Street Fighter II Complete Restoration with The 8-Bit Guy

[@TimeRiftArcade]

Follow along as David The 8-Bit Guy restores the legendary Street Fighter II arcade. Coming soon to the Time Rift Arcade in Bedford, TX.

[@SideBurn12]

This was so much fun to watch! Well done! Looking forward to more arcade restoration videos!

[@exaltedb]

I didn’t realize Time Rift is only going to be within an hour from where I live. I’ll gladly stop by and check the place out when it opens later this year

[@user-yr1uq1qe6y]

Oh my, just found this channel and now I've got a lot of videos to catch up on! We're right up the road in Keller,we'll definitely be visiting when it opens.

[@Seven71987]

YEAH STREET FIGHTER 2!

[@themanthelegend7048]

Can i buy a set of those graphics? Really wamma do the same to my cabinet.

[@evanbowen3979]

I would definitely continue to plug this channel on the 8-bit guy channel. A lot of people are looking for more restoration videos there, and this really scratches the same itch!

[@Yarumasi]

100% agree.... oh and while we're at it, can you also nag him to make another 8-bit keys video? 😅

[@watertrooper]

/me scratches neck Got anymore of them restore videos?

[@zephaniahgreenwell8151]

This channel would probably do better if they put the podcast episodes on a different channel.

[@valliantsteed]

I second , or better 'fourth' this!

[@Chrispy9393]

@@Yarumasithe other day i was like "i havent seen any 8bit keys videos in forever" I looked and its been so long! sad.

[@rpgfan72]

I'm a 70's baby and thank you for keeping the arcade alive...🙂😊😁

[@raven4k998]

wax on wax off💀💀

[@party4keeps28]

This is the kind of stuff I miss on The 8-Bit Guy's channel.

[@mrnapolean1]

@mbs-thailand He did say on one of his previous videos that he wanted to keep the arcade stuff separate from his personal 8 bit guy stuff.

[@skunkwerkz777]

because the way the algorithm works now, if you post anything different on your channel it heavily affects the recommendations to your subscribers.

[@mrnapolean1]

@@skunkwerkz777 well that I did not know. I thought it was just for the logistics of. I want to keep this kind of material on this channel and this kind of material on the other channel. Because the viewer that wants to watch 8-Bit computer system videos may not want to watch him restoring arcade cabinets. So it makes sense to have two channels. One for the arcade and one for the computer stuff but I didn't know that about the KZbin algorithm. Learn something new everyday

[@party4keeps28]

@@skunkwerkz777 I still get recommended every video on 8-Bit Guy's channel but they're about the work he's doing on his home, the games he's programmed, etc.

[@abhijitmahajan2007]

Totally agree with this comment. This was a highly satisfying video.

[@fathercheese01]

I am 51 years old, arcades in the 80's where a staple in my life. This would be my dream job to restore old games and run a retro arcade.

[@raven4k998]

remember alcohol solves more problems then you think🤣🤣

[@radical_ans]

"That's older than me" Excuse me while I turn to dust.

[@vacantplanet]

Well, we all do eventually

[@kenrickman6697]

Yeah… that hit home. I was already well into my career by then!

[@ClunkerSlim]

I cried.

[@marscaleb]

What, what did he say was older than him?

[@Jogproof]

@@marscaleb A coin from 2000.

[@pollo20x6]

This is so cool. I always wanted an arcade machine but now that I’m an adult, I realize how much skill is needed to keep these things fresh. I didn’t know about why so many SF 2 cabinets looked differently.

[@raven4k998]

Alcohol solves so many problems🤣🤣

[@goldman77700]

@@raven4k998 It really does. I started using rubbing alcohol for cleaning and it's amazing.

[@PrayingToTheAlien]

When I heard you and your brother bought an arcade, I instantly knew you were going it to it the RIGHT way. Fixing up these cabinets and machines will make a huge difference with your customers.

[@danielhn93]

That, and imagine if they had a little diner in there too. I went to a few arcades growing up, but they were only arcades in malls and of course the mall had its own dining area, but I wonder how many arcades were out there with their own little kitchen going on.

[@bland9876]

@@danielhn93 It's called chuck e cheese look it up.

[@kevinshumaker3753]

As a tech for Aladdin's Castle back in the 80's , I appreciate the work you've invested in restoring these machines. Well done, sir, well done.

[@StonerCreek74]

I've still got some old Aladdin's Castle tokens from last time I was there before they closed in my area.

[@carlreed945]

I recently acquired an Aladdin's Castle Pinball Machine that was in the offices of Aladdin's Castle.

[@RetroRockGamer]

Aladdins Castle was my childhood arcade. I didn't know until very recently that it was a chain.

[@gordontaylor2815]

Did they make you put on those little ID tags back in the day? I'm assuming they were there for inventory control or authentication purposes, but surely they could've come up with something a little less destructive than screwed-in tags...

[@kevinshumaker3753]

@@gordontaylor2815 Yes, they did. Not too 'destructive' for us, we has small wood screws (0.5" length) or double sided sticky tape.

[@mattd6755]

Ah, Street Fighter 2... THE reason I restored an arcade cabinet myself! Love the arcade stuff!

[@Valentine82]

Best of luck on your new business venture David & Mike. 👍🏻

[@TimeRiftArcade]

Thank you!

[@RyanSmith-pf7ci]

The purple moulding was a really good choice!

[@leondelamayer2847]

I'd really love more arcade cab restoration videos! Great work

[@OneOfThePetes]

Clicked like even before the video even loaded. SFII was my childhood passion.

[@minnielee3399]

SF2 Turbo was better and played faster than SF2 tho.

[@Drummer8282]

@@minnielee3399champion edition was the best. The faster speed of Turbo was silly.

[@minnielee3399]

@@Drummer8282 I had it on the SNES. Normal version ran too slow and so needed turbo!!

[@johnnyaguilera4178]

I played it in 6th grade South Central los Angeles 1993

[@AC_Milan1899]

​@@johnnyaguilera4178Compton?

[@Alexvander10]

This was your best video in years! More of these please. Such great memories playing this arcade original back in the early 90's. I remember being absolutely blown away by it.

[@moseshorowitz4345]

4:00 - You have to display those tokens! Go down to the local coin shop and get one of those display frames you can hang on the wall, with all the round holes punched for quarters.

[@green929392]

I agree 100% it would be so interesting

[@guyguy467]

Great idea!

[@TwistedD85]

I'd suggest some kind of coin holder that'll let someone see both sides, set them up on a spinning platform or give each their own. Kinetic token display!

[@ChampionOfSkyrim]

You're not kidding. Tokens have gotten very expensive!

[@64fanatic]

Oh yeah, I'd love some sort of showcase of all the coins/tokens or weird finds like googly eyes!

[@realpdm]

This entire endeavor feels like a passion project. I wish I could be involved in something like this. What an epic reward and outcome from where you started with this one machine. Thanks for sharing your journey with the new arcade!

[@anthonyscheffer813]

Awesome restoration David. I'm 43 today and I must say, Street Fighter II holds a special place in my childhood. Glad to see this legendary arcade game live on.

[@MrThunderwing]

That was a thoroughly enjoyable watch! Fascinating to see the huge printer in action and how you mount the vinyl stickers afterwards.

[@kazinwho]

I'm so glad someone is doing this, because A. I sure don't want to lol, B. I don't want these old, cool arcade machines to get junked, and C. because the restoration process is so interesting. Great video everyone!

[@RetroCrisis]

That's a wonderful refurb job. I quite enjoy these worklog type videos

[@1stage]

An inexpensive 40" wide plexiglass heater/bender would be a good addition to your shop. With that, you could have added wrap-around plexi on the control panel to avoid the uncomfortable edge. Even a sanded and flame-polished edge can be uncomfortable on the wrist and palm after a few minutes of playing.

[@NONO-hz4vo]

Yeah there were a lot of things that were not done well or efficiently as far as the cabinet goes. I am assuming this guy is more of an electric wizard than a craftsman.

[@1stage]

@@NONO-hz4voI don't agree. A lot more care was taken with this mod/refurb than was taken with 90% of the conversions that happened when the original kit was released. Between Dave & Mike, they've got more than enough craftsmanship to go around, in addition to the electronics background you suggested. Bottom line is that this is their cabinet, so they can do what they want. For me, it was a great watch.

[@FriedrichHabetlerMusic]

You make the machines looks so good so better than the original. I love it.

[@m0nde]

I'm really enjoying this restoration content. It reminds me of your retrobrite videos, the original reason I began watching your channel.

[@Peyre]

Could watch this all day long. Amazing how many different skills and tools are required for this and you guys seem to be able to do all of it.

[@CasualPanels]

Don't know who will say that it's not an original artwork, but the cabinet looks so amazing. It's a beautiful machine!

[@Anonymous-dv6dt]

Well the original kit just had the ryu artwork square so it’s original art with additional non original graphics

[@DUBBLARON]

David - thank you so much for sharing! Love seeing you guys on this journey and wish you much success. Please plug this channel & link on 8 Bit Guy….. like many others I had to dig to find this and as fans, we want you to be successful and these videos scratch the repair itch. Thanks again!

[@davidpippin3460]

Wishing you guys the very best with this new business! I plan to visit when I am back in TX.

[@alfredocanas6802]

love these arcade restoration videos!, amazingly the arcade works with no problems and that's a true testament of the quality of the arcade board and the monitor.

[@maxf2417]

I really appreciate the attention to detail you guys put into everything. That machine looks fantastic.

[@electricallycanadian]

This is phenomenal work. I wish arcades around here put as much care and attention into their restorations.

[@mortensteen]

Fantastic work! Turned out beautiful. I love these restoration videos!

[@marscaleb]

Duuuude! You get to just, work with your hands, taking this apart and putting it together, getting to see the clean and finished result of your effort?! Duuude, you are living the LIFE!! How do you even get to spend the time doing something so gratifying?

[@guyguy467]

Always a pleasure to see you guys work

[@the1ucidone]

I never knew you worked on Arcades David! I come from your main channel and this just randomly showed up. It looks so satisfying and fulfilling to fix these old Cabinets. I wish I could do something this awesome!

[@RDM606]

This is exactly the type of video that the main channel needs more of. Good stuff!

[@robotonwheels2551]

Wonderful to see you and the guys' enthusiasm really coming through in these Time Rift videos! Such a great project.

[@mikeboss416]

Love the artwork and the purple molding . Looks sharp !

[@stevendunn264]

The coin and token collection would make a great display in the arcade.

[@oz5150]

These videos need more views. Holy shit you guys are awesome! Love the work!!! Keep Arcades alive!

[@JoelElRican]

Always been a big fan of David and his restoration work. I'm glad he gets to do that more for the arcade

[@schtitt]

Such a satisfying video, and the cabinet looks beautiful, well done and long live Street Fighter 2!

[@PauloH]

"Hey, that's older than me" I got a new gray hair just listening to this

[@richardhaiku]

You all did an absolutely stunning job on this machine and a great video, thank you.

[@Ken-fh4jc]

I have no idea why this was recommended to me but I’m loving this.

[@bland9876]

The fact you don't know who the 8-bit guy is but love this type of content is sad.

[@GEKGanon]

My guy, you deserve some sort of reward for this. True video game history preservation.

[@conchosewing]

it warms my heart that someone out there is restoring these cool machines! thank you

[@TheBulletTrain]

Absolutely love the restoration! I miss my machines I owned before moving to Los Angeles and taking the time to restore them was always fun :) The only advice/change I would suggest is to put a bezzle graphic on. These games usually had some graphics around the monitor to both break up the large black void, and to hold info on combo moves and such. Really makes the machine feel complete and given all you already did, wouldn't be a huge amount of work. Especially since you want this open to the public. Aside from that, awesome work and can't wait to see more!

[@davidgood840]

I'm a little disappointed that after all of the great work on this fantastic restoration , Cammy is still not in the game 🤣

[@paul30003]

Come from your 8-bit channel, love these restorations, great job. New sub.

[@Mohammed1000real]

I bet that the Commander X16 would benefit for a impressive Street Fighter II port.

[@benbreeck3363]

The trickiest problem is that 32 byte memory window between VRAM and System RAM. You either shrink the characters to roughly Double Dragon relative size (32 pixels high on average), or else settle for 30 Hz frame rate(or slower) and/or at least 32 second load times between matches. Oh, if only there was another processor on the VERA board to babysit the blanking cycles, leaving more clock cycles for the 65C02 to load tiles and sprite frames into VRAM...

[@funkmachine9094]

i don't know anything about arcade machines except i use to play on them as a kid but man you guy's did an amazing job restoring it! you don't cut any corners. i love to see people do things with passion. this was awesome! well done guys! cheers from sweden

[@ChrisLeathley]

Reminds me of my old days of working for Leisure and Allied (Main Australian Arcade chain of Timezone) working as a field technician. When SF2 came out it spend ages converting machines over (usually old TNMT or Simpsons machines). Some sites had up to 6 conversions. Hated the game but loved the experience. (one of the plus sides was getting prototype pinballs from Williams but thats another story)

[@bonfirelit37]

This is honestly so amazing to watch. I think it's awesome what you guys did and it looks like a really cool restoration job.

[@Theonintendo]

I died when : “-It’s dated from the year 2000 - Hey, that’s older than me 😂”

[@tomenza]

Sounds recent af to me

[@poble]

that’s about as old as me lol

[@ryanyoder7573]

Lol. 2000 was awesome. Had my first really expensive meal at a French restaurant. No Y2K bugs either.

[@nathanmead140]

​​@@pobleme too, I'll be 24 this year, just a few more months left.

[@dougclendening5896]

And that's the last time it may have been used. It was created around 1990-1992

[@WhoWeAre1311]

Amazing! That was very satisfying to watch-it also brought back a lot of memories. My brother and I grew up on Street Fighter. In fact, we still play till this day! Great video. 👌🏽

[@AphoticLucent]

The artwork for the sides is so good

[@Honduran]

How I first seen the Street Fighter II cabinet back in the summer of 1991. You just brought me back! The artwork on the side with RYU! I never have forgotten it! Thank you for sharing!!!

[@ManueldelaFe]

It's more a carpenter or sign maker work than a electrical restoration, but it's not your fault, the electronics were almost in mint condition. The results are really awesome, and the magic touch was the purple T-mold. Simply delightful.

[@freshgresh]

Man oh man! Beautiful restoration. Great job guys, I’m inspired

[@andsoitwas3046]

Man, the 8 Bit Guy can literally do anything - kind of jealous

[@Starchface]

I'm glad this appeared in the Recommended section. I was not yet subscribed. That was a great outcome. It was very satisfying to watch the restoration work. I always say there's nothing more popular than watching other people work. With all of your knowledge and skills together I'm sure you will make the arcade a success.

[@azathoz]

What an amazing restoration guys. The Arcade machine looks beautiful now. I wish I had room in my home to have one.

[@GYTCommnts]

Not only it makes me very happy to watch an Arcade being restored, but this video is an excellent source of good ideas and techniques to use if you want to do the same. There are many videos of Arcade restorations, of course, but not so many with this quality and smart development! Thank you!

[@alansmithee1030]

Came here from the 8bit guy's channel. Great video. You guys hit all the beats and put out a great restoration vid. Thanks! I hope to see more and more!

[@donaldpriola1807]

Very sweet! You are commited to what you like, and I find that really admirable. We all need passions, and you found yours. It just makes me happy to watch.

[@Thunk00]

Really sweet video! All the exact same good vibes as old school 8 Bit Guy videos. Would love to see more.

[@yshrha10]

Truly amazing evolution of 8bit guy's restoration vids. Love these vids!!

[@r000tbeer]

That's a lot of work you guys put into each machine, but it looks to be worth it in the end! Awesome job.

[@MultigrainKevinOs]

Wow what an outstanding transformation! Excellent work!

[@mikeschmitt1785]

Awesome video! I have been watching 8-Bit Guy videos over the past few years. Your focus isn’t always on topics I would seek out, but your videos are so engaging that I always watch until the end. Hope to see more projects here!

[@slamtilt01]

Thanks David for bringing back a whole lot of fun memories of my time working in arcades here in Wellington New Zealand. I would suggest for the Street Fighter 2 cabinet you make a control sheet of basic combo moves and place it under the plexiglass below the monitor. We used to have that on all fighting games.

[@spitfyre1085]

What an amazing transformation. I'm glad a came across your KZbin channel.

[@GoWithAndy-cp8tz]

Hi ! You're so smart street fighter! Quite an amazing project! Cheers!

[@AlonsoGonzalez]

Well done! Lovely to see it shine again.. One thing im missing in the video, is a clean of the board inside the machine. Would be interesting to see how it looks like.

[@HelloKittyFanMan]

WOWW, Dave, you guys did a GREAT job on that facelift, it looks SO MUCH BETTER!

[@duckster57]

Awesome work, David. Thank you for caring and thank you for sharing your journey.

[@jrc99us]

I am so happy I found this channel Dave! I love Computer Hardware in fact it was my major. I'm an Aviation Electronics Technician now but I still love watching this! Thank you!

[@jcollins1305]

Awesome. A real labor of love between you and your brother and the staff. That game is probably in the top 3 most successful games of all time I would imagine. A classic in every sense of the word!

[@icebaby414]

As a fellow person that used to restore and repair old video and pinball games, this was fun to stroll down memory lane. Thanks!!

[@Gunnlaugson]

Keep up the great work ! Just amazing what your and your team do to keep these old units work tip top

[@VTF102]

The fact that you lovingly restore Arcade classics makes me smile, I know arcades were popular back in the 70's/80's. But i never got to play in one, and since i live in the UK, by the time I was old enough to play in an arcade, most of them were gone. There are still a few around, but I have rarely found one to play in since I don't drive.

[@mtthyw]

These videos teach me so much. I haven’t even bought an arcade machine yet, but I feel prepared to restore one soon. Thank you so guys so much. You have some amazing tips and tricks.

[@LKBoots15]

Amazing restoration! You guys did such a professional and high-quality restoration of this cabinet that I see it as what the standard for Street Fighter II cabinets would have looked like if they weren't a kit game. I love the work you guys did so much, I come back and watch the whole video three times each week! It really is awesome.

[@FiceGamingTVStream]

I built my own arcade cabinet for my house 2 years ago which i had to learn a lot of the stuff on the fly while doing it but i do have to say i can really appreciate the art you guys do when it comes to bringing some of these old machines back to life. For me learning everything and connecting all the electronics, buttons, splicing cables and power supplies for my light up trackball etc. To do all those things took me about 2 months. I would work and then right after finishing work i would get right back to it every day for 2 months straight. You guys doing 50-60 man hours seems really fast compared to how long i had to do it so much respect on the efficiency on it and it looked gorgeous!

[@HCTarik]

Amazing job. Good work fellas. Keep preserving history one machine at a time.

[@YT0091]

I just discovered this channel. I absolutely love watching the restorations. SF2 looks fantastic!

[@aaronloo207]

Wow, just found out about the new spinoff channel! It was quite gratifying to watch! Super enjoyed it. Keep up the great content David!

[@WeSRT4]

You are incredibly skilled at restorations!

[@VioletDeVille]

I'm so happy I found this other channel of yours, I love watching the restoration videos and always learn something I can apply to my other maker endeavors. 💜💜💜

[@BrandonHann]

Having done a few arcade restores myself, I love videos like this. Good job!

[@metaleggman18]

Awesome, you guys have a sawstop! Those things are so awesome, and are a literal finger saver 😂

[@fen4554]

I put so many quarters into a machine just like this in the 90s. Back corner of a convenience store, where the smell of stale milk couldn't break my excitement. Thanks for giving this unit so much love and attention. Had no idea you had this channel, love it.

[@freddysfuntime]

I CAN'T WAIT TO COME SEE YOUR ARCADE! I have become obsessed! When I get to the arcade, I'm going to carefully study every machine I play.

[@PST101]

From someone who does not have a single DIY bone in his body, it was so satisfying to watch you restore my favourite childhood arcade game. It really was a great job. Only thing it was missing was the bezel around the screen, but great work nonetheless 🇬🇧

[@samwilliamson_74]

Love watching this rebuild. Would be awesome to do this for work :) Need to bring back those old arcades.. not just for the machines but for the social environment that kids miss out on these days.. Thanks for the upload 👍👍

[@daraghmorrissey]

love it! just came across this channel. I love seeing old stuff get repaired. Makes me very happy for some reason, I have no idea why!

[@ubza1234]

Thank you so much for this channel. I'm in the process of designing and building a few of my own cabinet from scratch, and these videos have not only answered many questions I've been wondering about, but also shed some points on some of the more nuance things I never really have any thought. Thank you so much!

[@mdickens98]

What an incredible restoration! I love the fact that you've got the tools and techniques to do most of it yourself and that artwork looks epic!

[@RustyNail-gv2by]

It is truly a thing of beauty. I can't believe how good a job you all did. Just takes me back to my school days. Thanks for sharing!!