Bought a Pac-Man cabaret!

Well, it didn't take long for me to spend the money I made selling the Multicade. Within a week, I had one of my arcade collector friends delivering a Pac-Man Plus cabaret to my door. A "cabaret" is a mini version of the full size arcade game. This size is much better for the size of my small game room. I'll be looking for a Pac-Man to JAMMA adapter so I can add a 60 in 1 pcb to it.

Sold my first "Multicade"

As I posted in September, I picked up a Vigilante game for a decent price. Then in November, I posted that I began turning it into a 60-in-1 Multicade. Today was the day that I finished it:


I spent about an hour today wiring the new "Pac" style joystick, installing the rebuilt monitor chassis and mounting the pcb. Previously, I installed a custom marquee and bezel, black control panel overlay and some buttons that matched the color scheme. The next step was to list it on Craigslist. I decided to leave the sideart on it and if it didn't sell I would then remove it for a cleaner all-around look. I took a few pictures, wrote some cheesy copy and popped it up on the local CL. Around 30 minutes later I received a phone call from someone wanting to buy it. Fingers crossed, but by tomorrow by 11 AM this "Multicade" should be sold!

Registered a few domain names

I just registered www.arcadekeychains.com and www.arcadekeychains.net just in case I ever go forward with this as a side business!

DJ DNS made the trip again!

My buddy from Virginia (dj dns on the KLOV forums) made another 6 hour trip up to Pittsburgh yesterday. This time it was for a dedicated Front Line that I picked up for him about 30 minutes away from me. I held it for him for a week or so until he had a chance to pick it up. Since he was already making the trip, I asked him for a few things and he was able to bring them- an R.B.I. Baseball pcb and a JAMMA harness. We tested the R.B.I. Baseball in my Vs. cabinet and I think I'm going to keep it in there for awhile. I forgot how much I loved that game back in the day. The JAMMA harness is for my Mutli Williams project that is slowly progressing along.

Turning Vigilante into a 60 in 1

I began turning my Vigilante machine into a 60 in 1 Multicade. Vigilante is a game I'll never play, but the cabinet is in great shape with a nice monitor. So with very little work, I can turn this into a Multicade and sell it for a decent profit. I rotated the monitor and ordered a 4-way joystick last night. I'll make a generic bezel and leave the marquee and control panel as is. If it won't sell with the Vigilante artwork, I'll buy a Multicade marquee and cpo later. But I think this will go on Craigslist pretty quick for the Holidays. Here's a before shot:

Centipede is working

I received a working AR-II board from a KLOV member this week and had a chance to install it in my Centipede. I fired it up and it had some horizontal sync issues. After about 15 minutes of fine tuning it, Centipede now works! I am a bit concerned about the h-sync not staying as I had to re-adjust it about 2 hours later and it also has lost the color red. I keep troubleshooting it, but I'm guessing the monitor is due for a cap kit...

Traded the Red Tent

With regrets, I traded my Nintendo red tent. I kept hearing from one person in particular that it just took up too much space in the game room. So, instead of selling it outright, I traded it for an upright Nintendo vs. System cabinet. The upright is in nice shape with Excitebike installed. It's also much smaller than any of my other games, so it's a win-win for wifey and I. I'll dig around a bit and see what other chips I can buy to swap onto the board for more games. Here are some quick pics: