Arcade Resources
Found posts about Rare White Mr. Do! on RGVAC
I find a post on the Google Group from 2001 of an individual in New York who owns this machine. Emailing, however, returns nothing as the emails are bounced back as the address is no longer valid. The individual’s name was Mark Deroller, so if you have any information about him, and if he still has this game or not 6 years later, please email me. Does the guy still collect?
I also found a post from Eric – “alphamonster” on the Google Group that claims to have the machine. The post is from 2005, but when I emailed him I didn’t get a reply back either.
Got to play my Mr. Do! in Allendale, MI
I got to see the game for the first time. I wasn’t impressed, but for what I got it for, it was a good deal for a working board and monitor. The cab was in worse shape than the photo showed, and the joystick was set so low that it was really hard to manuever and play.
I started to think what I was going to do with the game. I wasn’t going to have it in my basement looking like this, would I just keep it in the garage? I should try to make a decision before Justin comes down and brings it with him in February, so I thought on it a little bit.
Starting to track down images of Jr. Pac-man sideart
I started to think about doing a conversion on an empty Pac-man cabinet that I have to a Jr. Pac-man. But of course, I would have to have the original sideart on the side. Plus, because the sides were so different I knew that not only would I have to trace the artwork, I would need to recompose it to fit the difference in cabinets.
I emailed a good friend and well connected guy I had met in Chicago, Joe Magiera, to see if he knew anyone that may have the original Jr. Pac-man with the sideart in tact. This contact loves Williams games, so he didn’t know right off the top of his hear so he contacted a couple of guys in his network. We’re waiting to see if we hear anything back.
Why I love the game Pengo
I don’t get this question too often, and you know what they say about opinions. But, if you are interested, this is why I love the game of Pengo so much. (more…)
Mr. Do! bought on ebay in Grand Rapids, MI
In late November, Justin turned me on to two auctions one seller was having, very close to Grand Rapids MI, for a Mr. Do and Mr. Do Castle. They were both going for pretty cheap, so I bid on both. But I didn’t want them that bad, they didn’t look that great or so I thought, and I was at the movie when the auctions were ending.
I ended up winning the Mr. Do machine, but not the Castle. That was a mistake. The Castle was in great condition with a great cab. The Mr. Do had issues. The cabinet was terrible looking, and the board would intermittantly stop working and would need an adjustment here and there to keep working.
Justin made arrangements and went and got the game later the following week. He worked on it when he could to test the voltages and try to fix some things. At one point I sent him a new Jamma connector for him to put in, and that seemed to help things. The fuse holder was partially broken, and in general, the game had seen a lot of use so it needed some TLC.
26th October, 2006
Tonight I put in the new light fixture that I bought to work in the game. I went to Menards to get one, I was pretty sure they wouldn’t have a matching bulb for the one already there and they didn’t. When I took out the old one, it was stapled down to the cab, and pretty tight for slack, but with the new fixture, I have no problem with that. I can plug it into the receptical and have no issue. It looks pretty awesome lit up finally.
23rd October 2006
Stopped this morning at King’s Electronics, two blocks from new workplace, to get some capacitors for my R-Type game. I got to leave at a decent time and I stopped by Menards to get a new light fixture for the game cabinet as well. I figured I wouldn’t be able to replace the bulb, but what I was concerned about was the voltage of the light and the length of the cord, neither of which I satisfied either. It was a gratifying experience to stand in the store like a dufus, wonder why they had 15″ light bulbs, and no 15″ fixtures, and 13″ fixtures with no 13″ light bulbs.
After dinner I started to take apart my R-Type. My first working game, I’ve had it working for three days, and the only thought that goes through my head is, “Let’s take it apart and see if I can break it!”. It took some time to solder off an old wire that was used as a jumper between the capacitor connections, and get all three of the capacitors into place on the board, but once I got it done, and plugged it in, I had blaring sound right away, no problem! Very exciting and fulfilling for me to have that work and be that easy. And there is a pot that is located right in the area to easily adjust the volume on the R-type as needed.
