Street Fighter III: 2nd Impact Arcade Restoration

[@DoaTheJackalope]

Only thing that could improve this channel is seeing more restorations more often, but it’s always a lovely treat to see your projects and how beautifully they turn out!

[@Kenhawk98]

Man, I love these videos, I wish they would come out more often, but quality takes time I suppose, keep up the good work guys.

[@M0M0117]

Problem with these great videos is that you don’t always have a machine to restore and because they do a good job with maintaining them…. their older machines don’t really die out as well.

[@FoolOfATuque]

They’ve been working to open the Time Rift Arcade. Hopefully now that it’s open videos will be more frequent? His brother, David (8 bit guy), has a video out about how much work it was to complete.

[@danielvest9602]

Yeah, it's almost like hanging out with a buddy whose working on a project.

[@TuesdayMorningProductions]

If you like these videos I’d recommend Tod’s Videogames and More. He does very in depth videos about arcade restorations for his personal collection and they are great!

[@ajsliter]

Who else is here because they miss the Restoration Videos David (8-bit Guy) used to make? I've always enjoyed this format of restore videos. Nice to see the spirit of this format of restoration video live on with the Time Rift Arcade Channel!

[@Whiskey_Wisdom]

I always appreciate these videos - especially knowing how much longer it adds to the overall restoration job.

[@stump182]

Played that yesterday. It looks great and so do all of the other games in the arcade.

[@Modi718]

I was just thinking yesterday.. It's been a minute since the last time rift restoration.. and then this!?!?

[@The-truth-is-valuable.]

I know it is "just" and arcade, and YES, time moves on, but I really miss this timeframe of my life. It must be a fools dream, but things was so much simpler back then. And arcades like this, was so "magical" I don't know how much more one can share of the daily "do"/ does and other things around the arcade, but as long as you post, I'll be watching.

[@Isaac-ry3ks]

I love watching these restoration videos and going to go play it awesome work!

[@robclaggy8620]

Mike... you rule. I hope the world rewards you for all of this dedication to the arcade community!

[@gavinthomas214]

Lovely restoration. So great to see these machines brought back to a new life.

[@80spodcastchannel]

looks striking and better than new... great prints for the sides and marquee

[@Pinlights]

After finding out that you and David are brothers (late to the party here, I know), I can't unhear it. Man, it must be awesome for the both of you to get to do all of this together. Love the resto. I'm a longtime software nerd, but also heavy into the pinball/arcade space and I'm loving all of the content.

[@jcollins1305]

Nice work as always. It’s interesting to see what an arcade game actually is. A cpu board, speakers, monitor, buttons and joystick encased in a plywood shell with artwork. It really demystifies the arcade for me. Thanks again, Merry Christmas!

[@PJSproductions97]

It's kind of nice that arcades had so much variety in how the games were laid out over the years, it means a restoration like this can have some creative freedom. Restoration to "original" is nice but it's more fun to make it your own.

[@Choi7744-u8m]

I used to play the heck out of that arcade. Every weekend all day long I was there spending all my quarters 😂 met a couple friends there too that came to play against me at my local arcades.

[@superstarichiban]

Great work! One of the best fighting games ever got a pro treatment!!

[@realpdm]

That turned out great. I'm so excited that my family and I rae making a trip to Fort Worth/Dallas after Christmas and I'm planning on a stop to Time Rift Arcade.

[@Rick-zv4hg]

Thank you! In the future, would love a little more explanation on the CD-ROM drive. How often is it utilized in gameplay, can it be replaced or modernized. etc.

[@niceguy60]

The drive is only used to upload the to files to the SIMM"s. The drive can be replaced be a SD to SCSI emulator.

[@Bilious303]

2nd impact had the most broken combos but it was fun. 3rd strike is perfection.

[@brennyn]

To me it's a lot like Tecmo Super Bowl vs. Tecmo Bowl. Super may technically be a better game, but the original is really fun to watch when it's two players that both know how to break the game.

[@CraigRodmellMusic]

I really hope this arcade venture succeeds after all the work, time and money that have been sunk into it - even though I live half way round the world from Texas and there's pretty well zero chance I will ever see it in person. I certainly enjoy seeing these old machines fixed up and ready to rock again!

[@magnum1165]

Phenomenal work as usual, would love to come down one day and check out all those awesome arcade games

[@IndianapolisGerry]

I've visited your Arcade --- and it was well worth the trip! I've been to the galloping ghost in Chicago, and given the choice would visit your arcade in a heartbeat. Why? Every game there looks like it was given this same care of restoration. Well done video, well done arcade....Now, lets get a Mappy in there :) See you again in February!!!

[@TimeRiftArcade]

We have a Mappy in the queue waiting to get restored!

[@FoolOfATuque]

Love these videos! Thank you Mike for your dedication to restoring these old machines!

[@matt_kelly]

I still love watching these videos, you guys do great work!

[@guyguy467]

Amazing craftsmanship and attention to detail

[@NightFighter88]

Yoooooooo! I was waiting for another SF Arcade restoration! It's really nice to see one of these around your arcade 👌🏻

[@Bearcade]

Great video. I love how much care goes into your games.

[@MaisieSqueak]

The whole restoration process just gets me so excited! I wish, wish, wish I could do this for a job!

[@killtrocity6857]

Time Rift should give this gentleman a job..

[@forcedfeedbackclassicgamer5499]

Turned out beautifully! Nice work.

[@linuxstreamer8910]

for anyone who watches The 8-Bit Guy you can hear he is his brother & he has as much talent as him

[@andsoitwas3046]

These guys are so smart and talented... amazing job

[@TimeRiftArcade]

Follow along as we restore a quite rare Street Fighter III: 2nd Impact arcade game. This cabinet sports a massive 29" Nanao CRT and Capcom System 3 boardset (CPS3).

[@TheOpponent]

2nd Impact in particular is one of the only games from this era that supported widescreen monitors. Have you ever seen one of those cabinets?

[@mjy]

@@TheOpponent I always thought it was odd that only the 2nd game supported widescreen and had the option in the service menu for that. The 1st and 3rd games did not...

[@sinisterpisces]

Great video. It's always a great to see a post from y'all. This game was a bit after my time, but I love(d) Street Fighter II on my SNES. That hot pink and yellow color scheme is fire. I'd never have suspected you photoshop assembled the art if you hadn't said anything. Awesome results.

[@schminke89]

This is so awesome. You must be a very lucky man, it's obvious to see that youre putting much love into what youre doing.

[@Richthofen80]

lovely corner patch

[@ShinGoukiSan]

One of my favorite machines from my time in the industry. That SFII CE Panel is minty and gives it the Converted from a CE look but the correct CPO that came with the kit would have been a variant of the Capcom Diamondplate CPO.

[@DarrLaw]

Always a dynamite job from you, Mike. But with this one, in particular, the work you did on the marquee was exquisite!

[@tenchuu007]

Absolutely gorgeous

[@ricardo77773]

I used to play it in a local store in the late 90s here in Puerto Rico,also i had the opportunity to play Sf3 New Generation and Third Strike original arcade.

[@edlerpal]

if theres such thing as confort content, this must be it for me.

[@maxinsano7376]

Dang - I was just in Bedford yesterday - will have to stop by next time ! Cab looks great !

[@johnlund3088]

Can't wait. There aren't any real good videos or pictures for that matter of 2nd Impact cabinet running in its full glory.

[@cmw83d]

they're back! Merry Christmas

[@danniedyslexic]

Looks fantastic! Great job

[@NinF37]

Love these restoration videos. Looking forward to part 2 about the monitor!

[@mr.tomraypaz6085]

Those arcade game cabinets are like a treasure chest. You never know what kind of treasure you’ll find in them.

[@tedadamgreen]

PHENOMENAL work!!

[@evil_tree]

So excited to see another restoration, thank you

[@moonman1209]

There are two things the world really needs these days, Love and Arcades.

[@VideosbySteve]

Please make more of these videos they are so relaxing and interesting to watch.

[@knuckles9250]

I love these restoration videos!

[@JMurdochNZ]

Woohoo another restoration vid incoming.

[@ShySnorlax]

Very clean restoration. I love the editing of the video, too.

[@spicydeath82]

i remember when our local round table pizza got street fighter 3 in. looked so amazing compared to 2. blew my mind at the time.

[@MikesArcadeMonitorRepair]

Great job as always!

[@billyelliotx]

Nice job on the restoration. That MS9 monitor is pretty amazing. a 27" (29" in japan) 15k/24k capable monitor that was found in Japanese Candy cabinets. I'm surprised they imported that to put into a Dynamo cabinet and not use something like a 25" WG. 2nd impact isn't bad, but I would load up 3rd strike on this (unless you already have a 3rd strike on the floor).

[@o.t.4028]

This is awesome

[@TomMannCenturia]

Turned out lovely, thanks for sharing the restoration video.

[@Wingspan_5]

Another banger! Keep em coming!

[@johnlund3088]

Great video 🎉👏🙌👍 I actually found the artwork for the bezel online. So it's out there. The image is 3mg

[@TimeRiftArcade]

Shoot us a link to it.

[@elialonzo9930]

Love your videos, keep it up !!

[@davidsmall6322]

That looks awesome

[@TheKeymaster316]

The payoff looks fantastic. Bringing worn out machines back to life looks very satisfiying.

[@Brian-Burke]

Nice work, Mike!

[@FlyingD]

It's crazy how much you and your brother sound alike.

[@TheHammersmashdave]

incredible work!

[@squidboy0769]

Outstanding.

[@Ninja-The-Red-Shinobi]

Awe yeah! Now this is what I love!

[@samphillips4925]

Looks good!

[@13Cubed]

I love these videos. Awesome job!

[@workingorder2189]

Neat video! I hope y’all can restore the X-men cab next.

[@evilben3810]

2nd impact!? thats not one you see very often. cool find!

[@Shoenin]

Nice, CPS-3 I would think are pretty rare boards nowadays.

[@soitgoes_]

I love these videos, thanks for sharing

[@terryraymond7984]

nice job

[@christhegreat9205]

Great video love arcade machine

[@keopsequinox1624]

Good job!

[@TVindustries5000]

Third Strike is the best competitively but 2nd Impact has the best presentation 👌 the stages in that game look amazing. absolutely love this my only critique is on the joysticks, since its a thin metal panel, id take the nylon piece and put on the bottom so the joysticks sit lower. I always feel it makes doing fighting game inputs easier when theyre not up so high. alternatively, getting some spacers to put in the bottom to lower them like half an inch or so

[@backacheache]

I would of liked to know more about the electronics, having a CD-ROM in there makes it usual and that fact it's still working even more so. What kind of system is it, is related to a pc, a game console or perhaps it's own thing altogether?

[@TimeRiftArcade]

Google Capcom Play System 3 or simply CPS-3

[@billyelliotx]

The hardware is not PC based and is bespoke arcade hardware, it just uses a SCSI CD-ROM drive. It's using the CD-ROM to load the game data to memory sticks (which have much faster data transfer for loading), it's not running the game from the CD, so it wouldn't have burned out or got as much use as a game that would constantly read data from the drive. The memory sticks are also non-volatile memory and will retain the game that is programmed on them. You can run a handful of games on the CPS3 hardware, you just needed to load the security cartridge and the respective game CD-ROM and reprogram the memory.

[@backacheache]

@@TimeRiftArcade thankyou en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CP_System_III?wprov=sfla1

[@Allen-by6ci]

Nice job

[@RyanMercer]

🤘

[@jtstacey83]

More restoration videos and another arcade walkthrough and update please.

[@DG-mi2mc]

I could watch hours of this

[@Nas_Atlas]

Not a game I like but still a beautiful rebuild.

[@VincentMcmanus.]

Even though I'm subscribed and have notificationed turned on to "all", KZbin still didn't see fit to give me a notification that this video came out. smh.

[@lunaracc914]

I'm actually from Lubbock and I remember when Thunder Zone existed.

[@overheardatthepub1238]

7:23 that "CAPCOM" is giving me angina

[@TimeRiftArcade]

Sounds like you should see your psychiatrist.

[@Dr.Dawson]

For me it’s Anders music that ties the brothers together most. Sure the style is there and all but those tunes scream 8 Bit Guy.

[@UTubeGuyJK]

I was at an arcade in Denton yesterday and noticed that they don’t seem to put the restoration time into some of their cabinets the way you do.

[@pendaco]

Wait, how did you fix the CRT?

[@TimeRiftArcade]

Thats the topic for another video. ;-)

[@pendaco]

@@TimeRiftArcade Ow great! Can't wait 😎

[@nyccollin]

@@pendacoYou can rejuvenate them.

[@TheOpponent]

The life bars in 2nd Impact had style. No fighting game since then had anything like it, least of all 3rd Strike.

[@swedenfrommycam]

Beautiful 💙💛

[@ebridgewater]

5:47 You did this indoors? 😮

[@MrBenedictHeyer]

This turned out great! The joystick shafts are a little long though. The length of them in factoring in the thickness of plywood it seems?

[@rerun3283]

Time Rift Rulz!

[@OptimalMario]

Why did you put the dustwasher under the panel? I thought those were supossed to be on top

[@TimeRiftArcade]

Depends on the joystick. Some go on top, some on the bottom.

[@moot6794]

Do you have ventilation in the workshop? These particles don't leave on their own!

[@GHILLIESARCADEANDMORE]

Cool

[@bradysdogsanctuary]

THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Jdvc-yd5tx]

Those 'Blee' microswitches aren't the military-grade ones that Dongnan Electronics manufacture are they.