Skip to content

Set Side B

The Flipside of Gaming

Set Side B

Video: Reconstructing an Arcade Centipede

This is really well outside the realm of simple repair, as the video demonstrates, the machine is basically totaled. There’s no monitor! The power supply is obviously kaput! They get it working though. HAPPY END!

The repair process was involved enough that they did a separate video for fixing the board itself.

Joe’s Classic Video Games: Repairing a Completely Destroyed ATARI Centipede Arcade Game From 1980, Will It Run? (45 minutes)

How we Repair an Atari Centipede Arcade Game PCB With Minimal Test Tools – Simple Schematic Theory (49 minutes)

rodneylives
rodneylives
Author rodneylivesPosted on October 4, 2022September 19, 2022Categories retroTags atari, centipede, joesclassicvideogames, repair, retro, video, youtube

Post navigation

Previous Previous post: EGX 2022 Demo Showcase
Next Next post: @Play Extra: Inner Details of Pokemon Mystery Dungeon

Archives

  • January 2023
  • December 2022
  • November 2022
  • October 2022
  • September 2022
  • August 2022
  • July 2022
  • June 2022
  • May 2022
  • April 2022

Categories

  • @play
  • arcade
  • arcademermaid
  • art
  • blognews
  • book
  • development
  • editorial
  • ephemera
  • fansite
  • gamesdonequick
  • glitches
  • gripemonster
  • hardware
  • homebrew
  • indiedevshowcase
  • indies
  • interview
  • link
  • long
  • longplay
  • magazines
  • mashup
  • news
  • niche
  • obit
  • oldweb
  • recap
  • retro
  • roguelike
  • romhacks
  • romhackthursday
  • shooters
  • sundaysundry
  • twitch
  • Uncategorized
  • weird
  • weirdmoments

No overlays, no subscription nags, no autoplaying videos, and no tracking cookies here! Please support indie game journalism!

Recent Posts

  • Sundry Sunday: PAC-TOM
  • Macromedia Director Support in ScummVM Improves
  • Josh’s Favorite Games of 2022 – Most Original Games
  • Goldeneye on Switch Online and Xbox One
  • Romhack Thursday: Two Translations of Idol Hakkenden
  • News 1/24/22: Pokemon Collecting, Universal Mario World, Commodore 64 of Theseus
  • itch.io: Squirrelativity
  • Masahiro Sakurai talks about Kirby Air Ride
  • Gaming Hell: The Speed Rumbler
  • Sundry Sunday: The “Music” of Crazy Bus
  • An Open Discussion on Open World Design
  • The Gripe Monster Quibbles Over Terms

Archives

Comments

  1. Jim on Sundry Sunday: The “Music” of Crazy Bus
  2. Ken on Sundry Sunday: Weezer’s “Buddy Holly” in the Mario 64 Sound Font
  3. xot on Apple Kracker’s Guide
  4. DeppySlide on AGDQ 2023 Approaches!
  5. Jim on Breath of the Wild Cel Shading Break Glitch

Tags

  • Tag Cloud
  • Indie, small developers
  • Retro, old games
  • Niche, genre and subculture
  • Indie Dev Showcase
  • @Play, on roguelikes
  • Sundry Sunday, weekend weirdness
  • Arcade Mermaid, old arcade review
  • Video, media posts
  • long items, more than just links
  • news, alien reporter Kent Drebnar presents the universe of gaming
  • blog news, stuff on us

Places

  • Game Developer
  • NetHack.org
  • alt.org, longstanding public NetHack server
  • ftp.funet.fi, venerable FTP server
  • 7DRL, yearly roguelike gamejam
  • Roguelike Celebration, yearly roguelike conference
  • PressTheButtons, home site of Power Button
  • Limited Run Games, merch purveyors
  • Mike Sterling’s Progressive Ruin
  • Plok, Pickford Bros. webcomic
  • Metafilter, community weblog
  • Everything2, writing on many topics, predates Wikipedia
  • The Video Game History Foundation
  • Longreads
  • GameFAQs
  • Temple of the Roguelike
  • Games Done Quick, speedrunning for charity
  • European Speedrunning Assembly, charity speedrunners
  • Speed Demos Archive, old school speedrunning records
  • Electronic Frontier Foundation, civil liberties for the digital age
  • Internet Archive, home of the Wayback Machine
  • Hardcore Gaming 101
  • The Official Omega Distribution Page

Friends

  • Simon Carless
  • David Craddock
  • Matt Matthews
  • Andrew Doull
  • Brian Jeffears
  • Darren Gray
  • Ido Yehieli
  • Josh Ge (Twitch)

Us

  • rodneylives
    • Exploring Roguelike Games (Amazon)
    • itch.io
    • Q&As at Game Developer
    • Twitter
    • Patreon
  • philnelson
    • RetroStrange
  • GWBycer
    • Game Wisdom
    • YouTube
    • Twitter
  • Statue
  • RSS feed - Twitter - About - Links
  • Do you have news for us? Contact us here!
  • No ads! No overlays! 100% NFT free!
  • Just say no to fandom.com!

Archives

  • January 23, 2023–January 29, 2023
  • January 16, 2023–January 22, 2023
  • January 9, 2023–January 15, 2023
  • January 2, 2023–January 8, 2023
  • December 26, 2022–January 1, 2023
  • December 26, 2022–January 1, 2023
  • December 19, 2022–December 25, 2022
  • December 12, 2022–December 18, 2022
  • December 5, 2022–December 11, 2022
  • November 28, 2022–December 4, 2022
  • November 21, 2022–November 27, 2022
  • November 14, 2022–November 20, 2022
  • November 7, 2022–November 13, 2022
  • October 31, 2022–November 6, 2022
  • October 24, 2022–October 30, 2022
  • October 17, 2022–October 23, 2022
  • October 10, 2022–October 16, 2022
  • October 3, 2022–October 9, 2022
  • September 26, 2022–October 2, 2022
  • September 19, 2022–September 25, 2022
  • September 12, 2022–September 18, 2022
  • September 5, 2022–September 11, 2022
  • August 29, 2022–September 4, 2022
  • August 22, 2022–August 28, 2022
  • August 15, 2022–August 21, 2022
  • August 8, 2022–August 14, 2022
  • August 1, 2022–August 7, 2022
  • July 25, 2022–July 31, 2022
  • July 18, 2022–July 24, 2022
  • July 11, 2022–July 17, 2022
  • July 4, 2022–July 10, 2022
  • June 27, 2022–July 3, 2022
  • June 20, 2022–June 26, 2022
  • June 13, 2022–June 19, 2022
  • June 6, 2022–June 12, 2022
  • May 30, 2022–June 5, 2022
  • May 23, 2022–May 29, 2022
  • May 16, 2022–May 22, 2022
  • May 9, 2022–May 15, 2022
  • May 2, 2022–May 8, 2022
  • April 25, 2022–May 1, 2022
  • April 18, 2022–April 24, 2022
  • April 11, 2022–April 17, 2022
  • April 4, 2022–April 10, 2022
Set Side B Proudly powered by WordPress