"Unless you just happen to remember playing a cocktail cabinet at Pizza Hut." Yes, literally this! Playing the Donkey Kong cocktail cabinet in the corner of the Pizza Hut dining room while eating your Book-It personal pan pizza.
And that's why the joysticks and buttons are mounted the way they are...If they were flat upright, all of that pizza sauce and drinks are going to take it down rather quickly! My first love of Pizza Hut having games was 1942 and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles :)
I have fond memories of my husband playing Tetris on a cocktail table at a coffee shop we hung out at in college. If I had the room, or wherewithal, I’d definitely want one of those. A cocktail table is definitely more of a hangout thing.
First time commenting on your videos & I think I’ve watched them all! Long time fan & love both your work 👊 You boys literally have my dream job buying, selling, tinkering, restoring, troubleshooting & keeping the nostalgia alive in the best positive way! Cheers for all the effort, big up & much love all the way from London U.K 🍺
Cheers brother if I lived local I’d be asking for a job 👊 The determination in keeping a business & a TH-cam channel going takes a massive effort that unfortunately the haters will never understand so thought I’d chime in with some positive vibes 🍺 Keep on keeping on Joe, Ron & Don! ❤️
When I was a kid growing up in Jacksonville, I remember going to an arcade called Hobby Oasis II. The main floor was for all of the stand-ups, but they had a rather large section designed for the table tops. I enjoyed the Bally/Midway Tabletops because of the design. I liked how they placed the controls right in front of you. I did not like the way Nintendo designed theirs because the joystick was hard to maneuver, However, I did have a special place in my heart for the Cabarets.
It is funny how some people remove SMD capacitors. They push down and twist. Then they take a soldering iron to clean up the pads, remove what's left of the legs, and then solder in a new one. On those, tack it in from one end, firmly solder the other one, then redo the first one. I mentioned that because of the pliers discussion.
hi Joe. thanks for filming the video. you didn't have to do that. DK is one of my fave games. It was fun seeing you repair this broke cocktail table version.
Cocktail video games were in the local hotel back in the day. Our city otherwise didn't really have many video games, so this format is pretty much the norm to me. Very nice version.
There are a million reasons not to get a cocktail table vs an upright, but you can set your pizza down on these! I love em! I'm pretty sure the first coxktail table I ever saw was a Donkey Kong when I was 7.
Instead of filing chip legs to get tarnish off of the legs, buy a jar of silver cleaner. Use a needle nose pliers to hold the chip and swish it around in the silver cleaner. Rinse in water and you're good to go. Legs will be shinny again.
Instead of "buy a jar of silver cleaner. Use a needle nose pliers to hold the chp and swish it around in the silver cleaner. Rinse in water".... use a file
you can bring back the home button on Android you go to the settings then accessibility then click system controls and set the system navigation to 3 buttons i hated it when google decided to go with gestures like a iPhone but u can still change it back at least
the staging sequences on this is weird and different from what i was used to. it used to be 25 meters the ramp 50 meters the pie factory 75 meters the lifts and 100 meters the falling building. not a bad thing but just feels strange when your used to seeing how the stages come up a certain way. maybe its a dip switch setting. Looks great though.
@@LyonsArcadeIt could be i was playing these here in Canada so most likely it would have been. P.S. You play better than you think you do. like they say, its not how well you play its how much enjoyment you get out of it that counts,.
Yeah, have a Galaxian cocktail and oh boy those original controls for that game.. are long gone. I'm putting in Galaga since I still have the original boards for it.. long story ;)
Bars and restaurants were the places where you saw these. Pizza Hut I remember playing a few games in them. Waiting for a table and waiting for the pizza, it was so cool.
Just from looking at the thumbnail: One of the background character ROMs is broke. One of the two ROMs will make the foreground colors weird, the others will make the backgrounds a solid color. And I was wrong. Guess the decoder PROM next to the background character ROMs had corroded legs.
I don’t think gopro’s can zoom in properly and also can’t match HZs to film CRTs, it’s build to fast images and resistance. i love your content, greetings from Brazil 🇧🇷
I was the technician at Arizona Cigarette and Amusement company in 1980. Made My bread fixing these things when a few of the guys "knew how to swap chips and boards," yikes!
That type of cocktail table is no go. The controlls stick straight out of the side. It's super akward for obvious reasons. It makes you feel more like you are fondling something than playing a game. It's just weird.
Presumably no-one makes CRT monitors any more. What's going to be the fate of arcade restorations when there's no more serviceable CRT's left in the world...? If we, as a species, want to keep oldy timey games still playing, I guess they will have to be converted to use LCD, OLED or whatever is around at the time. I guess that's OK (ish) for raster games, esp as display technology improves, but what about vector games a la Asteriods, Tempest, etc. For such a niche market, is any manufacturer going to have an incentive to create panels that emulate vector displays well enough to be indistinguishable from the originals. Perhaps such thoughts might make an interesting topic for a future videos. KR.
Joe and Ron- The GoPro is the wrong camera for what you are doing. Here are the specs, look at minimum focus distance: Camera Type: Action Camera Sensor: 27.13MP 1/1.9 Inch CMOS Sensor ISO: 100 - 6400 Lens: Fixed Lens with four Fields of View (FOV) Video: 5.3K/60p, 4K/120p & 2.7K/240p Burst Shooting: 30.0 fps Minimum Focusing Distance: 30 cm Size/Weight: 71.8 x 50.8 x 33.6 / 154 grams Battery Life: Up to 80 minutes of video recording at 5.3K/60p Autofocus: Yes Stabilization: Yes Touchscreen: Yes Waterproof: 10.0 meters Used GoPro Hero 11 Price: $344 - $364 You need a regular HD recording camera that has macro capabilities. I used to do photography with models (people), products, and landscapes. Your GoPro can't deal with components that small, that close. I own two GoPro's. and yeah, someone steered you wrong. Hope this helps.
Yeah, I should of done more research, I got the wrong camera. I got frustrated because I've bought 3 HD Sony cameras and people still complain its not HD so i got a go pro. I may just start using my phone at this point
@@LyonsArcade Honestly, my phone (a samsung 223 ultra) does incrediblt macro. But, there are much better regular digital point and shoot cameras that are FAR cheaper than a phone. By the way, I have a Williams driver board, DMD, and sound board from a STTNG machine (they aren't broke) I upgraded, trade for a tshirt??
"Unless you just happen to remember playing a cocktail cabinet at Pizza Hut." Yes, literally this! Playing the Donkey Kong cocktail cabinet in the corner of the Pizza Hut dining room while eating your Book-It personal pan pizza.
And that's why the joysticks and buttons are mounted the way they are...If they were flat upright, all of that pizza sauce and drinks are going to take it down rather quickly! My first love of Pizza Hut having games was 1942 and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles :)
Looks like the boys cleaned up the store floor a bit.
Looks nice in there.
Thank you for all that you guys do for us Joe.
Thanks for watching!
- "I"m not very good at Donkey Kong"
_clears 6 stages with the first life_
Got to save these glorious 8 bit legends.
I remember the arcades of the early 80s.
83 was an awesome year.
So many iconic games.
I have fond memories of my husband playing Tetris on a cocktail table at a coffee shop we hung out at in college. If I had the room, or wherewithal, I’d definitely want one of those. A cocktail table is definitely more of a hangout thing.
First time commenting on your videos & I think I’ve watched them all! Long time fan & love both your work 👊 You boys literally have my dream job buying, selling, tinkering, restoring, troubleshooting & keeping the nostalgia alive in the best positive way! Cheers for all the effort, big up & much love all the way from London U.K 🍺
Thank you for watching, we appreciate you hanging out with us!
Cheers brother if I lived local I’d be asking for a job 👊 The determination in keeping a business & a TH-cam channel going takes a massive effort that unfortunately the haters will never understand so thought I’d chime in with some positive vibes 🍺 Keep on keeping on Joe, Ron & Don! ❤️
@@ExFobtAddict Hey, don't forget
Their Brother Donnie
😉
Memories, cocktail table in Pizza Hut and driving around looking at Xmas lights. Oh the 80s!!!!!
When I was a kid growing up in Jacksonville, I remember going to an arcade called Hobby Oasis II. The main floor was for all of the stand-ups, but they had a rather large section designed for the table tops. I enjoyed the Bally/Midway Tabletops because of the design. I liked how they placed the controls right in front of you. I did not like the way Nintendo designed theirs because the joystick was hard to maneuver, However, I did have a special place in my heart for the Cabarets.
MUY BUENA ESA MESA DE DONKEY KONG.SALUDOS JOE'S
It is funny how some people remove SMD capacitors. They push down and twist. Then they take a soldering iron to clean up the pads, remove what's left of the legs, and then solder in a new one. On those, tack it in from one end, firmly solder the other one, then redo the first one.
I mentioned that because of the pliers discussion.
hi Joe. thanks for filming the video. you didn't have to do that. DK is one of my fave games. It was fun seeing you repair this broke cocktail table version.
Thanks for watching!
Very entertaining and fun to watch. Thanks for posting this.
Nice easy fix.thank you guys ! x
Nice meeting you today Joe, tell Ronnie Hi!
I can just see Donnie on top of scaffolding throwing barrels down at an Italian plumber...oh Don KEY Kong 🐶 😁
Cmon Naytch cmon on now
OH COME ON!!! 🤣🤣🤣
Lovely story.
I hope she survived the disappointment... and you laughing about it 😉
She Survived :) Thanks for watching!
Great video, Joe. Goods very nice. Was it on free play? I hope you sale it fast. See you on the next video.
I knew you could fix it, Joe.
OK going in cold and playing a cocktail table version and getting that far is impressive.
I second that too! Regards
Cocktail video games were in the local hotel back in the day. Our city otherwise didn't really have many video games, so this format is pretty much the norm to me. Very nice version.
GoPros are fixed-focus lenses and aren't good for any closer than about a couple of feet.
I always hear of problems with GoPros. I got a Sony and it works great. Keep up the great videos.
8:40 I think there's third-party switches you can get and program to only control the zoom on it
Great demo game of DK on that cocktail, Joe!
Thanks!
I keep taking my glasses off to try and focus on the numbers on the chip... holler out if that helps 😊
23:47 - I know I'm six months late, but good to see the rarely seen "Cement Factory" level. 🥰
Joe, you know what… I think it’s just broke. Regards
"It''s Broke"!
There are a million reasons not to get a cocktail table vs an upright, but you can set your pizza down on these! I love em! I'm pretty sure the first coxktail table I ever saw was a Donkey Kong when I was 7.
0:05 oh look, it's broke
Instead of filing chip legs to get tarnish off of the legs, buy a jar of silver cleaner. Use a needle nose pliers to hold the chip and swish it around in the silver cleaner. Rinse in water and you're good to go. Legs will be shinny again.
Instead of "buy a jar of silver cleaner. Use a needle nose pliers to hold the chp and swish it around in the silver cleaner. Rinse in water".... use a file
you can bring back the home button on Android you go to the settings then accessibility then click system controls and set the system navigation to 3 buttons i hated it when google decided to go with gestures like a iPhone but u can still change it back at least
the staging sequences on this is weird and different from what i was used to. it used to be 25 meters the ramp 50 meters the pie factory 75 meters the lifts and 100 meters the falling building. not a bad thing but just feels strange when your used to seeing how the stages come up a certain way. maybe its a dip switch setting. Looks great though.
The American version is different, were you playing the American board back in the day?
@@LyonsArcadeIt could be i was playing these here in Canada so most likely it would have been. P.S. You play better than you think you do. like they say, its not how well you play its how much enjoyment you get out of it that counts,.
The uprights look better than the cocktail tables too since they have artwork on the sides.
Its broke joe!
I hated the cocktail controls sticking straight out. I never understood why they made it like that.
Yeah, have a Galaxian cocktail and oh boy those original controls for that game.. are long gone. I'm putting in Galaga since I still have the original boards for it.. long story ;)
So, it's not just broke, it's really broke
Bars and restaurants were the places where you saw these.
Pizza Hut I remember playing a few games in them.
Waiting for a table and waiting for the pizza, it was so cool.
Just from looking at the thumbnail: One of the background character ROMs is broke. One of the two ROMs will make the foreground colors weird, the others will make the backgrounds a solid color.
And I was wrong.
Guess the decoder PROM next to the background character ROMs had corroded legs.
It never gets old❤
I don’t think gopro’s can zoom in properly and also can’t match HZs to film CRTs, it’s build to fast images and resistance. i love your content, greetings from Brazil 🇧🇷
I was the technician at Arizona Cigarette and Amusement company in 1980. Made My bread fixing these things when a few of the guys "knew how to swap chips and boards," yikes!
Never seen the white top version, always the black top like the one behind this one
where are you located
We are in Rock Hill, South Carolina, come see us sometime
Darn u are better than me for sure Joe good video thanks
It was Wizard of Wor at DairyQueen for me :D
I repaired one DK cocktail that the monitor burnt a hole in the circuit board.
That type of cocktail table is no go. The controlls stick straight out of the side.
It's super akward for obvious reasons.
It makes you feel more like you are fondling something than playing a game. It's just weird.
We're having a blast playing it!
The joystick and jump button position is kind of crazy. I don't know if I could play that.
We're having a blast playing it!
Red tents are the best cocktails...
Fiberglass pen works good for cleaning legs on chips
Hey Joe!!
Hey Jason!
Oh I know what's up with this one - it's broke
Get Konged!!
Black-Top, Original Hardware !!! 🎉
PONG at pizza hut.
Looked like a Konkey Dong! lol
I also don't like the new camera. Great video though :)
I must have Go-Pro eyeballs. Same thing happens to me when I try to see things up close without my bifocals.
I think your new Go-Pro needs glasses.
You're not wrong. It's a fixed lense.
Presumably no-one makes CRT monitors any more. What's going to be the fate of arcade restorations when there's no more serviceable CRT's left in the world...? If we, as a species, want to keep oldy timey games still playing, I guess they will have to be converted to use LCD, OLED or whatever is around at the time. I guess that's OK (ish) for raster games, esp as display technology improves, but what about vector games a la Asteriods, Tempest, etc. For such a niche market, is any manufacturer going to have an incentive to create panels that emulate vector displays well enough to be indistinguishable from the originals. Perhaps such thoughts might make an interesting topic for a future videos.
KR.
The problem was the Color PROM chip was bad?
Just dirty, wasn't making a good connection in the socket
@@LyonsArcade Thanks
How can you pretend to be at Pizza Hut redeeming your free pan pizza from BOOK IT without a cocktail cabinet...
Hello Yodelayheehoo
Hello Lil Everette!
Joe and Ron-
The GoPro is the wrong camera for what you are doing. Here are the specs, look at minimum focus distance:
Camera Type: Action Camera
Sensor: 27.13MP 1/1.9 Inch CMOS Sensor
ISO: 100 - 6400
Lens: Fixed Lens with four Fields of View (FOV)
Video: 5.3K/60p, 4K/120p & 2.7K/240p
Burst Shooting: 30.0 fps
Minimum Focusing Distance: 30 cm
Size/Weight: 71.8 x 50.8 x 33.6 / 154 grams
Battery Life: Up to 80 minutes of video recording at 5.3K/60p
Autofocus: Yes
Stabilization: Yes
Touchscreen: Yes
Waterproof: 10.0 meters
Used GoPro Hero 11 Price: $344 - $364
You need a regular HD recording camera that has macro capabilities. I used to do photography with models (people), products, and landscapes. Your GoPro can't deal with components that small, that close. I own two GoPro's. and yeah, someone steered you wrong.
Hope this helps.
Yeah, I should of done more research, I got the wrong camera. I got frustrated because I've bought 3 HD Sony cameras and people still complain its not HD so i got a go pro. I may just start using my phone at this point
@@LyonsArcade Honestly, my phone (a samsung 223 ultra) does incrediblt macro. But, there are much better regular digital point and shoot cameras that are FAR cheaper than a phone.
By the way, I have a Williams driver board, DMD, and sound board from a STTNG machine (they aren't broke) I upgraded, trade for a tshirt??
@@TimMedlin Sure :) send us a email with the size and style you want
You sure got high.
It looks damaged
It's BROKE.
😂😂😂😂😂
I think it’s broke
Terrible control layout and no art
We had so much fun playing it!