This Asteroids Arcade Cabinet Died Years Ago...

[@kbramlett6877]

I was watching this fairly old documentary where people were being interviewed about playing video games when they were kids in the arcades. Each person being interviewed had graphics showing their name and the game(s) they mastered. One guy was talking about someone who actually outsmarted Asteroids. What the guy did is destroyed all of the asteroids except for one small one. Then he would let his ship float around and kill the UFO every time it would appear just to build up lives. All the while avoiding destroying the single small asteroid. It is amazing how people would choose a game, perfect it and run with it.

[@guymanicone7921]

Yup, we all did that

[@Foxonian]

That was called playing "ships". Atari eventually added a patch to the program that would have one of the small ships go out of its way to blast the last rock. Before that some operators would intentionally speed the game up so it was harder to play "ships".

[@flynlr]

did that with galaga at a pizza joint when the game came out. would play for an hour on a quarter. place got tired of me doing that so they hired me. worked there 5 years

[@johnmichael1979]

Nice; thanks Joe. Love the XY games!

[@bobgomez9481]

Yes, young person who never played Asteroids. This is called "UFO Hunting" - until operators got the "hard kit small UFO kills on first shot" ROMS for the game. Then came Asteroids Deluxe and it was all over...

[@hfog]

Gopros are action cameras. They have fixed focus optics which means you will never get them to focus on objects up close.

[@spokehedz]

Dang, that is one CLEAN machine for being as old as it is. Wow-wee, what a machine!

[@ocsrc]

These classic games are really great to save 40 years old and it looks good

[@DemaGeek]

Fantastic looking and playing original! I like your laid back style and diagnostics Joe.

[@DaveMcAnulty]

I've noticed that older caps will creep up in value (and ESR). The ESR being the main issue.

[@motodork]

Well done.

[@jumpingeneral]

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I knew Joe would make it perfect and better than factory! Donuts and cake coming soon Thank you

[@brynnrogers5081]

I had one of these in collage (early 80's) . Had it set up in the Fraternety collecting beer money. The power supply went out on it one time, and I had replace caps or something to get it working again. My best score was in the 600,000's which takes like 4 hours -once your good enough it is a marathon on the fingers and arms. I loved that it came with a full schematic, as an EE student it was pretty interesting ( There was a microprocessor, but the display was pretty much a state machine that would draw out all the vectors. - 4096x4096 resolution IIRC (maybe only 1024x1024, it's been almost 40 years))

[@beavis6363]

Nice work. What a beautiful piece of nostalgia. The wear marks just add authentication. Good it's being maintained and taken care off.

[@chrishamm407]

On that cap meter, you need an ESR meter.. you can usually increase uF a little when replacing a cap so I'm not so sure the ones measuring a few high on that meter would be causing the problem just for that. I don't think I've never measured a cap's microfarads. I know you usually replace them all out of preventive maintenance but if you get an ESR meter will check in-circuit and usually show exactly which ones are full of life and which ones are dead. Obviously change any bulging ones too, but usually that's it. Love watching the arcade fixes on the channel btw.

[@VAC-u1r]

leaky caps can look like they have "more" capacitance on a capacitance meter. (way out of spec like these ones). A high ESR on an ESR meter is also a sign of failure. Learn Electronics Repair has a video that goes over that.

[@kenlanier2131]

Use love Asteroids! Classic. Now I am going to have to go a play my Mame version :)

[@ray73864]

That's like doing the timing belt on a car, in most cars, you have to take the waterpump out just to replace the timing belt, so why would you put the existing pump back in!? Just replace the water pump at the same time.

[@DoctorDetroit100]

I liked that you showed how close the caps values were. Another great Joe video!

[@LyonsArcade]

Thanks!

[@mikmurphy1]

I am holdin' out for the "power supply, Power Supply, POWER SUPPLY!" run. I know it has to be in the works! ;)

[@ocsrc]

The size of the capacitors is like the size and number of chips. I remember when I was replacing capacitors on two-way radios and the new ones were 1/6 the size of the original ones

[@KentDiego]

Everyone seems to have trouble with GoPros. I tried a few video cameras and got a Sony and it works great. That machine looks amazingly good for 1979.

[@scottypinball2163]

If you all work for donuts, i got some projects for you. They all either dont work or are broke. Nice job on this Asteroids!

[@LyonsArcade]

Thanks for watching

[@RDJ134]

That humming sound when it got switched on is like hearing a proton pack charge up.

[@Zerbey]

Wow, you guys have had that old camera for so long it felt like it was part of the channel, hopefully you get the GoPro's issues sorted out as it looks so much better. Beautiful old cabinet, it is just a year younger than me and it far better shape.

[@frankgagliano9677]

Great video Joe, Man that Asteroids cabinet looked to be in very good condition. Great job in fixing that power supply and monitor. I will see you on the next video joe.

[@LyonsArcade]

Thanks Frank!

[@AnthonyPresley-l8f]

My dads first arcade was an asteroids that he’s had for over 20 years and it still works great, it has not been repaired in any way

[@Jesselovespinball]

I always loved the little red dome buttons on the old games . The ones to select one and two player . Power supply , power supply, power supply, lol 😂 Nice job Joe ! Game looks great for its age , which by the way is the same age as me ( wish I faired as well as it has ) 😂

[@tango_doggy]

Those are called Volcano buttons and they were used on almost all of the Atari (manufactured) games

[@Arcade-fix]

I like easy fixes . Mine has the owl eye coin door. Early serial number.

[@markjackson1444]

Great work Joe. You’re the master of the arcade games.

[@bobgomez9481]

There are other masters of repair of classic arcade games... Most don't even do YooHooToob...

[@TheJimbodean67]

What a nice example of one of the core juggernauts that changed the arcades back in the day. Between space invaders, asteroids, donkey Kong and pac man, asteroids was always my fave. Great combination of sound and graphics, the jaws like bump bemp bump bemp at the beginning with the blaster fire and explosions with the crisp and smooth animation just made it a winner. Nice job Joe! You guys ever get a sinistar machine in? Have a good weekend.

[@LyonsArcade]

We haven't had one in a very long time. I don't think we were doing video's then

[@kbramlett6877]

Wasn't the original coin slot circular and you placed your quarter flat inside the circle before you dropped it in?

[@LyonsArcade]

Yes it originally had a "Owl Eye" Coin door someone swapped it at some point The Owl Eye coin doors look cool but they get jammed a lot Thanks for watching!

[@retro_reflections]

Great work on a beautiful machine!

[@rubenrodriguez2590]

That's a gorgeous machine... I love Asteroids... I am trying to find one on the east coast.

[@flynlr]

the number of quarters I lined up on the glass of one of those in 79 was uncountable. weird part it was a bowling supply store that had a little room in the back with pong and this.

[@guymanicone7921]

All Asteroids must be SAVED!

[@garry5280]

Its broke. 😂 perfect one liner if there ever was one.

[@SteWieHTheTowel]

I want that hang out that's hanging out

[@midnitepagan9118]

I was 8 when that cab was released........ It didn't look like you turned the flourence tube to lock it in position behind the top marque...... but great video on all time classic

[@webmonkees]

ah, refresh for my blind Gravitar.. all the sets, around 50 bucks. Note: if one is selling a cabinet, make sure to check for spare PCBs. buyer figured it was in the cabinet, it's part of the sale. so I don't have Space Duel now. Didn't cost me anything, so I suppose that's life.

[@senilyDeluxe]

22:38 when he spawn-killed that first UFO...

[@waynegram8907]

MATT OR JOE, Why do some arcade games using these external FILTER PC BOARDS after the power supply connectors? I'm not sure what these additional filter pc boards do but some arcade games have them and others don't.

[@eDoc2020]

It's to reduce electrical interference. Without a filter some electronics will wreak havoc with nearby radios.

[@PlumGurly]

The higher number on caps doesn't mean better. That is a sign of leakage. The meters test capacitors based on the speed they are charged. So if the capacitor is leaky, it will take longer to charge, possibly making the meter misinterpret the results. Taking longer doesn't always mean it is "fuller" than the rated capacity. If you want to test this, test a new capacitor, but with a resistor across it. It might test higher than rated. I don't know what value to experiment with, maybe 2K or 1.2K, I don't know. Or maybe 470 or 100. And the tester might misinterpret the simulated leakage as a sign that it is larger than the rated capacity.

[@ltsiver]

18:30 wait a minute, you violated the primary rule! It's broke!

[@glenpeters2260]

i replaced all caps on deflect board and the hv cage. still plays blind, have neck glow and no spot killer light on. anything i may have missed? all header pins have been re flowed also. please advise. thank you.

[@jonathanbranhamsgaminganda8799]

If anyone can fix an old asteroids machine it's you guys

[@blueribb99]

More light may help the camera auto-focus

[@jasonsteverson4609]

Hey Joe!!

[@LyonsArcade]

Hey Jason!

[@NivagSwerdna]

You know what's wrong with the focus on your GoPro when you zoom in....?

[@LyonsArcade]

It's Broke!

[@mehere3013]

$5 international postage?

[@nascarnut130]

Joe do you have the gun for Sinlet to scope game

[@LyonsArcade]

No sorry

[@myob214]

Is that change machine for sale?

[@LyonsArcade]

It's Broke

[@ericmoeller3634]

just use your phone to record i dont know how good your phone is but iPhones and most expensive Android phone cameras are more than good enough sometimes better than a go pro especially with close ups

[@dogz8254]

Awesome

[@indydriver80]

That fancy new camera is broke.

[@LyonsArcade]

I'm not impressed with it so far

[@ChetWeeds]

I’ll buy that

[@CrazyMan_Engineer]

Its broke

[@codemonkey2k5]

The only thing you can count on with a GoPro is that it will shut off when you need it and it will corrupt your video and cause you to lose footage regularly. They are garbage in my opinion.

[@LyonsArcade]

I should of done more research, think I'm just gonna use my phone from now on

[@robaustin3258]

Looks like money to me... It's Broke!

[@lileveretteyoakumiii]

Yodelayheehoo

[@LyonsArcade]

Hello Lil Everette!

[@lawrenceveinotte]

I want all my money back I put in asteroids, buy a house in Florida.

[@dkd1228]

Another sterling contribution to Joe's doughnut fund.

[@paulstaf]

Get rid of the gopro, I can't watch a video that isn't in focus half the time...

[@LyonsArcade]

Yes you can, you watched this one. Don't give up on yourself, you can do it

[@bobgomez9481]

Is this the "out of focus" video?

[@demofilm]

i see what you did there 😏 . real cool video . thank you for taking the time to make this