Arcade Collecting > Restorations & repair
A Gallag to Galaga cabinet resto-mod. (new title)
HHaase:
Watermarks have got to stay because of issues IP theft that I've had in the past, particularly with my scale model stuff. Since I do work on commission, I've got to be a bit protective.
HHaase:
Another oddball question.... what's the width of an original Galaga control panel? Mine is 22.5" and I see that most Marquee repro's are advertised at 23".
Won't be too fun to plug all the holes in this one, nor to trim down a new CPO.
-Hans
Edit: Well, this is going to be a really annoying problem to deal with. It looks like the thing was built 1/2" too narrow. Bezel and marquee won't be too much of a problem I don't think, but the control panel will be. This one doesn't have enough meat on it for a proper refinishing, so I'm either going to have to chop 1/4" off both sides of an original panel or have a custom one made up. Fun Fun Fun.
HHaase:
Great. Now it's freezing occasionally during play. Everything just stops moving, except the starfield. Time to get around to wiring up a new 44pin and get the test lead connected.
-Hans
HHaase:
Well, I got that new 44-pin onto the wiring harness today, and pulled out another 3 or 4 feet of unconnected or way too long wiring. The 2p button is now hooked up and working, but silly me I forgot to verify that the self-test switch was wired up correctly before sliding the cab back into its hole..... and of course the switch it does nothing. Looks like the pinout at Mikes Arcade is incorrect for my board in a few areas. I just don't have time to pull it out again right now to deal with it. I'll take care of that when I get the new dip-switch banks to install on the board.
-Hans
Edit: Found out that I had the test switch connected right, but when I pulled the board out I found one of the traces to be burnt out pretty badly. Thankfully only 3 of the 8 are actually used. Moving the ground for the switch to a good trace and it now works.
Still getting the occasional freeze during play, and the bottom row of graphics on the display is still all wonky, but at least it's 100% functional now.
HHaase:
OK.... Time to get serious, as the parts have started arriving. Original coin door and control panel have arrived, as did the first of a new design I talked Emdkay into making. So, the cat's out of the bag about the surprise I had for you guys. I just loved the look of the the Galaga machine in the old sales flyer with the white front and this style marquee.
Here's what it all looks like after a sheet of nice 3/4" plywood also met the table saw. The wife's job has a pretty good metal shop, they trimmed the control panel to fit the odd dimensions of the bootleg cabinet. The new (to me) joystick took a trip in the beadblaster, and I'm just waiting for a couple new sheets of tempered glass to come back from the shop for the marquee and main glass. I haven't done anything yet with the coin door, not that it needs much. I went with the older gold emblem, as I feel it would be more appropriate with this marquee.
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