Those canadian wildfires last year i remember how dark it was in philadelphia😢 and the smell. Scary stuff to know how far away canada is but yet i could see and smell the evidence. The world just isnt that big. We gotta take care of it. The children will inherit the earth. Let's prevent a scorched earth for them. So they can know the joy of classic arcade games and share with their kids one sunny, mild, summer day

I’m a little late to the party, but what you revealed underneath is that the original paint on the wood or is it something else?

Great tips Charlie. Now do us all a favor and delete this video or at least hide it behind your paywall. There is enough competition out there as it is without you teaching the noobs! 🤫🤫🤫 😂

Great info. Considering that I'm in Ireland, home to Atari Ireland, it is so hard to get any form of machines. Another issue is searching for "arcade", and getting tons of 1ups and multi game cabs, so annoying.

k7000 are pretty easy to fix.. deflection board on those are reproduced these days

Great tips! I went to pick up a Kangaroo that had been converted to a Twin Eagle and wound up coming home with a Robotron 2088 that had been converted to a Gladiator as well. Got the pair for $400. As you said, he wanted to get rid of them and just asking if he had anything else led to snagging both. He was a fun guy to get to know as well.

Makes me wish I still lived in Philly. :(

Hard to find the actual classics nowadays, but you sure can take your pick of Arcade1UP abominations cluttering marketplace, craigs list, and eBay.

Almost every game I’ve ever bought were projects. No fun in buying working games 😅

Projects can cost more than just finding a nicer version of the game. Bad boards, Bad Monitors, Missing parts, Art, etc... it all adds up quickly.

Good insight from the content machine 💪 🤖 🕹️ 📺 👍 thank you

Excellent video. I am wanting to pick up a few cheapo units to test and see if I can fix them up, maybe turn it into a side gig or hobby. Some good tips in here to get me startd.

Greetings from the UK! Really enjoyed your video, what a fantastic home arcade you have 😃 I do have a nostalgic soft spot for Sly Spy and Superman. Played both back in the day 😊 WWF Wrestlefest is probably my favourite ever arcade game. Loved it back in the day and was a big WWF fan from mid eighties to about '93

Thoughts on lowballing other collectors for $500 shipped?

Pretty good insight. Networking and making friends is really the most important one. Another one is just being friendly. Sellers are much more likely to help or give you a break if you hit it off with them. It's also fun to learn their story. Everyone has a story to tell, many of them are fun.

Excellent tips! I’ve met some great people just by buying a game from them.

These are all good tips Charlie. Also get to know the guy who runs the dump/recycling/electronics recycling. That's how I got Area 51 and Mortal IV Kombat for free. Oh and find a 80s phone book and look up the arcade amusement section of the old phone book. That is how I got a Donkey Kong for cheap.

Can we get the in-law's kitchen tour?

When did you start collecting Charlie?

Good. You need more 1990s arcade games. No offense, but you are stuck in the 80s! Spread your love around to other arcade decades!

I know this is not related but yeah anybody here know about a light house form LAI games?

Hey Charlie, just noticed that you own or at least in your intro you have a time pilot. When you flip up the control panel out the game, does yours have a square cut out in the very center of the medal. Mine does and it even has the medal plate that normally goes atop it, and I'm just curios on the rarity of the early time pilot control panels with them.

Oh, and I was going to ask why no women's sizes on the T-shirts and then I thought, "Oh. Yeah. Nevermind."

Hey Charlie. Great job on everything. Couple things to note... 1) I do not recommend getting the neckboards wet when washing the monitors/chassis.' Even with compressed air, it's possible for moisture to remain in the neck socket and corrode the focus plates. I usually cover the neckboard with a plastic bad and just use alcohol and a bristle brush to clean it. 2) There is an internal resistor in the flyback that controls the focus voltage. When it starts to go bad, you end up having to max out the focus adjustment to get a decent amount of focus. So if that's the case, the flyback would need to be replaced, as you show here. Just mentioning it. 3) On the low B+ issue, what does the B+ resistor read? 180 ohms? I'm wondering if that's your issue if you've checked everything else on the power circuit and replaced the regulator. Did you replace the rectifier diodes with the correct part numbers? It's very likely not going to be the isolation transformer. It's either going to work or it's not. It's odd that you have two of these with low B+ like that. It can't be the tube if it also is low on the light bulb test. You can rule out the iso by using a cabinet that has an iso for power and see if it does the same thing. Just a thought. However, I suspect possible bad/oxidized solder joints on R89 or R101. Remove them from the circuit to inspect the pads to verify. If those are good, the only other suspect would be the B+ resistor. 4) I've NEVER seen a decal like that on a K7000 frame. The one that says WGR2570. That's very interesting. They didn't start with those decals until the K7400 and it was WGM2574 (Wells Gardner Monitors 25" K7400). Wonder what the "R" would be. This must be a VERY late K7000 production.

I called the k7000 basically the Ford Taurus of monitors it's the workhorse of the fleet so to speak

awesome video

Mouse Patrol.

BTW great job on getting these monitors working.

I'm going to say this for anyone watching this, DO NOT ground the isolation transformer to earth ground and or the monitor frame, it increases your risk of shock when working on the monitor on the bench. When it's in the cabinet connect it exactly how it was connected originally.

Installing a cap kit on an untested monitor, if it doesn't work you don't know if it was your work or preexisting problem.

Just started watching. Turn the breaker off to the game room if you have a thunderstorm, just having the games off doesn't fully protect them. When lighting struck my mother's house a few years back everything plugged into an outlet was destroyed, even lights that were off were blown. Also I suggest a whole house surge breaker in your breaker box. That reminds me that I need to install mine.

King of K7000! Love it❤. Big hug coming tomorrow

Oh no Not the bondo😅

Nice Charlie! I’ve contribute to Children’s Miracle Network with every real estate transaction I close. I was the lead donating agent in Oregon a couple years ago. Good on ya for promoting this very worthy cause!

I love my local ace as well! It's been family-owned for years beyond years. Have developed a great rapport with them since I was a boy. Bonus points because they're also two blocks from the garage

First reaction upon seeing the thumbnail: “Charlie’s sold his soul to ACE”. Reaction after watching the video: “This guy.. he’s the best! ❤”

Ace hardware is a top tier hardware store. The rewards program is awesome as well.

Great video. Gotta get to an Ace near me.❤

You should have used it to buy CRAFTSMAN tools I'm pretty sure the tablesaw will fit in the bucket.

Great message from the content machine! 🚨

I wasnt into this game at first but it turned out way better than i thought it would.

That Atari cocktail table would be interesting to research more. As far as I know, there were only kits for cocktail, but Atari shipped Tetris in cabaret cabinets that were supposed to be Klaxx. The kits also included serial number stickers, so it might look more like dedicated cocktail, but it's not. It would be interesting, if you could find any more info what your cocktail table originally was.

First warning sign is the rust all over the metal parts. That means the cabinets were stored in some misty shed exposed to elements. You have a lot of extra work ahead of you. Some of the cabinets might not look swollen in some places because they are uniformly swollen throughout ;). Somehow I have a feeling they still had the keys, but didn't want to show how bad the inside is. Maybe that elderly couple wasn't so nice after all ;).

Oh, a mini arcade barcade ms pac-man machine. Nice.

Nice find, I would kill to get a mini ms pac. I had one years ago and lost it in a house fire. I was so upset. Great find

Your videos are so comforting to watch, keep up the awesome content <3