Arcade Video Game Cabinet Restoration

 

Hi!  Is your favorite classic arcade video game cabinet about ready for the junk pile - water damage, rust, holes, scratches, missing trim, broken and missing parts, and completely dead? 

Well, fear no more!

With our comprehensive cabinet restoration service, not only can we bring your game back to life, we can make it look like brand new.

Just take a look at some of our before and after photos at bottom of this page.

 

Cabinet restoration can include all of this and more:

1.  Filling, sanding, painting the cabinet.

2.  Applying graphic decals and artwork.

3.  Replacing or repairing missing and broken parts, including coin doors.

4.  Painting metal parts. 

5.  Replacing the T-molding edging. 

6.  Repairing or replacing water damaged material.

7.  Gutting all the old electronics and wiring, and replacing with brand new modern technology components.

 

Basically, we can restore all or any part of your game cabinet to like new condition.  

 

We have overhauled and restored practically every classic arcade game made. Take a look at this photo record of our experience -

Golden Age Classic Arcade Video Game Photo Gallery

 

Other Restoration and Repair Services:

A.  In addition to your cabinet, we can also completely overhaul your monitor.  When finished, your old CRT monitor's images will look almost like they did when brand new.

B.  Or, we can replace that old heavy glass CRT monitor with a brand new state-of-the-art LCD/LED/IPS monitor.

Read about the benefits of an LCD monitor here -

Choosing The Best Monitor For Your New Multicade

C.  And, while we are restoring your cabinet, you should seriously consider having us convert it into a multi classic game machine.

D.  For general repairs, contact us for the repair of your arcade video game machine.  Repairs are made in our shop. 

 

For a small trip charge, we can provide for pick up and delivery of arcade video games anywhere in the Dallas - Fort Worth, and North Central, Texas area.  Click here to see a list of the cities served.  

 

Or, maybe you are simply done with your arcade boat anchor:

No worry, we pay cash for working and non-working any-condition classic arcade video game machines.

Just send some photos, the price, and your location. 

We will reply right away.

 

Email me now to get started:  [email protected]

 

A.  Asteroids arcade video game restoration:

 

Before - 30% rotted and water damaged wood, and completely dead -

 

 

After - Like new multicade that plays Asteroids and Asteroids Deluxe -

 

 

 

B.  Before and After Galaga Repair:

 

This customer bought a Galaga at auction for a really good price... Uh-oh.

Got it home and soon after, the cheap rip-off non-repairable Galaga game board crashed. 

After considering several options, the game owner hired us to replace the rip-off with an original Galaga board.

This project required -

• replacement of the rip-off with an original game board,
• installation of a new arcade switching power supply,
• restoration of the wiring harness to original specs,
• various cabinet repairs,
• replacement of some faulty parts,
• re-do of some cabinet mess-ups by the prior owner, and
• general clean-up of a rats-nest of loose and dangerous wiring.

 

Here are Before and After pictures:  (click the photos for a larger view)

Before -

After -

 

 

C.  Tron arcade video game restoration and multi game upgrade:

 

What happens when you allow the wife's car into your garage man cave?

Yep, you guessed it.

Something horrible happens... A dead, broken, smashed Tron.

So, we took the Tron into our operating room.

Added 25 classic games (without altering the original appearance), added lots of our TLC,

 

and brought Tron back to life... Now a beauty, and way better than the original one game machine.

 

 

 

D.  Cosmic Avenger arcade video game upgrade:

 

This customer inherited his grandmother's favorite arcade video game. It was a cherished family heirloom.

The machine was in pretty nice condition, but it did not work. And, it only played the one game, Universal's 1981 Cosmic Avenger.

A fun game, very much like Konami's 1981 Scramble, but there are so many other games than Cosmic Avenger.

So, the customer entrusted us to work on their family treasure, and above all, to take as good care of it as they had. Moreover, to keep it looking as original as possible, while upgrading it to play as many other games as possible.

Mission accomplished. The work is complete and the Cosmic Avenger looks almost like new and now plays close to 3,000 arcade video games.

Like most jobs requiring a complete rebuild of the control panel, we spent days rebuilding just the control panel. Almost, twice as long as we spent gutting and upgrading the cabinet with all new components, and polishing up the cabinet's exterior.

Here are a few photos of the progress:

Cabinet in work - 

Original control panel and broken marquee - 

Rebuilding the control panel - 

Nearing completed rebuilt control panel -

Completed rebuilt control panel - 

Completed upgraded Cosmic Avenger multi game machine - 

Cosmic Avenger in its new home -

Cosmic Avenger reunited with its family -