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by TopTierArcade
Sun Feb 11, 2024 9:45 am
Forum: Game Rooms - Salles de Jeux
Topic: Creating Top Tier Arcade Version 1.5 (Ongoing Series)
Replies: 9
Views: 532

Re: Creating Top Tier Arcade Version 1.5 (Ongoing Series)

Let's Goooooo! We get Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike working!!! Doug stops by and helps diagnose what's wrong with Robo-War and fixes it and also, fixes my gas fireplace, lol!!! Check out how we did it, as we inch closer to get all the games working....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNxQD1O7eN4
by TopTierArcade
Sun Jan 21, 2024 3:00 pm
Forum: Game Rooms - Salles de Jeux
Topic: Creating Top Tier Arcade Version 1.5 (Ongoing Series)
Replies: 9
Views: 532

Re: Creating Top Tier Arcade Version 1.5 (Ongoing Series)

Creating Top Tier Arcade Version 1.5 Part 5: Mortal Kombat, Killer Instinct 1 & 2 WORKING!!! Yeees!!! In this great video, we get Mortal Kombat, Killer Instinct 1 & 2 WORKING! I open the games up, check power supplies and swap Eprom chips and turn the games on for the first time in 7 years.....
by TopTierArcade
Fri Dec 29, 2023 7:50 am
Forum: Game Rooms - Salles de Jeux
Topic: Top Tier Arcade - Year End Review 2023 [4K60FPS]
Replies: 0
Views: 318

Top Tier Arcade - Year End Review 2023 [4K60FPS]

WOW! What a year it's been... To say 2023 was monumental year for Mary and I would be an understatement. Finally, after many years, Mary and I bought our first home and we have started to organize both our personal lives and the arcade. In this video, we do a complete, all-access tour of my remainin...
by TopTierArcade
Mon Dec 18, 2023 7:04 pm
Forum: Game Rooms - Salles de Jeux
Topic: Creating Top Tier Arcade Version 1.5 (Ongoing Series)
Replies: 9
Views: 532

Re: Creating Top Tier Arcade Version 1.5 (Ongoing Series)

Azatotht wrote: Mon Dec 18, 2023 9:56 am That tv wall is pretty nice !
Thanks man! Lol, one big reason we bought the house. It turned out really great. Installer was a pro and knew his shit.
by TopTierArcade
Sun Dec 17, 2023 10:31 am
Forum: Game Rooms - Salles de Jeux
Topic: Creating Top Tier Arcade Version 1.5 (Ongoing Series)
Replies: 9
Views: 532

Re: Creating Top Tier Arcade Version 1.5 (Ongoing Series)

Creating Top Tier Arcade Version 1.5 Part 4: TV gets mounted + 3 games fixed! We are making great progression! The basement gets a TV mounted, Mortal Kombat 2 gets picture, Street Fighter 2: Champion Edition gets sound and Double Dragon turns on! Plus, a quick peak at my new upstairs TV and what pla...
by TopTierArcade
Mon Oct 30, 2023 10:21 am
Forum: Game Rooms - Salles de Jeux
Topic: Creating Top Tier Arcade Version 1.5 (Ongoing Series)
Replies: 9
Views: 532

Re: Creating Top Tier Arcade Version 1.5 (Ongoing Series)

Your partner is very patient! Also I LOLed when you opened with having smoked a fat joint. Wonderful if that's motivating for you, but if I have any thc I am basically stuck on my chair eating snacks and watching YouTube videos about people setting up arcades. When you setup like that and so many m...
by TopTierArcade
Sun Oct 29, 2023 1:02 pm
Forum: Game Rooms - Salles de Jeux
Topic: Creating Top Tier Arcade Version 1.5 (Ongoing Series)
Replies: 9
Views: 532

Re: Creating Top Tier Arcade Version 1.5 (Ongoing Series)

Creating Top Tier Arcade Version 1.5 Part 3: Pinballs get legs, games turn on... In this video, we’re not f*****g around! I put the legs on all pinball machines, rearrange a few games and turn on 20 games in the basement but leave the 2 in the garage. Let’s see what games actually turn on and work… ...
by TopTierArcade
Sun Oct 22, 2023 2:58 pm
Forum: Game Rooms - Salles de Jeux
Topic: Creating Top Tier Arcade Version 1.5 (Ongoing Series)
Replies: 9
Views: 532

Re: Creating Top Tier Arcade Version 1.5 (Ongoing Series)

Creating Top Tier Arcade Version 1.5 Part 2: Arranging 20 games in the basement Things are starting to come together, nicely. Poor Doug comes back to the house to help me take down the arcade machines to the basement. Can you guess which game was the hardest to take down? We were surprised, too! htt...
by TopTierArcade
Sun Oct 15, 2023 7:56 am
Forum: Game Rooms - Salles de Jeux
Topic: Creating Top Tier Arcade Version 1.5 (Ongoing Series)
Replies: 9
Views: 532

Creating Top Tier Arcade Version 1.5 (Ongoing Series)

Creating Top Tier Arcade Version 1.5 Part 1: Floor Plan Ideas It has begun…The upgrade to Top Tier Arcade Version 1.5! With all 22 games in the garage, my wife Mary and I converse over the floor plans in the basement and ideas on which games will go where. Plus, Doug stops by to help me move the 7 p...
by TopTierArcade
Fri Sep 15, 2023 8:49 am
Forum: Game Rooms - Salles de Jeux
Topic: Top Tier Arcade - I'm Moving…FINALLY! (3 Part Series)
Replies: 2
Views: 459

Re: Top Tier Arcade - I'm Moving…FINALLY! (3 Part Series)

Top Tier Arcade - I’m Moving…FINALLY! Exodus, The Final Days at the Apartment (Part 3/3) We’ve come to it at last, the final days at the apartment... Join my wife and I as we paint before we leave and say “good-bye” to the old apartment and “welcome” to our new home. We sit down and reminisce on fun...
by TopTierArcade
Fri Sep 08, 2023 8:20 am
Forum: Game Rooms - Salles de Jeux
Topic: Top Tier Arcade - I'm Moving…FINALLY! (3 Part Series)
Replies: 2
Views: 459

Re: Top Tier Arcade - I'm Moving…FINALLY! (3 Part Series)

Top Tier Arcade - I’m Moving…FINALLY! Moving 22 Games in 1 day (Part 2/3) And here.we.go! Inspired by the movie Gone in 60 Seconds, the first day was for preparation, but the second day is for going "all out" and moving 22 games in 1 day! Friends Pierre and Francesco help me move the games...
by TopTierArcade
Fri Sep 01, 2023 9:04 am
Forum: Game Rooms - Salles de Jeux
Topic: Top Tier Arcade - I'm Moving…FINALLY! (3 Part Series)
Replies: 2
Views: 459

Top Tier Arcade - I'm Moving…FINALLY! (3 Part Series)

Top Tier Arcade - I'm Moving…FINALLY! Preparation (Part 1/3) It's been a long time coming…As the title suggests, Yes, I'm moving, finally!! Overwhelmed with emotion, my wife and I prepare to move all of our stuff from the apartment and even more stuff at my parent's house. Plus, we take a first look...
by TopTierArcade
Fri Dec 30, 2022 7:54 am
Forum: Game Rooms - Salles de Jeux
Topic: Top Tier Arcade - Year End Review 2022 [4K60FPS]
Replies: 0
Views: 341

Top Tier Arcade - Year End Review 2022 [4K60FPS]

Another year gone, faster than ever! Wow, it's been a very interesting year. Personally, it's been one of the most rewarding years of growth in my life. I picked up Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles LE Pinball, plus the topper and mods. Let's talk about what went down, show you my current collection and ...
by TopTierArcade
Fri May 13, 2022 11:04 am
Forum: Game Rooms - Salles de Jeux
Topic: 10 Years In The Arcade/Pinball Hobby [4K60FPS]
Replies: 0
Views: 723

10 Years In The Arcade/Pinball Hobby [4K60FPS]

WOW…10 Years in the Arcade/Pinball hobby! Where has the time gone? Join @ Kevin and I as we take you down a 10 year retrospective on how I got started into this crazy hobby. Full of fun times, crazy stories, trials and tribulations and my experience being on movie sets and meeting a few celebrities ...
by TopTierArcade
Sat Jan 29, 2022 8:05 am
Forum: Game Rooms - Salles de Jeux
Topic: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle LE (Stern) Pinball - Part 1 - The Pick-Up [4K60FPS]
Replies: 4
Views: 633

Re: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle LE (Stern) Pinball - Part 1 - The Pick-Up [4K60FPS]

Bagdad wrote: Fri Jan 28, 2022 6:47 pm When you said: "I've taken the sad decision of...", I thought you were going to say: "...selling my BSD to Bagdad..." :lol:
Lol, nah, I love that game
by TopTierArcade
Sat Jan 29, 2022 8:04 am
Forum: Game Rooms - Salles de Jeux
Topic: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle LE (Stern) Pinball - Part 1 - The Pick-Up [4K60FPS]
Replies: 4
Views: 633

Re: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle LE (Stern) Pinball - Part 1 - The Pick-Up [4K60FPS]

Mrhide wrote: Fri Jan 28, 2022 5:11 pm always good with a few
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:lol: Sorry ... stole that from a "member" here :mrgreen:
LOL, never seen that before
by TopTierArcade
Fri Jan 28, 2022 4:01 pm
Forum: Game Rooms - Salles de Jeux
Topic: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle LE (Stern) Pinball - Part 1 - The Pick-Up [4K60FPS]
Replies: 4
Views: 633

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle LE (Stern) Pinball - Part 1 - The Pick-Up [4K60FPS]

Lucky number 7 pinball machine crawls home to Top Tier Arcade!!! Another pinball machine stricken off my "short list." I had to sacrifice and fold both Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Data East) and Swords of Fury to fit the new game in the apartment, but well worth it. Plus, I have to drop ...
by TopTierArcade
Fri Jan 14, 2022 1:01 pm
Forum: Game Rooms - Salles de Jeux
Topic: Top Tier on Tour - Fantasy Station Arcade - Fantasy Fair Woodbine Centre [4K60FPS]
Replies: 0
Views: 462

Top Tier on Tour - Fantasy Station Arcade - Fantasy Fair Woodbine Centre [4K60FPS]

On this tour, I visit my buddy Chris at his new arcade, Fantasy Station Arcade, in the Fantasy Fair Woodbine Centre, in Etobicoke, Ontario Canada. We do a complete walk-through checking out what arcade machines, pinball machines, redemption machines and other great fun being offered to play, includi...
by TopTierArcade
Fri Jan 07, 2022 11:08 am
Forum: Game Rooms - Salles de Jeux
Topic: Top Tier Arcade - Year End Review 2021 [4K60FPS]
Replies: 0
Views: 368

Top Tier Arcade - Year End Review 2021 [4K60FPS]

And just like that, 2021 is behind us... This year, went by in a flash! Despite constant lockdowns and restrictions, it was actually a great year for me personally. I picked up one of my grails on the "short list," Bram Stoker's Dracula Pinball. Let's take a look at all the games I have ac...
by TopTierArcade
Fri Dec 17, 2021 8:35 am
Forum: Game Rooms - Salles de Jeux
Topic: Ms. Pac-Man/Galaga Cocktail Arcade X 2 Pick-Up [4K60FPS]
Replies: 0
Views: 464

Ms. Pac-Man/Galaga Cocktail Arcade X 2 Pick-Up [4K60FPS]

Out of the blue, I get asked to help a closing office sell/auction off both of their Ms. Pac-Man/Galaga Cocktail Arcade machines. Proceeds of the sale will be going to the MAKE-A-WISH Foundation charity. Let's see what shape they're in and if they even work. Plus, most importantly, help someone less...
by TopTierArcade
Fri Nov 05, 2021 9:08 am
Forum: Pinball and Videogame Tech
Topic: How I make my arcade and pinball keychains [4K60FPS]
Replies: 0
Views: 378

How I make my arcade and pinball keychains [4K60FPS]

Not a "tech video" but keeping continuity with my help/tutorial videos, in this video, I show how I make my arcade and pinball keychains. Over the years, I have tried various different approaches to keychains but I have now found an efficient, effective, and affordable way to make them. Al...
by TopTierArcade
Fri Oct 01, 2021 10:19 am
Forum: Game Rooms - Salles de Jeux
Topic: Bram Stoker's Dracula Pinball - Part 1 - The Pick-Up [4K60FPS]
Replies: 2
Views: 894

Re: Bram Stoker's Dracula Pinball - Part 1 - The Pick-Up [4K60FPS]

Nice video, you're pretty good at making these videos, better than me anyway, I just don't have it...... By the way, I also always tell my wife that's it's the last one for this year, whether I'm into mopeds or pinballs, I ended up with 15 mopeds in 4 years :FP: , even I believed myself when I said...
by TopTierArcade
Fri Oct 01, 2021 7:50 am
Forum: Game Rooms - Salles de Jeux
Topic: Bram Stoker's Dracula Pinball - Part 1 - The Pick-Up [4K60FPS]
Replies: 2
Views: 894

Bram Stoker's Dracula Pinball - Part 1 - The Pick-Up [4K60FPS]

My 6th pinball machine comes home to Top Tier Arcade!!! Bram Stoker's Dracula has been on my "short list" every since I started collecting pinball and arcade machines. I had to fold Robo-War and put it in storage to fit in the apartment, but well worth it. 10 pinball and arcade machines in...
by TopTierArcade
Fri Sep 24, 2021 7:40 am
Forum: Pinball and Videogame Tech
Topic: Play Ball Pinball Restore - Part 4 - (FINAL) THE GAME IS SOLD! Breakdown and delivery [4K60FPS]
Replies: 3
Views: 347

Play Ball Pinball Restore - Part 4 - (FINAL) THE GAME IS SOLD! Breakdown and delivery [4K60FPS]

THE GAME IS SOLD! In this tech video, I breakdown the machine and deliver it to the my friend Scott, who is the buyer. We talk to Scott and he explains what plans he has for it and quick look at part of his collection. All this and more in this video... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wANVyW_9zmU&am...
by TopTierArcade
Sun Sep 19, 2021 8:25 pm
Forum: Pinball and Videogame Tech
Topic: Play Ball Pinball Restore - Part 3 - Repopulating playfield + lights and turning it on...[4K60FPS]
Replies: 0
Views: 377

Play Ball Pinball Restore - Part 3 - Repopulating playfield + lights and turning it on...[4K60FPS]

In this tech video, we continue the restoration on the 1971 Play Ball EM Pinball machine. I repopulate the playfield, add lights and replace the fuses. Plus, I finally turn it on... Does it work? Does it need more work? Does it blow up? All this and more in this video... https://www.youtube.com/watc...