Facebook Arcade Game Collecting Group R.I.P.

Just a short note to let everyone know that I closed up shop on my six month lived Facebook group for arcade collectors. With all of the time that will go into the CoinOpSpace.com arcade game forum and with the strength of numbers in the Arcade Junkies arcade collectors Facebook group, there seemed no need to continue. The question is whether Arcade Junkies will continue to grow.

How to use the CoinOpSpace forums

This post is very much targeted to address some of the questions about how Ning has structured the use of their forums. I hope that this answers some questions that I have been getting. To state again, the Ning forums are just a piece of the overall picture of creating a user community. The forums are not nearly as in depth as something like vBulletin, they are very stripped down to what is needed – reply, add images and some basic formatting. But some of the common quick links are available.

Custom die rules for arcade game artwork

Many differenet pieces of arcade game artwork need specifically punched holes, most of the time this artwork is on the control panel for the game. Some holes are standard, but when they aren’t then a custom ordered die is needed for that run of artwork, which can add up to $100 per piece. Ever seen one of these dies? I had a general idea of what they looked like, but nothing specific. Here are some photos, explanation, and identification of which die is for what piece of artwork – Including Star Wars, Agent X and Pole Position.

Ms. Gorf Game? Is someone pushing for this code?

As I was doing a lot of research last night and today on the history of Dave Nutting and Associates for an interview I conducted I came across information for a sequel that was being developed for Gorf. This probably isn’t news to some of you, to others it may very well be. Information is scarce, but all sources seem to point that whatever development stage the Ms. Gorf game was in, it’s sitting in a corner gathering dust. You probably couldn’t even label it as a prototype as it never made it to a testing stage. Is anyone pursuing this game to bring it to light?

Midway Burgertime picked up for $125!

This was around the 20th, and I totally missed it mired in class work. A newer collector (at least in my recollection) Alex L, picked up one of his first classic arcade games in the Indianapolis area off Craigslist and for a song – $125. It played blind I guess, and I don’t know details of the cabinet but hopefully Alex will email me back and let me know a little more and hopefully some braggin photos.

Stenciling a Ms. Pac-man – Part 5

In part 5 of the tutorial showing you how to re-stencil artwork on your own Ms. Pac-man, we talked through some of the misconceptions for those of you who have never done stenciled artwork before (like me). Now that we are through that text heavy portion, let’s move onto the photos showing how my taped up artwork looked following Brian Jones cabinet stenciling instructions.

Stenciling a Ms. Pac-man – Part 4

Finally! Part 4, it’s a miracle! Part 1-3 of the stencil a Ms. Pac-man tutorial was based on the work by a arcade game collector out West by the name of Donnie. However, from here on out the how-to’s will be written using the progress I have made on restoring my own Ms. Pac-man.

I am going to try to break the tutorials into smaller pieces, so let’s get started. At this point you have stripped, sanded, primed and painted the Glidden Blue on your Ms. Pac-man. The next step is to start to apply the vinyl stencils. It’s more time consuming than you might think.