Milling out an Arcade Control Panel

I have a Marvel vs Capcom what is in a PVG/Semco (Hannaho) cabinet. The control panel is made from very thick MDF. I use a Smithy BX-288 to mill out the panel to sink the joystick base into it.

Other side

Installing a PS360 in a Sega Virtual Stick High Grade Joystick

Sorry for the colors being off, my video editing software is acting up. In this video I install a PS360 in a Sega Virtua Stick High Grade, and make it so the stick can be opened from the top.

Replacing a Game Boy Advance Cartridge Battery (Pokémon Ruby)

I picked this GBA game up off of ebay and the clock battery was dead, so in this video I replace it.

Superplexus - Three Dimensional Marble Maze Fun!

The Superplexus is a three dimensional marble maze. incredibly fun, think of it as the arcade game Marble Madness but in real life.

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perplexus
• http://www.santarosa.edu/~mmcginni/superplexus/

Namco Museum Vol .3 - Arcade Mode

Tomytronic Pac Man and Entex Galaxian 2

Beavis and Butthead in Virtual Stupidity

Game Store Walkthrough: Games A Plunder in Cobleskill, NY

Game Store Walkthrough: Mr. Dealz in Colonie, NY

Coleco Telestar Alpha and Ventrue Electronics Video Sports

How to: Serial Number Plates for the Virtual Boy Arcade Cabinet

Thanks everyone for all the views on the video on Youtube! This video shows how I made the custom serial number and dedication plates for my Virtual Boy Arcade Cabinet.

Files:

• Virtual Boy Serial Number Plate Template (GIMP XCF format)
• Gunpei Dedication Plate Template (GIMP XCF format)
• Download GIMP

Repair Log: I fixed my broken Sega CD!

Review: Pastime Legends Game Store

Lionel Coin Operated Train Set

I took the kids to see a Train Robbery on the Charlotte Valley Railroad today, and while there they got the chance to play with this:

Man it is sweet!

• Leatherstocking Railway

Swapping the B and C Buttons on a Neo Geo MVS

If you have ever played any of the King of Fighters series of fighting games on a Neo Geo MVS arcade machine you will have noticed the odd button configuration compared to fighting games made by Capcom. The button are configured in this order light punch, light kick, strong punch, strong kick. This is uncomfortable for me, so I made this cable so I could easily swap the B and C buttons.

It is a very simple cable that uses a double pole, double throw toggle switch. to make it work, I soldered a X crossover wires on the outside poles.

Above: how to wire the switch

The switch plugged into the Neo Geo, this can easily be removed with no damage to the game.

Review: Arcade Joysticks

I review the following arcade joysticks:

• HAPP Super Joystick
• HAPP Ultimate Joystick
• HAPP Competition Joystick
• iL 8-Way Eurojoystick
• Perfect 360 Mated to a Wico Leaf Spring Joystick

Propcycle Repair Log - Fan Fixed

Thanks to my dad got making the replacement part!

Local Game Store: Games A Plunder Cobleskill, NY

This will be the first in a series blog posts about local used games stores in Capital Region of New York State.

Games A Plunder is a new game store that opened this January by its owner Michael Willman. I only just found out about this store last weekend even though it is only 4.3 miles from my house! I was actually at another games store (Pastime Legends in Scotia, NY) and the owner of that store told me about it!

The reason I missed it is because of Cobleskill's retarded despotic historical society that prohibited him for putting up a sign until they approved of it. Can you beleive that almost 6 months‽‽ Many businesses would fail if they went that long without a sign! I don't know why there is even a historical society in Cobleskill, every building is old ugly and run down. It would improve the village a thousand times if they just knocked all of those buildings down!

Well Back to the store. My first impression when I went in was I thought he didn't have much in the way of stock, that was until I saw the two additional rooms. He has a really nice collection of 70's - 80's game systems and games in great condition many in original packaging! You will never see this kind of stuff in a game stop!

I would say that the pricing seems almost random, I saw great collectable stuff complete in box for really cheap, and then I saw other items, like a ColecoVision in fair condition with no packing for $200, which is high. He could easily post some of the CIB stuff on nintendoage.com, and atariage.com and make much better money on those items than he is asking for them. I just hope that some of the more collectible stuff isn't sold to people who don't understand the value of a complete in box games. That about covers Games A Plunder, next time I post in this series will be about Pastime Legends.

Links:

• gamesaplunder.com
• Games A Plunder (Facbook)

My 3do score!

I was at Richie Rich's Place today and the owner tells me that he has been saving something for me, I glance over the counter and see a 3do! Now, when these things came out in 1993 i didn't have the $699.95 to buy one, but my friend Patrick did.

I remember all the fun we had playing Road Rash, and Super Street Fighter II Turbo, and most importantly Star Control 2! Star Control 2 is still on of the most awesome games I have ever played. I had the Genesis version (Star Control 1) and the PC version. But the 3do version was the best because of the voice acting that was added. The source code for the 3do version has been released to open source and is called "The Ur-Quan Masters" due to the name being still owned by Atari. It was the most fun on the 3do.

I also scored a Panasonic 19" 15khz color monitor! It will be great for retro game systems!

I wonder this this monitor compares to the Commodore 1702 monitor.

Progress in so far in restoring my Propcycle

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There still is a bunch of things to do, like a new seat cover and padding, but this game is very playable as it is now.