nice- local guy here in philly-  ;)

hey dude-

philly here

jsut found this tip-good luck ;)
To improve your screwdriver’s grip on the head, insert a wide rubber band between the screwdriver and the screw head. Place the rubber band flat against the head and insert your screwdriver. Slowly turn the screw driver and attempt to remove the screw

I don't really know what to say about this. SCREWDRIVER?!?!

nah thats too mainstream, exactly what the screw thinks we are going to do,  c'mon people think outside the box!

so I found this rampage that was being attacked by an X-arcade control panel  

and took it home minus $100,
has PCB, but missing original power supply, isolation transformer sound board and amp and wires...and controlpanel

Love the game and artwork , and would like to get it running for my own use, is it possible to find parts?  I was thinkng probably best to test PCB see ft it works, I have 19" monitor and transformer/ switching power supply but no power harness for this board other than the video one that came with it.
any thoughts where to start or is this just too far gone?
 pics
http://s1378.photobucket.com/user/Terry68Firebird/library/Rampage?sort=3&page=1

thankU 

hey folks-
just got a working standup popeye (love), and want to refurbish the game a bit and could use advice on where to get some of this stuff (dont wanna pay for crappy side art, etc)

Things I am thinking of doing (am I missing something)
-new side art (currently only some on one side and ripped a bit)
-control panel overlay with plexi (cigarette burns)
-cap kit for monitor (currently works fine and looks nice,  but sometimes seems to have a wave)
-rebuild the joystick (its a little sloppy)
-maybe new front door lock
-maybe high score save kit (not a priority)

any help is appreciated 

looks sweet!  especially like that coin door, it really pops

Found a solid Qbert cab and going to restore it but the original joysticks seem to be selling for upward of 200, which i think is insane...
are there alternatives or does anyone have a reasonable priced one?
thanks for the advice.

just a heads up - if you rent from Uhaul you get dicounted rates per mile during the week and on a Sunday (like half off the per mile rate).  I rented a 17' truck  for a day and took it to a warehouse back z(maybe 50 miles) for just under $100. 

I ended up grabbing the lot of cabs that he had (6 standup arcades, 3 megatouch, a slot machine and some nice beer mugs made out of thick glass and some cool beer pull handles (fellow was into restaurant stuff and got the cabs as a ).  The truck had a ramp but was easy enough for me to load and unload with a dolly and a buddy.

Just picked up a cocktail SNK Touchdown Fever arcade game and looking for any advice on some things that jumped out to me that I would want to fix/restore.
-it is missing a small button (pass button) unique to this game so I am guessing this will be hard to come by?
-as a cocktail it has should have two marquees (one is missing), the other is in pretty good shape, any ideas on getting a replica of the first made?
-one part of the paper bezel is peeling up a bit (just ~1-2 inches) and I'm looking for advice on fixing it without making it worse.

I just got the game and put it in my garage, so there are likely other issues but so far the stuff is mostly cosmetic-
any advice appreciated  ;)

short vid of the game-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYCqsADFrlw

If folks are interested in CoinOPS, check out the forum for links etc. 
http://coinopsproject.freeforums.org/portal.php

Meanwhile here is a vid of my arcade legends cab running off an original XBOX (CoinOPS and Premium)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHiENEEaefY

Hey Sigarette!  good to see you on here too!

Hi!
cool to have that chucke cheese job!  I used to work at a small amusement park as a teen but never got to be near the arcades.  Welcome and good luck with your rebuild.  maybe start a thread and share your rebuild here- love to see folks projects!
Terry

Hi Pieter,
Welcome 
A very cool idea for a world arcade map!
I'll suggest a couple on your site.

Terry