"Is this exciting? Do you guys like this?" (referencing to checking the games at the Hanger). YES! This is a side to arcade collecting that your general audience hasn't seen before. It's fascinating!

Spread the word, John's channel here is top notch. I don't know why he doesn't have a million+ subscribers. Keep the nostalgia alive! John, thank you! Looking forward to more videos.

Hangar move is brilliant. John deserves to to actually make money with his public arcade. John will be able to use this test as a blueprint to sell in the future for others who want to go pro with their collection. Great job John hope you have huge success with it.

thats so exciting that john and jay have an arcade in a swanky ol brewery!!! this put a smile on my face :)

I was just saying to my wife that your show is the new "This Old House". Well done John!

Hey John, been flicking through this whole restore series, you have the patience of a saint dealing with that monitor!

Great video John! Love the Hanger : ) When jumping with a component lead, keep the lead long and solder it up and then cut it after it's in place. Keep your eye on the $ 'cause at the end of the day, that's the purpose of the whole hanger venture

Hi John, I just wanted to comment on the coin mechs your using that just accept the one coin. what I found, for location purposes is that by changing the coin door and installing a mars electronic coin mech would save you a lot of bother. I find it so much easier to install the mars mechs and credit board so the customer can put any coin denomination into the machine without going looking for change, and your coins won't stick, hence you won't be called out so often. Im not trying to tell you what to do by any means, but I myself found it easier to have machines on location and not get that late call just before I Sat down to relax and all of a sudden the phone rings ☺ Anyway keep up the great work, your fans the Heavey family from Ireland.

I really like what you're doing with this part of the show and hope to see more of it. You've taken it to a whole new level of authenticity working on the games in a live, wild, arcade setting. Thanks for letting us peek at the weekend take ;)

The MK II cabintet looks great, brings back so many memories

Hi John. I remember my first ever location. It was a children's activity centre called Crazy Clowns. I had two cocktail cabinets, one with Superman installed, that two players could play together on the one side because I modified the control panel. The other cocktail cabinet had the game Rush and crash installed, but I had to make a modification to the cabinet to accommodate the PCB. Anyway to cut a long story short, my dad told me he had a pole position in an old location that was closed for many years and had recently been reopened, and this was back in the day when he had 30 locations, and the game was forgotten about. So I was all excited to retrieve the pole position,but when I got there I was told it was dumped just a month before I arrived 😨 and in a ditch not to far away, and exposed to the Irish weather. So I don't have to tell you how that ended.. Anyway I wish you the best of luck with your new location 😊

Thanks for taking us along! NIce addition to your channel

i love the hanger and trying to watch you fix the coin mechs. so far so good yes a tripod would be helpful to you i would think...lol keep on keepin on!!!!..

The first video showing life as an arcade operator! I'd love to see more Hangar videos. Bring a small tripod, maybe? Might not be feasible with everybody wandering around, but hey. It's so interesting that you're having mech problems now that it's not a personal free play arcade and those guts are seeing heavy use.

I enjoyed this video and the Hangar is a nice add on to these videos. I agree a tripod on wheels would help. It is great to see these games back in action after all these years.

A lot of the problems with coin mechanisms is that when they were originally designed at the time, the currency was heavier in weight, now currency is slightly lighter, therefore won't fall through the mechanism easily. My guess to fix the mechanism is to loosen up the tension on the spring somehow, if that is even possible.

Thanks for another great video. Good luck getting that monitor working. It looks very frustrating. Also, thanks for the advice on the Qbert search. I'll keep looking and try some of the things you mentioned. I like the idea of the Jrock board, but I want to try to have as close to original hardware as possible to fall back on.

Love your channel, keep up the good work.

Interesting seeing your new life as an operator, thanks for sharing.

These games belong in bars or arcades, not in private basements where they're played once every 2 months. Love it like this when everyone can enjoy them :)

Another great video john keep up with the Hangar Videos they are good and informative.

Hope my Polo never goes wrong!

Dangit. I have a monitor that has this EXACT PROBLEM. I'm also stumped exactly where you are. I was really hoping you'd solve it this week so I could try and replicate it on my machine.

Monitors are definitely my weak point. Loving the MKII monitor videos. Keep up the good work!

Loving the Hangar videos! It's neat to see you guys working in a live arcade and the different troubles you're having (even if it's just coin mechs). I'd be interested to see if Centipede would earn more if you moved it to a different spot... maybe Super Mario and Ms. Pac are drawing attention away from it?

Hey John! Been watching your videos for a long time, keep up the good work! PLEASE finish the MKII cabinet, I'm currently working on one too and would love to see yours complete to help me along. Thanks again!!

The guy with his beer sitting on top of Monster Bash!!!

enjoyed the video. Coin mechanisms are a pain. had same problem when I had games on location. hope the new mechanisms fix the problems. shouldn't have all problems I had. no kids in your bar. the one I had games in served food during day. kids are hard on games. Games look good. good luck!

If you want to remove the black paint on the side of the cabinet use goof off graffiti remover it works good I have UMK3 but underneath the black paint was MK2

Power drift! Haven't seen one since around '90 man! Cool memories of being the only tech across 5 sites! Hard work in the summer season back in the day here in South coast U.K. !

Hey john you finally fix that pole chassis

I have sprayed some CLP on the coin mechs and then ran the same quarter through about 10 times and then just clean off the excess (leave a little). Cleans up sticky junk and lets the coins slide through faster and not hang up. and may help with coins being lighter now? And more hanger footage is great! Your vids have been a huge help! Thanks.

Can't wait John,when you tell me what camera you use.This is so awesome

I'm an ex arcade operator. Get used to carrying a little folding pocket knife in your pocket. No, not for defense. A small knife is AMAZING for dislodging coin jams without taking anything apart. The blade can fit into the coin chute and work coins (and foreign objects) free, usually without even removing the mech.

I do agree the monitor stuff is definitely maddening! anyway hoping you get it figured out. Also hope to see new updates on TMNT! I do think the 'beercade' intermissions are a nice change of pace from being in the garage and the basement it does mix things up a little bit!

Hi John ! Regarding your hantarex monitor problem, did you check the B+ on pin 3 of the flyback (+138v ref value) before replacing the HOT ? Cause if the B+ is out of specs and super high it might bring a surge to the HOT base and take it away when powering up. In case you have already performed those tests, you might also consider testing the horizontal yoke coils (with a proper yoke coil tester and not a multimeter) as if a short occured in one of them, it would blow the HOT in a split of seconds as soon as the power supply is switched on.

Hanger video footage is great! I can't believe that Centipede is a flop. That's a current fav of mine. Will have to check out the vids on Twitter. Good luck with MK2!

More Hangar videos!!!!

Maybe stick Centipede on Freeplay for a day or two and see if you can kickstart some interest in it? Though admittedly, that's a really tough crowd that it's hanging with.

I hope it's a quick commute time to the Hangar. I could see it being a real pain if you need to maintenance the games too often.

just wanted to say great video's keep it up.

If the hanger get shocked by lightning all your games are going to be fried

Best soldering iron in the world. Good stuff.

real world arcade footage, awesome!!

Man I really want one of those Nintendo Tech Support shirts!

Very cool, interesting seeing how these games fare in 2016 at the Hangar, I didn't realize coin mechs were so finicky lol, maybe the moving parts just need to be oiled?

AND YES I want to see more Hangar. I'm 2 hours away and may take a ride up!

I'd like to see you play some Marble Madness John. Sound on that game is soooo good!

I'd use the working Midway monitor in the MKII and save solving the hantarex for sometime in the new year. Also n'thing what everyone says about getting Turtles in the beercade. That thing is a quarter-sucker and it'll earn like crazy!

John, Chad @ Arcadecup...the guy is an arcade CRT chassis master!

Hi, John. I enjoy all your videos and see you been working hard on getting that monitor working for that Mortl Kombat II. My advice to you is to get a Wells Gardener 7000 and get rid of the Polo Hantarex, I have a pile of those not working :) I hope one day you can come and visit my Arcade in California. Keep it up John!!

Dude just realized the hangar is not far from me! I may visit if the arcades are still going

I think you need to get an NES Playchoice 10 there. With how popular the NES Classic is at the moment I have a feeling that game may do a lot of business in a place like that with the 30-40 age group.

Would you be able to compile a list of mechs to games? I've love to run tokens in my games, but I'm not sure what mechs to run. Thanks John!

John Good for you ...you finally hit the Big Arcade Time and you deserve it..its so much fun to watch and learn ..try to learn most times...lol you have a great show and i just sent you a message on one of your recent shows.. about im waiting on a Medeval Madness remake pin...ive paid in full just waiting on the shaker motor and its installation and delivery...YAWN...its taking forever lol....i will support your cause anyway i can ...very cool show!!!! i have a pinball question and wondered if you might know anything about it...its a GoldenBall..is it worth a purchace in your opinion or would you pass.. at first i thought cool then i was a little reluctant..lol.. its in 'very good' condition thanks for doing what you do and hope to see more shows in the future JohnQ

I forgot to plug my control board in and that blew the HOT on this monitor, any shorts on the control board?

Hey John, for the games in your collection at home; do you have a means of keeping track and organizing the keys so they don't get damaged if left in the locks. I'd suggest a key lock box and keep an inventory log so you'd know what key is for what machine. This could be beneficial if you manage spare keys or replace locks. I remember you mentioned in your restoration videos that you use a package of keyed alike locks; one thing to keep in mind is that not every batch would use the same number as your previous package. So it wouldn't hurt to have a means of organizing them if you haven't done so already.

Christmas party coming up. Fill your holes, sir! You mentioned Bronco and *maybe* MKII, but at least throw a Christmas tree in a gap so it doesn't look like missing teeth down there. :D

I think you need to finish off that TMNT and get it to the bar. That one will definitely earn you some cash, John. You also mentioned that you wanted to get Xenophobe in there, which might be a mistake. Another project you could take on would be a Turtles in Time. That's another game that would be popular at the bar.

Burn down the Polo monitor Haha Buy a new one and be done. JK! looking forward to you fixing it, cause I'm sure a lot of us out there will have the same problem at some point. It will be nice to have a go to video! Keep up the great work 🤘

Rooting for drunken Donkey Kong! lol

Looks like more trouble than It's worth john.

Can you do tutorial about the -5 volts setup for the PSU for the MK games ? I am unsure if you are supposed to hook up the +5 and -5 and also the +12 V to the PSU / or just the -5 and +12V ? Thanks !

I'm sure that you'll figure out how to juggle the camera and the work at The Hanger in time. Definitely a change of pace. When you check the coin mech validators, do you leave the extra credits on the machine for people to 'discover' or not? My local arcade does leave extra credits in play and it's a nice discovery for a few free games...especially on titles I'd never otherwise play. Come to think of it, I haven't seen a Centipede in the wild for quite some time. Quite possible that nobody cares for the game, anymore. Though, I have seen a Missile Command in the last ten years. Yea...the Xenomorph with it's three players interface may do well. Bet that Turtles would do even better. People do love the Turtles. Or...maybe even that football board.

LOVE THE SKATE STICKERS ON THE TOOL BOX, BUT THE "MUIRSKATE" ONE IS REALLY INTERESTING, IT SOUNDS KINDA FAMILIAR, BUT NOT TOO LOL

You go John, I have always wanted to shop some of my games. I would not get another Ghost Busters, You still own it and can always play it at the BarCade, get something else that is cool.

YESSSS FINALLY!!!

40:56 You need some of those video glasses that LGR had

I'm in much need of an appraisal on my 1984 vs golf. It's in great condition

Was there anymore to the MKII parts or was it put on the back burner...?!?

Hey John..hope you finally get the MK2 working someday;-(

do you plan to continue this restore there has not been a new video for the restore for 4 months I have been watching this over 3 times wanting a new part 7

Also, Imonex Quarter mechs FTW. BYE BYE coin door problems. :)

Love the on location videos! Will you ever get into details of licensing for arcades (if that's still even done) and how one has to figure taxes on vending income?

Loving the hanger project, but how far is the hanger from the basement? How much of your free time is it going to take up?

"Looks like I need to order a baker's dozen of HOT'S" haha!!!. Hey John check diode D18, read on the forums that that was causing someone else the same problem. Good luck with the fix.

Would you be interested in working with Wangan Midnight machines?

29:09 a pinball machine that was helped that is ready to go

did you give up on your mk2 restore? cant find the rest of the series

Hi John, Are there anymore MK2 videos? Any plans to continue the MK2 restore soon? Part 6 was Five months ago.

You did everything right but things still don't work like they should and your not giving up if you use a new monitor

How much was a operators licence?

I want to see more hanger stuff. Could replace Centipede with Defender, if Jay has one that is.

I can tell by the title, I know... but when I see a HOT in a static bag named Polo I think... Finally, lets fix that fluxer.

your in the hussle now man! Hope you make some coins back. Making more than sitting in the basement! Coin mechs suck don't they haha feel the pain ;)

Your Berzerk is not technically on Freeplay. It playing like Freeplay because it still has trash in memory (the FF at the bottom where credits should be). Clear the memory in settings, or unplug the battery on the ZPU for a while to clear that. Those boards are bad about that. For some reason when they get trash in memory, they read it as a credit.

i can't wait for some random youtube arcade guy to visit the Hangar and do a walkthrough & commentary, pointing out repro cpos and wrong joysticks. what goes around... :)

Cool to see what it's like to be an arcade operator, must be kind of a pain to keep checking to see everything is working right. Sucks your still stuck wi that shitty monitor I would ditch that thing and try a different one if I was you.

Not the big hole but the pin off to the left?

Walk into restaurant, see middle aged man sitting on floor playing with coin mechs.

podłącz żarówkę 75W między kolektor a Emiter i zmierz na niej napięcie powinno być około 110V

did you test voltages on mk2 in hangar ?, I didn't see it

I wouldn't call something catching fire a safety feature though! :)

Some of those coin mechs might be setup for tokens not quarters.

Yes John show more Hanger videos. Since Centipede isn't making money maybe you should replace it with another game. Let's say Tapper or Tron ? I know man it's a tough choice. Keep it coming 👍

Being an op now, do you think it'll change what games you buy? Things like Quantum and Journey are interesting for collectors due to rarity but I imagine unwanted by ops, compared to things you don't usually go for like 90's fighting games etc. Actually I suppose that, dirty word, Jamma cabs would be useful to keep the game list fresh.

John. Why you did not move the RFM pinball to the hangar?

John, I think it's time to take that monitor out to the backyard and apply the technicians permanent fix, a five pound sledge right in the middle of it. For the amount of time and money you have dumped into that monitor, you probably could have gone and bought a used replacement monitor for it, I think it's time that you go and get a replacement and not worry about it, the aggravation is not worth it.

FATALITY! K7000 WINS!

Looks like one pin from the flywheel is not soldered.