Repairing Atari's 1982 Dig Dug Arcade Game! Hack Removed!

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[@LyonsArcade]

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[@Inject0r]

Joe's Classic Video Games this fix was very nice and all, but won’t the cabinet be back within a couple of months or so, due to the resistance on the ground lead of the edge connector? There must be a reason why it got so hot, right? (Or am I missing something here?) Other than that, really nice video and great troubleshooting!

[@evergriven7402]

Thanks for the video ... A couple questions please : where did you get the pins for the Jamma connector any online links ? what kind of monitor was that k7000? or mitsushita?

[@stephenlongsmovieandvideog9283]

I think it's a Matsushita

[@ArtStoneUS]

Dig dug plush toy is no longer available on Amazon 😭

[@jaybrooks1098]

Since there isn’t any masking the tin becomes a sacrificial metal because of the two different metals and current. This will eat away at the traces till there isn’t any. Using dielectric grease will probably prevent the issue since it will prevent moisture from forming electrolyte.

[@tonypitsacota2513]

Oh, wow, that brings back good memories. I played Dig-Dug against our peewee quarterback, who's name was Doug in a pizza joint after Saturday games. We still call him Dig-Doug to this day.

[@simonmanners4108]

I have to confess I did something wrong the other day. I watched a KZbin video about a gentleman showing how to wash a rope. I thought “well I could do that and maybe get something right”. I was sceptical though because the comments where full of howls of indignation about how he was doing it all wrong. So I tried to wash my rope using the generous information provided in the video. To my dismay it came out clean, I must have gotten it all wrong because according to all the expert comments it was done all wrong.

[@LyonsArcade]

LOL I hate it when that happens!

[@SomeCanine]

Who doesn't love digdug? It's still fun even after like 40 years.

[@arthureverett8220]

My company always sent me to Randy Fromm seminars in Chicago. (Randy Fromm Arcade School). I learned many troubleshooting skills on jukeboxes and pinball games. He went into great detail on newer power supplies that incorporate pulse width modulation

[@kh40yr]

I miss this game. My god. Untold fortunes put thru the one in town back in the day. All I had,,right into the machine. The good old days. Nice work Joe.

[@LyonsArcade]

Thanks for watching, it's fun to bring these back to life :)

[@308Savagebolt]

I would have never thought that Dax Shepherd would be referbing vintage arcade games as a side hustle ?!?!?!

[@LyonsArcade]

Never heard of 'em! Thanks for watching 308Savagebolt!

[@JackP8414]

20:56 "When you wish upon a star..." [death sound!]

[@LyonsArcade]

And what a beautiful death sound it was!

[@djmips]

@@LyonsArcade sounded like victory

[@chrisfreemesser5707]

Back when I worked for a company that made Atari peripherals we used those machine-pin sockets (Augat was the brand we used) instead of the cheaper variety...they just made better connections with the legs on the chips. Great vid...using the logic probe brings back memories of troubleshooting circuits in my college electronics classes so many years ago

[@LyonsArcade]

Thanks Chris, we appreciate the kind words... it's kind of fun tracking the problem down if it's a clean issue like this one (a minor sound thing, etc.)

[@hillbrothersarcade7630]

My first Arcade Cabinet ever was DIG DUG that I purchased from Lyon's Arcade! (Which of course I still have) You guys Rock!

[@LyonsArcade]

It's such a great game :) Glad to hear you're holding onto it :)

[@oreomeiseki5296]

Sweet repair! You are the king of classic arcade boards!

[@LyonsArcade]

Meh, I get there but there's a lot of people much more talented at repairing them. They're fun to work on though.

[@oreomeiseki5296]

No, I was serious, you do an excellent job, your videos are fun to watch and even educational for those like me who are timid to dig into arcade pcb repair. Thanks for sharing your knowledge with everyone!

[@QunMang]

"Another one rides the bus" Weird Al reference noted. Loved his stuff back in the day. The closest I ever got to arcade repair was trying to intern at Great America one year, but I didn't get the internship unfortunately. I did do PCB troubleshooting for awhile though, mostly smaller stuff, before going in an entirely different direction.

[@LyonsArcade]

Very cool, I've never been to Great America are they still around ? I think that's out west, I used to live in Fresno as a kid.

[@QunMang]

@@LyonsArcade North of Chicago- now Six Flags Great America

[@midnitepagan9118]

Funny when we were kids of the 80's going to arcades waiting for the next greatest Video game to come to your local haunt. Not once did we revel over the artwork on the cabs. We were more interested on what was on screen.... But now as we grown old, we start to apriciate the work into the art and presentation of the cabs. But also the half the problem was that you would have 10-20 cabs pushed together a row and would never see side artwork anyway.

[@LyonsArcade]

Yeah that's weird how that works like that. I was the same way when I was a kid I don't remember what most of them looked like... maybe I was seeing the sideart as a subconscious thing though and it made me spend more money... like you said though, people come in our shop all the time, they want games in mint condition, I've tried to tell them they were never in mint condition but they want to live the illusion :)

[@edptrs9040]

Like your board repair videos. I'm an old pinball guy so never played video archade games, but the board repair is largely the same so I watch the video archade repair too!

[@LyonsArcade]

Thanks Ed, we appreciate having you along for the ride!

[@rlgrlg-oh6cc]

The one LM324 is set up for a gain of -1. So the two speakers are wired in series between the two amplifier outputs, and through the one wire-wound volume control. When one amplifier output is going positive, the other is going negative.

[@LyonsArcade]

O.K.!

[@kayakook]

Thats the one from The Basement in Concord. Loved the game but refused to play that one because the sound was so screwed. Nice to see its fixed.

[@LyonsArcade]

Yes, that's the one! We bought it from Troy and sold it to another local arcade so now everybody's happy :)

[@dalea1691]

I was great at this game. Watching you play, brought back memories.

[@LyonsArcade]

That's what we're trying to do, thank you for watching Dale!

[@phuketmusicscene9008]

Another 80’s classic get to live again ! Keep up the great work

[@LyonsArcade]

Thanks Dale!

[@sherry-ml7zw]

wish we had a arcade back in baton rouge again great video.....

[@LyonsArcade]

They have opened some bars that have all the old games in them, but it's not the same....

[@bperkins]

Nice work. I’m going to get some edge connector pins for inventory. Always love your repair videos.

[@LyonsArcade]

Thanks Bob, we appreciate you checking them out!

[@vince_martyn]

When you said 11H was running off the 5v rail, it isn't. It's running off the 10v unreg rail and the 5v rail is being used as a nominal mid-rail for the audio. Pins 10 and 12 of that chip go to 5v for that reason as a reference, they are not being loaded. This is an alternative to running the opamp from a split power rail (e.g. +12 and -12v) and in that world, pins 10&12 would be referenced to 0v. So the audio output from 11H will be biased to 5v and swing above and below this in sympathy with the audio signal. Love your videos and channel. Getting a pinball machine of our own soon.

[@LyonsArcade]

Thank you for going into such a detailed explanation about how I don't know what I'm talking about. You missed a few other places I didn't know what I was talking about either.... so if that's your thing, you might want to rewatch so you can spot more errors.

[@arthureverett8220]

The jamma connectors always overheated and burned on the 5 volt line to the logic board. We used to rebuild the jamma connectors. I worked for AMERICAN Amusement and Vending Corp out of Bay City MI. for 4 years. I did both bench work and field repair I was their monitor expert being a tv service tech prior to working in the coin op industry. Juke boxes were my favorite things to work on. The Rowe cd jukeboxes had problems with their early CD player units. We replaced the upgraded version CD players and never had trouble afterwards

[@roadwolf2]

I love the control setup on your test desk.

[@LyonsArcade]

Thanks!

[@marksnexus]

You are amazing Joe! I have learned so much from your videos and as an electronic tech this means a lot. Nothing like these old school machines! Watching your videos is very inspiring. Thank you 🔥💯

[@LyonsArcade]

Thank you Captain Howdy, glad you enjoy them!!!

[@AiMR]

Nice troubleshooting Joe!

[@LyonsArcade]

Thanks Eric, we appreciate you watching!

[@DeviatingVapors]

thanks for going thru the schematics and such. a few tips for this game maybe only found in the operating manual - more points are gained by the color coded dirt, as well as how many enemies can be squished in the same column with a single rock. pumping vertical or horizontal changes the point structure of popping them (my friend will start in one direction, then maneuver to the other to pop them). so of course he kicks my ass at this game, and has incredible reflexes on the pump button. the bonus fruit only comes when ... there are two or more enemies. enough rocks have to be dropped before it will appear tho. when there is only one left, then it exits to the top left corner. never considered staying at the top. wonder if I could last longer at the higher levels longer...

[@justjoe942]

Thanks, dude; I never tire of this. Plus, I'm picking up basic electronics and understand a great deal more than I did before.

[@LyonsArcade]

Very cool man, glad you enjoyed it!!!

[@a.fritzbecker8986]

Nothing says quality workmanship like seeing 1/2 dozen wire nuts splicing a wiring harness together, along with tack soldering.

[@a.fritzbecker8986]

Also the "thing" that moves around on the rheostat, that is connected to the center terminal, is normally called a "wiper', you were probably just tongue tied or had a mental block and knew that anyhow. It's sort of weird to use a linear wire wound rheostat as a volume control, but I guess they needed the wattage in that circuit, too bad they didn't have a screwdriver slot cut into the end of the shaft. The original rheostat looks like it must have been 5-10 Watts, the little carbon pot is maybe 1/2 Watt, and had no business being there.

[@LyonsArcade]

They did have it up and running, though :)

[@andymouse]

Nice fix on the edge of that board, and yeah, I like those "Turned Pin" sockets, they are a little more expensive here but infinitely better.

[@6581punk]

Quite a lot of devices use single wipe sockets which are rubbish. Double wipe are better but turned pin are the best.

[@LyonsArcade]

Some have made the point that the turned pin ones are round and have less surface area touching than a dual wipe socket.....

[@andymouse]

@@LyonsArcade Maybe, but in over 40 years in electronics in one form or another I've seen less problems with turned pin...Im a little biased !

[@6581punk]

@@LyonsArcade The turned pin sockets are gold plated which means better conductivity.

[@petermichaelgreen]

@@LyonsArcade I suspect the people saying that haven't looked at a cross section of one that shows the 4-finder contact inside. twitter.com/TubeTimeUS/status/1295885655549992960

[@ariakellyleighbuchanan1819]

Wow what a throw back. Beings back fond memories. Thanks

[@LyonsArcade]

Thanks Aria, we appreciate you watching!

[@1959blantz]

I was able to repair my Centipede machine by using copper tape as you did in this video. You must have shown that in some of your previous videos because I always check your channel as reference whenever I'm doing any repairs.I have always used an ink eraser to clean the fingers on edge connectors, and it always seems to do the trick but I'd like to know your secret for cleaning edge connectors. My next project in on my Midway "Space Invaders" machine. I'm missing a few sounds. If my memory serves me correctly, when the saucer flies across the screen the saucer sound is different than what it should be. Also, there is no sound when I hit the invaders. I get sound when I shoot, I just get no sound when they are hit.

[@LyonsArcade]

When you do your space Invaders, you've probably looked into it already but there are a bunch of LM3900 chips on the soundboard that if they go bad it kills certain sounds, you can look on the schematics and see which chip makes which sound. Replace that chip and it will likely fix your missing sounds, I believe we did a video on here a long time ago showing how to do it. One caveat though, the "Invader hit" sound you're missing, if you look on the Space Invaders schematics, there's a typo where the wrong place is referred to as the Invader Hit area. So if you use Space Invaders Deluxe schematics, they fixed it and the area they say is the Invader Hit sound is correct. If you pull up both sets of schematics you'll see what I'm talking about.... thanks for watching B L, we appreciate it and good job on your Centipede :)

[@hardlucknate6769]

I got a chance to see this game in person and I am finally going back there to film it in this cabinet

[@LyonsArcade]

Very cool!

[@hardlucknate6769]

@@LyonsArcade yeah

[@troyleong7412]

AWESOME FIX!!!!!!! AWESOME GAME!!!!!! It looks and sounds amazing now. YOU DA MAN!!!!!!!!!

[@LyonsArcade]

Thank you Troy!

[@tron3entertainment]

"Bring in the Logic Probe!" - SARK / TRON

[@draketungsten74]

I came here to see this, or say it if someone else hadn't already.

[@tron3entertainment]

@@draketungsten74 - Given my namesake, isn't better that I said it? 😁

[@draketungsten74]

@@tron3entertainment Considering my son's namesake, I think I'm covered. 😁

[@pizzalicker4576]

good on you for saving the past.

[@LyonsArcade]

Thanks for watching Pizza Licker!

[@chrismayer3919]

Another famous game classic (my fave game) saved by you! pats & congrats!!!

[@LyonsArcade]

Thanks for watching Chris!

[@michaelnippert945]

I remember playing that when it was new I would 24 brought back a lot of memories

[@LyonsArcade]

It's a really great game, very well designed down to even the music and sound effects. I used to play it on the Atari 5200 all the time back then....

[@mikeanonymous669]

Nice work! Now I gotta go get me one to restore!

[@lee2217]

Another class Please Keep them coming

[@LyonsArcade]

Thanks Lee! More coming soon.

[@saskia6750]

very very nice,just touch up that cab in a few places,and the jobs a goodun ;) played these when new !! refreshing !! thank you for the video guys x

[@LyonsArcade]

Hope you couldn't have possibly played these when they were new that was 38 years ago :) Thanks for watching, we'll see you on the next video!

[@saskia6750]

@@LyonsArcade sorry guys i should have said,my friend was here and wrote that,she is 49 and a hardcore game nut like me :) ive learnt a lot from her about the industry,ive played dig dug on namco museum and on mame though x

[@ArtStoneUS]

Make the music stop! Please! 😄 The trick to getting points is to drop the rock on the monster while it's frozen because you pumped it up. Multiple monsters with the same rock to score really big. You can part way inflate the monster and then let go, to get all of them together in a big bunch

[@LyonsArcade]

I've seen that a few times in the attract mode but I just like to play it digging through the ground a little bit :)

[@EvanAxer]

Great job man I love repair videos and seeing the passion you have with you great knowledge of electronics. Very clean fix and Putting it back to factory was the right way to do the job. Job well done Joe!

[@LyonsArcade]

Thanks Evan, we appreciate you watching with us as we work through it :)

[@stevenwalmsley]

Nice repair dude.. That's a few times now the logic probe has probed! 👍

[@LyonsArcade]

Thanks Steven, we appreciate you watching man!

[@cliffburridge]

Keep ‘em coming, fella! 😎😎

[@LyonsArcade]

Thanks Cliff!

[@youvsyou945]

Very cool game, man what a good shape survivor! Cool repair and all the details. Thanks so much

[@christopherrasmussen8718]

I must admit to being one of those techs in antiquity that would dive into those and make them work PDQ (often) with no schematics. I was a bright kid who lived at a Space Port. Owner had a problem one day and boom, I was fixing them for about 5 years. Lots I could (hak) fix. Some I could not. When it got to upper level stuff we call corporate. They send the district tech. He didn’t mind me taking some of the heat off. So the owner let me keep going. I still have a bench and only recently got into SMD with IOS devices. Keeps the old brain sharp. Next to the Space Port was a Radio Shack. They had a mail out repair service. When I pulled a bad radio out of the trash that had come back from repair as unrepairable, and fixed it, the manager started giving me things to fix. So when I went into the Navy as a seasons hak, they gave me microcomputers to fix. Good times. Made a career out of electronics.

[@LyonsArcade]

That's pretty cool Christopher it's funny how stuff comes together like that for people, it's a good skill set to have, saves you lots of money and you can work on about anything!

[@simonsmith2802]

Because I am a fully qualified electronics repairs engineer what I do when you have a burnt out Trace I use sticky copper tape

[@rlegato364]

😁 I spent enough money on that game in my local arcade to pay for the machine! Everyone else's money was pure profit.

[@LyonsArcade]

They must have loved you, lol Thanks for watching Ron!

[@williegillie5712]

One of my favs that dig dug

[@LyonsArcade]

It's pretty good. We sold one to a guy from Poland last week, and he said "This is my Fantastic!"

[@jankro1]

I have successfully used fiberglass brush to clean connector traces.

[@LyonsArcade]

I've been trying to use it more, somebody sent me one! Thanks for watching Jan!

[@kakurerud7516]

hold button down to pump ; ) one of my all time fave games. got the mini one from wallys tho close its not the same.

[@LyonsArcade]

One of the coolest early 80's games for sure!

[@videolabguy]

13:25 - Machined pin sockets are the ONLY kind I will use in all of my electronics. The stamped pin sockets are just as crappy as the Molex edge connectors, just like the one you had to rebuild at the beginning. With the stamped pin sockets, over time with temperature cycling, the chips literally climb up and fall out of the sockets. I call those, designed in breakdowns.

[@LyonsArcade]

I have seen a ton of games where the roms have raised up out of the sockets, you're absolutely right!

[@shovelhedded]

Wow, serial UR000055, fairly low number! Great videos, thanks.

[@LyonsArcade]

Yup this would have likely been built the very first day.

[@AzrialAlaria]

There is a retrocade about 5 mins away from me that has one of these units in good condition as well! I like the Dragon (Fygar) in the game!.....as you may have guessed lol.

[@LyonsArcade]

You do seem to have a touch of the Dragon appreciation there

[@AzrialAlaria]

@@LyonsArcade Indeed! Lol

[@charlesmurphy1510]

If you cut a shallow notch where you wrap the trace then the tape won’t move around. Or just use contact cement.

[@LyonsArcade]

Thanks for the tip Charles!

[@djlamar2]

Ah dig dug. Love this game even on og consoles but the real way to play it is on an arcade cabinet :)

[@LyonsArcade]

You got that one right :)

[@ToddKonicek]

Had similar issues when I got my original TRON upright, software Rev. 1.01, except the power supply was the culprit, so I rebuilt that, then worked forward, I ended selling it for 7000 USD to an Arcade, not bad, for a free machine from a friend that's a well known software developer and for a few weeks worth of work and a few 10s of dollars in spare parts When I used trace tape, I would solder the whole trace from the break to the edge, but that adhesive hates 400C soldering irons, so i lay in copper wire to hold it to the broken end trace to the end of the connector and solder it up

[@LyonsArcade]

You did pretty good :) I think the last Tron we had in we sold for $2200.

[@ToddKonicek]

@@LyonsArcade I never asked for that they offered it, I would have taken much less around what you said I very much enjoy tech work and if I may, my video resume of my last radio station l, I was asst engineer for and I was in house and did a bit of transmitter work, there is a video I made of a 100Kw transmitter dropping attitude, check that one out if you like kzbin.info/www/bejne/gHTCgYGcp5iLfq8

[@robinbrowne5419]

(27:53) Lol. He did quantum tunneling right through the wall :-)

[@LyonsArcade]

Is that that damn Elon Musk again???!!!????? it was 1982!!!!

[@robinbrowne5419]

@@LyonsArcade It's that pesky Schrödinger and his cat :-)

[@ItsaRomethingeveryday]

Always liked this game, could get quite far in it

[@LyonsArcade]

It's pretty fun, I can't get very far though bro

[@ItsaRomethingeveryday]

@@LyonsArcade same, them ghost are just a little too quick for me, with the speed up mod, I can usually get a little further tho

[@sherry-ml7zw]

love tht game i play tht on play station classics

[@LyonsArcade]

Those Playstation Classic disks were awesome!

[@musclesmouse]

I thought it was the PoKey. No wonder the sounds for my Atari 8 bit computer has 2 versions of Dig Dug and it sounds just like the arcade.

[@hellacia8151]

Quick question... did the Namco cabinet keep the same cabinet for Japan?

[@robertcroft2591]

You might not be an engineer but you are a real logical enginerd. Better in my opinion.

[@Scrapy-ih7ob]

This game , my goodness , when there was no law about sending your 12 year to store get Pop's smoke, Let me tell you , he never got his change, unless it was smoke , loaf bread dinner run I never passed up opportunity play this game. , I put ever quarter I had into the laundry arcade. I was on run one day, got diamond was about break the machine record,. low behold I didn't know I was there for hour. pops came lookin for.(smokes) snatched the bag, loaf bread , said get home now. sorry long story, we all know the 80's rocked. My late pop was awesome, he never got his change normally expected that.

[@LyonsArcade]

Thank you for your story Scrapy I remember those days! Thanks for watching!

[@atomicskull6405]

With these Namco licensed games did Atari use Namco made boards or did they manufacture the boards for the Us versions themselves?

[@LyonsArcade]

Atari manufactured pretty much everything in the game, remember they were using the Atari power supply design and they had full production capabilities for the games they designed themselves, like Asteroids, Gauntlet, etc. At the time, The industry was so huge that there were several production facilities needed to supply each market with games, so Namco was making it's own boards overseas and at the exact same time Atari was making it's own boards in America.... The Namco made boards often were very different designs. A game like Dig Dug though had several board revisions as well, they sold a ton of these things.

[@KOSMOS1701A]

I should look for this arcade your buddy runs.

[@LyonsArcade]

He's in Simpsonville, SC, check it out!

[@KOSMOS1701A]

@@LyonsArcade I commute to simpsonville almost everyday, and i had no idea there was an arcade!

[@KMKTO]

Have you’ve ever seen a tron arcade cabinet. If so do you have any videos I could possibly watch you have made on the arcade tron? Also I subscribed to your channel because it shows me some basics of how arcade machines function.

[@LyonsArcade]

AJ Thank you for subscribing! We have had several Tron machines but I haven't had one in a while, if I get one in I will film it for you.... we weren't making videos the last time I had one in!

[@KMKTO]

@@LyonsArcade Thanks for everything I think your one of the best arcade KZbinrs I’ve ever seen

[@aleksandrbmelnikov]

They couldn't have installed a Molex power connector on the board? Maybe pin it to match AT standard (12/+5/-5), just in case someone later pokes wrong plug in it.

[@99snubby]

Riches gas and goodies in Payson Utah ate up all my spare change on their Dig Dug machine.

[@LyonsArcade]

Richie's Gas And Goodies what a name :)

[@DeadKoby]

I was ready to pounce....... Dig Dug is a NAMCO GAME........ distributed in the USA by Atari.... you get a pass.

[@LyonsArcade]

This is the Atari dig dug cabinet, chill out a little bit Koby and try to enjoy life without having to be right about everything all the time. Everything I touched in this video was designed by Atari, none of it was designed by Namco.

[@dirkdiggler69]

Had this for my Atari 2600 back in the day

[@LyonsArcade]

Me too :)

[@billwilliams6338]

JOE'S CLASSIC VIDEO GAME, any reasons why arcade games use a rheostat instead of a potentiometer? and why is the rheostat 10watts to 50watts depending on the arcade games amplifier?

[@LyonsArcade]

They're the same a Rheostat is just made differently so when it needs a lot of wattage sometimes the Rheostat is cheaper to purchase than a potentiometer. The reason it needs to be more wattage is because where it's placed in this design is after the music has been amplified.

[@billwilliams6338]

@@LyonsArcade do you know why they would want to place the music volume after the music has been amplified because you would need to use a high wattage rheostat instead of using a normal low wattage potentiometer? I don't see the advantage but I think I have read because they had to run the harness wires all the way up to the front of the arcade enclosure which picked up to much noise.

[@vk3hau]

bill williams becouse if you control the volume with the preamp you can induce noise artefacts and static before the amp, controlling volume after amplification limits hum and noise artefacts been induced . think of it this way, you turn the volume right down on the control before the preamp, but noise artefacts level will still be at the some volume level. where as, if you bring the game sounds above the noise artefacts level at preamp stage, then amplify the games sounds, and then control with the " volume control after amp " which is above the noise artefacts level you will less likely here any noise Artefacts.

[@billwilliams6338]

@@vk3hau but where are the noise artifacts coming from if you used the volume control BEFORE the preamp? they can just use "shielded" wire to run the volume control to the front of the arcade cabinet. The Shielded wire will shield out the noises

[@vk3hau]

bill williams No, just No... it doesn't work that way, way more effective to reduce the SNR on the preAmp and Control the volume at the Amp.

[@wizpin]

Wish I could find a Dig Dug over here, but I am 4150 miles east from your store, none over here :(

[@LyonsArcade]

There's one in Poland, I just sold it to a guy a few months ago :)

[@user-sh9du2nv5y]

Good job figuring out the problem but I wish you would have showed us the chip that you were having problems with and which leg it was that was generating the problem with the sound

[@LyonsArcade]

No matter what I do people complain I didn't do it right so you'll just have to be happy with the little bit I did, sorry I didn't show you every thing you wanted to see

[@user-sh9du2nv5y]

@@LyonsArcade it's not that you didn't do it right, I think you missed a important part you left out and that is showing the component that was causing the sound problem. I think if you watch the video you made you will see that , nothing wrong with making a mistake you can always fix it and edit it in, this way you will be making better repair videos to show here.

[@Aaronsplaylist1973]

Where do you get the arcade games to repair. It might be something I'd like to give a try.

[@nickalkire1187]

Developed by Namco!!

[@megamanfan3]

This has an Atari ROM, however.

[@LyonsArcade]

Nothing in this video was made by Namco.

[@nickalkire1187]

Joe's Classic Video Games Oh I see!!

[@rick420buzz]

I have both Atari and Namco ROMs in my MAME stash.

[@eformance]

That looks like the Mario fire flower in the upper right.

[@LyonsArcade]

It sure does!

[@danvanvoorst7329]

Have a dig dug cab, that was converted to a mat mania challenge. Wish they didn't do that.

[@LyonsArcade]

There must have been a moment their dig dug wasn't making money anymore.

[@53447lee]

Bigclive is that you?😂😂😂

[@LyonsArcade]

I heard that guy was ripping me off :)

[@seanstar8349]

Ugh dig dig! My friend was really good at this game so I would wait forever for my turn only to die real quick. He killed it at astroids too.

[@LyonsArcade]

Some people are just good at them, you saw my skill level (or lack thereof) in this one :)

[@raffyturc]

nice!!!! 😄

[@LyonsArcade]

Thanks raffy :)

[@aleksandrbmelnikov]

UV epoxy new copper clad fingers to PCB.

[@CHINASAUR]

Digdug is the best :D

[@LyonsArcade]

If it ain't we can at least argue the point, it's pretty good :)

[@ricksaunders3889]

Toooooo cooooool.

[@LyonsArcade]

Thanks for watching Rob!

[@JohnDoe-uq3mx]

what the heck? atari made dug dug.

[@LyonsArcade]

This is a good example of the difference between software and hardware.

[@JohnDoe-uq3mx]

not even mention mame

[@じゆん参]

ナムコのDigDugですね

[@LyonsArcade]

あそこはナムコ、ここはアタリだった！

[@じゆん参]

そうです ナムコの開発者は 全員若いんですよ、歳越えると外れます、( ；∀；)

[@aleksandrbmelnikov]

Hissss, new pins too bright for Sméagol eyes. Must look away.

[@edcurtis2572]

You cleaned the traces and connector pins then rub your gruby oily fingers all over them!

[@LyonsArcade]

You’ll be all right, Ed just keep watching and I’ll keep working

[@Software_Issue]

so 80s

[@stavivanackerson6563]

I don't know if you remember but back about a month ago I was watching you guy's fix an Incredible tech's SILVER STRIKE and I mentioned I was working on a home brewed arcade system myself... well here is the latest progress kzbin.info/www/bejne/d3m2hXyhj7GLZsU

[@LyonsArcade]

Man that's pretty amazing, I like the 3d way it can fire into the asteroids.....

[@stavivanackerson6563]

@@LyonsArcade thanks I been busting my butt on this one... 3 position firing .... Think I will use the gorf style flight stick and 3 cannon position buttons on control panel plus player start...

[@osgeld]

fusses about atari not puttin a knob on the rheostat, installs it back in without a knob :p

[@LyonsArcade]

I didn't have one!

[@kepler240]

worst dig dug player ever. But nice video

[@LyonsArcade]

Worst comment ever.... but thanks for watching

[@kepler240]

@@LyonsArcade touche'

[@Maxxarcade]

Fixing a game is always satisfying, but can get really frustrating depending on who got to it before you did LOL. Atari games are pretty well built and easy to work on. And they also weigh a ton compared to other 19" games.

[@LyonsArcade]

Ain't that the truth!

[@JamesPotts]

Machined-pin sockets make the best connection. They have 4 wipers inside. Back when the company I'm at used dips, they were the only type allowed. (We make safety-critical stuff.)

[@LyonsArcade]

I like them!

[@ManofCulture]

better than flat pin ic socket

[@douro20]

Are you sure they have wipers in them? Every machined pin socket I have seen just had a machined blind hole and a chamfer and were sometimes plated on the inside.

[@JamesPotts]

@@douro20 traditionally they do. Now I might need to get the microscope out.

[@randycarter2001]

Here's a tip when trying to measure resistors like you were doing with the volume pot. Learn to hold chopsticks. You can easily connect to both terminals and still hold the component.

[@LyonsArcade]

That would probalby work pretty good :)

[@houseofno]

@@LyonsArcade You can also buy these little stands that have alligator clips on them. That may work better than using chopsticks.

[@Sun-ut9gr]

7:40 Pink rubber eraser from a pencil. Takes off the tarnish/oxidation without damaging the trace. I did the same thing when I restored my friend's Simpsons game. It works for all PCBs, gold plated or otherwise. There, I ruined your magic.

[@LyonsArcade]

I didn't say it, now you'll have to deal with people telling you that erasers damage the traces because they have some crap in it that's acidic. At least that's what people complained to me :)

[@Sun-ut9gr]

@@LyonsArcade I've never heard of erasers being acidic, so I had to check. Per the SDS for PaperMate's pink eraser and their wood pencil lines, there are no harmful compounds or chemical incompatibilities known. www.sprproductinformation.com/SDS/SAN/PMPinkPearl_70527.pdf www.officedepot.com/pdf/msds/929661.pdf Whoever told you that was probably using something other than pink eraser. There are rubberized abrasives available that may be detrimental to PCBs, but I've used Cratex as well with no issues.

[@Doughiemantoo]

Dropped many a quarter into this at the Skaggs Drugstore on 200 East 400 North Logan Utah. It sat right next to the Qbert to ensure that, no matter your frustrating pleasure, they had you covered.

[@LyonsArcade]

They loved their cute bright games didn't they, LOL

[@SteveJones172pilot]

Great video.. I had a similar problem on another machine - I think it was a PacMan, where the output of a chip was stuck low, and it turned out to be that it was really the INPUT of the chip it was feeding was stuck low, which wouldn't let the output rise.. The hint in my situation was that because the OUTPUT was being held low, it was causing that chip to sink as much current as it could, so the WORKING chip got really hot, and when I followed that output to the next input and replaced that chip all was well. I hope that makes sense. Great video. Definitely subscribed and will be looking for more of your stuff

[@LyonsArcade]

Thank you for watching it’s really fun to track these down!

[@towhee89]

Joe I love your vids. How'd you get into restoring these machines and how did you learn how to? My dad fixes radios and tube amps so I enjoy this kinda stuff. I was just curious Thanks! I don't live too far away from the shop I'm in Morganton NC. Would love to visit

[@LyonsArcade]

Come on by! We bought an arcade game when we were kids from the local arcade, that's how we got started.

[@towhee89]

thanks Joe. I was curious if you ever had any electronics training or did you just wing it and teach yourself?@@LyonsArcade

[@evilash570]

One of the all time great classic games! Nice repair!

[@LyonsArcade]

Thanks EvilAsh570, I don't think you're so evil after all :)