Centipede Restoration, Part 2

(For background information, check out part 1) Over the course of several months, I acquired the following (largely from KLOV members): PCB, ARII board, wiring harness, control panel wiring + buttons ($140 shipped) Replacement side art, ($93 shipped on sale from Phoenix Arcade) Trackball rebuild kit, carriage bolts, new cam locks, and AC line cord ($49 …

Centipede Restoration, Part 1

This is the second restoration that I’ve done, and the first that I’ve really documented. Brace yourself for a lot of pictures and prose! I purchased this Tournament Arkanoid machine from someone on Craigslist back in 2010. It was cheap, and I had always enjoyed playing Arkanoid as a kid. However, the cabinet was not …