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Guest Post: Unearthing Hidden Treasure In Amusements

Guest Post: Unearthing Hidden Treasure In Amusements

arcadehero July 13, 2020 1

Happy Monday everyone, today we have a guest post by Kevin Williams of The Stinger Report. His article is based upon a 2017 post from Tony Temple (Arcadeblogger.com), where he wanted to provide more

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Tracking down the Namco Galaxian 3 6 Player Theater from Niagara Falls, Ontario Canada and Beyond

Tracking down the Namco Galaxian 3 6 Player Theater from Niagara Falls, Ontario Canada and Beyond

SaraAB87 August 8, 2017 14

Here at Arcade Heroes we like to track down arcade games to find out what happened to them if they are no longer on location, especially if its a game that is rarely seen

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Hurray Weekend: Speedy’s Repair Services, Arcades at GDC2013, Chuck E Cheese App + More

Hurray Weekend: Speedy’s Repair Services, Arcades at GDC2013, Chuck E Cheese App + More

arcadehero March 29, 2013 2

I’m not sure that there will be any important news to come along this weekend as Easter arrives (some places are already closed for the ‘Good Friday’ portion of it all), so perhaps this

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Bowling Machine Restoration at the Krow's Nest

Bowling Machine Restoration at the Krow's Nest

SaraAB87 January 29, 2008 4

I have an update on the ball bowling machines at the Krow’s nest. They have just brought in another machine which brings them up to 6 large ball bowlers and one puck bowler for

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How to discharge an arcade monitor (without killing yourself)

How to discharge an arcade monitor (without killing yourself)

Shaggy January 26, 2008 1

I’m not sure how many of you like to work on arcades but if you’re new to the hobby you may be wondering “How do I discharge a monitor? Can that kill you?” Well

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Editorial: 1 step to improve your arcade – Fix the games!

Editorial: 1 step to improve your arcade – Fix the games!

Shaggy December 5, 2007 9

Have you ever walked into an arcade, looking for your favorite game that you always play and once you find it plop in some quarters/tokens to find that one of the buttons don’t work?

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Randy Fromm's Monitor Repair videos

Randy Fromm's Monitor Repair videos

Shaggy November 14, 2007 5

If you plan on working on an arcade monitor anytime in the future then you really need to watch these videos by the master of arcade repair, Randy Fromm. There are 9 videos total

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