Repairing The Legendary PAC-MAN Cocktail Arcade Machine!

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[@piratestation69]

No cigarette burns... not a real cocktail machine...

[@williamnutley5509]

Thank you Joe! I keep learning. Catch you on Friday.

[@zidane2k1]

Cocktail Pac-Man! A staple of Pizza Hut restaurants in the 80s-90s!

[@jimp.7286]

Every bar in town had one of those back in the 80's. They doubled as a table to set drinks on and folks would usually wind up playing. Clever marketing if you think about it.

[@motodork]

Another great repair video!

[@iDX1701]

That blue by Midway stuck out to me immediately before you even mentioned it

[@moefuggerr2970]

I still remember adding the button to make it faster on the upright games. Forever ago.

[@b.thomas8926]

First time I ran into a tabletop Pac-Man was at Godfather's Pizza.

[@JamesUK-je4ew]

We had a fish and chips shop near us here in the UK called… wait for it… “The Codfather”. Regards

[@b.thomas8926]

@@JamesUK-je4ew That gave me a chuckle. Thanks.

[@Vamptonius]

Must have been painful.

[@nicolebourcierphotographer]

OMG love IT!!! I played original type with pals, in English pub, as I am from UK. You get some great machines

[@magicmastera]

Your Videos are so great. Fascinating and entertaining. You are such a pro fixing that old games. Congratulation. And thank you for posting such cool Videos.

[@LyonsArcade]

Thank you for watching! We'll see you on the next one!!!

[@upstatepinballarcademuseum699]

Dang that thing looks almost brand new

[@fallwitch]

Thanks for a fun post! I always learn something watching these.

[@idv1328]

A true Pizza Hut classic

[@sandranemeth2164]

I like the normal speed I put alot of money In those machines waiting in line at Pizza Hut back in 87

[@00Mandy00]

I just watched the menfolk play it.

[@doughboy1966]

Centipede was my favorite game

[@odenviking]

my mom played pacman on pc and i did play pacman on pc. i like the old arcade macines and the old school em and the solid state pinball macines. Looking forward to next repair/refurb video. 👍👍👍👍👍🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪

[@robertlipsett2535]

I worked on the ms pacman last year. the vram board had cold solder joints where it plugs in and the cord being under the game was broken and re taped together underneath the game where you couldn't see it. it is a great game you got there but selling him a multikit would make it so sweet.

[@Hounddoggy33]

200th like! At first I thought the LIKE button was broke!

[@Retroman8000]

My neighbor mounted one of those multigame cocktails in between the rear two seats if his 24' ski boat so his kids can game while he fishes. He was sick of going back ti shore an hour after the kids got bored. Now they ket him stay as long as he wants as they one by ine beat the 1200 installed games, then he says he'll buy a new boat

[@flyguille]

After changing all caps, you need to adjust the HORIzontal +VCC , NO, CHANGING CAPS, don't destroy the flyback, different is, if the original flyback is also at the end of its lifetime, and the insulation just crack after a few more cycles of heat/cold.

[@vcpd]

Ron - I recently acquired a vertical Pac-Man cabinet that was converted into “Video Trivia”. The high score on the game says “Ron” on it. Wondering if you’ve come across this cabinet before? I’m up in southwest VA. Some paperwork revealed that it’s a greyhound conversion kit. Would love to know if you worked on it in the past. It still has the original Pac-Man pcb in it and I’d love to convert it back if I could figure out how.

[@tbville]

Does the counter work while on free play?

[@lancegentle6430]

Contact cleaner in those POTS?

[@jhkindt968]

i have one of these - needs a computer. It does not have a board only like this one. Hoping to find same computer that will only need to be plugged in. Can you help?

[@michaelredman7451]

That means its been played less than 16 times per yr.

[@adamdavies163]

Rubbish game, Puck Monster all the way 😉

[@kbramlett6877]

There are also Pac-Man clones for systems that did not want to pay for the license.

[@cadman10000]

You can't get Pac-Man on the Turbografx-16. It did have Pacland though.

[@pikadroo]

Why does your voice sound wrong?

[@shadowninja1474]

I can unhonestly say I have never played Pac-Man.

[@kennytrosborg6761]

You cant get pacman on the virtual gameboy😅

[@waynegram8907]

JOE or MATT, Why is the B+ voltage 120vdc? I'm not sure why the arcade game designers make the B+voltage at 120vdc and not at another voltage. There must be a reason why they wanted it to be the B+ to be set at 120vdc

[@eDoc2020]

It's the monitor manufacturer, not the game designer. I'm guessing Electrohome based the monitor chassis off of one of their pre-existing television designs.

[@waynegram8907]

@@eDoc2020 the monitor manufacturer makes the B+ voltage a general "consensus" to be 120vdc but why 120vdc?

[@eDoc2020]

@@waynegram8907 AFAIK these older monitors have a bridge rectifier, filter capacitor, and then a linear regulator. For a given AC input voltage (including momentary dips) the raw rectified voltage will be a certain value. The target B+ can't be too high because then there's not enough headroom for the regulator in case of line voltage dips. If the B+ is set too low it will be less efficient. For TVs running from a nominal 120vac line a common B+ is 130v. The arcade cabinet's isolation transformer might output a slightly lower voltage which would explain the lower B+.

[@waynegram8907]

@@eDoc2020 Thanks, so the B+ is limited and based off the Raw Unfiltered Rectified voltage Headroom? The Line Regulator has a small lower limit and upper limit range so you can't make the B+ DC voltage to high above +130vdc?

[@eDoc2020]

@@waynegram8907 That's my understanding. If the B+ is too high it will momentarily dip when the air conditioning comes on.

[@lileveretteyoakumiii]

Yodelayheehoo

[@LyonsArcade]

Yodelayheehoo!!

[@kayleighmarie5153]

Whats Pac-Man? It looks like a black screen with tons of scratches....rofl sorry I had tooo

[@emunmoo]

Just capping a chassis now while lenstening to you, have you ever put a cap in the wrong way & what where the results?! Out of interest.

[@mikmurphy1]

It won't last as long. The polarity keeps the electrolyte healthy.

[@LyonsArcade]

You will usually hear a loud POP and then a bad smell, cap will expload pretty quick depending on what section of the monitor its in

[@naytch2003]

Meanwhile back at the shop...Joe keeps the family business going people while his brothers are out buying mobile homes 🚉..Good on ya Joe and great video

[@LyonsArcade]

Thanks!

[@naytch2003]

@@LyonsArcade Welcome!

[@northhankspin]

i love how this family works. they have a very good youtubable life

[@danielsobota9650]

memories of playing this at the bowling alley. we called them table tops.

[@BaccarWozat]

The original "slow" Pac-Man was probably the best for getting high scores, because it took longer to get to the difficult patterns on later boards. There were three chips, according to Ken Uston: Slow Game, Fast Game and Atlantic City Chip, so called because it was introduced in Atlantic City casinos around 1981. They would likely have made a fourth chip that randomized the ghosts, but by then Ms. Pac-Man had been released and it included randomization for the new ghost. Determination of which chip is used in Pac-Man ROMs for MAME and other emulators is difficult, since the emulation timing isn't accurate enough to show the demo screen patterns as Ken Uston described in his Pac-Man book.

[@williamcooper2368]

44-YEAR Old capacitors and Fly back

[@Chainsaw-ASMR]

Pizza Inn is where I remember first seeing cocktail machines in the early 80’s. Definitely takes me back.

[@Omega_Mark]

I still have a picture in my head the first time I saw Pac-Man cocktail table at the local arcade back in the fall of 1980. The juicy colors were stunning. Nearby stood my favorite pinball Xenon that was moaning from time to time:). Good memories.

[@TheKurtsPlaceChannel]

Very entertaining and fun to watch. Thanks for posting this.

[@SiaVids]

What I always want to know is what is the edge connector for next to the CPU on this board, Galaxians and a few other boards of this era Is it for some form of test jig?

[@LyonsArcade]

Yes it's for a test fixture, they describe it in the manual.

[@RPike-bq3xm]

It’s the only electronic arcade game my wife liked. That’s saying something. And she was good at it. A savant actually.

[@LyonsArcade]

That's pretty cool! Thank you for watching and sharing your memory with us!

[@adey88splace]

This brought back many memories! Thanks.

[@williamcooper2368]

I can't stop laughing. THAT WAS PRACTICE. I love it we are all KIDS. I remember playing being mesmerized By the PAC man.

[@imjabroni1]

Those "static" boards on top of the main board were a kit added to Pac Man after folks would walk, or run, across the arcade with a quarter in their hand outstretched, to be the next one to play the game. Very often when they touched the quarter to the coin slot, a static spark would emanate and reset the game just when the coin was falling through result being they lose their quarter. Some locations even the board didn't help, and they made the gray plastic coin slot for the coin door, so metal coin touching plastic didn't cause the spark. I know Joe knows that, but that's why the board is there.

[@Thechozengamer734]

Pacman fever 🍋👻👻👻👻

[@dvv45]

Very clean machine, enjoy your videos!

[@86FxBdyCpe]

Hey Joe, just curious, does the play counter also count the "free play" games? Txs.

[@LyonsArcade]

No It doesn't

[@shertz43]

The replacement rom is to change the ghosts behavor. When you start the game, you can see pinky stays in the box for just a little bit before coming out. The normal game, pinky comes out right away.

[@dinosaur6756]

It was originally going to be called Puc-Man, but the arcade operators were worried the kids would alter the "P" into an "F" so they changed the name to Pac Man.

[@DemaGeek]

Great diagnostics and repair work Joe, thanks for another video!

[@ShawnBernard70]

Too bad you didnt show cleaning the glass with Windex.... must be embarrassed with your technique 😂😂😂😂

[@jameskenney5623]

Another great video

[@paulosdiavolikis1572]

Hello.....Im writing from Greece.... sorry for my bad English..I want a help about a Hantarex polo...if you can... if you have problem in bu2520 (polo/2) and you replace it but when you give power it works for 3 seconds and then you have the ssme problem βθ2520 short circuited what else can you check?

[@arcadejourney]

No doubt Pac-Man is the greatest arcade game ever made. It is that by which all others are judged. The one thing about the Free Play setting is it deactivates the attract mode. Personally, I love hearing the gulping sound when you drop a quarter in!

[@meltysquirrel2919]

How about "Original" and "Extra Spicy" (or "Peppy") Pac-Man? I like the orignal because I am not the operator just a customer that can play a long time and get value for my quarter! 😅

[@ChozoSR388]

My dentist when I was a kid had one of those in her waiting area. This was like... I can't remember, but it was like 1990 or before...

[@irieman442]

I never liked cocktail machines but I am sure I have put a thousand dollars in them at Pizza Hut back in the day. I agree, the slow Pac Man is harder than the fast. The ghosts are at the fast speed all the time. In fast mode, Pac Man is the same speed as the ghosts from the start. I am not sure how they thought speeding up Pac Man was going to make more money.. LOL keep them coming!!!

[@tj3581ace]

Do you have a specific brand of 24 volt power Supply that you would recommend. And a supplier

[@JamesUK-je4ew]

Joe, who’s the cardboard cut out in the background? Now, there’s an idea; life-size cardboard standees of you and Ronnie. He could appear with a Lucha Libre mask on if he wanted… I’d buy one! Regards

[@chrismaverick9828]

There used to be a small diner in Barberton, Ohio by where the high school was built that had one of those Pac-Man tables. Kept the young me quiet as long as my mom fed me quarters.

[@Chainsaw-ASMR]

Hey Joe, I haven’t seen one of your videos since the 8-ball series and your voice sounds different. Is it a new microphone or were you out late at a concert?

[@iDX1701]

In the first couple of years did Ms. Pac-Man mostly have the fast hack? Or was it 50/50 etc?

[@mikmurphy1]

Wow! A disclaimer-free CRT discharge on KZbin!

[@PlumGurly]

I'd say the caps on the gameboard could use changing. I mean, they are the axial ones. It was interesting that nothing was on the screen. I mean, I heard what I thought was deflection.

[@ReallifeBambiDeerattheFarm1]

Bet that CRT has super low hours on it. Cool machine.

[@talon1706]

I put a lot of quarters in this machine while eating a burger at the local hangout.

[@Retroman8000]

Bet billy Mitchell signs all his legal papers on one of these

[@JamesTK]

You can play doom on almost anything too

[@williamcooper2368]

I know what's wrong with it. It's BROKE

[@upstatepinballarcademuseum699]

Almost HUO at 694

[@williamcooper2368]

My PIZZA Hut had PONG.

[@mfstarving]

Hehehe COCKtail.........

[@chrisrhodes5464]

I have never played PAC Man I can honestly say that that game has always kicked my butt

[@LyonsArcade]

How did it kick your butt if you've never played? :)

[@chrisrhodes5464]

@@LyonsArcade I was never ever any good at it it took all my quarters back in the day

[@sside8]

On the G07’s, you don’t feel a need to replace the B+ capacitor too? It’s just as old as the rest of the caps. That’s my two cents.

[@LyonsArcade]

We did replace the B+ capacitor. You've never worked on a G07 have you? Thank you for watching sside8!

[@sside8]

@@LyonsArcade lol!

[@kbramlett6877]

I prefer Ms. Pac-Man with the speed chip. As for your Amazon link, I have it bookmarked. So, every time I click on the bookmark, it takes me to a screen advertising pinballs.

[@rmalmeida1976]

I remember being a young kid (10 or 11) and getting kicked out of an arcade attached to a bowling pro shop at my local mall because I did the turtle hop trick on SMB. Arcade owners really hated game exploits that kids found to play their games forever on just a quarter.

[@samphillips4925]

I always liked how the ghosts moved in the fast version. They probably moved the same way, but it seamed better in the fast one.

[@redschafer7804]

lol i think i played this game at my local Pizza Hut lol thanks for that walk down memory lane

[@Foxonian]

This game was one of several cocktail table games that came in and out of our local Pizza Hut back in the 80's.

[@pezjohnson]

Nice work on this one

[@KAPTKipper]

I used to collect them in the 80's :D

[@Jeeeepers101]

:)

[@jasonsteverson4609]

Hey Joe!!

[@LyonsArcade]

Hey Jason!