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Old arcade games, board games, video games, and kitten pictures while it lasts. They grow up so fast!
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submitted 12 days ago • 1 comment

Repaired a UPL Black Heart #arcade #shmup board this evening. The NMK 902 custom chip used for rendering the FIX layer for the title screen and HUD failed. Swapped in a replacement from a Thunder Dragon donor and now it works great.

submitted 17 days ago • 1 comment

NACON Daija Arcade Fight Stick (Xbox/PC) is $89.99 on Amazon w/ code DAIJA150 (code may end in 1-3 hours) buff.ly/mmDc0QK #ad must be sold by Nacon Gaming Inc

submitted 17 days ago • 2 comments

Join @sotenga.bsky.social, @rustyshackles.bsky.social and myself at 9 PM EST! We'll be talking about horror videogames (no Castlevania, Splatterhouse or G'NG, sorry - we've already covered them in depth previously). www.youtube.com/live/L5aHGGd...

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

The new Taito F1/F2 arcade core by @wickerwaka.com is now part of the #MiSTerFPGA distro and is grabbed by running the Downloader/Update_All script. The Ninja Kids has been added.

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

Today, the first in a series of articles I've written for @hg101.bsky.social has been posted! www.hardcoregaming101.net/pitfall/

submitted 22 days ago • 3 comments

Terrible news. Here is hoping for a fast and speedy recovery.

submitted 22 days ago • 0 comments

Test print for the new GT front shell with built-in LCD alignment came in today (from @pcbwayofficial.bsky.social), looking absolutely fantastic!

submitted 28 days ago • 1 comment

New blog post! Taito's Kiki Kaikai arcade hardware runs a fun game and tears down some strange assumptions I had gotten in my head about arcade boards. nicole.express/2025/pocky-b...

submitted 31 days ago • 2 comments

I'm getting back to work on backlogged arcade board repairs. Latest is an Irem M92 with bent pins on the GA22 chip. It took 20 minutes under the microscope with sewing needles and desoldering braid to straighten the legs. Resoldered legs to pads, confirmed connections, and the board works perfectly.

submitted 33 days ago • 1 comment