Steam: Iggy81206
Origin: Iggy81206

With the help of some of John's Arcade videos, Ian Kellog's parts....... this happened last summer:



Long story short: I ran into the guy who owned the pool hall I used to practically live at back in the 80s. It burned down in '84, and for my help back then, I was given a Lunar Lander. I ran into him as he was packing up for his yearly trip to Arizona. We talked for a bit, and I told him I'd gotten into collecting arcade games. He asked me if I wanted what he had in his garage, and I made arrangements to talk to him more about it when he got back.

For months, I wondered what he had in there. Turns out, it was just the Pole Position left, along with a couple of poker machines. All I had to do, was move that beast about 100 yards from his house to mine.

The top pics are from when I got it to my house.... which was no small feat. The bottom pic is it working perfectly, sitting in my dining room.

Then I got to work on it. It had been in the fire, and had some water damage, but the PCB was in decent shape. Almost a year on, it sits proudly in my collection, next to the machine it replaced back in the day. And yes, it still works. I did the test point mod, recapped the monitor, cleaned the PCB, and installed a remote battery.

Just found out about the John's Arcade forum... I'm a classic gamer who has owned arcade games since '84. Long story, that. Some of you may be from KLOV, and already know the story there. Those that don't... soon will.  ;)

I recently(in the grand scheme of things) got back into it, and picked up a few other classics before space, money, and my physical issues put a stop to it.

I currently own Lunar Lander(which I'm adapting to play Asteroids as well, without altering the cabinet itself), Super Pac-Man, Dig Dug cocktail, and my most recent addition... Pole Position. Long story with that one, too.

What can I say... I've lead an interesting life.