Over a year ago, I traded a Hogan’s Alley for a Pengo from Tim Hill (MudManTim). Like most of my “keepers” I planned on restoring it. I also try to complete all my restorations with a nice clean owners manual with the original schematics.
February 19 2010
Detailing Exidy Mouse Trap – Part 1
Tagged Under : detail, Exidy, Mouse Trap, restoration
In January I let one of my restored games go for a an Exidy Mouse Trap and an Atari Asteroids. I’ve wanted a Mouse Trap for some time so I quickly got it to the basement so I could start detailing it and getting it into the lineup. After a short distraction due to another game, I was finally able to use the last few weeks to get Mouse Trap looking real nice and ready for the game room.
December 21 2009
Donkey Kong Jr. Gets Some Final Touches.
Tagged Under : Artwork, Donkey Kong Jr., Nintendo, restoration, Review, This Old Game, thisoldgame.com
Several months ago Rich @ This Old Game started selling high quality solvent ink jet Donkey Kong Jr. Bezel Decals printed on self adhesive satin vinyl. So, seeing as I was never 100% happy with the reproduction I purchased from another vendor I decided to order a replacement from Rich. Unfortunately, the other vendor used CPO adhesive on their decal which didn’t want to come off which wasn’t a good thing as I had originally spray painted the lower bezel support.
October 12 2009
Donkey Kong 2 – The Serial Number Tag
Tagged Under : Donkey Kong 2, Jumpman Returns, Nintendo, restoration, This Old Game, thisoldgame.com
A couple of weeks back I received an expected shipment from This Old Game with an unexpected surprise. My Donkey Kong 2 serial number tag. Knew it would arrive sooner or later but wasn’t in any hurry to get it…
October 09 2009
Chilly Willy the “Pengo” Restoration – Part 3
Tagged Under : Arcade Games, Pengo, Projects, Restorations, Rotheblog, Sega
Since “Part 2″ I was able to finalize my Pengo restoration before winter arrived. In fact, the night I finally pushed forward to get done it was 54 degrees out and damp so no time like the present to finish the restoration up! As I found out a couple of nights before spray painting sometimes just can’t happen this time of year so I finished just in time!
