alex barberis » arcade http://alexbarberis.com my personal "blog" Sun, 29 Aug 2010 21:11:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 It’s alive! http://alexbarberis.com/2009/09/24/its-alive/ http://alexbarberis.com/2009/09/24/its-alive/#comments Fri, 25 Sep 2009 02:28:10 +0000 Alex Barberis http://alexbarberis.com/?p=313 After a few hours of wiring my new cocktail is up and running. Now it has 60 games on it, all the classics. It was a bit intimidating at first seeing the entire JAMMA harness and not knowing where anything goes but after studying some paperwork a few minutes it all made sense. I just need to do some tweaking wiring a few more things and monitor adjustments and I’ll be ready to tackle the control panels. I’ll be replacing them with new units, switches, and buttons. I also need to get a new glass cut. Here are some pics:

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]]> http://alexbarberis.com/2009/09/24/its-alive/feed/ 0 Ms. Pac Man! http://alexbarberis.com/2009/08/29/ms-pac-man/ http://alexbarberis.com/2009/08/29/ms-pac-man/#comments Sat, 29 Aug 2009 07:54:24 +0000 Alex Barberis http://alexbarberis.com/?p=290 I just picked up a Ms. Pac Man cocktail. This is the first arcade game I’ve ever owned. I’ve spent a few years looking for a Ms. Pac Man cocktail. It’s in great cosmetic shape. The only thing that bugs me is the control panel. At some point someone hacked up the original art and added a few buttons to convert it to a 60 in 1. I plan to replace the art with something nice and put some proper buttons on it so all 60 games work. The game could also use a new JAMMA wiring harness since the last conversion wasn’t the cleanest thing. I’ll update the site once I progress on the restoration.

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