Tokens Arcade Machines

05/29/2019

Recently just helped a client at the store Animania in Westroads Mall get this machine ready for the public! Some American coun mechs, adjusted settings, and figuring out the right type of balls later, this unique machine is ready to play!

04/18/2019

After years of searching, I recently got a haul of 3 different Red Tent's in various stages of disrepair!

However, between them I will finally be able to make my first red tent (seen in the second picture) fully functional again!

Boy I've been itching for some 4-player Tennis!

05/24/2018

SUMMER'S HERE! Now I can get back to work! I got Galaxian in the shop and the monitor on the bench! Cap kit coming this week!

03/04/2018

Sorry for the lack of Updates, winter can be a pretty slow season. Just picked up this Galaxian last night!

It's dirty, needs a cap kit, and the music's a bit messed up, but it's working for the most part! Should clean up nicely!

12/31/2017

Before and after of the Atari Football machine I recently acquired! It had some vinyl applied to the sides, but it came off cleanly, revealing the original, intact artwork!

It's been already refurbished, the monitor just needs a bit of tuning!

12/11/2017

Sorry for the lack of Updates! Been busy with finals. I am happy to say I have finally isolated the problem chips on the TV Ping Pong board that were causing it to short!

Next order of business will be adding sockets to the board, replacing bad chips and hopefully getting this game running again over Christmas break!

11/01/2017

I ghetto-rigged a DVD player into my Pong clone arcade, it's showing signs of life!

10/10/2017

Introducing the oldest machine in my collection! This Chicago Coin TV Ping Pong from 1973!

It's essentially a near perfect hardware clone of Atari's Pong arcade board with a very similar cabinet, but a much bigger TV! You read that right, not a monitor a LITERAL off-the-shelf G.E. Black and White television!

The board's not working right now, but I'm going to give it a shot at fixing it. This is new territory for me being an entirely TTL (transistor logic) based game!

10/02/2017

PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE!

After replacing a diode and resistor on the board as well as reflowing some solder joints, the vertical collapse on the Red Tent monitor is GONE!

The sync isn't quite right as you can see by the curves and lines, but I'm much closer to fixing it now!

Stay tuned for more!

09/23/2017

Did some more work on the Red Tent monitor. Unfortunately, the resistor and Diode I checked seem to be fine, so that doesn't seem to be the problem. (However I will need to get replacements anyway)

I also tested the yoke, which also seems to healthy, thank goodness!

I'm starting to suspect possibly bad traces or cold solder joints.

Stay tuned!

09/11/2017

Here's the current status of the defective Red Tent monitor. As you can see, an almost complete vertical collapse!

I've got a few tricks I've yet to try. Hopefully I'll be able to retitle this picture as "before". Stay tuned!

09/05/2017

Doing diagnostics on a Nintendo Red Tent Monitor!

09/04/2017

Big thanks to Ho**ah 402 for letting us host this machine there!

In case y'all haven't seen this we have new awesome add on to our lounge! This was donated by one of our awesome customers and it is free to play! Tips are welcome for this, just insert a few coins in the coin slot if you so wish. Come in, beat some high scores, and enjoy! Much love and breathe easy- CV

08/22/2017

As one project ends another will begin soon! So now the shop has been cleaned up for that next thing!

08/20/2017

Got our first eager players tonight! Seems being rusty got the better of them.

08/20/2017

All set up and ready for its current home at Ho**ah 402!

08/19/2017

Tonight....it debuts....

08/16/2017

Here's an off-model Ms. PacMan that we helped get back up and running again as well has installed a speed chip into!

You can find this machine over at Mishmash in Benson! A great store with a great selection!