Archive for July, 2007
Found another email for Mark Deroller
Got the bug today, and decided to dig a little deeper.
I thought I remembered Mark DeRoller (who’s white Mr. Do started my whole search) posting a work phone number to call him back in 2001 on some of his inquiries. I looked back, but couldn’t find it right away, I didn’t have time to look through 67 posts. But, I did figure out that he has yet a third email address at a Yahoo account. The first two emails he had listed failed for me, but I see he also has a photo gallery through Yahoo from ’06, so he may still use that email.
Here’s hoping. I almost get the impression he might have stopped collecting and sold everything off, but who knows, maybe he hasn’t!!!
Replacement Capacitors for Wizard of Wor PCB
Got my order from Bob Roberts tonight as planned. I did end up getting some sort of replacement for the original glass caps used on the Wizard Of Wor PCB, here are what they look like.
What I had been reading on the original ones on the board was a little off. On these caps you’ll see printed AVX 104 M5J 911. I don’t know what most of that means, other than 104 is synonomous with the .1 on the schematic. However, they don’t have the typical signs for polarity, and since they are caps and caps have always had polarity in my experience I will have to figure that out before putting it on the board.
Bob emailed me back right away, he is so great like that, and let me know that these caps don’t have a polarity on them, so either way is fine. I did just that and soldered the cap onto the board.
I powered up the game, and it seems to be working fine. It didn’t reset on me when I played, so that is great news. However, it does still have the lines through the screen so the next step will be a cap kit. I also thought that the one and two player buttons were a bit sticky, and the game voice seemed a little weird, like it was repeating. I have to test the Mame version and see what that does, hopefully that will give me a good indication. Otherwise I can go to Robert’s and test his Wizard of Wor to see how the voice piece works in his.
Photo Galleries from Picasa!
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Album for profile photos
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Album for scrapbook photos
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A Virtua Fighter arcade cabinet located in Indianapolis IN. For sale, great for a mame cabinet, wide control panel, with a great 25" CRT arcade monitor.
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A complete, nice looking Stars pinball machine that has been home owned for about 15-20 years. Currently not working, but for sale in Indianapolis IN.
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For Sale in Indianapolis (August, 2010) Missing boardset, would be great for a Mame project if looking for an empty arcade cabinet.
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A classic Exidy game, complete, and for sale in the Indianapolis Indiana area. Visit Rotheblog.com > For Sale for more information.
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By Spain's Playmatic, For Sale in Indianapolis Indiana.
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For sale in the Indianapolis area
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For Sale in Indianapolis Area
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For Sale in the Indianapolis area
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Recently posted for sale (Feb. 2010), a one of a kind machine in a small town.
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Out of Ohio
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Here is a Sega Out Run cocktail that is for sale locally here in Indianapolis. $350 OBO. Motivated seller, if you are at all interested do make an offer.
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From the Time Travel Warehouse, resold on eBay late Nov. 2009 for nearly $2,795
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Pretty common stuff, some classic, some modern – Drive-In route.
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A guy listed this on Craigslist for $35. For all I know, it was in amazing condition, but he set it outside the day prior, and even with a decent amount of cover, the bottom got soaked, ruining the cabinet.
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Just picked up this old Stern pinball locally. It was for sale for nearly two days, but has been sold to a pinball collector in Nashville, IN.
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Tremendously colorful cabinet, I'm a sucker for the full artwork coverage no matter the gameplay.
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Here are some photos taken by some friends from their trip to the Illinois Pinball warehouse as there was a 'parts' sale on all of Bally / Williams etc. pinball inventory.
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A Hyperball, Galaxy and Flight 2000
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My Pac-man, was to be Pac-mame, for sale in Indianapolis
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Owned by former Midway employee, located in Illinois.
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Two classics for sale in Indiana
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Pinball machines and arcade games up for sale at the Super Auctions coin-op auction, November 2008. A ton of classics that have not shown up in such force in awhile
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An Atari Xevious arcade game for sale in the Seattle Washington area. Full cabinet, with a whole set of extra arcade parts.
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Photos of all of the arcade games and pinball machines that were up for sale at the fall USAmusements auction that took place in Indianapolis October 2008
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Here are a couple of the pinballs and all of the arcade games and prices they sold for at the Super Auctions this past weekend at the Pinball expo in Chicago.
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Over 250 Photos from Jason Fowler's famous arcade warehouse find in Missouri. Things didn't work out so smoothly, but we at least get a low resolution glimpse into the massive amount of games that were on site.
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Screenshots of my Jr. Pac-man high score games on my home arcade machine
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Finally, after much anticipation, photos via Pinbalsales.com of the Dark Knight playfield from Stern's new Batman pinball.
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4 arcade game cabinets for sale in the Indianapolis, IN area plus parts. Originally intended to be made into Mame machines, so there are computer monitors and other such pieces for that type of arcade build.
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Photos of Space Ace x2, Thayer's Quest, Dragon's Lair and Firefox arcade games from QuarterArcade.com bulk buy May 2008
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A Ms. Pac-man marquee reproduction made without Namco or Two-Bits involvement, possibly before the exclusive license was made formal around 2000. Beyond that, I don't have any more information about this Ms. Pac-man reproduction marquee in terms of who made it or how many there were.
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Using Joymonkey's vinyl Ms. Pac-man stencils, this album will have photos showing the start to end process of repainting / stenciling a Ms. Pac-man arcade machine to it's original colorful glory.
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More images from the PA QuarterArcade.com warehouse raid, NOS artwork, lots of Taito stuff, lots of rolls of sideart, good stuff!
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Right off Elmwood Ave. Great Times has a handful of pinball an classic arcade machines that would make it an appealing stop in for coin-op enthusiasts in Indianapolis, IN.
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There are still warehouses with arcade games left in them! Or at least that is what this find will lead us to believe. 100 games in all, 35 pinballs. Here are some photos from inside the warehouse in PA.
All of these pinball machines are sold! Check out the comments for this gallery on Rotheblog for a link back to explain. |
Miscellaneous arcade game parts, pieces, and artwork that every arcade game collector just seems to accumulate. Some items have prices, some items I just want to sell so you can make an offer.
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Brad Spelman opened up his house and had about 30 people over to christen his new bar and play classic and modern games.
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Terminator 2 Pinball located at the Southern Plaza Laundry & Tan
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Popeye machine I acquired in Northern Indianapolis
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Multiple stories of entertainment, Jillian's also has an arcade on the second floor. A lot of the games are broken though….
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Williams Little Chief Pinball. Was a HUO pinball, but it has a fair amount of cabinet scratching and dinging for a typical HUO unit.
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Bally Night Rider Pinball. Was HUO, but is a little beat up for a typical HUO pinball.
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Dad and I went to Tigers Fantasy Camp from January 20-27, 2008. It was the 40th anniversary of the 1968 World Championship Tigers.
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Brand new, gift from sister
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Complete Jr. Pac-man conversion kit, owner by another collector. He's looking to sell, but he isn't giving it away:)
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Empty cabinet, may keep it just for the artwork.
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An individual selling his machine south of Indianapolis, IN for a touch higher than typical market value.
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Our first true "vacation" since our honeymoon!
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Non working Wizard of Wor that I picked up for free in Bloomington, IN
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Now defunct:( Was a great museum for the comic related genre.
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"Secret" Test Location – Real Time Sports – Elk Grove, Chicago
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Showing Nokes as he progressively grows from a puppy into an adult dog.
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Brought Back from Solid Black sides Land Sea and Air Squad Game.
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By total chance I got connected with the wife of a former operator locally. Here is what arcade stuff she has left for sale.
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Photos of our puppy Kellogg
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HUO or mostly Space Invaders Deluxe I picked up for cheap in Chelsea, MI
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Bought for a good deal in Columbus, IN
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The Varners came down the weekend of the US Amusements Auction, and then we met up later to do some wine tasting at Buck Creek
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Photos of my bulk arcade game buy. I went down and met another collector at his storage unit and loaded up 8 games, including the whole point of the trip, a great looking Pengo!
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On memorial day, I bought my very first embattled arcade machine Pac-man!
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Used, working Konami Track and Field for sale in Greenwood, IN. Sideart has been removed at some time in the machine's life.
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Found in an abandoned lodge named Little Sweden outside of Sonora, CA – Late July 2010.
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July 11, 2007
Last week we worked almost every night with Nokes on his different training exercises. The trainer had said that she felt like we should repeat puppy training class, and we weren’t too thrilled with the idea. I want my dog to be very obedient, but how much do I want to pay for it? I am sure five years down the line, I may say “Why didn’t I just pay the extra money and do it over again?”, but right now I don’t feel that way. We signed him up for the intro class which we will probably start around the beginning of school.
He is funny, when he knows you have food, he does pretty good. But there are times when it is like you have never taught him anything. Two class periods ago we thought he was going to mop the floor with the other dogs. It was sitting and staying, which he has done since he was really small. Well, there were some issues with him being the “dominant” puppy, or so the trainer claims. She says he was a strong one in the litter, which I don’t really get from him. A lot of that she is basis on his posture, and not how he acts. I don’t think he is overly dominant, not at least compared to other dogs I have seen. But, I do have to give her some credit for whatever training she does have.
On Friday he will go to be neutered. We weren’t sure when to have it done, we have heard contradictory things. The trainer says that it is ok to have it really young, it is better in some instances because it is less of a process when they are young. But others have told us it is too hard on them at such a young age. One thing is for sure, if we get lucky and he chills out some among other dogs after he has it done then it will be worth it to have it done now.
Last Saturday Lady was over for the day, and it was a really long day. He didn’t leave her alone all day, biting at her ears, barking at her, climbing on her, and making some humping gestures. We had experienced this in their short one hour meetings before, but it never went away, unless they both laid down and slept. It was ridiculous and really tested both Sarah and I. We had to separate them quite a bit. Lady was really good about it, most of the time she would just take it, sometimes she’d play back, and sometimes she’d just bite Nokes’ face, shoulders, or take out his legs with her head, pin him dog and bite his legs.
We’re going to try to get him over to Christine’s soon, because time is ticking away for time to get them accustomed to each other. We’ll get the surgery done, and then see if anything changes over there for a night.
Nokes is still losing teeth, we can always tell when he does because he keeps licking his mouth presumably where the blood is coming out. We know to look for a tooth floating around in there somewhere. I was trying to get something away from him that he was eating on the 4th of July, and when I pressed on his mouth with my thumb his front tooth just gave and fell out. It was gross. Kind of funny too, because he’ll have two teeth growing out of one place, looking kind of like a mutant.
He has got some sizeably larger back teeth, they look like mini mountains. I mean feakishly huge like the other dogs would make fun of him in the yard asking why his other teeth hadn’t caught up to his molars yet.
We have gotten him one of those hard Nyla bones, full size, and he just loves that. He’ll spend a ton of time chewing it, quite often we find it bloody. I assume that he is towards the end of his teething period. But he’ll still managed to mangle the one end of the bone pretty good , schredded is more like it. But it keeps him busy, and that is what we care about most.
Sorting out Wizard of Wor Caps
Well, stopped in at Menuier today and the microfarad cap I had described to her on the phone wasn’t what I needed. Based on what I told her I needed
in person, she pulled out these capacitors that were more radial than axial, tiny in size, and not a glass / ceramic combo like the capacitor I had on the board. I took a couple just in case I needed them, this is what they look like.
So I stopped at King’s electronics, and they couldn’t help me with my Wizard of Wor PCB either. I was able to see with a magnifying glass that the other caps had a label of 50V on them, and what looks like an underlined U and a 561.
So, I came home, frustrated, and emailed Bob Roberts because I knew he knew. I just didn’t want to have to send away for one tiny part like this. I also emailed the collector who had helped me before and he sent me a link to a thread about these glass ceramic caps on the KLOV group.
A couple of things I did take away from the thread was that these caps were generally associated with the power of a game, and they were unreliable to some extent, so that is good news for me and fixing the game. More than likely the exploded charred one I have is the problem. Also, the thread said they haven’t been made in over ten years, which is also why I can’t find them now. Supposedly searching “glass encapsulated ceramics capacitors” in Google will give you some good background information, but I will wait on that to see if the game works first.
Bob got back to me right away. He called what I needed a .1UF 50V Axial Ceramic / Mylar Cap. I trust him, he knows his stuff, so I just did a combo order and had them sent to me. Hopefully I’ll get it on Thursday or Friday. In that thread, the contributors also think you should replace them with something different and more reliable. I don’t know why Bob didn’t suggest something else, I asked about appropriate replacements, but since I am selling it and it was free, I am not going to worry about it.
Where I got the Wizard of Wor
Kind of an interesting story. Back in November of 2006 there was a post for a free Wizard Of Wor machine on craigslist Bloomington, IN. I emailed the guy to see if it was available, because I think I saw the post a few days after it was online. He said it was already spoken for, and apologized. Well, that was the end of that. Or so I thought. Then, in late March I get an email from him saying that the other guy never came to get it, was I still interested. I told him I was, so I emailed him asking him when he was free.
Well, we kept missing each other. He would get back with me very sparatic, so we sent something like 20 emails back and forth over the course of the next three months trying to make arrangements. Usually he was only free for a couple hours on a Saturday and that was it. But finally, June 24th, I made arrangements and went down to Bloomington to get the game.
Wizard of Wor .1 microfarad capacitor
Called over to Menuier with my new found information. Once I said my Wizard of Wor PCB needed a “.1 microfarad ceramic cap” she knew right away what that is. She said they did have them. So hopefully I can make it over there on Monday to get a couple.
