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Posted by Drew Rudman on April 14, 2019 | No Comments Pole Position II Troubleshooting The beast is back at it! Yes, Pole Position II, by far the most cumbersome and bulky of the game systems I own, and also one of the most “frankensteined” internally, is back on the operating table after a...
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Posted by Drew Rudman on April 5, 2019 | No Comments Tempest Power Up Troubleshooting So, as part of a maintenance visit to our Palm Springs Midmod vacation rental property, I was prepared to troubleshoot the Frogger system that was reportedly no longer working. After determining that the Frogger system...
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Posted by Drew Rudman on April 4, 2019 | No Comments Frogger Power Up Troubleshooting So, word came down a few weeks ago that my latest acquisition, Frogger, worked for the first day of someone’s vacation at Palm Springs Midmod, but then stopped working. Apparently, they were pretty bummed, but I...
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Posted by Drew Rudman on March 25, 2019 | No Comments BurgerTime High Score/Free Play Upgr... So, the BurgerTime free play/high score save kit upgrade didn’t exactly go as planned. As noted in that entry, the installation kit requires the replacement of the static RAM chip at location 14D on the main...
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Posted by Drew Rudman on February 9, 2016 | No Comments Joust Power Issue Part 2 Well, the repairs that Area Amusement did to my Joust system have lasted just about 2 months. Once again, the power supply appears to not be properly powering the game boards. Marquee, coin doors, and monitor are all...
Posted by Drew Rudman on Apr 13, 2019
Spring break for the kids always finds us on the road somewhere. This year, it was off to our place in Santa Barbara for a couple of days mid week to celebrate Blake’s sweet 16th birthday. After the visit to the requisite favorite eateries and the beach, work had to be done on the house, which included taking a look at a couple of arcade systems that were apparently on the...
Spring break for the kids always finds us on the road somewhere. This year, it was off to our place in Santa Barbara for a couple of days mid week to celebrate Blake’s sweet 16th birthday. After the visit to the requisite favorite eateries and the beach, work had to be done on the house, which included taking a look at a couple of arcade systems that were apparently on the...
Posted by Drew Rudman on Apr 5, 2019
So, after determining that the power-up issue with the Defender system at Palm Springs Midmod was a minor issue with the back panel service power cut-off switch, restoring power revealed that the persistent memory of the unit was not working properly. This is almost invariably an issue with the battery that powers the persistent memory when AC power is shut from the system. I...
So, after determining that the power-up issue with the Defender system at Palm Springs Midmod was a minor issue with the back panel service power cut-off switch, restoring power revealed that the persistent memory of the unit was not working properly. This is almost invariably an issue with the battery that powers the persistent memory when AC power is shut from the system. I...
Posted by Drew Rudman on Apr 5, 2019
And Defender makes three! That’s right, 3 out of 4 game systems at our Palm Springs Midmod property were DOI (dead on inspection)! I knew about Frogger after a guest had lamented that the game system, one of her favorites, worked for only a day during their stay, but having both Defender and Tempest also on fritz was really disappointing. Tempest, would require more expert...
Posted by Drew Rudman on Mar 24, 2019
As part of the BurgerTime cabinet repair I undertook, I needed to remove everything that was affixed to the bottom panel of the game so the panel could be replaced. This included the original power supply unit, which was screwed to the bottom of the cabinet as well as a switching power supply that was added sometime later to power the game board when the original power supply...
As part of the BurgerTime cabinet repair I undertook, I needed to remove everything that was affixed to the bottom panel of the game so the panel could be replaced. This included the original power supply unit, which was screwed to the bottom of the cabinet as well as a switching power supply that was added sometime later to power the game board when the original power supply...
Posted by Drew Rudman on Mar 3, 2019
Well, it’s been over 3 years since I picked up my BurgerTime system and I am finally getting around to working on it. When I initially got it, I was excited to restore it and launched into a heavy cleaning of the unit. Aside from the need for a general cleanup, the biggest issue I was aware of was the water damage the cabinet had endured at its base. The bottom particle...
Well, it’s been over 3 years since I picked up my BurgerTime system and I am finally getting around to working on it. When I initially got it, I was excited to restore it and launched into a heavy cleaning of the unit. Aside from the need for a general cleanup, the biggest issue I was aware of was the water damage the cabinet had endured at its base. The bottom particle...
Posted by Drew Rudman on Mar 7, 2016
San Diego continues to have a dearth of reasonably priced arcade classics available through Craigslist, so I have extended my search to Orange County, the Inland Empire, and even the Coachella Valley areas. This approach bore fruit a few weeks back when Blake and I made a road trip to the city of Orange to pick-up a BurgerTime upright. This time the object of my affection,...
