Each episode we speak to an industry guest about 3 arcade games that had an impact on them.

Wasn’t entirely satisfied with how Pigskin was illuminated, so went back to the drawing board and figured a way to back light the orange football mini marquee and added a light to the light up the Pigskin logo. Came out much better. Hopefully Brian Colin aka GameRefugeInc gets a kick out of this!

A little over a month ago I made a very impulse purchase and picked up a Galaxian cabinet off Marketplace! Me and my family just moved, and the space for an arcade machine was finally feasible. I picked it up from a very kind family which obtained it from a storage unit clean out, they even hauled it to my house for free!! The character on this cabinet is unreal. It’s beat up but it’s all there. The cabinet had a 48-in-1 installed at some point during its life, while it is unfortunate I don’t get the original game boards, it is nice to have multiple games since I only have the space for one cabinet. I got the cabinet for 500, maybe I could’ve gotten one cheaper but for my area fully working it was a good deal. Im overjoyed with the thing, so it’s justified in my mind. My only big problem with the cabinet is the joystick. It’s an 8-way, and I think that’s messing with the inputs on Pac-Man. It’s tough to play properly. If anybody has any suggestions where to get a replacement part or any advice I’d love to hear it! I’m really excited to learn about the maintenance and technical aspects of these games. Mandatory cat photo at the end.

Guessing this screw fell out of a pinball playfield and ended up blocking the token counter opto.

When I started out collecting arcade games in the 1990s a local operator would throw out piles of stuff including PCBs, monitors and PSUs. I had read u/randyfromm article in STG about how easy Peter Chou power supplies were to fix so I grabbed every one they tossed.

Fast forward to 2026 and the only new ones you can find at a reasonable price are the sketchy BLEE 9916s or its clones. Glad I saved these from the landfill.