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Building a Video Wall for Reclaim Arcade

Building a Video Wall for Reclaim Arcade

Just when I think @ReclaimArcade can’t get any cooler, an idea surfaces from a conversation that will take the space to another level. Now to just see if I can make it work :) — timmmmyboy (@timmmmyboy) December 2, 2020 Part of the original plans for Reclaim Arcade had use removing

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

3D Printed Pinball Repair

3D Printed Pinball Repair

Reclaim Arcade gets more serious as the days go on and if the past few weeks are any sign of things to come the new year is going to take that to another level. We're live on social media, the design firm is in high gear generating construction documents, and

Smash TV comes to Life

Smash TV comes to Life

Early this week as I got some of the "Makerspace" side of CoWork cleaned up I decided I wanted to return to the Smash TV restoration. When I last left off I had a great looking control panel built out, but not yet wired up. In fact nothing had been

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