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The Story of the Super Mystical Magic Conversion of Ye Olde 80′s Arcade Cabinet or Basically: The Arcade Restoration & Conversion Project

Once upon a time, there was a lonely arcade machine that was an old Atari Centipede cabinet and for a short while life was good. As time slowly ticked away, the little sad machine was lonely and the evil mean arcade owner ripped off his control panel and retrofitted a four-player panel and made him into a Sunset Riders and for a short while, life was good again. As with all good things, this little cabinet’ life came to a slow long drawn out death. Eventually he was sold off in an auction where he was purchased then resold to Decepticreep for $200.

Decepticreep was a good person at heart but just lack the patience and know how to bring the little arcade machine to his former glory. After having the sad little machine in the corner of the house for almost 3 years, Decepticreep decided to take the big step and finally move away from the safety of his parent’s nest. Sadly, the new decision made Decepticreep realized that he will have no room for his project so in a very nice jester, Decepticreep gave the depressed arcade machine to his more handsome and more patient brother, Jangofatt, who had the skills to rebuild a machine (and space) but never actually done a complete refurb. So after many years Jango stepped up to the plate and started on the arcade restoration project and learned many things about the new restoration project.

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Back from the dead!

Oh man, am I jazzed!
The ALIENS: COLONIAL SPACE MARINES game has been resurrected!

I’ve always been a huge Alien fan, and when the first game was canceled for PS2/Xbox I was disappointed to say the least. BUT our friends at Sega/Gearbox have decided to try and make some money this year and develop this little [...]