Atari Tempest Mini

Got my Tempest mini going before I left for Xmas vacation. I got the cabinet from a collector near Greenville SC. It is running a Dell M992 computer monitor at 1024x768 resolution. Looks really good... yeah I know, it's notta vector monitor, but it is a blast to play.

The CP overlay cleaned up nicely. I just sliced the tattered overlay at the bend where it meets the glass, then scrapped the adhesive off the metal. I will leave it like this for now until I feel like replacing the CPO entirely.

MONSTER MAME Control Panel

Got my Monster MAME control panel done. Now I can do some 2 player Smash TV / Total Carnage action!!!

Walk Through Video 11/21/2010

Got a new Canon Power Shot S95 so here is a mandatory walk through with all the games turned on. Enjoy.

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Arturo's Arcade Lab - Home of SPACE PARANOIDS

We finally have a working prototype.



The trigger fires, and either top button centers the tank. 2-1/4" trackball on the left works like a mouse, I will probably reverse the Y-axis, which I think is more intuitive for aiming. Player 1 and 2 buttons, plus Continue and New Game buttons on the right.



Old Defender cabinet was a Mortal Kombat conversion when I got it. I will try a few other cabinets styles in the future. This one will be running at my TRON after-party in December.

UPDATE:

I was able to get the Space Paranoids game to reside on the hard drive so this machine no longer needs internet access to be playable.

Bubble Bobble in a Williams cabinet

I extracted this non-working Bubble Bobble from a daycare facility as part of a trade for a working game. Upon closer inspection, the cabinet seems to be an alternate style Robotron. I can see the outline of the Robotron sideart under the black latex paint.



It's been a while since this poor sod has been cleaned and vacuumed.



NASTY!!!



Monitor still works, and is in very decent shape. I cleaned the dirt off the screen and the image is clear and bright, very moderate burn-in.



Well I measured the voltages, and strangely, it measures +12Vdc where the supply is labeled +5Vdc. And I measured +5Vdc where it says +12Vdc. I get nothing on -5Vdc.

I swap out the power supply with a good one, connect the rails, and the thing comes to life. Board is good, monitor is good, working game!!!

So what now??? Well, I am planning to do a Robotron, or MultiWilliams out of the cabinet. It is rare to find an alternate Robotron cabinet, so this thing will not stay a Bubble Bobble for very long. The BB guts will go on Ebay or in a generic cabinet.

Ten - Hut!!!

I picked up this working Bally Midway Sarge less than 2 miles from my house. Don't think I ever played it in the arcade, but I do have a faint memory of the on-screen action. Takes a couple of games to get used to controlling the tank but once you do it is a blast to play.

The CP is pretty clean, and one side is mostly intact, the other side is torn up. Anyway, for the price, it was nice to get a rare game so close by.

Discs of Tron Environmental (Chopped)

The DOT E (Chopped) cleans up nicely with new baby blue T-molding.

The old T-molding was brittle and cracking. The machine had nicotine residue all over. I cleaned that up with some LA's Totally Awesome.