Category Archives: bavacade

bavacade repair log 10-3-2022

Posted on October 3, 2022 by Reverend

I have been hard at work on the bavacade this weekend going through part 1 of the to-do list. I would like to make each game’s repairs a post of its own, but if I don’t capture this stuff in … Continue reading →

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bavacade To-Do List, Part 1

Posted on September 29, 2022 by Reverend

It’s been about 3 weeks since the container arrived and my basement is starting to get back into livable shape. I’m gonna need to get some perimeter shelving for the walls to manage all the VHS tapes, laserdiscs, excess vinyl … Continue reading →

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And then there were 29…

Posted on September 15, 2022 by Reverend

The container came in…. Everything arrived safe and sound, but I have spent much of the last week unpacking, playing with retro game consoles, and doing repairs like I still run an arcade 🙂 Elevator Action‘s working fine but the … Continue reading →

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Bavacade Update: G07 Capkit, Condor PCB, and Cheyenne Audio

Posted on July 23, 2022 by Reverend

I have been working on and off on the bavacade, and I am pretty close to having every game working perfectly, that said actual perfection continues to allude me. But we need lofty goals and standards, right? -so the hunt … Continue reading →

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Joining the 600K Club on Gyruss

Posted on June 6, 2022 by Reverend

After Pac-man, Gyruss might be my favorite golden age arcade game. I picked one up last Summer for the bavacade, and I have not looked back. I recorded a couple of high scores wherein I finally broke 400K last August, … Continue reading →

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Helping to Save a Donkey Kong Junior

Posted on May 16, 2022 by Reverend

I’m on a bit of a bavacade blog roll to document some of the work done on a few cabinets, namely Condor, Bagman, and finally—for now—Donkey Kong Junior. Funny enough I thought Donkey Kong Junior was the least beat up … Continue reading →

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Bagging the Bagman

Posted on May 15, 2022 by Reverend

Moving on from “Saving the Condor,” the next restoration project was for the 1982 arcade cabinet Bagman. This golden-age game was created by the French arcade company Valadon Automation, and licensed to Stern in the US and Taito in Japan. … Continue reading →

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Save the Condor

Posted on May 14, 2022 by Reverend

Sometimes the blog post titles just write themselves…but on with the show. Over the past month or so I’ve been fixing up several cabinets in the bavacade that have cosmetic issues. I’ve been pushing hard on this because I want … Continue reading →

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An Explorer in “The Bishop of Battle”

Posted on May 6, 2022 by Reverend

I recently welcomed a new game into bavacade, namely Pleiades. The acquisition of which reminded me of a scene from a childhood favorite b-movie horror omnibus called Nightmares (1983). I just posted about this film and its relationship—at least in my … Continue reading →

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Gyruss Multigame Mod-Kit with Time Pilot and Pooyan

Posted on May 4, 2022 by Reverend

Trying to play a bit of catch-up on my bavacade given I have made some significant strides towards getting fully operational. One of the recent highlights was finally getting the Gyruss multigame mod-kit installed so that it can also allow … Continue reading →

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