Arcade Resources
22nd October 2006
I went out to Radio Shack to see if they had the capacitors I needed to solder onto the board to make the sound work, but they didn’t. When I got home I removed the old florescent light, reset some of the dip switches back to pay to play, and took the cover off the inside of the coin mech that covered the switch to feed quarters.
Fall Indianapolis USAmusement Auction October 2006
Where I got it – The R-Type
I picked up a R-Type arcade machine in the dead row at the Indianapolis USAmusements auction in October of 2006. There was a note on the cabinet that said “works, needs monitor”. That is pretty risky to just believe, but I waited just in case. I couldn’t look inside of the cabinet, but when the R-Type came up for bid it didn’t matter. The arcade machine went for a whopping $25, and I figured at the very least I could make that money back if it didn’t work.
Justin was down for the weekend, so he had the van, which was another motivator because I could easily get the R-Type home. So, with the charge for parking added in plus tax and gas, I paid about $33 for the whole thing.
Found one Jr. Pac-man owner with Sideart
I did find one collector online on a prominent collecting site who lives out east named Richard Ford, and who had posted one photo of his Jr. Pac-man machine. I knew he had the original with sideart in tact, but at this time I wasn’t sure that I was going to pursue getting a copy of the sideart.
