Robot Hunter by Greg Priglmeier
I am in the process of converting my arcade site to wordpress. Most of the text is here, but the real asset of my previous site were the hundreds of original images
… and I am still adding them one by one.
My Arcade Story
I have wanted to own an arcade machine since I was first exposed to them almost 30 years ago. Our local arcade was the Picadilly Circus when we were young, and then Pop’s Arcade in college.
This site is meant to to provide detailed information on the process of restoring arcade game machines. I wanted anyone to be able to read, understand and perform all the projects listed on this site after reading it. I think I have produced a quality site with hundreds of original images created and edited by me.
Topics on the site are listed on the left sidbar:
- Main – Which really refers to the physical arcade cabinets I own.
- PCBs – Are all the game boards I own and the specific information about repairing and playing them.
- Projects – Are the repair and restoration processes in detail with lots of text and photos. This includes restoration projects like: control panels, cabinets and power supplies.
Arcade games are a wonderful thing. There are a lot of folks in the world that imagine they are as important as preserving a vintage car or other piece of history.
Preservation is about deciding what’s important, figuring out how to protect it, and passing along an appreciation for what was saved to the next generation. Preservation is hands on, especially with older electronics in arcade cabinets.
My philosophy on arcade preservation
- Do no harm. Try to use existing material when available. Find the right part for the machine. Example: Don’t destroy a mint Gauntlet 4 player control panel to use in a MAME arcade. Sell or trade the part on KLOV, Ebay, or craigslist and use the money to make a new one.
- Document everything. A lot of cabinets, artwork, control panel and parts are rare. Take pictures of everything you are working on and share it with others on KLOV.
- Share. If you have NOS (new old stock) artwork or other parts please take pictures of them and give them to others who can use the information to create reproduction parts for others. See the taking photos section.
- Enjoy.
Why MAME is good for computers but destructive to arcade machines
- A lot of MAME folks use computers not electronics
- Most MAME cabinets are taken from old arcade units.
- MAME can play a lot of different styles of games so the trend is to create a control panel with controls for everything possible. Usually this means an arcade control panel is drilled with 12-20+ extra holes destroying it’s original purpose as an arcade part.
- Most arcade parts are no longer being made or reproduced for collectors.
What can be done?
- Change your approach to the project your working on.
If there is something you don’t see here, try logging on to www.klov.com and looking for an answer there. You can always find me on KLOV as “priglmeier”. The KLOV site is where all the arcade collectors around the world share information. Or drop me a line if you like: