Episode 34–12…It’s The Magic Number
October 2015
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Happy Halloween everyone!
As we bring October 2015 to a close, it’s time to start looking towards the upcoming holidays, time with family and friends and hopefully some quality game restoration time! We’re definitely looking forward to the same and to help kick off ‘our favorite time of the year’ we have a new episode to help get you through some of that oh-so-quiet garage time applying bondo and huffing magic eraser suds. 
One thing that never ceases to amaze is just how much you can accomplish, even on a short schedule. Both Brent and I were on the road most of the month for work and vacation, yet we still managed to cover off on a lot of topics:
- Brent goes to Disney and gives us the low-down on Disney Quest, he makes some great progress on the Burgertime and gives the Big Guns the boot.
- Whitney gets another Satan’s Hollow, wishes he had worked on the Zoo Keeper, laments starting on the Rally-X and almost drops an R-Type to its death.
Add to that we cover off on everything you’d ever want to know about rebuilding a G07, respond to a boat-load of feedback, Brent finally understands why magic marker isn’t OEM on the Burgertime and talk about why you don’t take Whitney fishing.
Here’s how the show timings break down:
00:00 – Gameroom, Project and Personal updates
01:38 – What we listen to & Raw Thrills Pac-Man clock review
02:19 – G07 Arcade Monitor Deep Dive
03:10 – Let’s Spend Brent’s Money!
03:27 – Feedback & News
04:11 – Outtakes!
Episode 34 - Show Links
Here's a 'one-stop' shop for all the items we mentioned in this month's episode!| Topic | Category | More Information | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flaming Fingers | Game | Flaming Finger Merchandiser @ KLOV | |
| BurgerTime | Game | Burger Time @ KLOV | |
| Satan's Hollow | Game | Satan's Hollow @ KLOV | |
| R-Type | Game | R-Type @ KLOV | |
| Pac-Man LED Desk Clock | Accessories | Raw Thrills Pac-Man LED Desk Clock | It's awesome!! |
| What we listen to | Podcasts | Pinball Spooky Pinball The Pinball Podcast with Don & Jeff PinheadZ Pinball Podcast Coast2Coast Pinball Podcast Arcades Ten Pence Arcade Podcast & Blog No Quarter Podcast Arcade Repair Tips - Fix the game, play the game! Gameroom Junkies Podcast Retro Retro Gaming Roundup Retro Computing Roundtable You Don't Know Flack The Retroist Sprite Castle - Commodore 64/C64 Game Podcast Atari 2600 - Game By Game Podcast Non-gaming related, but still in the industry TWIT - This Week In Tech by Leo Laporte TWIT - Windows Weekly with Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley and Paul Thurrott The Amp Hour The History of Personal Computing Podcast | The list is always expanding and changing up, so check these out and let us know of any you listen to, as well! |
| G07 Deep Dive | Repair | Good overall summary of common G07 Repair items - http://www.pinrepair.com/g07 Bob Roberts' G07 Notes (along with the Sync/Curl mod) - http://www.therealbobroberts.net/g07notes.html Bob Roberts' G07 Cap Layout - http://therealbobroberts.net/go7lyot.html Bob Roberts' B+ Setting - http://www.therealbobroberts.net/go7-1.jpg Things to look out for: Improperly-loaded resistors from factory in the sync section - http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=49279.0 Fusible Resistor at FR401 - http://forums.arcade-museum.com/showthread.php?t=220729 Buy it from Mouser - http://www.mouser.com/Search/ProductDetail.aspx?R=EMC2-68R0KIvirtualkey66210000virtualkey756-EMC2-68R0K PLEASE - LISTEN TO THE SECTION ON PROPERLY DISCHARGING THE G07 AND DON'T HURT YOURSELF! | |
| Pre-Order for the new Journey cassette interface board | New Part | Pre-order thread on KLOV | |
| Color Bud and Root-Beer Tapper sideart! | Reproductions | Thread on KLOV $199 + $12 to ship per set. | KLOV member Markl |
| 5101 / 6514 / 6116 / 6264 nvram modules | New Part | Info thread @ KLOV $16 each; $35 for the Defender kit. These battery eliminator modules replace commonly used arcade RAM chips such as 5101, 6514, 6116, and 6264. These modules eliminate the need for a battery and prevent corrosion due to electro-chemical migration caused by having a constant voltage on the PCB (battery). | |
| Pre-Order - Reproduction Major Havoc Upright Wiring Harness | Reproductions | Info thread @ KLOV $140 for the control panel and wiring harness Being run by GoldenAge Arcade Parts | |
| Pinball Magazine #3 | New Edition | http://www.pinball-magazine.com/shop/ | |
| Bally/Stern Solenoid Driver Board Output Tester | New Part | Info thread @ Pinside This is for testing the solenoid outputs at the various headers on the solenoid driver board. This can be used in in the machine's normal "solenoid test" routine. No cables needed to those connectors (just a connection to +5v dc for the bar graph led and plug the board right into the header you want to test). This wouldn't do "actual-load" testing, but it would identify shorted transistors or faulty connections easily.. or help isolate where a problem is (ie. board, cable, etc). | |
| Playfield Switch Interface Board | New Part | Info thread @ Pinside It's basically a pass-through board to allow you to connect a playfield switch harness from various manufacturers and convert it to the pin-out of other manufacturers. |
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