QBERT Arcade Restore

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Жыл бұрын

Life gave me a lemon, watch me make lemonade. In this video you can watch me make a series of mistakes including misidentification, painting with the wrong paint (twice), misidentify a monitor issue, and order wrong parts. But, in this case, it wasn't as much about the (long) journey as it was the destination. I am pleased with the final product, I hope you like it too.

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@Tarpo 2 ай бұрын

Only recently found this channel. I love these long form restorations, the Qbert, Tapper and Street Fighter 1 videos are fantastic. It’s great to see the progress over months and even years to get the machines up and running.

@MrSilverballmania Жыл бұрын

I bought a Qbert at a auction for $5 yes $5 , but it was trashed as being in a barn and animals living in and on it . Me and my son built a new cab as the old one was swelled like wet paper that dried , and we powered it up before any work was done and behold it worked

@TheGeekPub Жыл бұрын

Old Q*Bert is the bomb! I think I'll go play it now!

@Glitch969 Жыл бұрын

That turned out REALLY well. I had my doubts. Very inspiring. Q*Bert is at the top of my list.

@Glitch969 Жыл бұрын

P.S. I’m totally hooked on your channel. My wife “thanks” you. =…(

@basementcuts8884 Ай бұрын

The Fear from 1995. Wouldn't say its great but for a 90s horror it is. Has Wes Craven in it.

@ArcadeFreak-gw5rp Жыл бұрын

I absolutely love q bert, your cabinet came out beautifully. Great job on it.

@ElectricStarshipArcade Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@DavAndFriends Жыл бұрын

Just found your channel and I think what you’re doing here is awesome! My small suggestion would be to show the game in its spot on the floor after the restoration is finished. It would be a great ending to see it go full circle from being in bad shape, to being restored, to being played in the Starship. Either way keep up the good work and I appreciate you for putting out this extremely enjoyable content!

@ElectricStarshipArcade Жыл бұрын

Thank you Michael! I appreciate the suggestion. I have a new video coming out this Saturday at noon and you will see the game on the floor. This Qbert is actually going into a new location. We unfortunately haven’t found a building yet.

@carlosfields9937 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for taking the time to share.

@jabotheclown617 Жыл бұрын

Great work Mike! Looks awesome. 6 player X-Men I see 👀 😎

@ElectricStarshipArcade Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@Karnage233 5 ай бұрын

This was such a blast to watch, turned out magnificent as well. Great job with this!

@ElectricStarshipArcade 5 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@Karnage233 5 ай бұрын

@@ElectricStarshipArcade of course!

@redpill4643 Жыл бұрын

Excellent job, it looks amazing!

@georgeshelton6281 Жыл бұрын

Did you notice that this was the very first time I've ever seen the Q'Bert video arcade game machine getting restored? Even though it was, however, still originally an old-timer tiger, HELI helicopter video game. The thing is: they just don't make video arcade game machines like they used to. It was also too bad that our video arcade game machines cabinets were made out of plywood and not Georgia Pacific fiberglass. That's what our new business buildings are made out of. 😳 😄 😀 😅 🤣 😆 😳

@simonbinni5269 2 ай бұрын

I just found your channel. I noticed you have a MCA joystick. These joysticks are pretty common in Australia and considered to be a great hard wearing joystick. There old but they can take a beating.

@BenCos2018 Жыл бұрын

nice that defn looks amazing haha

@markc1793 Ай бұрын

Honestly, i'd be very tempted to recreate the "Thomas is the best" label and put it back after the restoration. I'm typing this just after the reveal of the label, so hopefully that's what ends up happening.

@robdavis4777 Жыл бұрын

I stumbled upon your vids I’m local in Frisco and I can wait to come check out your place.

@ElectricStarshipArcade Жыл бұрын

Come on by!

@TheChrisBeans Жыл бұрын

Really enjoyed this one. Nice and chill, plenty of detail, and a great result. More like this would be super welcome! I’m assuming that Thomas was responsible for the cool side art, signed off as TK? He’s the best alright!

@ElectricStarshipArcade Жыл бұрын

I’m really glad you liked it. Honestly, making old busted games look better again may be my favorite part. I typically have several projects(and videos) going at once. The good news is that I seem to have infinite amounts of these videos coming so stay tuned :)

@cackleberryfarm4598 13 күн бұрын

Got motion sick after the first 3 minutes. Bummer... wanted to see the restore.

@arcadeerik2603 Жыл бұрын

Great Job, Enjoyed the content. Please keep up the great work.

@ElectricStarshipArcade Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@BenCos2018 Жыл бұрын

the supra max is an industrial key box btw

@johnjpegdevenney Ай бұрын

Thomas is the best

@MR-vg7yn Ай бұрын

Awesome result. This might be a stupid question, but wouldn't it be a lot easier to remove all electronics, the screen, etc. from the cabinet before working on it? I would imagine that sanding and painting an empty cabinet should be way simpler. Is there a reason you don't do that?

@verysharpeditingman 2 ай бұрын

Excellent video! Very inspiring. I have 3 original upright cabinets pacman and galaxian from Franlkin Park Illinois and from 1981....TEMPEST! I want the original Wizard of Wor, Gorf, Centipede , Millipede, Galaga, Zaxxon, QIX, TRON, Venture, Qbert, there's so many.....I want.

@TheVideoMaker1999 12 күн бұрын

Cute doggo

@ElectricStarshipArcade 11 күн бұрын

Thank you! Gunner is my buddy

@mrlox9576 Ай бұрын

Ya can't play 'guess what cabinet is under all this paint' after putting Qbert in the title. Lol And Thomas, you may believe you're the best, but if you're responsible for that wiring, never rewire anything connected to mains again. 😉👍

@michaelapplewhite4715 Ай бұрын

that stick was in my original street fighter, and i have an original street fighter board with the pneumatics if your intrested

@FelinoAnticomunista 7 ай бұрын

Cheers from Chile (new subscriber) Excellent job

@andyauthor2007 9 ай бұрын

Tiger Heli is a vertical SHMUP that uses an 8-way joystick so I don't know how you could have mistaken the joystick that was on it for a Q*Bert joystick. Still, it looks beautiful and you did a good job on it. I wish I had the space and the know-how to restore video game cabinets, I'd build my own arcade.

@ElectricStarshipArcade 9 ай бұрын

The joysticks looked similar, had the ability to be 4 or 8 way, and a lot of time operators back then tended to use them every part they could to keep costs down when they converted a game.

@b.o.4492 6 ай бұрын

Just found you today and enjoyed the video. Subbed and liked.

@ElectricStarshipArcade 6 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@FRISSONhandle 2 ай бұрын

DJ QBERT😊

@operationrestore3308 7 ай бұрын

Nice work

@Undar8ed03 Жыл бұрын

Awesome restore brother. Which led do you use for the marquee light? I want to swap all of mine to leds

@ElectricStarshipArcade Жыл бұрын

12 inch led under cabinet light from Home Depot. 1005 396 890 white. Just cut the plug off and wire it straight in. They have one with no plug but it’s like $14 more. No thanks, I have scissors.

@Undar8ed03 Жыл бұрын

@@ElectricStarshipArcade hell yeah. We got snips and electrical tape for that. Lol. Just kidding, I see you do a lot of dedicated stuff. I would love to but the cabs in my area are so expensive so I get the ones I can and mainly focus on universals like Dynamo’s since I’m just using them in the house. Quick question though, ever ran across a sit down outrun 2?? Also I appreciate the light number. I want to switch all of mine over

@Markokk888 Ай бұрын

Thomas where are you?!

@FranktheTank83 6 ай бұрын

Hey Mike. Was wondering if you remembered what you paid for that Qbert. Was just trying to get an idea for a fair price on a project Qbert cab

@ElectricStarshipArcade 6 ай бұрын

We only gave $250 for the cab. But it needed a lot of restoration. I think a fair price would depend on availability and condition.

@garyrose7962 Жыл бұрын

what type of paint do u use on these cabs

@ElectricStarshipArcade Жыл бұрын

I use oil based enamel. That way I can apply side art without worrying about degassing. If the paint degasses once the side art is applied it can create bubbles underneath