook community update from our community manager Mark. 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/ Eldorado Games (Board & Monitor Repair) - http://www.eldoradogames.com/ What's My Monitor by Bob Roberts - http://www.therealbobroberts.net/monitor.html HobbyRoms Programming Services - http://www.hobbyroms.com/ The Killer List Of Videogames - http://www.klov.com/ Marvin’s Marvelous Mechanical Museum – http://www.marvin3m.com/ Play It Amusements (Formerly Sega Amusements) - (847) 364-9787 American Amusement Auctions - http://www.americanamusementauctions.com/ Louisville Arcade Expo 2012 - http://www.louisvillearcade.com/ Midwest Gaming Classic 2012 - http://www.midwestgamingclassic.com/ Texas Pinball Festival 2012 - http://www.texaspinball.com/ 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. | 1/25/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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QA Podcast – Episode 26 | This episode of the podcast was recorded on Thursday, December 8, 2011. For more information on our podcast, please visit our iTunes page at http://itunes.arcaderepairtips.com. All of our past episodes can be found there as well as a review section where you can leave us a comment on how we're doing. On this episode, Tim, Stan and I answered your questions regarding... A Joust with the colors slightly out of convergence A MX 5000 with no indication of it working A Centipede with monitor issues A Mortal Kombat 2 power supply wiring problems A Mortal Kombat 4 with a slight screen interference A Galaga with a steady audio thumping sound A Big Casino pinball where nothing but the lights seem to work A Ship-Mates pinball with tilt issues A Neo Geo with monitor display problems A Pac Man/Galaga Class of 81 with a blank monitor A Beach Head 2000 with a rotated monitor image An Arkanoid with monitor collapse issues An Aliens converted to a 60-in-1 multicade A Superman with graphics glitches An Area 51 with really quiet sound A X-Men where the audio has stopped working An Area 51 with a crazy monitor screen A Mortal Kombat power supply installation issue A Millipede marquee light installation issue A World Cup Italia 90 with 4 images on the screen A Donkey Kong with a slight jitter on the screen A Gunsmoke where the sound doesn't work A Playchoice 10 with a missing ground prong on the plug A Draw Poker that doesn't show the game screen A Knights Of The Round with an address error A Drift where the screen goes black after 5 minutes A MAME with 3 scrolling images on the screen A Time Crisis with a whited out image A Space Invaders Deluxe cocktail with jumbled characters on the screen A Centipede with solid player start lights A Frogger that needs some restoration A Pac Man with blue flickering on the screen A F-15 Strike Eagle with a MAC FAIL error And some general JAMMA questions. We also give an update on Stan's Dragon's Lair restoration and discuss the story of his first arcade game. 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: Setup Adjustments For CRT Color Monitors – http://personalpages.tds.net/~rcarlsen/cbm/converge.txt JAMMA Wiring Diagram - http://www.arcaderepairtips.com/jamma.html I Want To Build A Game! by Bob Roberts - http://www.therealbobroberts.net/buildit.html The Wiretap Arcade Game Collector's Archive - http://www.cityofberwyn.com/ HobbyRoms Programming Services - http://www.hobbyroms.com/ F-15 Strike Eagle Manual - http://gamesdbase.com/Media/SYSTEM/Arcade//Manual/formated/F-15_Strike_Eagle_-_1991_-_Microprose_Games_Inc..pdf Lawnmowerman’s Pacman Page – http://lawnmowerman.rotheblog.com/ American Amusement Auctions - http://www.americanamusementauctions.com/ Texas Pinball Festival 2012 - http://www.texaspinball.com/ 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. | 12/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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QA Podcast – Episode S5 | This special episode of the podcast was recorded on Thursday, November 17 to discuss the Houston Area Arcade Group (HAAG) Expo in Houston, Texas. For more information on our podcast, please visit our iTunes page at http://itunes.arcaderepairtips.com. All of our past episodes can be found there as well as a review section where you can leave us a comment on how we're doing. On this episode, Tim, Stan and I discussed the games that were at the expo as well as the seminars given by Ken Graham (Former Williams Programmer), John Costa (EM Pinball Repair Guru) and Joe Crookham (of Classic Arcade Works). Show Links: LaserCon (Shaun) - http://wood1st.com/LaserCon/ Pac-Man Battle Royale (BMI Gaming) - http://www.bmigaming.com/pacman-mspacman-galaga-commercial.htm Ken Graham (YellowDog on KLOV Forums) - http://forums.arcade-museum.com/member.php?u=38753 John Costa (Costa on HAAG Forums) - http://www.arcadecenter.com/haagmsgboard/pop_profile.asp?mode=display&id=305 Classic Arcade Works (Joe) - http://www.classicarcadeworks.com/ 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 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. | 11/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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QA Podcast – Episode 25 | This episode of the podcast was recorded on Friday, November 4, 2011. For more information on our podcast, please visit our iTunes page at http://itunes.arcaderepairtips.com. All of our past episodes can be found there as well as a review section where you can leave us a comment on how we're doing. On this episode, Tim and I answered your questions regarding... A X-Men vs Street Fighter with a green screen A Cruis'n Exotica without a power cord A Ms. Pac Man with no sound or picture A Mortal Kombat with neck glow but no picture A Super Street Fighter 2 that needs a monitor replacement A Street Fighter II Championship Edition with non-working kick buttons A Golden Tee 2K that's playing blind A Defender with some video issues A Ms. Pan Man with a hum coming from the speaker A Roadblasters with some monitor and/or board issues A Ms. Pac Man/Galaga Class of 81 with stretched characters A Star Wars Trilogy with a bad 50" rear projection monitor A Galaga where the right side of the monitor is black A Smash TV with garbage color lines coming down the screen A Track and Field with a non-working player 1 jump button A Crane Machine that will not drop the claw A Virtual Striker 4 with vertical monitor problems A Street Fighter II monitor replacement issue A Varth with monitor convergence and stretching issues A JAMMA arcade cabinet that needs to be adjusted A Street fighter 3 3rd Strike with board and power issues A NBA Jam with a scrolling screen An Ironman Ivan Stewart's Super Off Road with audio issues A NBA Jam conversion to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles A Centipede cocktail with a two inch wide screen A Mortal Kombat 2 with a bad switching power supply A Knuckleheads with a shadowy dark roll on the screen A Playchoice 10 with two very dim monitors A Frogger with thick red and green bars on the screen A Kung Fu Master that's missing the top half of the screen A Karate Champ with a distored and barley legable screen A NBA Jam Tournament Edition with a green screen and no sound A Space Invaders monitor replacement issue A Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 with discoloration in the mid-left corner A 60-In-1 board that doesn't save the settings A Mortal Kombat 2 with a monitor that won't light up A Simpsons with some relocation issues An Astro Blaster with a malfunctioning fire button A Street Fighter II that needs to be put on free play A Big Buck Hunter that doesn't register the gunshots A Bosconian with no picture, sound or control response A Killer Instinct that freezes after 20 seconds A Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles that needs sideart installed A Donkey Kong with some power supply issues A Mr. Do cocktail with a jittery screen A Crystal Castles with some trackball issues And some explanations as to where we've been. We also go over some listener progress updates and discuss some good tips to follow when moving arcade games upstairs. 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: CPS-2 Shock (Suicide Page) – http://cps2shock.emu-france.info/suicide.html Lawnmowerman’s Pacman Page – http://lawnmowerman.rotheblog.com/ What's My Monitor by Bob Roberts - http://www.therealbobroberts.net/monitor.html Hum Bar Fix by Bob Roberts - http://www.therealbobroberts.net/hum.html BNC to VGA Adapter (Star Wars Trilogy) - Coming Soon Isolation Transfomers by Bob Roberts - http://www.therealbobroberts.net/xformer.html Arcadeshop Galaga Repair Info - http://www.arcadeshop.com/galaga/galaga.htm Discharging Monitor Tubes by John - http://www.flippers.com/vid-tips.html#discharge Play It Amusements (Formerly Sega Amusements) - (847) 364-9787 Houston Area Arcade Group (HAAG) Expo - http://www.arcadecenter.com/ | 11/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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QA Podcast – Episode 24 | This episode of the podcast was recorded on Saturday, April 23, 2011. For more information on our podcast, please visit our iTunes page at http://itunes.arcaderepairtips.com. All of our past episodes can be found there as well as a review section where you can leave us a comment on how we're doing. On this episode, Tim and I answered your questions regarding... A Donkey Kong Jr. board that only plays levels 1 & 4 A Track And Field with no picture or sound A Mortal Kombat 2 that's playing blind A Sunset Riders with blurring and bending near the top of the screen A Ms. Pac Man cocktail with sound but a blank monitor An Outrun with scrambled video and no sound A Street Fighter II with a jittery monitor A Donkey Kong that needs some cabinet refurbishment A Neo Geo with no red showing on the monitor A Pac Man with a mirroring effect on the screen A Killer Instinct that will restart or shut down at random An Area 51 that won't allow you to shoot the bottom of the screen An Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 with sparking issues A Centipede with nothing on the screen A CPS-2 game that tends to reset a lot A Crusin' USA that's missing a steering wheel motor A Sega Super GT/Scud Race Twin with washed out colors A Pac Man cocktail that's playing blind A Galaga cocktail flickering "game over" on the screen A Pac Man cocktail with sound but monitor is black A Super Mario Bros with a ROM hack A Silent Scope 2 with the main screen not working A Golden Tee 4 with a wavy, washed out screen A NBA Jam TE missing the color red on screen A Mortal Kombat with a dog chewed harness A Mortal Kombat 2 missing coin door lights A Gorf with a scrolling sideways screen A Killer Instinct that needs to be set up for coin play A Street Fighter II Hyper Fighter that needs a new joystick And our thoughts on what certain arcade games are worth. We also go over some listener progress updates and discuss some good tips to follow when transporting arcade games. 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: Arcade Components (Raymond) - http://www.arcadecomponents.com/ Arcade Cup (Chad) – http://www.arcadecup.com/ Flippers.com (John) - http://www.flippers.com/ JammaParts.net (Nick) - http://www.jammaparts.net/ HobbyRoms Programming Services - http://www.hobbyroms.com/ Zanen Electronics (BYOAC Information Page) - http://wiki.arcadecontrols.com/wiki/Zanen_Electronics Arcadeshop Galaga Repair Info - http://www.arcadeshop.com/galaga/galaga.htm The Real Bob Roberts (Mortal Kombat Sound Board) - http://www.therealbobroberts.net/ Steering Timing Belt (For Crusin' USA) - http://www.happcontrols.com/driving/50404190.htm PSOne LCD in PC - http://www.bit-tech.net/modding/2004/07/07/psone_lcd/1 CGA/EGA/YUV to VGA Board Installing Video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hX8YMFZykXc American Amusement Auctions - http://www.americanamusementauctions.com/ 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. | 5/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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QA Podcast – Episode S4 | This special episode of the podcast was recorded live on Sunday, March 27 to discuss the Texas Pinball Festival in Grapevine, Texas. For more information on our podcast, please visit our iTunes page at http://itunes.arcaderepairtips.com. All of our past episodes can be found there as well as a review section where you can leave us a comment on how we're doing. On this episode, Tim and I discussed the games that were at the festival as well as the seminars given by Steve Richie, Gary Stern (of Stern Pinball) and Jack Guarnieri (of Jersey Jack Pinball). Show Links: The Internet Pinball Machine Database - http://www.ipdb.org/ Stern Pinball (Gary) - http://www.sternpinball.com/ Jersey Jack Pinball (Jack) - http://www.jerseyjackpinball.com/ Planetary Pinball - http://www.planetarypinball.com/ Fat Wallet - http://www.fatwallet.com/ 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 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. | 3/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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QA Podcast – Episode 23 | This episode of the podcast was recorded on Sunday, March 6, 2011. For more information on our podcast, please visit our iTunes page at http://itunes.arcaderepairtips.com. All of our past episodes can be found there as well as a review section where you can leave us a comment on how we're doing. On this episode, Tim and I answered your questions regarding... A Sports Shooting USA with a bad monitor A Mechanized Attack with a green tint on the sides of the screen A Sega Turbo Out Run that needs to be set on free play A Mortal Kombat that needs to be set to coin play A Donkey Kong Junior with a broken marquee light A Space Invaders with monitor issues A Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles without convergence rings A Street Fighter Alpha that randomly experiences color bleeding An Atomic Punk that has a bad horizontal pot on the monitor A Star Wars with a broken cabinet fan An Area 51 with a horizontal line on the screen A Tempest with a vertical line on the screen A Pac Man with monitor hold issues An Area 51/Maximum Force with power supply issues A Granny And The Gators pinball with monitor color issues A Playchoice 10 with a horizontal line on the screen A Donkey Kong with no sound and no monitor picture A Varth Operation Thunderstorm with monitor and coin mech issues A Black Tiger cocktail with image curl on the monitor A Golden Tee 2005 that needs custom marquee text A Donkey Kong Junior to 60-in-1 conversion A Neo Geo 4-Slot with a blowing fuses issue A Robotron 2084 with monitor issues A Ms Pac Man with a bad monitor A Centipede with nothing on the screen A Golden Tee 2K with a green tint on the monitor And our thoughts on the first American Amusement Auction. We also go over some listener progress updates and discuss some good tips to follow when sending your questions to us. 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: Arcade Components (Raymond) - http://www.arcadecomponents.com/ Arcade Monitor (Michael) - http://www.arcademonitor.com/ Legacy Entertainment (Greg) - http://www.texaslegacy.com/ Arcade Cup (Chad) – http://www.arcadecup.com/ Randy Fromm's Arcade School - http://www.randyfromm.com/ Flippers.com (John) - http://www.flippers.com/ AMC Solution - http://www.arcadesolution.com/ Bob Roberts G07 Sync Upgrade - http://www.therealbobroberts.net/g07notes.html American Amusement Auctions - http://www.americanamusementauctions.com/ Gameroom Junkies Podcast - http://www.gameroomjunkies.com/ Texas Pinball Festival 2011 - http://www.texaspinball.com/ 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. | 3/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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QA Podcast – Episode S3 | This special episode of the podcast was recorded live on Saturday, February 26 from the American Amusement Auction in Mesquite, Texas. For more information on our podcast, please visit our iTunes page at http://itunes.arcaderepairtips.com. All of our past episodes can be found there as well as a review section where you can leave us a comment on how we're doing. On this episode, Tim and I discussed more auction price updates and give a behind the scenes look at how auctions work. Show Links: Tinkertronics Game Services (Ken) - http://www.tinkertronicsgameservices.com/ 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 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. | 2/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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QA Podcast – Episode S2 | This special episode of the podcast was recorded live on Saturday, February 26 from the American Amusement Auction in Mesquite, Texas. For more information on our podcast, please visit our iTunes page at http://itunes.arcaderepairtips.com. All of our past episodes can be found there as well as a review section where you can leave us a comment on how we're doing. On this episode, Tim and I discussed some auction price updates, some general auction tips and board troubleshooting tips with Raymond (ChannelManiac) from ArcadeComponents.com. Show Links: Legacy Entertainment (Greg) - http://www.texaslegacy.com/ Arcade Components (Raymond) - http://www.arcadecomponents.com/ New Life Games Repair Logs (Raymond) - http://newlifegames.net/nlg/index.php?board=19.0 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 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. | 2/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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QA Podcast – Episode S1 | This special episode of the podcast was recorded live on Friday, February 25 from the American Amusement Auction in Mesquite, Texas. For more information on our podcast, please visit our iTunes page at http://itunes.arcaderepairtips.com. All of our past episodes can be found there as well as a review section where you can leave us a comment on how we're doing. On this episode, Tim and I discussed some of the different items that were there as well as some general auction tips. 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 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. | 2/25/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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QA Podcast – Episode 22 | This episode of the podcast was recorded on Saturday, February 12. For more information on our podcast, please visit our iTunes page at http://itunes.arcaderepairtips.com. All of our past episodes can be found there as well as a review section where you can leave us a comment on how we're doing. On this episode, Tim and I answered your questions regarding... An Off-Road Thunder with power issues A Golden Tee 2000 with a bad trackball A Donkey Kong Cocktail with a monitor chassis that blows fuses A Nintendo Red Tent with a monitor issue A Golden Tee 2005 with no picture on the screen A Galaga with some sprite/sync issues A Pac Man with burned board contacts A Shinobi where the game does not come on A Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles that's set to free play A NBA Jam with a wavy picture A Police Trainer with gun calibration issues A Fairchild Channel F console with apparent power problems A MAME Machine with lots of monitor distortion A Nintendo Vs with smoke coming out of the flyback An Area 51 that's playing blind with a broken gun A Cyber Commando where the screen will randomly go off A Tron with a garbled screen of blocks on the monitor A Final Lap 2 with monitor and linking problems A Mechanized Attack with possibly a bad board A Ultracade with sound but no picture on the screen A Millipede with a single horizontal line on the screen A Lady Bug with power issues A Smash TV with intermittent power issues A Ms Pac Man with 4 character sprites on the screen An Arkanoid cocktail that's lost monitor sync A Mortal Kombat with sound board issues A Stern Soccer Pinball Machine with switch problems A Street Fighter 2 Turbo with board swapping capabilities A Marvel Vs Street Fighter board with no picture A Street Fighter with joystick problems And our thoughts on LCD monitors in arcade cabinets. We also go over some listener progress updates and discuss our thoughts on what to look for when hiring an arcade technician. 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: Cointech Gameroom Supplies - http://stores.shop.ebay.com/COINTECH-GAMEROOM-SUPPLIES This Old Pinball Restoration Video Tapes - http://www.pinrepair.com/top/ What's My Monitor page from TheRealBobRoberts.net - http://www.therealbobroberts.net/monitor.html TV and Monitor CRT (Picture Tube) Information – http://www.repairfaq.org/sam/crtfaq.htm Eldorado Games (Board & Monitor Repair) - http://www.eldoradogames.com/ CPS-2 Shock (Suicide Page) - http://cps2shock.retrogames.com/suicide.html Alva Amusements (Cheap Tube Monitors) - http://www.alvaamusement.com/ American Amusement Auctions - http://www.americanamusementauctions.com/ Arcade Heroes - http://www.arcadeheroes.com/ Nieman Displays (LCD Monitors) - http://niemandisplays.com/ MCM Electronics - http://www.mcmelectronics.com/ Betson Enterprise - http://betson.com/ D & A Techtronics (Board Repair) - http://www.datechtronics.com/ Seaside Gaming (Board Repair) - http://www.seasidegaming.com/ Zanen Electronics (Cheap Cap Kits) - zanenelectronics@aol.comor (888) 449-2636 Texas Pinball Festival 2011 - http://www.texaspinball.com/ 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. | 2/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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QA Podcast – Episode 21 | This episode of the podcast was recorded on Saturday, January 15. For more information on our podcast, please visit our iTunes page at http://itunes.arcaderepairtips.com. All of our past episodes can be found there as well as a review section where you can leave us a comment on how we're doing. On this episode, Tim and I answered your questions regarding... A Playchoice 10 with several different issues A X-Men (6-Player) with a bad monitor A Star Wars with a bad motherboard A Vigilante that's playing blind A Neo Geo with no sound A NFL Blitz 2000 with some monitor issues A Frogger cocktail with horizontal collapse A Mortal Kombat II board with no picture A Killer Instinct with a white screen A Mario Bros. with red "smearing" on the monitor A Donkey Kong cocktail with a power issue A Pole Position with no sounds and nothing on the screen A Donkey Kong with a cracked tube neck A Ms. Pac Man 25th Anniversary cocktail that's playing blind A Pac Man with a slight bend in the screen A Centipede cocktail with odd screen stretching A Galaga bootleg (Gallag) with strange color issues A Mortal Kombat II with game resetting issues A Donkey Kong 3 with screen width issues A Stargate with game resetting issues A Golden Tee 2005 Fore with a shrunk screen An Area 51 with gun calibration issues A Rampage with horizontal lines on the screen A Killer Instinct 2 with a monitor that goes off after 5-10 minutes A Popeye with horizontal green lines on the screen A Golden Tee 2005 Fore with just a dot in the middle of the screen A Popeye with sprite number issues A Space Invaders with monitor brightness issues A Metal Slug X with cabinet trouble A Gunblade NY DX missing a ground prong on the plug And some tips on opening your own arcade. We also go over some listener progress updates and discuss our thoughts on Tron: Legacy. 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: Monitor Tech Information from 8liners.com - http://www.8liners.com/datatech/monitor.html G07 Notes page from TheRealBobRoberts.net - http://www.therealbobroberts.net/g07notes.html What's My Monitor page from TheRealBobRoberts.net - http://www.therealbobroberts.net/monitor.html Sense Mod for AR2 Boards – http://www.stickycarpet.com/pinx/ar2mods.html American Amusement Auctions - http://www.americanamusementauctions.com/ Gatorcade.com (Golden Tee Resource) - http://www.gatorcade.com/ Flippers.com (John) - http://www.flippers.com/ HobbyRoms Programming Services - http://www.hobbyroms.com/ The Arcade Cup Monitor Repair (Chad) - http://www.arcadecup.com/ Hawk-Eye Picture Tube Mfg. Inc. - http://www.hawkeyepicturetube.com/ ArcadeMonitor.com (Michael) - http://www.arcademonitor.com/ Texas Pinball Festival 2011 - http://www.texaspinball.com/ 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. | 1/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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QA Podcast – Episode 20 | This episode of the podcast was recorded on Friday, November 26. For more information on our podcast, please visit our iTunes page at http://itunes.arcaderepairtips.com. All of our past episodes can be found there as well as a review section where you can leave us a comment on how we're doing. On this episode, Tim and I answered your questions regarding... A Cruis'n USA with a distorted picture A Wacko that does not power on A Speed Buggy with vertical hold issues A Ms. Pac Man LCD wiring issue A Super Street Fighter II with slight discoloration A Crystal Castles that will not power up A Space Invaders Part II with blocks of color on the screen A Neo Geo with sound but no picture A Gorf with a blue screen and no game sounds A Golden Tee 2005 Fore with no green colors on the screen A Playchoice 10 in need of some cabinet restoration A Sea Wolf that will not coin up An Invasion The Abductors with a really dark screen A Playchoice 10 that keeps blowing fuses A WWF Wrestlefest that needs a free play mode A Dance Dance Revolution monitor replacement A NFL Blitz 99 (MAME) with monitor issues A Donkey Kong Jr. that randomly flips the screen orientation A Killer Instinct with some board issues A Defender with a vertical scroll issue A Mr & Mrs Pac Man Pinball Machine in need of new bulbs A Gauntlet Legends with various issues And some tips on picking out a good 60-in-1 cabinet candidate. We also go over some listener progress updates and discuss some of your requested videos from our facebook post. 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: Mike's Color Inverter and sound amp board from MikesArcade.com - http://www.mikesarcade.com/cgi-bin/store.pl?sku=NININVAMP What's My Monitor page from TheRealBobRoberts.net - http://www.therealbobroberts.net/monitor.html Video Converter Board from JammaBoards.com - http://www.jammaboards.com/store/cga/ega/yuv-to-vga-converter-pcb-gbs-8220/prod_291.html Power Supplies from Happ Controls - http://www.happ.com/powersupplies/power_supplies_amusement.htm Installation Tools from T-Molding.com - http://www.t-molding.com/store/home.php?cat=6 Video Inversion And You! by Randy Fromm from MikesArcade.com - http://www.mikesarcade.com/cgi-bin/spies.cgi?action=url&type=info&page=vidinvrt.txt ArcadeVGA 3000 from Ultimarc.com - http://www.ultimarc.com/avgainf.html Arcadeshop Amusements - http://www.arcadeshop.com/ Game On Grafix (formerly Mame Marquees) - http://www.gameongrafix.com/ Flippers.com (John) - http://www.flippers.com/ HobbyRoms Programming Services - http://www.hobbyroms.com/ Pinball Life (Pinball Parts) - http://www.pinballlife.com/ Marco Specialties (Pinball Parts) - http://www.marcospecialties.com/ The Arcade Cup Monitor Repair (Chad) - http://www.arcadecup.com/ P&L Video Games (Monitor Repair) - 1-800-992-6588 / (626) 337-9782 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. | 12/4/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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QA Podcast – Episode 19 | This episode of the podcast was recorded on Thursday, October 21. For more information on our podcast, please visit our iTunes page at http://itunes.arcaderepairtips.com. All of our past episodes can be found there as well as a review section where you can leave us a comment on how we're doing. On this episode, Tim and I answered your questions regarding... A Super Mario Vs with sound issues A Galaga that will not power on An Area 51 with horizontal bars on the screen A Carrier Air Wing with some screen burn A Star Wars with a burnt resistor on the monitor chassis A Sega Rally Championship with horizontal width issues A Mortal Kombat II / Ehrgeiz with a shaky screen A Ms Pac Man cocktail with some screen curl A Defender with non-working controls A Centipede with a jittery screen A Ms. Pac Man with a discolored stripe on the right side of the monitor A Gorf with badly faded colors on the screen A Trivia Whiz with monitor issues Dealing with loose monitor yokes General playing blind troubleshooting Replacing cords on arcade games And some monitor chassis replacement information. We also go over some listener progress updates and discuss the HAAG Expo and our experience with the Extra Life charity event. 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: Zaxxon Sound Cap Repair - http://forums.arcade-museum.com/showthread.php?t=71529 Gottlieb System 1 Pinball Repair - http://www.pinrepair.com/sys1/index.htm Hantarex Polo to 8Liners Chassis Conversion - http://retroblast.arcadecontrols.com/articles/8-Liners_1.html Bob Roberts Transformers Article - http://www.therealbobroberts.net/xformer.html Lawnmowerman's Pacman Page - http://lawnmowerman.rotheblog.com/ Chip Quik SMD Remover Kit - Amazon.com Product Page ArcadeWTF's YouTube Channel - http://www.youtube.com/arcadewtf Arcade Repair Tips - Extra Life Team Page - http://extralife.arcaderepairtips.com/ 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. | 10/27/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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QA Podcast – Episode 18 | This episode of the podcast was recorded on Tuesday, October 5. For more information on our podcast, please visit our iTunes page at http://itunes.arcaderepairtips.com. All of our past episodes can be found there as well as a review section where you can leave us a comment on how we're doing. On this episode, Tim and I answered your questions regarding... A Super Pac Man with a bad G07 monitor A Space Invaders Deluxe with a fading monitor A Ms. Pac Man with monitor issues A Donkey Kong 3 that randomly shows a white screen A Super Pac Man that makes an intermittent thumping sound A Street Fighter II Championship Edition with very loud volume A Zaxxon with a broken G07 monitor A Marvel vs Capcom 2 with monitor hold issues A Golden Tee 2005 with no signal on the monitor A Chase HQ with no sound from the board A NBA Showtime/NFL Blitz with a blurry screen A Rastan with a white screen A San Francisco Rush with force feedback issues Wiring an Illuminated Push Button in a photobooth Using a Mr Do as a JAMMA cabinet Using TV tubes with arcade games And some Multi JAMMA wiring techniques. We also go over some listener progress updates and discuss our recent trip to Des Moines, IA. 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: Happ Illuminated Push Buttons - http://www.happcontrols.com/pushbuttons/54v00043x.htm Mike's Arcade Double JAMMA adapter - http://mikesarcade.com/cgi-bin/store.pl?sku=DBLJAMMA Multi-Jamma Mortal Kombat Project - http://www.habosarcade.com/MortalKombatMulti%20JammaCab.htm Video Converter CGA/EGA/YUV to VGA - http://www.jammaboards.com/store/cga/ega/yuv-to-vga-converter-pcb-gbs-8220/prod_291.html Midway Sea Wolf, Space Invaders, Gun Fight Repair - http://www.pinrepair.com/video/seawolf.htm ArcadeWTF's YouTube Channel - http://www.youtube.com/arcadewtf Flippers.com (John's Jukes Ltd.) - http://www.flippers.com/ RePlay Magazine - http://www.replaymag.com/ Houston Area Arcade Group (HAAG) Expo - http://www.arcadecenter.com/ Arcade Repair Tips - Extra Life Team Page - http://extralife.arcaderepairtips.com/ 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. | 10/9/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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QA Podcast – Episode 17 | This episode of the podcast was recorded on Saturday, September 18. For more information on our podcast, please visit our iTunes page at http://itunes.arcaderepairtips.com. All of our past episodes can be found there as well as a review section where you can leave us a comment on how we're doing. On this episode, Tim and I answered your questions regarding... A X-Men Children of the Atom with the monitor fading to black A Golden Tee 99 with yellow lines and blocky text A MAME Cocktail with a clicking noise coming from the monitor A WG D9800 Monitor that makes a high pitched noise A NBA Jam TE with a broken monitor tube neck A Taito Side By Side that doesn't power on A Golden Tee with a pulsating screen A Lethal Enforcers that doesn't power up A Centipede with a barely visible screen A Donkey Kong with some monitor issues A Neo Geo with vertical lines and graphics glitches A Police Trainer with a blank monitor and no game A Marvel vs Capcom 2 with light vertical lines on white screens A Popeye with green vertical lines on the screen A Neo Geo without a test switch wired up A Space Invaders with monitor problems A Ms. Pac Man with coin up issues A Centipede with a side scrolling screen And some general arcade monitor repair tips. We also go over some listener progress updates and discuss having patience when it comes to looking for arcade games. 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: Neo Geo Community Website - http://www.neo-geo.com/ Dragon's Lair Project (Monitor to TV Swap) - http://www.dragons-lair-project.com/tech/docs/MonitorSwap.asp Flippers.com (John's Jukes Ltd.) - http://www.flippers.com/ Retrogaming Roundup - http://www.retrogamingroundup.com/ YouTube Gaming Community - http://www.youtube.com/user/troubl8385 Houston Area Arcade Group (HAAG) Expo - http://www.arcadecenter.com/ 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. | 9/22/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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QA Podcast – Episode 16 | This episode of the podcast was recorded on Saturday, September 4. For more information on our podcast, please visit our iTunes page at http://itunes.arcaderepairtips.com. All of our past episodes can be found there as well as a review section where you can leave us a comment on how we're doing. On this episode, Tim and I answered your questions regarding... A Zaxxon with the sound fading out A Moto Race USA with resetting issues A Lethal Enforcers that will not power on A Pac Man Cocktail that plays blind A Knuckle Bash with resetting issues A Zombie Raid that stays on for 10 minutes then goes blank A Simpsons with washed out / faded colors A Super Pac Man that won't come out of test mode A Super Sprint with a monitor that blows capacitors A Tron with some video and audio issues A Skeeball Lane that does not dispense tickets A 1942 with a ghost image at the bottom of the screen A Missile Command Cocktail with a rolling screen A Ms. Pac Man that needs a power supply replacement A Neo Geo with monitor arcing problems A Neo Geo with a wavy screen A Popeye with color separation on the screen A Toobin' with some general monitor issues A Track And Field with strange input behavior A Neo Geo with control input issues A Shuffleboard with monitor problems A Pac Man with some missing sprites on the screen A Playchoice 10 with sync issue on the bottom monitor And some general arcade monitor repair tips. We also go over some listener progress updates and discuss our philosophy when it comes to working on arcade games. 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 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting (972) 827-8477 end_of_the_skype_highlighting begin_of_the_skype_highlighting (972) 827-8477 end_of_the_skype_highlighting. Enjoy! Show Links: Bob Roberts (My Pac Is Drunk) - http://therealbobroberts.net/hum.html Bob Roberts (Crimp Mystery) - http://therealbobroberts.net/crimping.html Arcade Shop (Galaga Information) - http://arcadeshop.com/galaga/galaga.htm Happ Controls (Vision Pro Cap Kit) - http://www.happcontrols.com/monitors/49022700.htm Happ Controls (Deltronic Repair Kit) - http://www.happcontrols.com/cc/423787del.htm Arcade Restoration Workshop (Yoke Article) - http://www.arcaderestoration.com/index.asp?OPT=3&DATA=154&CBT=596 HobbyRoms Programming Services - http://www.hobbyroms.com/ Arcade Game Over (Pac Man Troubleshooting) - http://arcadegameover.com/pactrouble.html Retrogaming Roundup - http://www.retrogamingroundup.com/ 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. | 9/8/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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 |
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