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Thursday, April 28, 2011

Update: Pac-Man Upright Cabinet

A few months ago, I posted that I was attempting to fix up my worn Pac-Man Upright Cabinet.  Well, here's an update to what I've done since:

After I fixed the short in the power cord on the Pac-Man Upright Cabinet, I went to work on the control panel.  It was in bad shape. The first player button was broken to where it couldn't hold a switch, but the second player button worked well enough so I replaced it with the first player button.  Every direction worked on the joystick except for up.  The switch for the up direction was broken beyond repair.  I ended up replacing that switch with the good one from the player select buttons.  I purchased a soldering iron and removed the wiring from the joystick switches.  The joystick wiggled a bit, so I added some washers to fill the gap between the joystick mount and the control panel.  I then proceeded to solder the wires back onto the switches and attach the control panel back onto the cabinet.  Finally, I ordered new player select buttons to replace the old ones.

12 comments:

  1. Glad to see you're fixing it and not trashing it. Those cabinet games are classic.

    Makes me miss my Centipede... The ex kept it. And sold it.

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  2. wow, sounds great!

    i can't wait to see it all done :)

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  3. That sounds like a fun project. Does it cost much to fix?

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  4. good job, sounds difficult. Also only one more day left to vote

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  5. he
    rip out the tech and put a pc, monitor and MAME in it :D

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  6. You are more like the DIY type of person, aren't you?

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  7. Excellent - keep up the good work.

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  8. heyo, I feel so bad, apparently blogger flagged every single one of your comments as spam. I have no idea why and I fixed it, i would of gone to your blog more often had I known you were commenting so much. Ty for your continued support and ty you for the comments, most were a lot better than what I normally get. haha.

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  9. good job, any chance of seeing any picture?

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  10. I look forward to seeing the final product

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  11. so cool. hope to see photos of the final restoration.

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