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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

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

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

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

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

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