This special episode of the podcast was recorded on Thursday, November 8 to discuss the Houston Area Arcade Group (HAAG) Expo in Houston, Texas. For more information on our podcast, please visit our iTunes page at http://itunes.arcaderepairtips.com. All of our past episodes can be found there as well as a review section where you can leave us a comment on how we’re doing. On this episode, Tim and I discussed the games that were at the expo as well as our seminar and the seminars given by Ken Graham (Former Williams Programmer), Dan Ferguson (Lone Star Pinball Museum), John Costa (EM Pinball Repair Guru), Joe Crookham (Classic Arcade Works) and Karl Kuhlenschmidt (Classic Cabinet Restoration).
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This episode of the podcast was recorded on Thursday, October 18, 2012. For more information on our podcast, please visit our iTunes page at http://itunes.arcaderepairtips.com. All of our past episodes can be found there as well as a review section where you can leave us a comment on how we’re doing. On this episode, Tim and I answered your questions regarding…
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This episode of the podcast was recorded on Monday, July 30, 2012. For more information on our podcast, please visit our iTunes page at http://itunes.arcaderepairtips.com. All of our past episodes can be found there as well as a review section where you can leave us a comment on how we’re doing. On this episode, Tim and I answered your questions regarding…
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Many of the questions that we receive involve arcade games that are playing blind. Playing blind refers to a particular troubleshooting symptom where you can hear sound coming from the game but the screen does not show a picture. While playing blind can be related to power or board problems, the monitor chassis is most often the culprit when trying to repair this issue. In this post, we’ll discuss some basic and advanced techniques that will help you troubleshoot and repair arcade games that are playing blind.
This special episode of the podcast was recorded live on Saturday, March 24 to discuss the Texas Pinball Festival 2012 in Grapevine, Texas. For more information on our podcast, please visit our iTunes page at http://itunes.arcaderepairtips.com. All of our past episodes can be found there as well as a review section where you can leave us a comment on how we’re doing. On this episode, Tim, Mark, Joe and I discussed the games that were at the festival as well as the seminars given by Jack Guarnieri (of Jersey Jack Pinball), George Gomez (of Stern Pinball) and Steve Richie (of Stern Pinball). We also give you our thoughts on Stern Pinball’s new AC/DC pinball machine.
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This episode of the podcast was recorded on Friday, March 16, 2012. For more information on our podcast, please visit our iTunes page at http://itunes.arcaderepairtips.com. All of our past episodes can be found there as well as a review section where you can leave us a comment on how we’re doing. On this episode, Tim and I answered your questions regarding…
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While playing your arcade game, you might notice the colors on your monitor fading over time. We would normally discuss installing a cap kit as one of the possible solutions for this issue. With that said, what happens if you do the cap kit and the colors on your monitor still don’t looks as rich as they did before? In this case, your monitor might be a good candidate for a tube rejuvenation. In this post, we’ll discuss how to rejuvenate your tube in order to restore the picture quality of your arcade monitor.
This episode of the podcast was broadcast live on Thursday, February 2, 2012. For more information on our podcast, please visit our iTunes page at http://itunes.arcaderepairtips.com. All of our past episodes can be found there as well as a review section where you can leave us a comment on how we’re doing. On this episode, Tim and I answered your questions regarding…
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This episode of the podcast was recorded on Thursday, January 19, 2012. For more information on our podcast, please visit our iTunes page at http://itunes.arcaderepairtips.com. All of our past episodes can be found there as well as a review section where you can leave us a comment on how we’re doing. On this episode, Tim and I answered your questions regarding…
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This episode of the podcast was recorded on Thursday, December 8, 2011. For more information on our podcast, please visit our iTunes page at http://itunes.arcaderepairtips.com. All of our past episodes can be found there as well as a review section where you can leave us a comment on how we’re doing. On this episode, Tim, Stan and I answered your questions regarding…
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