I’m going to jump right into this post without much background.
The main reason is that I need to share video of the display on my 25″ amp monitor with an arcade technician. We’re trying to iron out a few bugs in the final steps of the restoration. I’ll provide back-story later. For now, enjoy some 25″ Star Wars glory, shaky vectors and all. Video taken using a flip video camera, big HD files hosted on YouTube.

Star Wars Cockpit – easy game play

Star Wars Cockpit – title menu screens

Wow, what a party! With about 60 people in attendance and about 45-50 in the house at one time, we had a blast. Food, drinks, talking and gaming, it was a lot of work for my wife Lisa and me, but it was worth it.

We had an interesting mix of people at the party as Lisa had invited lots of old classmates and friends through her facebook page. We also invited the neighbors (of course), co-workers, my friends and then the open invite on KLOV. Lots of people RSVP’d and even more showed up. (more…)

I was just getting into the hobby and was amazed by the incredible restorations I saw on RGVAC and BYOAC. I couldn’t believe the attention to detail shown in some of the restorations. The step by step tutorials really got me itching to try my hand at a full restoration. Fate would provide me with some free time in the summer of 2001, so I decided to try my hand at fixing up a Ms. Pac-Man CT. (more…)

I got an opportunity to trade my project centipede cabaret for a project phoenix cabaret. Now you might be saying that I got a crappy deal, but I had very little into the centipede as it was from a bulk buy, I already have a multipede in a millipede cab and phoenix was one of the first games I played as a kid. (more…)