74XX Arcade Repair @74xx.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Got all the pieces together to get this IBM 5160 up in color! Found this Commodore 1902A locally which does digital RGB, and bought an EGA card from eBay. This is Black Cauldron from Sierra, the "booter" version which doesn't need DOS, in glorious 4-color CGA. What EGA game should I try? 130
74XX Arcade Repair @74xx.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I had the PC version of Connectix VGS and it was magical. 000
74XX Arcade Repair @74xx.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Ever play Chrono Cross on a Pentium II with bleem!? Well I wouldn't recommend it. 4343
74XX Arcade Repair @74xx.bsky.social · 30/09/2026No, the 68010 was definitely damaged, it was just surprising to me that the 68000 worked with no ill effects. And it was strange that in all my searching, nobody on any of the arcade forums came across the same information. 100
74XX Arcade Repair @74xx.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Latest arcade PCB repair video is up! Atari RoadBlasters! youtu.be/qwJY-CHzFKwyoutu.beAtari deceived us about the CPU requirement for their System 1 Arcade Games? Let's fix RoadBlasters!YouTube video by 74XX Arcade Repair 152
74XX Arcade Repair @74xx.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Yeah you need to play Japan Hot and Japan Cold to get all 151 experiences 000
74XX Arcade Repair @74xx.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Nice, that was the 2000s era set in my basement, but maybe the 32" version? Didn't know what I had back then lol. Can't think of anyone locally who would want one though! 000
74XX Arcade Repair @74xx.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Everyone has a plan until Big Box Game Boy Tetris shows up. 0161
74XX Arcade Repair @74xx.bsky.social · 21/09/2026The Bard's Tale II cover looks like EA invented QR codes decades ago and only Nicolas Cage will notice it at exactly the right time to solve the case 040
74XX Arcade Repair @74xx.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Yes JVC. Apparently Sears rebranded quite a few. 000
74XX Arcade Repair @74xx.bsky.social · 20/09/2026First person in 15 years to carry a CRT on a bike (it was curbside free day in my town). Last person to do it was probably stealing it. 3161
74XX Arcade Repair @74xx.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I just fixed one of these on my arcade repair channel. Check it out if you like electronic tinkering and testing! youtu.be/4n8wIbG2jqAyoutu.beThis G.O.A.T. arcade game literally burned me. Let's fix Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles!YouTube video by 74XX Arcade Repair 000
74XX Arcade Repair @74xx.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I have an Ikari Warriors PCB to repair and I was just thinking "where am I going to find a rotary controller for testing". 000
Reposted by 74XX Arcade Repairdownchasm @downchasm.bsky.social · 13/09/2026modern political compass 8497158
74XX Arcade Repair @74xx.bsky.social · 13/09/2026At first glance I thought it said "Voltron Justification" 010
74XX Arcade Repair @74xx.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Yep! Thought I would spruce up the production a little. 000
74XX Arcade Repair @74xx.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Latest arcade PCB repair - full video! Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1989), the four player masterpiece. My wife made me a turtle glove for the thumbnail (love you) youtu.be/4n8wIbG2jqAyoutu.beThis G.O.A.T. arcade game literally burned me. Let's fix Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles!YouTube video by 74XX Arcade Repair 181
74XX Arcade Repair @74xx.bsky.social · 08/09/2026It's a dang ol Mushroom Kingdom in my backyard today 031
74XX Arcade Repair @74xx.bsky.social · 06/09/2026I can't believe you've taken a picture, the laser autofocus will surely begin the enchartreusenation process. 130
74XX Arcade Repair @74xx.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Ok MAYBE I'll buy animatronic Halloween decorations this year. 030
74XX Arcade Repair @74xx.bsky.social · 02/09/2026What sums up 2005 more than a Yahoo! branded DivX and Kodak PictureCD compatible DVD player with an analog VU meter for (digital) bitrate? 1101
74XX Arcade Repair @74xx.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Which method did you use for retrobrighting? I think the vapor chamber method is in fashion now? 110
Reposted by 74XX Arcade RepairKevin Bunch (ubersaurus) @atariarchive.org · 31/08/2026Back in May, I helped dump seven prototype game cartridges that represent some of the earliest steps toward home video games as we know them today. I've published my findings on a new Archive Annex video: meet the FRED III. youtu.be/180erQryZFwyoutu.beFRED III: RCA's Original Prototype Game Console - Archive Annex 6YouTube video by Atari Archive 824887
74XX Arcade Repair @74xx.bsky.social · 31/08/2026This shirt at Canada's Wonderland looks like the menu for a PC Gamer demo disk in the 90s 031
74XX Arcade Repair @74xx.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Today's repair.. My own dang Centipede! The monitor chassis died they other day. One minute it was fine, the next minute, no high voltage. It was one of those cheapy AliExpress specials, so I just replaced it. 0162
74XX Arcade Repair @74xx.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Love the artwork and the fact that the back of the manual looks like the back of a gameboy with the game in it. 020
74XX Arcade Repair @74xx.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Recently got an old Pachinko machine and decided to try out GB Pachiokun which features a medieval court, spaceships, and normal-ass Pachinko parlors. Great tunes though. 131
74XX Arcade Repair @74xx.bsky.social · 30/08/2026The feeling of relief when you're outbid on a CRT from Japan you really, really didn't need 060
74XX Arcade Repair @74xx.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Yeah, me too. The pack I bought had a mix of Roland and Korg disks, but they were all backed up online already (and I don't even have compatible synths for these particular disks) 110
74XX Arcade Repair @74xx.bsky.social · 29/08/2026I was actually referring to the Japanese spine (visible on the top of the case on the left). Pretty sure all FDS disks are rewritable though. 100
74XX Arcade Repair @74xx.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Speaking of FDS, my copy of Legend of Zelda is quite odd. It's a blue disk, with a generic label. But the case has a possibly-legit spine with "ファミコン通信" at the bottom, a legit sticker on the back, and a US style hand drawn cover on the front, which is glued on. Can't tell what's under it. 280
74XX Arcade Repair @74xx.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Listening to @jparish.bsky.social on Retronauts talking about the Famicom Disk System. Reminded me that I have a Roland MT-32 compatible synth (the MT-100) that has a QuickDisk drive. Very cool to see how Nintendo adapted them. 58912
74XX Arcade Repair @74xx.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Last time I saw them in concert they were making a habit of playing albums front to back during the set, and on my night it was Binaural, which was amazing because Light Years is my favourite song, and it's a pretty rare one to get live. Binaural, Ten and Versus for sure. 010
74XX Arcade Repair @74xx.bsky.social · 29/08/2026The menacing aura of a New Astro City that went to sleep in Tokyo and woke up near Toronto (as we all do from time to time). 1161
74XX Arcade Repair @74xx.bsky.social · 27/08/2026The answer to the mystery marquee is... Flower! A vertical shooter (but on a horizontal monitor) by Komax, 1986. 0120
74XX Arcade Repair @74xx.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Realized I had maybe one of the rarest arcade marquees around, and it's unused. The layer on the front was cemented on and I'm getting it off now with some water and heat. Can anyone guess what it is? 120
74XX Arcade Repair @74xx.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Tteokbokki. But it was a very simplified recipe from Instagram or some such. 010
74XX Arcade Repair @74xx.bsky.social · 26/08/2026For some reason I was looking up the Beavis and Butthead point-and-click games and was surprised to find they weren't all made by the same dev. The Illusions Gaming Company might have had the most esoteric cross section of games I can think of: 040
74XX Arcade Repair @74xx.bsky.social · 26/08/2026I had a hard time finding korean rice cakes for a recipe a few weeks ago. Eventually found some on amazon. 110
74XX Arcade Repair @74xx.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Today's repair Super Sprint is a massive two board set and requires a second power supply for the video board. It's also a 24kHz game so I use the capture card to work on it. 1263
