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A collection of 10 posts

The Arcade Internet of Things

The Arcade Internet of Things

The Fall has been a busy but fairly productive time here, so it's about high time I got off my ass and blogged some of that magic. Jim has an epic post about his trip to the states here that dovetails nicely with some of the work I was doing

CRT Rejuvenation

CRT Rejuvenation

As we get closer to the opening of Reclaim Arcade one of many action items has been to clean up any games we own that have issues. Sometimes that means sending a PCB off for repair (I'm a long ways off from having the tools and knowledge to troubleshoot circuitry

Virtual Pinball Practice

Virtual Pinball Practice

One of the things I got my daughter for Christmas was a Nintendo Switch. This was a bit selfish of me because while I knew she would play it occasionally, I also had my eye on it for awhile. The ability to play games both on the big screen as

Smash TV Control Panel

Smash TV Control Panel

As the work continues on Smash TV I can quickly see that this will be a very special game to me. I'm learning a ton (probably a common theme in these blog posts) and all the sweat and hours I've spent just heighten the anticipation of getting to play the

Joust upgrades

This is a short post just to document a few small upgrades to our Joust cabinet. Shortly after we got it we got a 131 RAM error which can mean a variety of things given it's the first RAM chip in sequence. Some research pointed to a potential power issue

Square Pegs in Round Holes

Square Pegs in Round Holes

I've been tackling various parts to the Smash TV restore project at once and the nice thing about it is that when I get bored with one thing or need to do some research I can always step away from that and find 10 other areas I need to eventually

Centipede High Scores

Centipede High Scores

Since this blog has become All Reclaim Arcade All The Time #noregrets I wanted to return to the very first repair I did on our first game last summer. Jim and I had travelled down to Richmond to pick up a Centipede in beautiful condition and brought it back to

Smash TV: The Future is Now

Smash TV: The Future is Now

I've hinted at my goal of finding a good project piece on the arcade front that I could try my hand at restoration work. I've never considered myself much of a handyman but between various small projects at CoWork and smaller repairs with the games we own I've gotten more

Two is company, Four is a party

Two is company, Four is a party

It began innocently enough, I honestly hadn't intended to take it this far. In fact, Doctor, I enjoy my weekends and had no plans for such an excursion. As I start to get my hands dirty with arcade repair I've had my eyes out for a potential project cabinet to

Arcade Repair and the DIY Aesthetic

Arcade Repair and the DIY Aesthetic

As we've continued to add to the collection of arcade games at Reclaim Video/CoWork it was inevitable that we would either need to find someone good at repairing these machines or learn to do it ourselves. I think you can probably imagine what side of that coin I landed