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  • BAS Arcade Cabinet Restoration – Part 2

    BAS Arcade Cabinet Restoration – Part 2

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    Arcade cabinet restoration – the fun stuff With the major repair work completed on the woodwork, monitor and control panel (covered in part 1) it was time to focus on the cosmetic aspects of the restoration of this BAS Arcade Cabinet. The cabinet itself was not in really bad shape, but the coin doors and…

  • The Arcade Shed Build – Part 1

    The Arcade Shed Build – Part 1

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    Why build an Arcade Shed? I’d been planning to build an Arcade Shed for a while before actually taking the plunge. Growing up in Essex in the 80’s, I had easy access to some of the best arcades in the UK, with Southend being a 25 minute drive from my home in Grays.  Every Friday…

  • BAS Arcade Cabinet Restoration

    BAS Arcade Cabinet Restoration

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    After I built my arcade shed, I went on a bit of a buying spree, snapping up knackered old cabinets on eBay without much thought as to what I would do with them. I just knew that I had a space that needed filling with cabinets, and that I needed to learn how to restore…

  • Chase HQ Arcade Game by Taito

    Chase HQ Arcade Game by Taito

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    If Beverley Hills Cop was an arcade game… Chase HQ was an arcade racer that was very much of it’s era, so 80’s in its style that it could have been directed by Jerry Bruckheimer, starred Eddie Murphy, and had a soundtrack by Harold Faltermeyer.  Playing like cross between Sega’s classic OutRun and the film Beverly…

  • Space Panic Arcade Game by Universal

    Space Panic Arcade Game by Universal

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    Was Space Panic The First Ever Platformer? Space Panic is an early arcade game from Universal, released in 1980 and believed to be the first ever platform game, predating Donkey Kong by a full year. This was also the first successful game by arcade developer Universal, who later created the classic . Universal Space Panic…

  • Xevious by Namco – Classic Arcade Game Review

    Xevious by Namco – Classic Arcade Game Review

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    Was Xevious the original vertical scrolling shooter? Some games conjure up very vivid memories – where you first played it, the feel of the controls, the sounds and graphics forever burned into your mind. Xevious was one of my earliest arcade game memories, not the first I played but one of the first that I…