Well, I have watched Johns Arcade videos for years. It really was “my show”. I waited on Sunday (which often turned in to Monday) for the new videos like one would wait for the new Game of Thrones. I like to think that Johns excitement has led me to build my own arcade (currently over 50 cabs) and I have had a blast doing it. Even when I have spent all day rebuilding the ar2, mcr or the 4600 and at the end it still doesn’t work. It happens. I know the videos are a lot of work. I have filmed several myself and posted none...yet. I hope the winter blues pass and John finds the passion for the videos again. Still hoping for the year end review. You still have a lot of fans bro.

Tempest are never junk in my eyes.

I agree with John. Which game do you like better? You could do a mod on the board or the put multiple boards in it but Popeye is horizontal while DK is vert. Mario is also horizontal but it's a 2 player if you thought about multi boards. Another thought is the type of connector you have: multiple board connectors or an edge connector. Stay away from the DK 4 board stack if you decide on DK.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/302390731708 So, somebody is on this. I certainly want to but this price a bit much for me. I have a working tempest and I have been collection parts to convert it but I really don't want to ruin my tempest. Was thinking of non permanent changes (different control panel, no sideart change). Any thoughts on this?

So, at 57:50 on the cloak and dagger vid, John decides to use a leaf blower to blow metal shavings in to the cabinet. No vacuum, no air gun, a leaf blower. I have a new appreciation and understanding of the term "redneck gamer". Lol

Make your own video. Would love to see it. Big tron fan.

Checked it again. Def factory blue.

Sweet! Congrats on the score. I remember my first freebie. It was a Continental Circuit. The screen says Continental Circus! Translation issue. Look it up. Gas pedal worked as a brake. Kinda weird setup but a cool game.

So I picked up a nice Wizards of Wor. It looks all original and in pretty good shape. Only thing is it's blue and I have never seen a blue cabinet before. An early run maybe? Just wondering if anyone has any info on it. It doesn't look as tho it has been repainted.

Cool looking cabaret style. From what I can see from the coin door, it's not 70's. More info (pics, monitor size,monitor is, etc) may be helpful.

Yes. They were born ugly. It's the video game Gods will for them to look that way.

That is a popeye. BINGO

....still looking

I would recommend checking youtube on how to set/ rebuild an arcade monitor. There are test screens where you can adjust the color. This process of fine tuning can take some time. If your test screen looks good but the game colors do not look correct, you may have an issue with the game pcb. If your test screen is bad, your color transistor/s may be bad.

Also: I believe some med res monitors had jumpers (or a jumper bundle) on them to use as standard res. Not sure if yours is one or not. Something to look into. I'm not in my shop ATM but I'll look it up when I can.