Finished my Donkey Kong Jr. today. What's interesting is that it was converted to something really bad, probably a Crown 8 Ball Action or Superbike. Somehow a conversion board was still stuck in the game and came loose when I moved it in the house. Y'all are welcome to it.

Anyway I added new side art, and replaced the control panel, buttons, and joystick, and added Donkey Kong Jr. Remix which is phenomenal. Get it.

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I finished my Ms. Pac Man. There are better cabinets for sure - this one looks like its been rolled down a hill - but what 38 year old doesn't look like it's had some miles? And this thing was running off an ungrounded LAMP CORD when I got it. I won't rework the cabinet as it's just not in my skill level at this time, and it probably isn't cost justified at this time.

New bezel artwork, new marquee, rebuilt power supply, new fuse blocks, new RF filter, replaced on board amplifier, new buttons, reworked joystick.

The meter read 47362 plays on it, meaning it grossed $11840 in its lifetime.

Before:

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After:

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I get that. I mean I saved it, but it is just *so* washed out. Like no color at all. Also someone painted the front panel of the cabinet, and it honestly looks pretty ok!

When I get time I might revisit cleaning it up.

... huh.

I mean I knew this already but never listened to it side by side.

Well, *I* am a lucky so and so. Space Ace inverted cabinet still running from Laserdisc.

I am going to pull the original logic and Laserdisc out in order to preserve it, and run it with Arthur and Dexter. Really an absolute dream game for me.

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New cab with original boards?

Hot damn, then that is a fantastic piece of equipment.

i have four arcades and 18 pinballs

And agree with you, drives me batty.

Woah that's a special game! Nice pickup!

Finished a Crystal Castles that needed decaling. Primed, sanded, painted, sanded, and dry installed a special-order decal set from Escape Pod. This is one of the official conversion kits from Missile Command that Atari sold. I have always loved Crystal Castles!

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Anyone feel like their Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom is taking up space in their collection?

What, a switcher for DK Jr. Remix? It's in the software already.

Anybody got a RoadBlasters System 1 they need to shed themselves of?