He is trying! The sad truth is most arcades (in FL) are small and become played for quickly. I think the fact that he has so many games can keep people coming back. As he gets more income he is making an effort to get the place up to "Collector Par" but I mean it takes a lot of time. Im happy to see his place has such a great selection. I only seen 1 time traveler EVER!

Wico Joystick Centering Grommet are now in stock!
I order from Arcade Shop and I will have mine this Monday!
Finally TMNT will be back online.

Chrome saves them in the cloud. Now I got all my links on my phone, tablet and PC. When I login from work I see bookmarks that are NSFW! LoL

Something seems off with this game. Can anyone confirm is this is correct? I feel like it might not be totally original.

http://ocala.craigslist.org/vgm/5215787931.html

You should take the glass off when he is at school. Rank up a insane high score. Then start telling him, his game is weak. Then you can encourage him to try harder. Just thinking about all the Hand Eye skills he is building.

Or just throw him a loop and reverse the flipper wires so left is right.

WOW! That looks cool!
Tempest meets Star wars.

I went with Flat. It can not be cleaned very well. So I would suggest a Satin or semi gloss.

I think, Once the mylar starts to let go and peel up. Its almost time to replace. It is easy to put down new mylar. But you will send lots of time trying to remove it safely. I know some people just remove the mylar and never put new stuff down. I think you should be VERY happy you have the factory mylar on there still!

$300 is what they sell for.
If you ask John very nicely, he might give you a on this PCB.

OMG, that outside grave yard is amazing! I see some really great stuff.

For $100,
Worry about the forced feed back, AFTER you have the same.

I think once you take it apart to clean & lube. You may find the issue. Even if you have to replace $300 is parts, you still got a great .

I use to play this game at the Dog Track. For some reason I was allowed to enter. But not bet, so I would ride my bike up and place in their small arcade.

Now if only my local movie Theatre could support 4k 60FPS

I am not gong to MAME it.  It's going to be a restore with a Braze kit.  I was told that the particle board could be repaired with drywall mud and the plywood could be repaired with bondo.  My thought was to repair the damage, get some red laminate for the sides and kick plate and restencil.  I could just paint the top and back.

DO not use drywall mud! Bondo is good, it drys fast and can sand the same day. I used Durham’s Water Putty. It worked really great but took about 24 hours before I could really sand it. So it added a lot of time to the repair.

If you glue the patch in, bondo, light sand. You should not have a problem applying the laminate at that point. If you have the stencil to repaint the side art, then I think it would be really good. using red Laminate will also cut down on painting time. I say go for! IMO you would be saving DAYS of sanding and painting.

For me, with my wood patch's I spend Hours sanding. After I painted I found out that I needed to sand even more. I really think if you patch the wood, Bondo and sand smooth maybe only down to a 100/120 grit it will work out really well. IMO the expense of the Laminate is worth the cost in hours and days some of us spend on the wood work alone.

I am sure there will be someone to disagree. Some people are very specify, purists and want everything original or a perfectionist. I think you should have great results and save lots of time with this method.

Also, see if you can get some others to chime in. Let it be know that I AM A NOOB! Most of my wood working skills are from working on house's. 

Looks like you already have a pretty good collection there! Nice find!

The 3rd pic looks the worst! I think you will need to cut out part of the wood. You can patch it with some new wood. There is a method to glue the two pieces of wood together, sand smooth. I hate to see this side art get lost. Try to clean up the damaged area, as much as possible first. You might only have to replace 4 - 6" strip along the bottom.

If you really did not want to sand it all. Do a wood patch and Laminate over it. It could save you TONS of time on the wood work. Are you going to keep the original space invaders? If you are going to Mame it, you could just do a quick wood patch and use Laminate.