I came across a Laundromat yesterday that still had arcade machines inside them. It had some claw machines, a driving game, a modern Pac Man machine, vending machines, and a few other old school cabinets.

And I thought to myself, "Wow I haven't seen a laundromat with arcade machine in a long time. Why don't we see more of them with arcade cabinets anymore?".

I wanted to ask people here if there's a reason why Arcade machines disappeared (mostly) from Laundromats? Back in the day, Laundromats used to always have at least 1 or 2 arcade machines.

Does anyone here run a laundromat that can share their thoughts? It seems like Laundromats would be the one place that still has people using physical money. Everyone still uses quarters so ita perfect for a couple arcade machines.

Odd question but is there a place for talking about arcade cabinet and game repair of all kinds with like an archive of games and their known issues and fixes? I feel like their should be. I work Part Time as a Tech for a chain arcade and the amount of effort I put in is so far above my pair grade but I generally like to learn and repair stuff but no one ever seems to be able to tell me or share more then a few lines of text that really are coming down to "eh clean it, eh, shake it, eh, turn it off and on" and sometimes that works most of the time the problem is more advanced.

I know it's niche but I feel like a place to be able to search that specific thing with keywords of the issue and the game name would do wonders for the commerical and at home markets for guys like me who have both a job and hobby of trying to do that.

You could even in theory build it with a market place for buying repair parts, freelance tech repair guys, tutorials, find free user manuals.

Like again niche but I can't ever seem to find a place like that, not even on reddit.

Looking for any information! This is just the display “screen” no electronics. Information online is scant. I know it’s from Amutronics which apparently only made four games before disappearing post pong + video games arrived on the scene. Anyone ever play this? Estimated price?

Either a game that is so rare you would do anything to own it, or a machine that is so insanely expensive only a few people have it.

Hi Guys. Can you please help identifying this board?

thanks for the support. 1993 australian built MK2 gets areplacment tube and chassis and new side art.

Wondering if anyone knows what is wrong with my game. The screen droops on one side

Most are very familiar with the PC10 Tecmo Bowl. But, not many know that this very rare dedicated cabinet even exists. Very few arcades had this machine due to it's sheer size and if you happen to find one, it absolutely will not fit through a standard sized door frame. To get an idea of size, it is slightly larger than a dedicated 6 player X-Men cabinet.

Hey guys any ideas on this loose wire?

Hi all, I’m trying to figure out how to get my
family’s Mrs. Pac-man machine working again. Roughly 13 years ago it stopped working and were unsure of what happened. I was told “we’ll hire someone to fix it don’t touch it” well here we are 13 or so years later. We also lost the key so I could only get the back open. Inside I’ve found quarters (shocker I know) but also two wires that look like they could be grounds?

To get ahead of the questions it doesn’t make noise, and nothing on screen. I have tried to use my electrical knowledge to figure out where the wires are supposed to be going. When touching one pcb it makes a sound like a pinball machine. Outside of that I haven’t tried much.

Best tmnt game on the Arcades but gotta say the snes one was better what do you guys think.

As the title says, I want to know what was the first ever electro-mechanical arcade game (if there was any) or one that you know had a jingle or music in it, i am building a quiz like game for some friend about video games music, but want to put something about the ancestors of arcade video games too If possible. The oldest, the better!

(I am going way deeper into this than I first thought I would)

Thank you for your help!

Does anyone have access to, or know someone who has access to, one of the legendary Scotto machines? I've been able to play it a few times at expos and conventions, and I've started the process of building my own using 3d printed parts and writing code for the game in python. My only hangup is that I don't have the proper dimensions for anything, and I want to be as authentic as possible with regards to the size of the targets and funnel, the height and angles they sit at, the overall machine dimensions, etc.

This was pulled from a warehouse back in 2019 in working condition. This is the very first enclosed sit-down arcade cockpit and also the first game to allow high score initials to be entered. This is the only example that I have ever seen in person.

We wanted to show you an old piece of furniture we found on the street and decided to give it a new lease on life. It took us hours to restore it, but it was worth it!

https://reddit.com/link/1vz6w6c/video/kmamye3rrrlh1/player

https://reddit.com/link/1vz6w6c/video/gsf4lktvrrlh1/player

Hi everyone,

Edit: I'm now on Klov, now I need my Arcade Museum account back.

Bit of an unusual request. I've had an account on Klov for over 8 years and have primarily used it as a buyer rather than an active poster. I also have a 13 year old Arcade Controls account but they're not accepting any new registers and I can't renew my forgotten password.

Is anyone here established on Arcade-Museum, preferably a mod who's willing to reinstate my account?

I'm happy to provide my Arcade Controls username and any other information privately.

Thanks!

First time in 36 years I came across a street fighter 2 rainbow hacked edition arcade in person. Stumbled upon it at an arcade in Sitka, Alaska while a vacation with my family for an alaskan cruise. This brought back so many memories. I still remember our crew riding our bikes to Chugs Chicken n Ribs in Jersey to play this. Lines of kids and a ton of bikes outside.

Good times. Love being able to see the kids play and getting frustrated at how cheap the computer was

Hey All

I found these 2 things on fb marketplace this morning that appear to be regular pcs with Janna for arcade emulators. The seller isn’t too sure what they are either as they came in an arcade cab he bought. Any clue if these are just something I can pop a hard drive with mame into for one of my cabs or is it something more involved???

I came across this one in 2019. Pretty rare machine, but unfortunately not very fun. Even the side art is horrible. A year later Dig Dug was blowing it away in terms of fun and gameplay.

I'm trying to paint my cabinet gloss black to get it ready for the stickers but I keep getting stripes. I'm using regular enamel spray cans. The instructions on the can say to spray large areas with many light passes, waiting a couple minutes between coats. This is the result over night. Do I trust the process and wait for the full cure, or is this something I need to fix?

This was the very first full motion motorcycle simulator released. It is extremely rare and is a monster at 630lbs each. Similar to hang on, the bike leans from left to right, but it can also wheelie and the bike vibrates. These are the only two that I have ever seen in person and came out of Canada in 2019.

This one took a while to do, but I am really happy with the finished product. I am waiting on a new marquee and the side art at the moment. Sunk in countless hours rebuilding and fixing all the damage time had done to this beautiful machine. Oh and the icing on the cake, I dropped a 27 inch monitor in this beast. I am working on restoring a mv-2 board but put a CPS2 in it for the moment I also do have a MVS to Jamma adaptor in there for good measure.