It may be a little hard to tell what is going on here, but the upper picture is the top of the glass where I notice some sort of bubble going on. Of course, I also re-flow the neck-board connection joints and other worn-out or "cold"-looking joints. This requires me to not only replace caps on these boards but also the solder joints to the connectors on the end must be re-flowed. I have 2 daughter cards to deal with here. I gathered these are harder to work on, but very dependable once they are fixed.Īfter discharging and removing anode cup, then removing from cabinet. I have only successfully worked on the k7000 model before this which has a more simplistic design. Then, the monitor was removed for repairs. Always ensure an insulated connection from the wall to the AC filter! They are not hard to find online or more preferable to me your local small hardware store business. Note the insulated connectors I have used on the ends of the spliced power cord wires. I have included a picture of the proper wiring. Matching the wire colors from the cable to the AC filter of a Bosconian may be confusing to someone that has worked on a Galaga cocktail cabinet at first glance. I had a spare 18 AWG cable that I hacked the end off so that I could tie it into the AC filter. The original power cord was 2-prong and had to be replaced. It is finally time for the fun stuff the electronics! Then I used 6 new, longer screws to re-attach the metal feet plates for the front corners. I'm stoked about more surfing, kayaking, fishing, and definitely water-sliding this year!Īfter the third layer of Bondo was applied and hardened, I did one final sanding job. I have also been helping Robb Sherwin (Author of Cryprozookeeper and many other classics) get some of his works properly (re)released to Steam.Īside from that. While obviously meant for text parsing computers, it may also potentially see a mobile release one day and perhaps even be completed. However, I do still have A Day in DPRK on the back burner.
Speaking of which, if you would like to be a tester for the game, just leave a comment on this blog! I am still looking for testers for both the iOS and Android versions though I still need to actually produce the Android port. I changed the name to "Duck Slide Range" (placeholder site: Duck Slide Range) upon my first submission to the App Store for Test Flight after work had already been done for quite some time. The game was formally called "Duck Slide", but another iOS creator had taken that name.
for this game I opted for the Unity engine. Though I've dabbled in Unreal before and may return to it. I don't know how much (if any!) revenue it will bring me, but it has been a wonderful learning and productive creative process.
Instead, last year I decided to create my first 3D arcade-style game for mobile platforms. but I've strayed from producing any more IF for quite a while now. In the Interactive Fiction world, I've been paying attention and playing other peoples games. but due to nearly everything money-related being inflated lately and the fact I've been working a lot less while enjoying life more I am thankful I was at a waterpark that morning rather than taking a potentially awful hit to my bank account! There was a Funhouse that popped up at a recent auction. I'm still on the lookout for an affordable Funhouse or Fathom pinball machine. Basically I reached a period where it was finally time to play these games rather than working on them though I'm bet eventually something will pop up and change that. I haven't had much to talk about here arcade-wise as I haven't had any recent problems for at least a year or so with all four of my cabinets, and have yet to mess with testing or repairing any of the random game PCBs I have collected since I got into the arcade hobby. It's been about 2 years since I've updated this blog, but I figured it's about time for whomever actually ever looks at it.