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3/30/08: 720°
controller rebuild.
I rebuilt the rotary controller on my 720°
recently and I posted a detailed thread on
the KLOV forum that has procedural
information, what parts needed to be
replaced, and more. You can view it
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720 Rotary Controller Rebuild. |
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3/7/08: Quantum Artwork Article.
Jeff Rothe has written an excellent article
concerning reproduction artwork that has
been made for one of Atari's greatest color
vector games, Quantum. Read the
article for yourself at the Rotheblog:
Atari Quantum Reproduction Artwork. |
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3/4/08: Agent X/Cloak & Dagger JAMMA
adaptors coming soon.
Mark Spaeth has made an Agent X/Cloak &
Dagger JAMMA adaptor which will be available
for sale in the near future. For
details and some pictures check out this
thread on the
KLOV forum:
Cloak & Dagger to JAMMA Adapters. |
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2/22/08: Simple Sega G80 Vector Mod guide
now online.
Patrick Cooke (Moderator "Mongo" on the
KLOV forums) has completed his
"Simple Sega G80 Vector Mods" guide. The
guide is very easy to follow and Pat has
incorporated a lot of pictures throughout
the guide, which should make things very
clear for those setting out to upgrade their
Electrohome G08 color vector monitors. You
can get it here:
Simple Sega G80 Vector Mods. |
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2/21/08: Video walkthrough of Ataricade
now online.
Last week I recorded a short video showing
the current state of the game room.
You can view it here:
ATARICADE_2-15-08. |
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2/5/08: Southern California Classic
Collectors (SC3) announcement.
The next SC3 has been scheduled for
Saturday, April 15. If you're a
collector living in Los Angeles, San Diego
or the Inland Empire definitely try to make
it out! More details can be found at
the SC3 website (don't forget to R.S.V.P. if you
plan to attend):
http://sc3.classicgaming.gamespy.com. |
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1/20/08: Poster collection page added.
Due to various inquires that I've received
there's been a page added to the site that
contains pictures of my collection of Atari
coin-op video game posters. There's
also a link to the poster page in the
menu bar as well:
Coin-Op Posters. |
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1/16/08: Atarigames.com update.
After a long hiatus, Scott Evans has updated
the content on his site, Atarigames.com.
Check out the BMX Heat prototype photos, new
movie content, promotional item pictures and
much more:
http://www.atarigames.com. |
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11/17/07: Atari LETA chip replacements
made.
Collector and coder James Rowan (Jrok
Land) has put the LETA, a chip that
Atari used to decode trackball/roller
signals, onto a Xilinx CPLD. Games
that utilize the LETA are Major Havoc,
Marble Madness, Rampart, and many others.
See James' site for more details:
Atari LETA on a CPLD. |
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9/28/07: Warlords cocktail #991 arrives.
Today I received Warlords cocktail #991.
I had declined buying any cocktail game in
the past because I never thought that I
would have enough space, but after
rearranging the game room layout last week a
new area was created for one to fit (it fits in pretty
comfortably in fact). I'll get some pictures
of it up on the
MY GAMES page soon. |
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9/9/07: Newest addition.
I recently got a Millipede with excellent
front and side art. I had been looking for
one for awhile but all the ones I had seen
previously had some type of cabinet damage
and/or missing artwork. I'll be adding some
pictures to the "MY
GAMES" page soon. |
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9/6/07: Southern California Classic
Collectors (SC3).
The
next SC3 is just around the corner
(September 15)! If you're a collector
living in Los Angeles, San
Diego or the Inland Empire definitely try to
make it out! More details are at the SC3
website (don't forget to R.S.V.P. if you can
attend):
http://sc3.classicgaming.gamespy.com. |
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8/28/07: Games page updating.
I've been updating the "MY
GAMES" page of this site the past
week and I'm continuing to add more pictures
as I can. The game room at my new
place is finally starting to come together.
I should have all of the games photographed
and posted on the site by the first week of
September hopefully. |
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8/14/07: Back from CAX.
I arrived back from California Extreme last
Sunday night and had a really great time.
I was able to meet a lot of people at this
year's show that I didn't get to previously.
For more details (and a lot of pictures)
check out the thread that I started on the
KLOV forum:
Images from California Extreme 2007. |
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8/6/07: New game room update.
I've been very busy lately moving into a new
place and have been restoring a few games at
the same time. The photo gallery is
down for awhile as I'll be busy updating it
this week. Things are really starting
to look great in the new game room.
Here's a sneak peek of a few of the games:
Ataricade. |
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6/27/07: Star Wars/ESB Multi-kits
now available.
The second run of Mark Spaeth's SW/ESB
multi-kits are now available for $160 each.
At this price I expect them to sell
out rather quickly (like the first run did).
For more details
or to order your kit go here:
SW/ESB
Multi-Kits. |
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6/24/07: 2007 Funspot Tournament Review.
Mark Alpiger has put up a page on his site
covering the ninth annual International
Classic Game Tournament that took place at
Funspot in Weirs Beach, NH. There are
tournament results, media articles, and
close to 250 photos! Learn more about
it here:
Funspot 2007. |
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6/18/07: Replacement WG K6100/K6400 HV
now available.
After extensive and successful beta testing,
Mark Shostak at
Cinelabs has officially released
replacement high voltage transformers for
Wells Gardner K6100/K6400 monitors, and they
are now available for purchase at Arcadeshop for $79 each:
HV-2000. |
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6/16/07: Arcade game photography.
I posted on the KLOV forum awhile ago about
this but I forgot to post to the site's news
about arcade game photography taken by
artist Rosemarie Fiore. She took long
exposure photographs while playing Tempest,
Quantum, Gyruss, and Qix respectively, and
each game was recorded on it's own frame of
film, which produced some really interesting
patterns. Her photos are for sale at
various sizes but be forewarned that they aren't
cheap (email Rosemarie for pricing).
Here's the link to her arcade photographs
page:
Rosemarie Fiore. |
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6/15/07: Super Auctions confirmed
for 8/11 at CAX.
Super Auctions has confirmed that they will
be holding an auction at Parkside Hall in
San Jose, right next door to
California Extreme on Saturday, August 11
and Sunday, August 12.
For more details go here:
Super Auctions August 2007. |
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6/3/07: Replacement WG K6100/K6400 HV
units coming soon.
Replacement high voltage transformers for
Wells Gardner K6100/K6400 have been
undergoing beta testing and are soon to be
released from Mark Shostak of Cinelabs.
These new units are going to be priced at
$79 each and will include a new focus
assembly. For more details, pictures,
and the installation guide go here:
Cinelabs HV-2000. |
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5/28/07: Red Baron side art & more.
I recently received Black Widow and Red Baron side
art along with some control panel overlays
from Archer Maclean and they came out really
nicely. The side art was done in a
'satin' finish (all of Archer's recently
printed side art was done in this finish). See this
thread I posted in the KLOV forum for more details and some pictures:
LINK. |
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5/16/07: Star Wars/ESB Multi-kits
& more.
A second run of Mark Spaeth's SW/ESB
multi-kits are scheduled to be ready for
sale next month, along with AVG replacement pcbs,
Star Wars Interconnect boards, Taito ZK/Qix
NOVRAM adapters, and more. For more
details or to pre-order, email Mark at
the following link:
SW/ESB
Multi-Kits. |
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4/28/07: Gravitar #91 Acquired.
Some games that I bought locally arrived
today and one of them is Gravitar (serial
#00091) and it's in even better condition
that I had thought it was. When I
originally went to see this Gravitar I
couldn't get too good of a look at it
because it was packed in a garage with a lot of
other games.
Here are some pictures of the exterior:
left ;
right ;
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4/10/07: New Arrivals.
I
recently received a Star Wars cockpit and an
Asteroids, both in really excellent
condition, along with a few other games.
Everything's going to remain plastic wrapped
until construction on my new game room is
completed. Here are a few pictures of
it (these were taken at the previous owner's
house):
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right ;
back ;
monitor. |
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2/27/07: Quantum Registry Online.
I've been working on a registry for all
known Quantums in existence.
It's still a work in progress, but you can
view it here:
The Quantum Registry. There's
also a permanent link for it in the menu bar
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2/2/07: Vector Parts Now Available.
Previously mentioned products such as the
Amplifone HV transformer and the AVG chip are now available from
Arcadeshop (see:
Arcadeshop's parts page). |
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1/27/07: ZVG Update.
My friend who was going to give me his
non-working (but complete) Space Duel has not
come through on his word as of yet, so I'm
on the hunt for a local Space Duel for my ZVG project. If anyone local to Los
Angeles, CA has a Space Duel that they would
like to sell please contact me. |
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