Classic Games

Got a note from Rich Lint today that he had finished stenciling his Burgertime cabinet and he sent me some photos. For those collectors that have seen a freshly painted arcade cabinet you all know how gorgeous they look. But it’s always worthwhile to see another. (more…)

Soon after the eBay auctions for the NOS arcade artwork from the PA warehouse ended there was a Klov thread asking which of the NOS arcade artwork pieces collectors would like to see reproduced. At least 6 said that they would be interested in buying a set of reproduction Ripoff sideart. This is interesting because back in 2002 Archer Maclean made inkjet reproductions of the Ripoff sideart, probably 20-30 pieces, and you would think that would have sucked up all demand. but it sounds like only a handful, some of which may have been used on his own machine and another set which may be in the hands of another collector, 2-3 sets and that is it.

However, the most interesting part of this is that when you do a general Google search you can’t find any mention of Archer’s Ripoff artwork. That got me investigating the ‘why not’, the science of indexing pdf’s / Ionpool’s website and I was left asking, why would Tom McClintock want to make it more difficult for a new collector to find the great resources at his website? (more…)

Everyone should know that when you buy artwork for your Pac-man / Ms. Pac-man from Two-Bits you are buying crap. But I still see questions, comments and discussion on arcade game forums from new collectors who aren’t sure if they should buy a bezel, control panel overlay, or the vinyl Ms. Pac-man sticker artwork or not to restore their own machines.

I’m here to show you why you shouldn’t buy the control panel overlay. You’ll be shocked at the terrible inaccuracy of the Ms. Pac-man artwork from Two-Bits. Oh yeah, and I have a scan of the Ms. Pac-man control panel overlay for you if you are interested in downloading it to vectorize and print yourself. (more…)

Just a quick post, I updated the Jr. Pac-man arcade game registry with Anthony Pietrak’s Jr. Pac-man this afternoon. I had him on the phone and he took a look really quick at the serial number on the back of his cabinet. From what he says, of the 3-4 that he has had, this is the nicest looking Jr. Pac-man he’s seen. (more…)

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…)

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…)

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…)

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…)

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…)