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N64 Hispeedido HDMI mod installation

This week, I installed the Hispeedido HDMI mod kit in a customers N64. The installation was straightforward,. While the picture quality is decent for the price, it lacks options compared to pricier alternatives.

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Initial D Arcade Cabinet (part 4)

Just finished assembling my Initial D arcade cabinet and it’s looking awesome! I went for the version 2 decals from Arcadeartrepro.com, and they turned out great. Installation was easy—just took my time to avoid bubbles. I also adapted the pedals and wired everything up to the I-PAC controller for smooth gameplay.

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Microscope assisted soldering

I’ve joined the digital microscope party, if there is such a thing. Honestly finding it easier for the tiny little solder points of this PS2 Slim. Even in cases where its not directly needed to do a solder, its great...

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Initial D Arcade Cabinet (part 3)

Time for some updates on the Sega Initial D cabinet I’ve been working on over this summer. Its now mostly complete, but I’ve just not had chance to document the progress. Continuing from where I left off, the next objective...

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Initial D Arcade Cabinet (part 2)

Rebuilding the Sega racing cabinet after metalwork restoration, and repainting. Custom Initial D conversion from Outrun 2. Very excited to say I have got back all the metal pieces of the Sega Outrun 2 cabinet. I had sent them to...

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Initial D Arcade Cabinet (part 1)

Time to reveal another project I’m working on…. I’m going to build another racing arcade game. I recently purchased another arcade cabinet (with the wife’s permission). As you may have seen here, some years ago I built an arcade racing...

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2024 Customer work

A quick update to show a couple of jobs I’ve done for customers this year. I’m only accepting a few work requests now and again, but this allowed for more free time for my other projects. I’ll create posts about...

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Sega Game Gear Repair and LCD Upgrade

This was a nice little project. I found a game gear in my storage room that needed a little TLC. New caps got it working again, but I decided to do a new LCD installation to really make it fun...

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Neo Geo AES Memory Repair

Fixing a memory issue on a customers NEO-Geo AES. Diagnosing the issue, replacing the memory and finding faulty trace. Back in June of this year a customer send me an AES to install a Unibios. All went well and the...