arcade related links

Game Buying Links
PLACES TO BUY GAMES

eBay
www.ebay.com
Usually overpriced, but sometimes you'll see some rare or otherwise interesting stuff.

RGVAC
rec.games.video.arcade.collecting
Usenet newsgroup for collectors of classic video games. Tech advice, for sale, wanted, etc.

RGVAM
rec.games.video.arcade.marketplace
Usenet newsgroup for buying and selling classic video games and related items.

RGP
rec.games.video.pinball
Usenet newsgroup for pinball enthusiasts.

Coin-Op Warehouse
www.coinopwarehouse.com/
HUGE warehouse of wholesale machines, boards, and just about everything else. Located in Hagerstown, Maryland.

David Countryman
www.davesarcade.com
Good guy! Located in Georgia.

TNT Amusements
tntamusements.com
Refurbished games with warranty

JRD Classics
www.jrdclassics.com
Pinballs, videos, and jukeboxes for sale

arcade-equipment.com
www.arcade-equipment.com/
Wide range of gameroom games, neons, arcade parts & equipment.

Home Game Room
www.weinerd.com/homearcade.htm
Gameroom games & popcorn, gumball, cotton candy, and Sno-Cone machines

ArcadeGames.com
www.arcadegames.com/
Wide range of gameroom games, neons, arcade parts & equipment.

Repro Items
REPRODUCTION GAME ARTWORK

Arcadeshop
www.arcadeshop.com
Reproduction video game side art, control panel overlays, etc.

Arcade Renovations
www.arcaderenovations.com/catalog
Reproduction video game side art, control panel overlays, etc.

Phoenix Arcade
www.phoenixarcade.com
Reproduction video game side art, control panel overlays, etc.

ArcadeGrafix.com
arcadegrafix.com
Reproduction pinball playfield overlays, video game side art, control panel overlays, etc.

Classic Overlays
www.classicoverlays.com/index2.htm
Reproduction video game side art, control panel overlays, marquees, etc.

69zl1.com
www.69zl1.com/arcadeart.html
Reproduction video game side art, control panel overlays, etc.

Quarter Arcade
quarterarcade.com/Default.aspx
Reproduction video game side art, control panel overlays, etc.

Mike's Arcade Shop
www.mikesarcade.com/arcade/
Very nice set of repro video game back door and coin door artwork, manuals, parts, etc., all available for download.

Replacement Parts
ARCADE GAME REPLACEMENT PARTS

Arcadeshop
www.arcadeshop.com
Too many items to list

Bob Roberts
www.dameon.net/BBBB/siteindex.html
Many many component-level parts, hardware, and little stuff you can't find anywhere else.

Happ Controls
www.happcontrols.com
Amusement/Vending parts and supplies

Arcade Renovations
www.arcaderenovations.com/catalog
Too many items to list

Pinball Resource
pinballresource.virtualave.net
THE SOURCE for pinball parts

Two Bit Score
www.twobits.com
Specializing in Pac-Man parts

Money Machines
www.moneymachines.com
Arcade supplies and parts

T-Molding.com
www.t-molding.com
Replacement T-Molding (duh)

Outwater.com
www.outwater.com/tee.html
More replacement T-molding

Wizzes Workshop
www.wizzesworkshop.com/cart/default.asp
A couple of arcade parts

Bulbman
www.bulbman.com
Light bulbs and more light bulbs

Hudson Valley Amusement
hudsonvalleyamusement.com/VGparts.html
Various arcade related parts

Hanaho Games
www.hanaho.com
Manufacturer of brand new arcade game cabinets

LV2000 Tempest Upgrade Board
www.geocities.com/jeffhendrix67/lv2000
Add-on board to beef up trouble-prone vector monitor deflection drivers

Clay Cowgill's Multigame.com
www.multigame.com
Multigames & arcade game enhancements, supplies, and information

McMaster-Carr
http://www.mcmaster.com
More screws, bolts, and other hardware than you'll ever need

Marco Specialties
www.marcospec.com
Pinball machine parts and supplies superstore

Fabulous Fantasies
www.fabulousfantasies.com
Arcade supplies, parts, and games

Centsible Amusements
www.centsibleamusements.com/store.asp
Lots of coin door and control panel parts! Also has miscellaneous video and pinball parts.

Gameroom Items
BLACKLIGHTS, CARPETING, SPECIALTY LIGHTING, SIGNS, AND OTHER ITEMS FOR YOUR GAMEROOM

Arcade Gameroom Design Information
members.cox.net/jmccorm
Guide to designing your own gameroom

Stiers
www.stiers.de/frame_lt.html
Blacklight carpeting, material, and bulbs (German site)

Kid Carpet
www.kidcarpet.com/products/blacklight.shtml
Blacklight carpeting

Rave Carpets, Inc.
www.ravecarpet.com/neonprints.html
Blacklight carpeting

Premier Lighting & Production company
www.premier-lighting.com/sales/djitems.htm
Various cool DJ lighting products

NJD Electronics
www.njd.co.uk/njd/docs/products/vortex.html
Cool color carousel

Lighting Universe
www.lightinguniverse.com/products/default.asp?TID=159&TL=2&PT=19
Lighting Effects

Star Light and Magic
www.starmgc.com/gobospot.html
Gobo Spot pattern projector (also see gobo patterns and colored gels)

Strong Entertainment Lighting
www.nocturnuv.com
Blacklight and UV lighting supplies

Acoustic Innovations
www.acousticinnovations.com/fiber_optics.htm
Fiber optic ceiling starfield

Fiber Optic Products, Inc.
www.fiberopticproducts.com/jacketedfiber.htm
Fiber optic products and supplies

Fiber Optic Systems
www.fosi.com/catalog/starceilingkits.html
Star ceiling kits

American DJ
www.americandj.com/product.asp?ProductIDNumber=194&cat=Rope_Lights
Rope lights

Information Unlimited
www.amazing1.com/neon.htm
Various neon doo-dads

www.novelties-r-us.com
www.novelties-r-us.com/game-room-neon-sign.html
Neon "Gameroom" sign and assorted other neons

Spencer Gifts
www.spencergifts.com
Good source for cheap lighting effects and blacklight items

Trash Can Central
www.trashcancentral.com/
Very large selection of cool "80s looking" trashcans suitable for your classic arcade. Why are trashcans so expensive anyway??

Space Invaders wall decor
www.whatisblik.com/invader.html
Way cool Space Invaders themed wall decor

Game Information
FLYERS, SCHEMATICS, MANUALS, INFO, ETC.

KLOV
www.klov.com
Killer List of Video Games

VAPS
www.vaps.org
Video Arcade Preservation Society

Game Archive
www.gamearchive.com
Video and Pinball Flyers, Info

Arcade Flyers
www.arcadeflyers.com
Huge archive of video game flyers

The 'Wiretap' Arcade Game Collector's Archive
www.spies.com/~arcade
Schematics and other technical game details

JROK
www.jrok.com/arcade.html
Schematics, high score mods

Bullet-Proofing Gottlieb System 80 Pinball
marvin3m.com/sys80/index.htm
Essential field modifications for Gottlieb System-80 pins

Basement Arcade Classics
www.basementarcade.com
Lots and lots of classic arcade game collecting info

Smash TV's Coin-Op Arcade Game Site
avi.dezines.com
Schematics, discussion forums, links, parts

ionpool.net
www.ionpool.net
Tons and tons and tons of invaluable video and pinball info!

ClassicArcade.org
www.classicarcade.org
Various arcade related info, items for trade, and arcade links

Bomb Jack
www.bombjack.org
Misc arcade info

Lawnmower Man's Toolshed
http://users.erols.com/mowerman
Game info and mods

Coinop.org
www.coinop.org
'THE arcade game resource'

PinballHQ.com
www.marvin3m.com/fix.htm
FANTASTIC resource for pinball troubleshooting and repair. If you are restoring a pinball machine, you will end up here. Mark my words.

GGDB - Great Game Database
www.ggdb.com/GGDB/BrowseCategories.asp?Cat=All.Coin-Op
Arcade game database

Pacman Genome Project
www.halfbakery.com/idea/Pac-Man_20Genome_20Project
Annotated disassembly of old arcade ROMs in the name of history

People, Places, and History
GAME HISTORIES / PLACES / PEOPLE ASSOCIATED WITH CLASSIC ARCADE GAMES

The Dot Eaters - Videogame History 101
Part 1 - www.emuunlim.com/doteaters/play1sta1.htm
Part 2 - www.emuunlim.com/doteaters/play2sta1.htm
AWESOME site documenting the history of arcade games

Pong-Story.com
www.pong-story.com/
Website devoted to the world's first arcade game

Classic Arcade Game Locations
www.classicgaming.com/locations
Searchable list of places that still have classic video arcade games

The Origin of Spacewar
www.wheels.org/spacewar/creative/SpacewarOrigin.html
The origins of the video game "Spacewar", the world's first video game - from the August, 1981 issue of Creative Computing magazine

The History of Q*Bert
users.aol.com/JPMLee/qbert.htm
The history of the game Q*Bert, as recalled by one of its creators, Jeff Lee

Tim Skelly
www.cgexpo.com/bios/tskelly.html
Some background on Cinematronics game designer Tim Skelly

Tim Skelly
www.dadgum.com/halcyon/BOOK/SKELLY.HTM
Interview with Tim Skelly, programmer for Gottlieb and Cinematronics

Tim Skelly's History of Cinematronics and Vectorbeam
www.dadgum.com/giantlist/archive/cinematronics.html
Tim Skelly's personal, definitive history of Cinematronics and Vectorbeam. Very good read if you are intested in Cinematronics or vector games.

The World Of Owen R. Rubin
www.orubin.com
Programmer for Atari in the '80s

Videotopia
www.videotopia.com
Classic Arcade Museum (seems inactive)

Atari History Museum
www.atarimuseum.com/
"The preservation of all things Atari (Its history, products and knowledge.)"

Atari Games Prototype Museum
www.safestuff.com/
Home of the "unofficial" Atari Games Prototype Museum

International Arcade Museum
www.arcade-museum.com/
"The world's largest museum of the art, inventions, and history of the amusement and coin-operated machine industries."

Arcade Collecting
GENERAL ARCADE COLLECTING RELATED LINKS

CinemArcade
www.cinemarcade.com
Home of the very cool "Arcade 84" movie. Also has some arcade-themed posters for sale

Video Game Connection
www.videogameconnection.com
Games, Parts, Links

Zonn.com
zonn.com
Zonn Moore's site, with Zector (vector driver PC card) and lots of Cinematronics info

ArcadeCollecting.com
www.arcadecollecting.com
Classic arcade game collecting info

Frogman's For Sale/ Trade Page
www.angelfire.com/oh2/frogman
Games wanted, for sale, and various boards, parts, and other stuff

Arcade Restoration Workshop
www.arcaderestoration.com
Dedicated to the restoration and preservation of video games

Arcade-Classics.com
www.arcade-classics.com
Dedicated to classics arcade games and consoles

Arcade Revival
www.arcade-revival.com
Amusing website on arcade collecting

ApartmentCade
www.apartmentcade.com
Game pictures, info, links

Massive MAME Project
http://www.mameworld.net/massive/homepage/homepage.html
Mostly MAME oriented, but lots of cool arcade pictures and useful how-tos

"The Tron Project"
www.kineplex.com/tron.htm
Website documenting the restoration of a Tron machine

"Joust: A Restoration Story"
www.quarterarcade.com/Content/Articles/JoustRestoration.aspx
Website documenting the restoration of a Joust machine

Madoc's Arcade - Discs of Tron: Environmental
www.madocowain.com/Arcade/Discs/discs_1.html
Website documenting the restoration of an Environment Discs of Tron machine

The Asteroids Project
www.kineplex.com/asteroids.htm
Website documenting the restoration of an Asteroids machine

Gil's Arcade Spot
www.arcadespot.com/
Dedicated to the art of collecting and restoring classic arcade games and pinball machines.

Classic Arcade Club
www.classicarcadeclub.com/index.php
Arcade related discussion groups

James Marous' Classic Arcade Games
my.erinet.com/~jamesm/index.html
Collector's website

The Ultimate Space Invaders Shrine
spaceinvaders.retrogames.com/html/index.html
A website devoted to all things Space Invaders

classicarcadeonline.com
www.classicarcadeonline.com/
Resource for fellow arcade game collectors

The Dragon's Lair Project
www.dragons-lair-project.com
Very good website devoted to laserdisc games, such as Dragon's Lair. 'The ONLY source for ALL your laser disc gaming needs'

Control Panel Overlay Installation
members.aol.com/severlander/control_panel_installation_page.html
Very basic guide to installing a control panel overlay

Blunt Force Trauma
www.hash.com/users/ed/tron.html
Cool Discs of Tron CGI renderings

The Video Game database
www.digitpress.com/
Mostly console related, but very nicely done.

Beer Barn Brewery & Arcade
www.beercade.com/
Nice personal collection of machines

How do you crate a game for shipping via Forward Air?
www.mikesarcade.com/arcade/crating.html
Good instructional on crating a game for shipment via forward air.

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