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Galaga Cocktail Restoration (was: Great score today!)

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shardian:
The Twobits underlay is printed on a type of plastic sheeting. I have the pacman version and it is pretty nice.
As to ebay auctions, there are idiots on there that sell 2bits repros as "NOS". There is no such thing as you can tell from your PAINTED GLASS artwork. ;)

As to your existing glass underlay, you could try to repair it to a satisfactory state with some enamel spray paint. The guy I got my pac off of was going to do the same thing and I still have the can of Testor's that he matched up for it. If all of your wording and graphics are in good shape, you could scrape off the rest of the bad black and spray the whole thing down with black enamel and a clear coat.

SirPeale:

--- Quote from: vidmouse on May 12, 2008, 09:33:42 am ---Peale - sorry, didn't know this was the correct section.
I'm planning on starting a project thread on this, should
I just reference this thread...?

--- End quote ---

Dude, relax!  No harm, no foul.  Real arcade stuff goes in here, other stuff goes in Main.  No big deal. 

And yeah, we like to have restorations in here too.  Helps keep them separate from Mame build projects.

vidmouse:
If I don't get waylaid I'll be opening the top tonight to
get a better look at the glass and underlay damage.
Will snap some photos.
EDIT:
photos here:
Here's the glass off.  Most of the bad damage is, unfortunately on the screen print under the glass.  I tested trying a little black paint in the black area but it's still very noticeable on top.  Also, you can see the masking tape on top.


Some more images:  the tint screen cover and bezel, showing the monitor burn-in, and another shot after I removed some of the masking tape and painted a black coat on top.



BTW, I did shoot a small movie of me playing (poorly,
as it's one-handed) but it's in MOV format... will try to
post on YouTube later after a conversion to avi. (if
needed?--dunno, never posted to Youtube before)
EDIT:  ok, I looked at YouTube's site, conversion not needed.
Will post when I get the file downloaded to my PC tonight
from my camera...

EDIT:  here's the video
http://www.youtube.com/v/qHYdvyOALc4


Thanks for the ebay links... I did search for these
yesterday before I fixed the game itself. 
Most of my arcade buddies that are PM-ing me about it
agree that it's a valuable one.  Not that that's why
I'm doing this...  I'm in it for the fun of restoration
+ it's fun as ---- to play.

GAJoe:
Absolutely, a ton of fun to play.  Galaga is a personal favorite of mine, which is why your restoration project interests me so much.  I'm keen to see how it turns out after some tender loving care.

leapinlew:
It sounds like your playing Tack -n- Field.

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