The Broken Joystick » Arcade Decorations

Qbert sideart as arcade decor

brianpipa — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 01:03:54 +0000

A while back I picked up a side of repo Qbert sideart with a flaw in it for cheap ($20 maybe?). I had the bright idea to frame it in a poster frame and use it as an arcade wall decoration in a poster frame.

Unfortunately, the paper I used as the background wrinkled and looked crappy. So, I had the bright idea to buy some yellow spray paint…

and paint the wood background to look like a qbert cabinet…

It took only a few minutes to dry and I popped in the sideart. man, it looks good (IMO)…

The lines you see in it now are just reflections in the glass. it looks great, honestly!

Restaurant Booth and NBA Play by Play

brianpipa — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 05:34:26 +0000

I picked up the restaurant booth today. It’s almost perfect. Just the right size – not too big. I could do without the brown but it will do. Gonna rearrange the arcade this weekend and make room for it.

I also played around in the arcade tonight and I got my Konami NBA Play by Play kit working! Turns out a dipswitch was flipped. Cool. Not as fun as NBA Jam, but I played a few games of it. Cool PCB setup with mini I/O boards to connect P3 and P4 and USB ports to hookup a separate cabinet (I think) and VGA output even.

Restaurant Booth!

brianpipa — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 17:32:42 +0000

I’ve been wanting a restaurant booth for the arcade for a while and it looks like I finally found one for FREE on Craigslist! He was asking $25 but said he’d give it to me. I’m going to pick it up tomorrow. It’s kind of an ugly brown but it looks like it’s in good condition. I could redo the vinyl if I wanted but may leave it. I need a table now.