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Tag Archives: millipede
bavacade Update 1-19-2025
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
bavacade Update: 1-5-2025
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
bavacade Repair Log 9-24-2024
It has been a while since a full blown repair log, but that is the upside of having an all but perfect arcade 🙂 But as Chinua Achebe notes, “things fall apart.” So on with the show… When I was … Continue reading
Swapping Matsushita Chassis on Millipede (and a few more bavacade updates)
The big win for the bavacade this week was swapping out the existing Matsushita 19″ chassis in Millipede with a like-new replacement I got from Mike of East Coast Arcade Repair while in Virginia recently. It was kind of a … Continue reading
bavacade Updates: Moving the fleet to bavastudio, Millipede Monitor Woes, a Rogue K4600, and Phoenix Board Weirdness
Nothing gold can stay. Those good old days of arcade perfection are long behind me now, and that became readily apparent as I prepared another 11 games for the move over to bavastudio. The most concerning issue is what seems … Continue reading
bavacade work log 3-28-2023
I’ve been pretty busy knocking out my to-do list for the bavacade. I created a long one after returning from the US, and I’ve gotten through most of it, so might be a good time to create a log with … Continue reading
Multipede: 4-in-1 Cabinet fun!
A “cosa speciale” arrived today for the bavacade pic.twitter.com/zbGCdG0BPG — Jim Groom (@jimgroom) October 15, 2021 I’m not sure I wrote about it here yet, but back in October I picked up another arcade cabinet here in Italy, namely Millipede … Continue reading
Reclaim Arcade: Free Play All Day!
That’s right, it has gotten to a point where we can soon start referring to our growing collection of cabinet video games as a bonafide arcade thanks to Tim’s weekend binge collector’s road trip. We have 11 operational cabinets at … Continue reading