Category Archives: bavacade

And I’m All Out of Bubble Gum

Posted on February 3, 2026 by Reverend

This is a quick note about the diorama after the next one. I will be working furiously over the next week or two to get a Tetris diorama up for an event honoring Italy’s own Nintendo Tetris World Champion. I’ll … Continue reading →

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We’re not computers, Sebastian, we’re physical

Posted on November 4, 2025 by Reverend

I guess it makes sense to start a conference about blogging with a blog post about blogging—hello you beautiful Reclaim Open 25 folks! Let’s face it, blogging is a blogger’s favorite topic, right? And these days I’ve been thinking about what it means for blogging to transmogrify (it’s Halloween season, after all) into something else. Continue reading →

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Halloween Haunted Arcade

Posted on October 18, 2025 by Reverend

It’s been a crazy month, and now it’s time to race to the finish line trying to get the bava.studio’s Halloween Haunted Arcade up and running by Friday the 31st, just in time for Halloween. The diorama has come in … Continue reading →

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Exidy 440 FPGA

Posted on June 24, 2025 by Reverend

Exidy 440 FPGA Board Over the last few months I have been struggling to get my Exidy Cheyenne cabinet back up and running. It’s a beautiful specimen that’s given me some issues over the years needing a chassis overhaul and … Continue reading →

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bavacade Update 4-13-2025

Posted on April 13, 2025 by Reverend

It’s been a couple of months since my last bavacade update.  I was under the impression I hadn’t done much since January, but after taking some notes I realized I was mistaken. Real headway was made and I even added … Continue reading →

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Polybius

Posted on March 12, 2025 by Reverend

In the things I learned today department, a high schooler named Antonio dropped by bavastudio. He was grooving on the old video games in the space, and as it happens he’s a bit of an retro gaming geek so we … Continue reading →

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bavacade Update 1-19-2025

Posted on January 19, 2025 by Reverend

This week was pretty productive on the bavacade front by making real headway on the plan to start cleaning up the small things. I knocked out quite a few things on the list prepared in the last update: Switch Robotron 1P and … Continue reading →

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bavacade Update: 1-5-2025

Posted on January 5, 2025 by Reverend

December was a slow month for arcade repairs given everything else going on, but I did make some progress. In particular, I was able to finally install the Scramble multi-game chip on my spare Scramble board and install it in … Continue reading →

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bavacade Update 11-24-2024

Posted on November 24, 2024 by Reverend

I once again have a 100% working arcade, huzzah! Most of the work these days is shoring up the rest of the cabinets to get rid of any structural issues and put them on wheels. There are only two cabinets … Continue reading →

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A Shout-Out to the Zilog Z80

Posted on October 13, 2024 by Reverend

As referred to in my previous post, I’ve been struggling to figure out what specific Z80 processor I need to get my spare Scramble PCB working. I had the main processor for the board, which was a Zilog Z80 chip, … Continue reading →

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