Classic Games
Replacing Crazy Climber joysticks Part 2
Part 2 of a 2 part article by Chris Moore
As you may remember, in part one of the Crazy Climber joystick tutorial we detailed how to take a Sanwa JLF-TP-8T 4/8 way adjustable joystick and mount it to your control panel. Once you get to the end of this second part Chris even mentions where you can get Crazy Climber overlay artwork to make your game look amazing. (more…)
Replacing Crazy Climber joysticks Part 1
Part 1 of a 2 part article by Chris Moore
Crazy Climber has been on my want list for awhile and when I had a chance to buy one locally, from a fellow KLOV’er, I jumped at the chance. The game was actually a mini/cabaret version that needed a little love. When I first saw the game I could tell the monitor would need a cap kit, the overlay was worn badly and needed to be replaced, the joysticks were loose making the game play sloppy and there was a bad metal speaker cover on the front of the cabinet. I decided to tackle the joysticks first and this is my tutorial for using Sanwa joysticks as replacements on my Crazy Climber. (more…)
Mappy cocktail artwork
Jeff Waldron was nice enough to save and give me some artwork he had laying around from a Mappy cocktail. I like Mappy quite a bit, (thank you Jakks TV Games) and enjoy the artwork so it is nice to know that I have the cocktail glass underlay as well as two control panel overlays in case anyone ever wants to make reproductions or just needs scans for any reason. (more…)
Bally Journey back from the dead
Well, maybe not quite back from the dead, but bringing back the artwork from oblivion. Rich at This Old Game sent me photos of his brand new Journey that he picked up Seattle. So many collectors covet this game, but there are only a few who are willing to pay the extra price when it isn’t local and make the sacrifice to actual add one to their arcade game collection. Rich went the extra mile, all the way to Seattle for this Craigslist find, but his pickup was hardly the HUO Journey that ZFCamaro picked up late last year. This Journey has black acrylic painted sides and needed some TLC. Fortunately, Rich is just the guy to give this machine some lovin. (more…)
Buy Some Jr. Pac-man NOS Artwork
Jr. Pac-man is one of my favorite games, that is no secret. So I thought it worth a quick mention that a collector in Oklahoma is selling off a modestly rare and eclectic collection of arcade games. In his lot of arcade games for sale he has a Professor Pac-man, which is the most rare and hardest game he owns, as well as a Lock N’ Chase and a Jr. Pac-man conversion that includes un-applied (New Old Stock) artwork for the kickplate and the sideart. (more…)
New Space Duel Sideart Progress
Quick post today with more progress on the Atari Space Duel sideart, a huge ship has been vectorized. Zorg has kept at this project, my guess would be that in about a month and a half we should see a finished product.
Pengo on Chicago Craigslist
Short post, can’t resist when one of my favorite games come up for sale nearby on Craigslist.
Best offer takes it - i have a 80s pengo machine by sega. i was told it needs a new transformer to make it work. perfect for someone who knows a little about repair. Selling for the top offer - please email me if you have questions.
Multi Q-Bert Kit T-Shirt
Mike Fox, a collector in Chicago is offering his Q*bert Multi Kit (developed by Dave Widel) for sale to RGVAC before auctioning it on ebay. He also mentioned that he would include the promotional Multi Q*bert t-shirt that came with his order when he originally got the kit. A quick search on Google didn’t turn up anything about the Q*bert shirt, so I asked for a photo.
I emailed Mike Doyle to find out a little more information. Mike took it upon himself to make up these shirts and designed the layout to look as close as possible to the game’s artwork. The font chosen was as close to the one used in Q*bert as was available. The original multi Q*bert kits were done on a partial pre-order basis (assembly started as orders were accepted) and as a result Mike had time to do a quick run of shirts and get each person’s shirt size who ordered a kit.
The feedback made making the promotional Q*bert tshirts worth the effort. There weren’t exact numbers, but there were probably around 50 Q*bert shirts produced. A few of those went to The Kansas City Group1 along with a few youth sizes that went to family members.
Q*bert T-Shirt Owners
For those handful of collectors who got one of the limited run of 50 tshirts, what have you done with yours? Do you wear your Qbert shirt? Or have you pinned it up / framed it in your gameroom? Would you be willing to submit a photo of yourself in the shirt, or show what you did with it?
About Mike Doyle
Mike is a well spoken programmer who has had some phenomenal community success with his involvement in the 96 in 1 Multi Pac kit and the Multi Q*bert kit with Dave Widel. If you have a Q*bert or a Pac-man machine and have a heartbeat, check out his site to purchase the Multi Pac kit and get 96 different versions of Pac-man. The Q*bert kit isn’t available currently, but you can email Mike and see if you can get on his list if they do another run. Thanks to Mike Doyle for the information for this writeup.
Related Information
Photorial / Tutorial on installing Mike Doyle / Dave Widel’s 96 in 1 Multi Pac kit
1Mike is a part of The Kansas City Group, a geek infested gang of arcade collectors that dates back to the early days of the internet. They do group warehouse raids, auction trips, and generally help each other out whenever needed.
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