Arcade Collecting > Restorations & repair
Ms. Pac-man Restoration
WunderCade:
I scored this Ms. Pac-man cabinet off craigslist.org. Ms. Pac-man No. 8952 (formerly of Chuck E. Cheese in Sunnyvale, CA). Non-working.
The guy said that it worked fine until his son and him moved it to his shop and then the monitor simply wouldn't come on or power-up. He plugged it in to show me that the marquee lit up but that was it. I asked if he'd take 50.00 for it since the monitor didn't work and he shook his head and looked at me sideways like I was a Martian, so I quickly handed over the cash and loaded it up before he could think about how absurd my attempt at haggling was.
Got it home and took some pics for the "BEFORE" documentation. The marquee is mint and the body is in very good structural condition and everything is there. Not bad for 100.00.
Anyways here are the photos as I opened it up for the first time. WARNING: I got just a little picture happy. :cheers:
So my mission is to restore this. I have another monitor to throw in it to see if that is really the issue. I suspect that the metal bracket laying across the power could have shorted something out.
I hope to work with a vendor here to possibly get some vinyl stencils cut. I do not want to put stickers on this - I refuse. I will stencil it piece by piece if I have to. But hopefully I can work something out for a vinyl set. If I go that route, I will post the entire stenciling process step by step. I'm not afraid of taking too many pics as you can tell. LOL
What do you guys think?
javeryh:
Wow - very nice. $100 is a steal for something like that. I'll be following this project - I'm curious to see how you clean up the side art.
shardian:
Did it play blind?
Cool score BTW.
Jeff AMN:
I'll be working on my own Ms. Pac-Man restoration later this month. I might just have to use stickers, since the painting idea scares the living daylights out of me. Good luck!
WunderCade:
--- Quote from: shardian on July 09, 2007, 11:46:54 am ---Did it play blind?
Cool score BTW.
--- End quote ---
No sound...no hum....nothing. No way to know except I haven't had a chance yet to check board power, etc. Will do that when I get home from work.
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