End of Year Updates!

So it's been a while since I've updated this space.

I'm going to try to do better in the future -- but for now I can update the world on the changes in my arcade.

Given my new found focus on pinball, I've sold my Galaga, X-Men vs Street Fighter and my Centipede cabaret and bought a Shadow pinball.  I also traded my Demolition Man for two Williams system 11 pins: a F-14 and a Jokerz!.  The latter two pins are not likely keepers, I'll eventually sell them to get something else.

Not all is stale on the video game side of things.  I did manage to pick up a Turbo Outrun cabaret and a Robotron: 2084, so all is not lost!

I must say that I just dig the pins more!  Cannot wait to finish putting everything together in the game room and having all the pins in a row!

I'll start putting better updates on here in the future.

-- Steven

It's time to DEMO the arcade!

So I've lately been getting more into pins, so in a fun filled weekend, I doubly sold my Playchoice-10 to a friend, and bought a Demolition Man pinball!

This thing is awesome.  That is all.  More once I'm done playing.

Quartet!

My name is Steven, and I was a SEGA fanboy.  I can admit that now.

Back in the day, all my friends had a Nintendo.  I was the only one with a Sega Master System.  So that meant I had cooler games than they did!

One of my favorites was Quartet.

Is it already February?!!!

So.  It's a new year.

2015.... will be a good year.

The transition between 2014 and 2015 was rife with excitement for me!
I picked up in the span of four weeks (mid-December through mid-January)...

- an Outrun (grail for me),
- a Galaga (another strong desire), and two project machines,
- Double Dragon in a Moon Patrol cab,
- and X-Men vs Street Fighter working, just no monitor.

Let's talk about each one.

Galaga!!

Picked up a Galaga over the Christmas break.

Always wanted one of these guys.

I hate monitors

I hate them with a passion.

So I've been trying to restore this Playchoice-10 DM (Dual Monitor).  Both monitors are borked.
One of them is/was pretty easy. The other one is giving me nightmares. I cannot get anything to work on it.

They are Sharp XM-200IN monitors, and there is very little information on them.  I wish they were Sanyo EZ20's.  Ah well.

Plus, I got shocked tonight. Love voltage.

I think I'm gonna tap out and ask a friend to help out.

Hulk Smash!

First off, a story. 

Growing up in arcades, my next door neighbor and I always played Street Fighter II.  He was Ryu, I was Guile.  The battles we had were epic.  Ultimately, he won (sad face).

Moving forward, Capcom started releasing games in these large blue cabinets, with stereo sound. They were *awesome*!  Now, I have always liked these "Big Blue" cabinets, as the are called. An opportunity came up locally for me to get one.  I jumped on it.