Started work on my MultiWilliams

So I ignored my kids for 45 minutes :) and did some work on my Joust cab. I wish I remembered to take more pics, but alas, here's what I accomplished over the weekend.

I began sanding down the sides, all the swelled spots and bad edges and then applied bondo. The front corners were pretty mangled and I needed to do one more bondo treatment on this side after my second pic:

Next up, I'll sand and bondo the front and back then prime. Then time to sand the primer, re-prime and then hopefully top coat!

Gameroon Junkies posted about my Arcade FlyerMosaics

Preston of the Gameroom Junkies blog/podcast posted a nice piece about my Arcade FlyerMosaic Posters here.

Sold the Centipede

On Sunday evening, a couple of guys came to look at my Centipede project. They are young (in their early 20's) and it's really cool to see them interested in these old games. They have plans on restoring it to its former glory much sooner than I could. Now, it's time for me to get another game to replace it!

Nintendo Playchoice Added!

I posted a wanted thread on KLOV a few weeks ago looking for a Nintendo Playchoice 10 machine. It's a machine Nintendo released where you could insert a quarter that would buy an allotted amount of time to play up to 10 different games. These games were the NES games, but in a stand up arcade machine. I always thought they were really cool. Tonight, a local arcade collector delivered a Playchoice machine to me. In return, I trade him my Vs. cabinet. I am sad to see the vs. system go, but also very excited to have the Playchoice. He included 7 games: Dr. Mario, Super Mario Bros., Double Dribble, Rygar, Rush'n Attack, Trojan and Pro Wrestling. There are 3 open slots for additional games and I think I'll be adding Excitebike, Super Mario Bros. 2 and 3 to the mix.

A Few Pics in the Arcade

Here are a few pics from a family gathering that we had a few weeks ago. The kids had a blast in the "arcade."

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!