I had said a few weeks back that I had put a stop to anymore arcade purchases until I had all of my current projects in hand. Then something pops up and I find myself buying another cocktail. A fellow collector sent me a message a couple of weeks back with a link to an…
Category: Space Fever B&W Cocktail
Space Fever B&W Cocktail: Part 3
So before I start with the full strip down of the cocktail, I thought I’d better fire her up and see what we’re dealing with PCB wise as it was sold with “glitches”… I plugged her in, switched on the power and waited. These old monitors do take some warming up and eventually the screen…
Space Fever B&W Cocktail: Part 2
I got a few moments this weekend to have a look at a few more ‘areas of concern’ on my Space Fever Cocktail. The one thing that has bothered me since collecting it was the hideous non-illuminated, illuminated buttons that had replaced the fire buttons: Now, the worn CPOs weren’t the prettiest, but these buttons…
Space Fever B&W Cocktail: Part 1
This is again another 2017 purchase that I started work on, but haven’t got round to posting about (I will try to do better!). I picked up this Space Fever cocktail from a guy in North Yorkshire after a frantic eBay purchase. The cabinet was advertised as “complete and working with a small glitch”, so…
My Nintendo Arcade 