Home arcade tour 2018

[@ForeverLacey09]

Super awesome set up. I'll have to look through your videos and see if you have one with the lights out.

[@ArcadeJason]

thanks Lacey

[@jasonpwilson01XFORCE]

I miss the sounds and feel of going into a large arcade. Practically my entire childhood was going to multiple arcades, Love your arcade room. If I had such an awesome room I would love to just walk through and enjoy the arcade atmosphere. I have a game room myself with my favorite arcade games on custom retro monitors but you’ve inspired me to go to the next level if possible.

[@ArcadeJason]

i love that stuff to man i get it

[@olepigeon]

I'm stuck in a part time job, and even I've been able to get 3 arcades over the past few years. I just recently started collecting, and I've picked up 1 arcade very other year or so. If you're willing to learn a little bit of electronics repair (at the very least, buy a couple of cheap tools like a multi-meter, soldering iron, etc.), you can fix most broken arcades. A lot of the time it's bad capacitors (especially in the CRTs and power supplies), maybe some bad traces from leaked batteries, bad pots on an analog board, etc. Stuff you can fix just by following a schematic or simply replace. I currently have a Joust, Defender, and a Centipede. My most recent acquisition is a skill crane claw machine. :) I've only paid about $1000 total between the three, and got the crane machine for $400 this year. None of them worked correctly, but what I was looking for in particular was a good working CRT with no screen burn (CRTs are getting harder to find and expensive to ship.) The rest is mostly mechanical and a little bit of electrical (mostly capacitors.) After some basic repairs, you'll have working arcades. If you really want them to look nice, you can fix up the cabinets. Get yourself a rotary sander, some putty, and get to work. You can buy aftermarket side-art replacements, control panel overlays ... pretty much everything. So if you spend $100 to $300 on a dingy arcade that's fixable, you can then spend about $200 to $400 to fix it up (depends on the game.) Congrats, you now have a "$2000" arcade machine in working, mint condition. That extra value is, of course, your time it took to fix it. If you like you can trade it to other collectors, sell it, up-trade to a rarer game, buy a different one and fix that up. Whatever. :) A great resource is the Vintage Arcade Preservation Society. You donate a few bucks to the museum, and you get access to a forum filled with TONS of arcade owners & collectors. A great resource for anyone.

[@evilash570]

Wow! You have an amazing Arcade!!!! I think its awesome that your wife is very hands on helping you with game repairs, and filming etc. Keep up the good work!

[@tntamusements]

The largest vector collection in the world!!

[@Boomer8003]

TNT Amusements Inc todd I found you!

[@tntamusements]

yes, its me! Isnt this video terrific??

[@Okurka.]

Yup, 0 downvotes.

[@AlanMcClelland]

Love this new layout you guys did and you now have the Starhawk going! Really cool to see you got that going and looks incredible! An ever-evolving collection of vector arcade collection that is truly unsurpassed. To me, you have the ultimate dreamcade! I am glad you pointed out how many games were not working when you bought them. I don't think many people understand how much work and knowledge it takes in restoring them! Keep Rockin!

[@oxxMUDxxo]

I teared up watching your video brother. I wish I had the room to have the Arcade machine of my childhood. I love that you took old nonworking machines for cheep and fixed them. Looks amazing wish I could see all the awesomeness in person.

[@ArcadeJason]

i get it man i get emotional every time i see a datsun 280z on the road had some great memorys with that car

[@525Lines]

Cliff hanger, Journey, Gravitar, Space Wars, old games, and wife who lets you keep it all. Very impressive!

[@davecarr7579]

Hey Jason, fantastic home arcade! I think it's way more admirable that you find em cheap and usually broken and then bring them back to life. Board work and monitors are like black magic to the average person and you make it look like kids play. Always impressed and always looking foreward to your next vid. Thanks for what you do. Can't get enough!

[@ArcadeJason]

thanks for wacthing my crap Dave lol

[@ivanhenley]

I would love my own arcade, especially with a Fix-It Felix Jr like that beautiful machine you have. Awesome video!

[@danmanx2]

It's great to see your arcade collection. You have a lot of passion for your games. Remember, you may not be rich, but with your skills, you've built yourself something better then just purchased cabs. You have a little piece of heaven for yourself. Unfortunately, I don't have the space for this.

[@scryptyc4295]

I can only imagine how much fun working from home was during lockdown when your playroom is way better than anyone else’s you’ve ever met.

[@Reaperman4711]

that is one heck of a setup. Not really my arcade era, but classics there for sure. Someday I'll get more cabs, whe the early-retirement kicks in and I have more time/space. I think I've tripped through your channel at least once before for that color vectrex--that's pretty nifty.

[@undergroundarcade2835]

Nice arcade. I sold a few cabs recently too and it sucked. Had to pick up a couple new 😀. Glad I met you at MGC didn't know about your channel.

[@embennett2285]

totally awesome set up appreciate the work that goes into setting up and keeping them running.

[@ArcadeJason]

THANKS

[@hirthirthirt1693]

I dont have a gameroom yet but I have storages and I enjoy to go through and see what I collected meanwhile....it is amazing how proud it makes me.

[@phillipray1442]

I swear the smartest coolest humble family I know. Glad to be neighbors and friends.

[@keithschneider1054]

Great arcade lineup! Love all the vector machines!

[@tron1984galxian]

Loving your Arcade room,amazing machines

[@rogerama920]

Great walk-through video, Jason. Thank you.

[@ArcadeJason]

thanks for watching man

[@jayn8392]

One hell of a vector collection...

[@ShapeyFiend]

Maintaining that many colour vector games must be something else. Fabulous work.

[@TheCrafsMan]

Mannnnn! This is an incredible setup! Ain’t no tellin HOW much time I’d be soending in that place. LOL! There aren’t many arcades around these days. We have one near us on the gulf coast that we like to visit, but last time we were there, they were rolling some of the classic games out on dollies. :( I think what you’re doing is incredibly cool, my friend!

[@wildernessgames]

When theyre rolling them out because they dont have a use for them thats the time to ask to buy them for sure ; )

[@Cincinnatifamily]

So awesome 😎

[@SpikeColgate]

Ooooh lovely.... i'm def envious... but nice 1 for preserving these beautys.... good to see ;)

[@ArcadeJason]

thanks spike

[@ChezArcade]

Such a great collection!

[@ArcadeJason]

thanks chaz

[@Boomer8003]

I love arcades and your collection is beautiful.

[@ArcadeJason]

giggity

[@MarchosArcade]

m8 vector cabs are rare as hens teeth here in Australia wow beutiful to see makes my game room with 8 cabs like a wannabee , great collection Jason

[@ArcadeJason]

thanks man you can find anything if thats all you think about

[@DaveGeebiv]

"Billy Mitchell, Walter Day signed my Donkey Kong, whatever!" lmao. What an amazing collection, it certainly isn't crap. Great video, thanks for sharing.

[@gingertom64]

An excellent collection you have there, appreciated even more after all the hard work you put in. I would also feel the pain, if I had to let one go. Great channel you have, always a pleasure to watch.

[@ArcadeJason]

yes you get it i am not so crazy lol

[@TheUrbanArcade]

If I had this set up, you'd probably never see me again! Wonderful collection!

[@Jimjaycee]

Hi Jason, Love the tour. I think you have viewed my tour as well at some point. Most of mine were acquired broke down as well, keep up the good work!

[@billyscarbrough]

I sincerely appreciate all the work you’ve done to get these up and running because they look fantastic. I’m 29, about to buy my first house this year and will slowly do the same over time. I’m planning on doing a mix collection of old fix-me-ups and new builds with games not ever made for arcade, so games like Cuphead, Overcooked, my girlfriend wants a Disney Infinity arcade.. stuff like that. I’ll subscribe and follow along my friend!

[@AnthonySDurant]

Just now seeing your tour and it was amazing I can only imagine what you've done to the game room now. And much respect for the dedication and passion you have put behind all this, when you catxh the "bug" you really catch it it's always one last machine and maybe i can move these and fit another one lol

[@ArcadeJason]

lol very true

[@TheDGAF06]

The sound is beautiful.

[@wildernessgames]

What a way to start, the seminal Space Wars. Unreal collection. Yea buying broken games is the way to go, although some games are still big money even if their nonworking these days like Star Wars, its nuts. That pcb lamp is cool as is the Atari sign. Yup i know the feeling, often i look at my cabs thinking i didnt think id ever get certain games, yet there they sit; i hope to feel the same way for my next 2 planned pickups Crossbow and Star Wars but i dont know if that will ever happen. Dude, you and your wife are great man, she has nothing to worry over for sure. Excellent walkthrough, once all my games are up ill do a walkthrough but im at 8 cabs, nothing like your setup. Later man, Mitch

[@psinke]

That's an awesome collection. Great job.

[@ArcadeJason]

thanks man

[@jimgraham5670]

Great Video Jason !! A lot of my early games were $50-$100, non working. That is how long I've been collecting crap. =)

[@stratogustav]

Man that original Starhawk is such a smokeshow. It would be nice to have a larger room so you can put them against the wall and have some air hockey and pool table in the middle, plus the ability to have them a little bit separated to appreciate the sidework. Still, this room is amazing man, congratulations.

[@memyopinionsche6610]

Where I live my landlord had a lot that was full of tractor trailers and other odds and ends.. And like I think 2 year's ago he sold off the lot including the tractor trailers so start pulling out all the odds and ends.. And the people who bought the tractor trailers started opening up and lo and behold. They started pulling out arcade games. The ones I recognized and still remember.. Super off road. Berserk. Joust. Conversion game but the cabinet was definitely a burger time painted blue. I remember those round edges for chef pepper hat top of the Marquee and it gave it away. Blue Atari cabinet I'm kind of thinking it was a road blaster but not 100%. A blue Nintendo cabinet couldn't see what it was thinking donkey Kong. And a few I didn't recognize. And I lived here for about 7 years till then.. All that time I never knew he had a collection. And it never came up in conversation.. I could kick myself.

[@joshsteinhauser5404]

What games didn’t work again?

[@randyfrench9401]

Great Collection Jason, We love it!. I'm shocked that the Star Trek game you got is working because I know every technician had alot of problems with that Specific Monitor that came in it for some reason. -Much Love Brother -Your fellow Nerd Arcadist. -Me

[@genebaldwin2941]

Awesome collection sir! I have a BarCade in my garage. I started with a Coors Light Bowling (my flavor of choice) I gave that one to friends of mine that live in Texas. I think I currently have about a dozen cabinets, several touch screen bartops 3 pinball machines and a few other novelty amusement machines (LED Fortune teller, Match Maker and Grip Tester also a Spiral Gumball machine). My daughter and her friends enjoy it as do my family, friends and I. When most kids meet my daughter they always either tell her we're rich or ask if we're rich, I told her to start telling them YES! (I always wanted to be rich. LOL) One of these days I'll have to make a video of my own. Anyways, enough about me, my initial point was you have a great collection and set up! Always great to find another budget collector / enthusiast, although your skill set appears to be much higher than my own.

[@moviehunter2020]

Your arcade rocks! If I only had 10% of your knowledge of game repair I would be a happy man. I have 8 games and unfortunately only 4 are running :-( from simple things like a leaf switch, power supply, to god knows what on 2 others...lol . It takes a very special person to keep these pieces of history running, let alone looking original and beautiful. Speaking of beautiful.... tell your wife she should have no phobias about being on camera - Keep up the vids! Ever thought about doing arcade play vids? Like trying to get a personal high score, or finding glitches in original gameplay etc...

[@ArcadeJason]

i have done a few play vids but they don't seem to get much views

[@heatherwhite5152]

I'm going to be there tomorrow morning. I can't wait!

[@Arcadehollywood]

Star Hawk looks amazing!!!!

[@playvectrex]

Jason, you have the most amazing collection of vector arcade machines I've ever seen!!! Thank you for restoring and sharing this arcade history. It was a real treat to take a tour through your arcade. Can you be my neighbor? :)

[@jastald8443]

I can understand not paying a arm and a leg for a arcade machine. I got my Tutankham for around $300 CDN which was dead when I got it, but all original. and Ive been slowly buying parts for it over the last year to getting it back into shape. Had to swap the old stern power supply for a newer style power supply with an adapter board. Had to redo the edge connector as one of the wires was soldered directly to the board when the original owner burned up the edge connector. Had to get a cap kit and picked up 3 spare chassis off a guy in Manitoba for $50 as I wanted for parts for a G07 Chassis. Which I still have to find someone that can rebuild a chassis for for me as my soldering skills arent the greatest yet. Picked up few bootlegs off a guy in Toronto for $50 CDN a piece such as Kicker, Timepilot, and he tossed in a Frog(Frogger) that needed work. Which I finally got working when I found a spare board set for parts on ebay for around $60 CDN. Ive also picked up a Car Action PCB which is a bootleg of Bump and Jump\Burning Rubber, and a Wonder Boy in Monsterland which i toss a Sega 8 to Jamma Adapter on. I picked up a Old 80's style Barcade for on a swivel base for $250 CDN that had a Splash PCB (Adult game) in it and was wired for jamma. Which is why the guy I got it from was having a hard time selling it off as it wasnt the greatest of games. I ended up converting it over to a Williams 19 in 1 multicade to play Mario Bros, Defender and Robotron using the 2 player setup. It also needed some parts like a Line Filter, and a Isolation transformer as the 14 inch G07 in it is wired directly to the power supply which didnt seem quite right as far as wiring goes, but it worked. I just recently snagged up a working Deer Hunter USA PCB with Light Gun and Start button for $80 CDN off Ebay that Im going to make into a pedestal cabinet. I figure if I set it up to run off a GBS8220 Ega\Cga to Vga adapter in so I can hook it up to a Flatscreen TV using a Dsub connection when I want to play it to converse space in the apartment. Any who, Great video as always. Keep up the awesome work.

[@aza1479]

Love that berzerk and tempest.

[@ArcadeJason]

me too thanks jrpg

[@Tripmonkey]

Nice to see so many games that I don't know much about. So many collectors stick to the same old games, that these types of videos can be very boring at times. Look forward to seeing more of your videos :)

[@ArcadeJason]

thanks for watching man i have alot of the common stuff too i just don't let them in the house lol

[@BedfordMarcus]

Really nice arcade you have there! :-) Too bad that you can no longer find machines like this in public arcades.

[@ArcadeJason]

yes

[@WattDo]

Sweet tour, your setup is impressive and love hearing the stories behind this stuff. Also, Lupin the Third is the Anime name i think you were looking for.

[@theconsolekiller7113]

Awesome fuckin set up. These games are games I mostly experienced on Atari 2600 (until way later on emulation). I started gaming in 86 when I was 6. So for me games like Altered Beast, Double Dragon and Street Fighter 1 are some of my earlier arcade memories. Played the shit out of atari 2600 though. Now my arcade experience is through MAME on an emulation dedicated machine. There is still something special about having the cabinets all running together though. Very nice. I would eventually like to get some pinball machines since they can only be simulated but not emulated.

[@lemongrass3945]

I wish I could have a game room like this one day. All the machines I find online are worth thousands. I hear people talking where they found machines for a couple hundred sadly it looks like those days are long and gone.

[@driftconnection]

Hi. Just wondering if you have any idea how many amps or watts you're using to run everything all at once??

[@kemekek1]

David Z, hey that porcelain high voltage sign is mine.

[@dino.manzella]

Love the vectors. I have quite a few of my own. Keeping them running is a costly endeavor. On a side note, if you should have issues with your Cliff Hanger disk, let me know. I have a spare I would be willing to give you at no charge.

[@ArcadeJason]

thank you Dino your a good dude it may take me awhile before i get to it as i need to fix the player first

[@Abrondino]

No worries. I'll have it a while.

[@arcadeattic]

Best collection ever,i need to step it up🤘🤘🤘

[@mamearcadeartworkproject4166]

Amazing collection, love it!

[@janiemcghee4000]

Awesome collection man! Really cool!

[@vectrexer]

Hope so because Rip Off is one of the best two-player games! Thanks for the vid!

[@thegreatjonzini]

Such a great collection! ;)

[@ArcadeJason]

thanks

[@cwwCADAVER]

Wow how much is your power bill? Or do you just have them all on when recording? Your breaker box must be strained... but you must have solved that.

[@infopackrat]

What about the electrical requirements? All those games must take a lot of amps!

[@ArcadeFreak-gw5rp]

I love the arcade layout it looks good and the game your talking about I think was street football

[@AnthonySDurant]

Pigskins*

[@marvelousmaker]

I like the older stuff because the new consoles (xbox, PS#) need an internet connection now. If it has to connect to the internet to run I don't own it.

[@fireproofneo]

What a cool arcade! You have great taste!

[@MoonbeamArcade]

Very impressive collection, although must be really tough to pull games out to work on them!

[@ArcadeJason]

yes it is

[@ZEBASS]

Jason this is impressive! I thought I knew about arcade games, but most of the early days vector-based games are uknown to me, lol. I am curious though: where do you usually get all of those marquees, panels and side art in such pristine condition? From some digital database and you print them, or are these original copies that are just well preserved?

[@delsarcade]

P.S. - I think you wife it AWESOME! It's cool that you both love what you do and I like that she participates in your videos helping you out. I also love that you say, "My beautiful wife" when you show her on camera. It shows the cool connection that you have. Tell her Del's Arcade said that! :-)

[@arthurok327]

Howdy my Friend, I've been a subscriber for longer than I can remember now.............COME ON MAN, DON'T STOP POSTING VIDEOS ABOUT ONE OF MY MOST FAVORITE CHILD MEMORIES...Please, I played these games as they debuted back in the late 70s and 80s, so Please start posting more video games videos again, Thank you, Peace

[@gregcxox5562]

My question is this. You bought all these cheap not working games. But once you fix and buy parts do you have more in them than already working stuff?

[@davidcoven9427]

The name of that Japanese cartoon is called Lupin the Third. Its a HILARIOUS story about the adventures of Lupin a Thief, his sharpshooting ally Jigen, and a Samurai called Goeman, whose sword can cut through anything! Throughout their missions they are being hounded and chased by a Interpol Inspector. He has dedicated his life to catching them. Please look it up, it surely doesn't disappoint! lol

[@ArcadeJason]

thats is don't know why i couldn't remember

[@trickysoft]

Wonderful selection that realistically we can only dream of in the UK :(

[@SW0000A]

Jason you are the nicest guy in arcade games!

[@ArcadeJason]

lol thanks man

[@EddRay]

Yes I try to pay no more than $100-$300 for a game ranging from not working to beat the hell up.You can usually find the parts cheap on Ebay if you wait long enough.Btw tell your wife she is the reason my wife let me have more games in the house so put her in more videos we don't judge here.

[@ArcadeJason]

lol she says don't blame me

[@EddRay]

lol i showed her the video where y'all were fixing a game together and i said look she lets him have a whole living room full of games lol.

[@overkill7990]

How come some of the monitors have such deep rich black levels and others the black levels are like grey?

[@kemekek1]

David Z. How bout I stop in and see you two.

[@arcadefever]

Amazing game room Wowwwwww !!!!! Well done Question for you Jason: i have a gauntlet PCB working but color is missing. Monitor works. Do you repair PCB? if yes please let me know where to contact you best Tx You !

[@wizpin]

awesome collection, haven't seen a vector game in 20+ years

[@ArcadeJason]

lol man i love the vectors

[@gemini92406]

I'm hooked on Gravitar at the moment, I'm determined to destroy all planets. Has not happened yet, I find myself getting frustrated most of the time. Still a great game......

[@SW0000A]

I have a touchdown fever rotary football joystick. I also love Lupin the third anime and had no idea they ripped off the anime to make a laserdisc game.

[@ArcadeJason]

touch down fever thats it

[@memyopinionsche6610]

Still an awesome collection a little bit jealous but it's all right. hopefully my dreams and desires will match up to my wallet.

[@dolphin19721000]

I gave you thumbs because I am jealous...and because Todd is below me from TNT...great video

[@ArcadeJason]

LOL Todds a good dude

[@billlumberge3508]

I open up my machine just to smell them. Yes they are like art work. They don’t even need to be on to be appreciated

[@chazzlucas6395]

Arcade Jason ... How big is your house collection ?

[@ArcadeJason]

65 total in the house 4 in living room 4 in the kitchen some games up stairs in another room and a bunch of games the the arcade room i own about 170 games total

[@artoabraham1501]

This is unbelievable!

[@Megalocade]

Lol do you get a Christmas card from your electricity supplier 😁 Like the arcade room, someday I hope to get to that level, i only have 3 cabs at the moment, i must have more arcade spares than i do games and stuff right now, in the UK cabs go for ridiculous prices even for bangers, I prefer to buy a non working beaten up cab as a project as thats the only way i can afford to do it, of not that then I make them from scratch, currently have 2 projects I'm building a MK1 midway cab and a Capcom Big Blue, those cabs are like rocking horse shit over here and even if you do find one expect to pay 3 to £4000 for it absolutely stupid price's. I have orignal Mortal kombat 1 and 2 pcbs and a shit load of cps2 games so not short of what to put in those cabs when completed.

[@carlperkins1452]

You have lots of great crap! I love the smell of the games too. I collect crap as well. Can't stop it. Keep it up Jason!

[@alkohallick2901]

Unbelievable.

[@smellymelly011273]

Dirty Pigskin Football is probably what your Tutenkham was converted to, great vid man!!!

[@FNA247]

Pretty cool stuff.

[@jjdigitalvideosolutionsllc5343]

Rich in knowledge and skill.

[@flightofapaullo72]

Great video and collection! My goal is to have a Berzerk!

[@ArcadeJason]

berzerk was a huge grail for me when i finally got it i stayed up for 2 days straight fixing the boards then i played it til 3 am it was so rotten it leaned sideways lol . later i found a mint cabinet for it

[@flightofapaullo72]

Arcade Jason Lol... that's awesome! I definitely would've played it on a lean too. I spent so many hours at Circle K dumping quarters in that game lol! I've seen a couple on sale here, but the price is crazy... $3,000! One day I'll get one at a decent price! 👍 Have an awesome day brother!

[@Pitbull0669]

WOW JUST WOW I used to Rock cliff hanger

[@jamesv833]

You've got yourself one hell of an arcade!

[@Shark80228]

Don't lie, you're rich in vector games! Just kidding, we know all true techs stay broke, but you're rich in game playing happiness.

[@ArcadeJason]

lol

[@ArcadeJason]

thanks James

[@hywelgriffiths2433]

this is so cool I love arcades

[@seagramrip187]

Very nice 👍

[@notnoodelz3036]

You mentioned guess the games missing from your collection, I think it’s the two games with the crazy artsy bezels. Forgot the names of them, but you told me I wouldn’t want them ;p My other guess is missile command, and Joust.

[@ArcadeJason]

it is starship1 and tunnel hunt

[@kevinschultz4846]

Touchdown fever had the football joysticks