Orange Buttony Goodness
Sean, the guy I told you about, sent me a pic of the test casting of my new Atari ‘volcano’ button lenses. The bottom button is an original Atari red […]
Author: t3
9 Lights
Actually the correct term is lamp. Some people call them bulbs, but that actually only refers to the glass globe that protects the filament from the rapid oxidation of the […]
Something old, something new….
I got a hold of an original Tempest Control Panel with all the original controls in it. That’s right, an original Tempest spinner and two Atari “volcano” buttons. Sweet! I […]
Long Time Comin”
After too long. Way too long. We are finally back on track. Let me recap… February 2009: For my 45th birthday BFG offers to buy me a Tempest cab or […]
Coin Door Revision
I managed to get a coin door from an original Atari Tempest cab. Actually, I now have several of the same model of coin door, but one of them I […]
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That would be 1/18th Which happens to be the scale of the model I just got of the Cowboy Cab! Justin Whitlock makes scale models of classic arcade cabs and […]
Light Brite
Testing the button lighting and need some opinions…. I have three different LEDs: Button Blaster (white) from Groovy Game Gear, Orange 15° (RL5-O5015) Beam from SuperBrightLEDs.com, and Orange 30° Beam […]
I’m So Excited….
Needed a good visual of the control panel (cp) for a post on the BYOAC forum so I whipped this up. Seeing this gets me pretty excited!
Admonish Privately, but Praise Openly
I just received my printed side art from Scott Prior at MameMarquees LLC. I could not be happier! As you can see for yourself: The object between the two panels […]
When it Rains…..
So, I’m in meetings all day, mostly out of my office. When I come back this afternoon, this was on my desk! The speaker grill panel back from the powder […]