Numskull Quarter Arcade - Factory Returns - What's inside?
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- Numskull Quarter Arcade Teardown and review of these factory return items picked up on eBay from the parent company Rubber Road Ltd.
Going over the Galaga and Pac Man items I picked up on eBay and seeing if they have any faults, cosmetic issues or anything else.
Saving money from factory return items and adding to my retro game collection.
eBay seller: ebay.co.uk/usr/bluewalrusltd
worth checking out for these and other factory returns. - เกม
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Not surprised they get lots of returns.
Their packaging is horrendous for such expensive items.
Very entertaining and fun to watch. Thanks for posting this.
Thanks for watching.
Very cool! 👍 Maybe like you say being factory returns rather than faulty or 'untested' was a good thing. Good to know it's a company with integrity. It'll be worth keeping an eye out for more. The sound is pure nostalgia 🕹️
They were a good buy. I'll add the eBay account to the description when I get a chance as they had some great items.
Thanks for watching.
Definitely a bargain mate, I think the more of these you have the cooler they look.
Look forward to the room tour when you get sorted 👍
Cheers mate. Yeah I think a few in a row would look great, it's just the cost of full price that stops me.
Good stuff! Really enjoyed this video
Thanks for watching.
Great little systems and glad they turned out as they did.
Very nice pieces Craig 👌
When you fired up Galaga all I could think about was you and Steve trying to outdo each other at Arcade Club! Be cool to play that again Saturday 👌
Yeah he got top score last time. I need more practice.
@@GoodwinsPlace I'm sure you can do it 👍
Good deal that. Seems like there's not much wrong with the Galaga one. I love Galaga. I have a bootleg PCB in a cabinet of that.
Money well spent on those quarter size ones.
Thanks for watching. Yeah I'm.pleased with them. I'd love a Galaga cabinet in the future, I almost bought one when I got the pinball.
Maybe the lack of instructions was the fault with Galaga 😂
Possibly. I couldn't find anything else. 🤣
Cheers for watching.
You did well on the price craig buddy 😄 soon as I heard the galaga tune I thought of arcade club 🤣 i wonder if it was just someone bought it and returned it? That's all I can think of with it saying factory return
Might have been, I can't see any other issue with it. Happy with the pair of them.
The music is a classic, I've had the credit tone as my message alert for years on my phone.
These look fantastic, you did well on the price
Thanks mate. Yeah great price, less than the cost of one for the pair.
Your trip looks good, have the videos in my watch list. 👍
@@GoodwinsPlace The wife arranged so much I need another holiday..... knackered 😆
Really nice looking mini arcades Craig 👍
Cheers for watching. 👍
@@GoodwinsPlace anytime bro
The button to the far right of the Galaga coin door is definitely an off switch. My Ms. Pac-Man QA does the exact same thing. The funny thing however is I have both the Dig Dug and Bubble Bobble QAs and they have that button, but they don't function as off switches.
And if I remember correctly, Galaga's dip switches are controlled by pressing both start buttons at the splash screen (before the boot up.) At least that's how it works on the other QAs. On Ms.Pac-Man though during the boot screen if you hold both start buttons and press both coin buttons, it will go to an input test mode.
That's good to know it's not just me with that button.
I can get to Galaga dip switches but nothing on PacMan and I'm not even sure it has them - doesn't matter though as it works great as it is.
Cheers for the comment, sounds like you have a good collection. You looking at any of the future releases too?
I’ve got the exact same two and they make great display pieces.
They are well made but I think I’ll only get one more when it’s released and that’s space invaders.
Well done on getting them so cheap.
I’m going to send that old Nintendo console this week if your still up for it ?
They are nice, I knew you had some but couldn't remember which ones you had. I think I'd push for one or two more but at the right price, don't think I can pay £150+ on them now that I've managed to get them so cheap.
Yeah send it over whenever, happy to take a look as it will be interesting to see if we can get some sort of output on a system here.
I've had four of these returns in total:
- Pacman 40th had no sound, easy fix as I just had to solder a cable back on the speaker (cabinet looked new)
- Dig Dug was definitely used but works fine, had some cracking on the control panel decal
- Ms. Pac-man looked new but had a bad PCB (white screen no sound/video)
- Galaga was brand new/sealed and worked fine (I couldn't believe it...)
So they do seem to be genuine returns ranging from new unwanted items, to faulty new, to used returns for whatever reason. They were selling slowly when they were £50 last year and then all sold out when they dropped to £30. They had another half dozen up for sale recently but they sold really quickly (I got Galaga then for £30 but the others were £50). So I'd say jump on them quick if you see/want one but it is a lottery.
Amazing I'll keep an eye out for more. So pleased with the ones I have. I have them on a shelf in the living room now.
Going across now to see if any more have been listed. Fingers crossed for a bubble bobble. 🤞
@@GoodwinsPlace I really enjoy playing and just having them on the shelf as well. I'm hoping for a Polybius cabinet to show up as I think it's neat but overpriced seeing as it isn't actually a game and no licensing cost etc.. The upcoming Space Invaders looks really good as well.
Not seen a bubble bobble yet so you've not missed one =)
@@GoodwinsPlace Mate they've just listed some bubble bobble's, go go go!!! (seriously they'll sell quickly) :D
@@mcrecordingsare they still doing these what is the seller name? I really missed out on a good deal here :(
Bought the not working ms.pac-man from the same eBay shop, charged it up and works great 🥳 and cosmetic perfect.
Amazing. Been looking at that but holding off in the hope they have others soon.
@@GoodwinsPlace Now got DigDug for £50, other then the box had a small tear, the machine work and looks perfect 👍
Amazing. I keep looking in hope they put up track and field for this price.
So what was the point of the coin lcck button in the end? (couldnt recall you saying if you found out or not?) great purchase Craig
No idea. I looked in the manual and it's not covered at all. They say about the coin buttons but skip the lock one.
That would be cool buddy
I have a few dust particles inside the lens on my Pac-Man.
Do you have a video on taking out the screen?
I just want to blow the dust out.
Great video!
🙌😊🙌
I've not sorry. If you're still stuck I can look at taking one apart, what model do you have?
I've been looking for more faulty ones but nothing coming up on eBay.
@@GoodwinsPlace
Thanks for your reply!
:)
I have the Numskull Quarter Arcade Pac Man.
👊
Hey, great video. With your technical knowledge, how do you get these to turn on immediately with Power? I have bought 10 of these, all the various games and running them off a single USB hub. ideally I wanted it connected to a smart plug and when activated they all power on so hoping you could do a separate video for loads of people who would also like to know how to do it, or better still if you made a Plug and Play Bypass using JST Connecters etc so we can simply unplug and plug your harness in I know 1000s of Quarter arcade owners that would want that functionality.
Interesting. I'll take a look if they work when powered when the switch is shorted. Alternative is one cable that connects all power switches to a single switch that you could press to turn them all on.
Excellent
Did you have a chance to look buddy
Looks like you got a bargain there Craig 👍
They do look nice but not something I'd be interested in. I was surprised at how sparse they are inside.
Did the firmware update offer any benefits? (you might have said but I was busy telling my son off at that point 😂}.
Yeah good price. Not sure I'd be happy with spending £300+ on them.
Pretty much like a real arcade cab, a big empty box for the most of it.
Firmware you can change to 3 lives, also sound improvements.
Cheers for watching on the big TV.
Looks like you’ve had a result there. You can update Pacmans firmware, check our channel on a video about that.
Thanks I did it at the end of the video as an overlay but will take a look too.
Did you manage to get in to the dip switches once updated?
@@GoodwinsPlace Pretty sure that Pac Man didn’t have a dip switch setting, I think that it was introduced with Galaga but will check tomorrow 👍.
I know this is 2 years old, but I have bought Teenage mutant Ninja Turtles and the battery is not charging up, I had this before with space ace and returned it, but looking at this video the battery looks very simple to change, is this worth doing myself? or should I just send it back, seems like a proper waste, judging by the box when I got it, the game had been sitting around for quite some time, so looks like the battery has lost the ability to hold a charge or recharge fully.
I have some experience with retro console and cartridge refurbishment/cleaning so I am not going in blind so to speak.
TIA for any answer.
If you have a multimeter it would be good to disconnect the battery and read the voltage.
Honestly it could be something else like the charge controller so not sure if just swapping the battery will resolve it.
Looks good. I'd love some of these. Do these work without needing to be plugged In?
Yeah the battery is in the later part of the video when I open them up. Not sure how long it will last but I doubt they use much power.
@@GoodwinsPlace I need one now... I missed that bit.. just watching while I am modding my wii. 👍👍
@@rollerxcore oh nice. Will have to see what you do with it, they are meant to be good emulation systems.
Now even cheaper !
I’ve had rows of faded or purple colored pixels on my ms pacman and galaga so theses can’t be taken seriously, they don’t last.
Strange noise @36:14 😂
That's an old man that's let himself go over lockdown reaching beyond his limits. 🤣🤣🤣
All Numskull game instruction manuals can be viewed and downloaded from here:
numskull.com/technical-support/
Thanks I did get one at the time but my version of pacman doesn't have any dip switch menu just the option to flash different ROMs that give you a different number of lives.