MAJOR UPDATE! Shortly after this video was released, I replaced the marquee bulb and got the High Score Saves kit working properly. See them both fully functioning in this gameplay livestream: ruclips.net/user/liveHdE_U5sKYBU
So I wasn't seeing things in Part 3 (just watched it a few hours ago). I just assumed it was something with the video, not the monitor, since you hadn't mentioned it. :)
Great restoration video series Charlie. Would love to see you add each restored game to your arcade room upon completion so that we can get a feel for how your home arcade collection is growing and what it looks like. Keep up the great work!
Great video and excellent job on this restoration!!! I've only ever traded one game in all my years of collecting and that was Pengo... now after watching this I wish I still had it! Thank you for the @mention too! :)
Nice video. Have you ever considered using newer LED bulbs for the marquee instead of old. style bulbs? Other arcade channels claim that LED bulbs don't cause the artwork to fade over time like old bulbs.
Thanks! I’m sure they’re right, but I try to keep things as original as possible (he says as he used a switching power supply & JAMMA harness in this project) and my games don’t see anywhere near the 12-24 hour per days duty cycle that games saw on location back in the day.
@@overtimearcade They are totally your games and I understand keeping them original. That said if they were mine I think I would also go LED bulbs as they shouldn't damage the marque artwork AND will require less screws being removed and inserted into the wood cabinet to access the marque bulb/balast/starter over time.
My space dual has the same coin box. Heavy duty. I’ve heard you can have $5k of quarters in it. I’ve been trying to find out. Probably about half full now. I haven’t looked in a couple of years. I think it’s going to be half the estimate.
Let me know if you needs some playing tips. I won a contest in 1983 and the prize was that same machine...I then became a Pengo master. Still have the machine in mint condition.
@lena08282012 Thanks so much! I love this game and it was a really fun restoration! By the way, was Quaker Halfsies any good? I can’t remember ever actually eating that cereal…
Good job on this restoration it's looking really good I was trying to find look for other parts of the restoration project for Pengo but I didn't see any other parts to it but regardless of that the restoration of this game overall is coming together nicely could you let me know on where the other parts of this restoration are at? Also how long did it take you to restore this cabinet must've been for quite sometime but obviously you're efforts payed off tremendously And it looks Absolutely beautiful being fully-restored and fixed up and in working condition complete with the hot buttered popcorn music playing in the background
Thanks! I'm really happy with this one! I try to post links to all of the parts & tools I use in my restoration projects in the description of each video. But here's a quick rundown: repro artwork from This Old Game, original marquee & joystick from eBay, working PCB from TNT Amusements auction, HSS kit from HighScoreSaves.com, JAMMA harness from Bob Roberts, JAMMA adapter from PCBJUNKIE.NET, and electronic components from ArcadePartsAndRepair.com
@@overtimearcade Yeah I guess when I was scrolling through the description of the video I didn't see the other parts of this restoration project but thanks for giving me a brief run-down of all the tools and parts that you used for this restoration of the game
Yup, it's usually a list near the bottom of the description if you expand it with the SEE MORE button. And the various parts/tools are spread across the 5 episodes in this restoration series. Off & on, it took a few months to finish this project, but I do this as a hobby in my spare time and I'm always working on multiple projects simultaneously like a crazy person!
Spade connectors are the right way. Don't solder the control panel. They weren't soldered originally. It was OPs that would solder. It's bad as you shouldn't apply heat to the switches (microswitches more so)
@@overtimearcade I didn't say all used space connector, Midway would solder them on in the Pac-Man era but by the time Mortal Kombat was out they switched to spade connectors. Nintendo always used spade connectors. If you solder them on at least use some heat shrink tubing as some stain relief. Usually soldered control panels have connections that are broken off with only a few strands still connected.
MAJOR UPDATE! Shortly after this video was released, I replaced the marquee bulb and got the High Score Saves kit working properly. See them both fully functioning in this gameplay livestream: ruclips.net/user/liveHdE_U5sKYBU
Beautiful work, Charlie - that's an absolutely cracking restoration!
Thank you, thank you! It’s easily one of the nicest cabinets in my collection now!
So I wasn't seeing things in Part 3 (just watched it a few hours ago). I just assumed it was something with the video, not the monitor, since you hadn't mentioned it. :)
Thanks for the comment, but what are you referring to??
Great restoration video series Charlie. Would love to see you add each restored game to your arcade room upon completion so that we can get a feel for how your home arcade collection is growing and what it looks like. Keep up the great work!
Thanks, Domenic! I need to rearrange my basement lineup entirely, which is why I haven’t brought any games downstairs lately!
Great video and excellent job on this restoration!!! I've only ever traded one game in all my years of collecting and that was Pengo... now after watching this I wish I still had it! Thank you for the @mention too! :)
Thanks, bro! Such a fun, somewhat under-appreciated game with terrific artwork!
Nice video. Have you ever considered using newer LED bulbs for the marquee instead of old. style bulbs? Other arcade channels claim that LED bulbs don't cause the artwork to fade over time like old bulbs.
Thanks! I’m sure they’re right, but I try to keep things as original as possible (he says as he used a switching power supply & JAMMA harness in this project) and my games don’t see anywhere near the 12-24 hour per days duty cycle that games saw on location back in the day.
@@overtimearcade They are totally your games and I understand keeping them original. That said if they were mine I think I would also go LED bulbs as they shouldn't damage the marque artwork AND will require less screws being removed and inserted into the wood cabinet to access the marque bulb/balast/starter over time.
My space dual has the same coin box. Heavy duty. I’ve heard you can have $5k of quarters in it. I’ve been trying to find out. Probably about half full now. I haven’t looked in a couple of years. I think it’s going to be half the estimate.
TWENTY THOUSAND QUARTERS?! No way, maybe $500 in quarters (two thousand coins)… 😅
nice work on this one, I was terrible at it but it was fun
Thanks! Pengo is a tough game for sure, but super super fun IMO!
Its beautiful Charlie! Awesome job!
Thanks! I’m so happy with how it came out!!
That needs some blue tee molding
Is that you, Todd Tuckey?? 😅
It’s all your fault. Since I found your channel, I’ve been binge watching restorations.
Everything is proceeding as I have foreseen… ha ha HA HA!!
Just found this channel and I already feel that I will do the same 😂
We will watch your career with great interest!
@@overtimearcade Binge watch your clips as the other dude said that is..
I have no career here just a hobby watching your videos 🙂
So be it... Jedi!
Let me know if you needs some playing tips. I won a contest in 1983 and the prize was that same machine...I then became a Pengo master. Still have the machine in mint condition.
Wow, that’s cool! Was it the Quaker Halfsies contest?
@@overtimearcade yup...Quaker Halfsies....your restoration looks great BTW
@lena08282012 Thanks so much! I love this game and it was a really fun restoration!
By the way, was Quaker Halfsies any good? I can’t remember ever actually eating that cereal…
Good job on this restoration it's looking really good I was trying to find look for other parts of the restoration project for Pengo but I didn't see any other parts to it but regardless of that the restoration of this game overall is coming together nicely could you let me know on where the other parts of this restoration are at? Also how long did it take you to restore this cabinet must've been for quite sometime but obviously you're efforts payed off tremendously
And it looks Absolutely beautiful being fully-restored and fixed up and in working condition complete with the hot buttered popcorn music playing in the background
Thanks! I'm really happy with this one! I try to post links to all of the parts & tools I use in my restoration projects in the description of each video. But here's a quick rundown: repro artwork from This Old Game, original marquee & joystick from eBay, working PCB from TNT Amusements auction, HSS kit from HighScoreSaves.com, JAMMA harness from Bob Roberts, JAMMA adapter from PCBJUNKIE.NET, and electronic components from ArcadePartsAndRepair.com
@@overtimearcade Yeah
I guess when I was scrolling through the description of the video I didn't see the other parts of this restoration project but thanks for giving me a brief run-down of all the tools and parts that you used for this restoration of the game
Yup, it's usually a list near the bottom of the description if you expand it with the SEE MORE button. And the various parts/tools are spread across the 5 episodes in this restoration series.
Off & on, it took a few months to finish this project, but I do this as a hobby in my spare time and I'm always working on multiple projects simultaneously like a crazy person!
@@overtimearcade well thanks for letting me know that and I'll keep that in mind for the next time I watch one of your arcade cabinet restorations
The 60in1 has a dipswitch to flip the picture 🙃
Thanks -- that's good to know for future testing!
Great job on it all. I love Pengo.
Thanks so much! Which version have the played the most - the original arcade game or one of the many ports?
@overtimearcade Definitely the original Arcade version.
The best one, of course!
Spade connectors are the right way. Don't solder the control panel. They weren't soldered originally. It was OPs that would solder. It's bad as you shouldn't apply heat to the switches (microswitches more so)
Mecha vehemently disagrees! 😂 And are you sure no manufacturers soldered the CP harness to the switches?
@@overtimearcade I didn't say all used space connector, Midway would solder them on in the Pac-Man era but by the time Mortal Kombat was out they switched to spade connectors. Nintendo always used spade connectors. If you solder them on at least use some heat shrink tubing as some stain relief. Usually soldered control panels have connections that are broken off with only a few strands still connected.
That makes sense - most of my collection is Golden Age games.
Please use primer on bare metal. Thank you.
Paint + Primer in one ain’t good enough ?
@@overtimearcade it's a lie IMHO.
Whatever happened to truth in advertising?? 😂