i cant believe you only have 5k subscribers you deserve so much more i mean your videos are well edited entertaining and fun really hope that you get the recognition you should have these videos are amazing!
For the longest time not much was happening as far as viewers/subscribers but it has really picked up so I will have to keep making new content :) Have some projects going on right now that will hopefully work out. Thanks!
@@TheLoxxxton Working on it. Have some projects now that will he great but may pull from past projects that were interesting. Seems like most of my traffic is for arcade restorations when I thought the console stuff would be the main draw.
Considering that I was at 1200 or so subscribers last month I couldn’t be happier that people are finally seeing all of it. It’s never been about the money but there is some coming in now that may let me get a bit more extravagant with future projects :)
I hope it works great for you! I’m eventually going to reprogram mine with a different set of games and do more troubleshooting on the quirks. And some of it may have just been my particular machine.
Rad! Thanks a million for the new video!!! I wish you could do more! Maybe another tour, and you can point out things you had to restore? Even videos with just a couple machines would be sweet! I’d love to know the stories/histories of your collection! ❤
Now that I have quite a few subscribers I’ll probably go back and do some shorter videos on games I’ve fixed up in the past. Some were really interesting, for sure. Thanks!
Aaah... I suspect Mr. Swann's kit? :) Right now I am in a queue to get a PC-10 converter so I can use a Zapper and plug in NES controllers. They have a 3D printable file of the PC-10 holster and a holder for your NES controller. I love NES games on arcades, but some games translate poorly to arcade controls. Some like Dr. Mario and Tengen Tetris translate well! I have two of the sealed black rubber Nintendo guns for my PC-10. Sadly, neither work and they are considered unrepairable. They do register the shot when you hit the trigger, but the screen doesn't see the hit.
I'm not sure where the kit design originated, but I got it from highscoresave.com. Seems like there should be some way to make the guns work. My gun on my PC10 does not work with the dark tinted plexiglass in the way but does with it removed. So they are definitely finicky.
Awesome modification! It was interesting that you mentioned in the Nintendo Red Tent restore video that it was rumored these were made for Pizza Hut... because that is the only place I ever remember seeing one of these in Maine. It could be the case Pizza Hut got them because they were low profile and it fit their 80s/90s motif so well.
I don't think we had one in our Pizza Hut but I've heard that from many people. The only one I ever saw was in an arcade while on vacation in Tennessee. But I would imagine they fit well into the overall scheme at Pizza Huts, for sure!
It's interesting how such a kit exists to extend functionality like that! It's even cooler that one switches between games with that key/stick combo that asserts a reset in there to the CPU/PPU...
You know what would be awesome? You should make weekly restoration videos of an arcade machine, rather than uploading 1 huge video after months. That may be impossible though if you're working as an orthodontist still. That is my dream though. Your videos are so entertaining. I have several arcade machines and they're always having problems, I wish you were my neighbor LOL
It would be great to do something interesting each week, and there are a lot of small things I do that I don’t record or feel would make a good video here and there. I’ve spent so much time trying to repair a Battlezone board that suddenly stopped working. To the point of buying an oscilloscope and working with a bunch of experts on the forums. I’ve learned so much even as fixing one thing leads to another. And then I finally had to wave the white flag and send it to the expert, who is also now challenged in his own way. But I don’t know in advance that it’s going to be epic and crazy… I do have a lot of footage from previous restorations that can make for shorter retrospective videos. I will likely do that. I typically get 1 or 2 crazy projects each year, and a few others that I fix up but aren’t that hard. So I will try to show some of those since I now have a bunch of subscribers (quite suddenly) and am just starting the next “epic” restoration. And if you watch the seasons change on my other videos you know I take my time :)
I can give you some insight To how I found you. I am subscribed to 8 bit guy and he was doing more cross over videos with electric starship arcade/time rift arcade and then you were suggested. So you might have 8 bit guy to thank for your recent success.
@@dfreadhoff That’s cool :) I think I’m at the mercy of the UA-cam gods but at least I have enough people watching to feel good about making the effort. Thanks!
New Subscriber here. Ive seen 6 videos now and love it. I havent anything to do with arcade Games, but i Love your Idea and Videos. Ive been born 2002 and my only points in this direction is my nes with Tertis and super mario 😅😂. Propably ill look for an arcade Game now 😅😂
It’s pretty difficult to wipe a chip with a normal amount of light but I typically will cover them. I do have a ROM burner so it’s not the end of the world if I have to reburn something…but that has never happened. Yet :) Thanks!
I was never sure whether the glitches were problems with my multigame kit or more with my red tent itself. You can reprogram the games and sometime I’ll try a few variations to try to track them down. I’ve heard Balloon Fight is a great cross-screen game so I’ll make sure I at least get that into a spot it will work.
Love your videos Tod. I think youre going to grow like crazy on UA-cam. Any advice for someone who's trying to get into a bit of arcade collecting? So far I've been looking through Facebook marketplace but a lot of it is just crappy mame cabs.
I'd look for a FB group of collectors in your area. Here we have one for Hoosiers, one for Kentucky, and one for the Midwest. The people in those groups are good at trading/selling project cabinets that they just don't have time for. FB Marketplace will occasionally have some gems but that's not as likely as it used to be. Start with a game that you know that just needs some TLC and get an idea of how it works. The forums at Museum of The Game (KLOV) also have a lot of helpful people (forums.arcade-museum.com/). Good luck!
Good timing! I sat on this footage for quite a while because my channel wasn’t getting all that many views. But it’s exploded over the last few weeks so I decided to put something together. Thanks for watching!
There are not very many Red Tents or Dual-screen Vs Systems out there, unfortunately. It’s kind of surprising Nintendo made that amount of effort to get these games to work like that given the low production. But definitely a really cool system. The Playchoice 10 is similar and better supported with larger multigame setups.
You can also just type my name into a Google search and get the same info. Back in the day they even sent out a phone book with everyone’s addresses and phone numbers in it…so I don’t bother pretending that where I live is secret. But good catch :)
i cant believe you only have 5k subscribers you deserve so much more i mean your videos are well edited entertaining and fun really hope that you get the recognition you should have these videos are amazing!
For the longest time not much was happening as far as viewers/subscribers but it has really picked up so I will have to keep making new content :) Have some projects going on right now that will hopefully work out. Thanks!
Yes more content means more views
@@TheLoxxxton Working on it. Have some projects now that will he great but may pull from past projects that were interesting. Seems like most of my traffic is for arcade restorations when I thought the console stuff would be the main draw.
You deserve more subscribers. You put soo much effort into these videos and at 6K probably don't make much from UA-cam. So I say Thank You!
Considering that I was at 1200 or so subscribers last month I couldn’t be happier that people are finally seeing all of it. It’s never been about the money but there is some coming in now that may let me get a bit more extravagant with future projects :)
Going to pick up a kit for my Red Tent. Glad to see it cam eout.
I hope it works great for you! I’m eventually going to reprogram mine with a different set of games and do more troubleshooting on the quirks. And some of it may have just been my particular machine.
Rad! Thanks a million for the new video!!! I wish you could do more! Maybe another tour, and you can point out things you had to restore? Even videos with just a couple machines would be sweet! I’d love to know the stories/histories of your collection! ❤
Now that I have quite a few subscribers I’ll probably go back and do some shorter videos on games I’ve fixed up in the past. Some were really interesting, for sure. Thanks!
What a beautiful machine.
Hopefully you've seen the restoration video -- it didn't start that way!
@@tcurtis49 I already watched, great restoration! I'm in love with you channel and collection. I'm new here.
It is so cool to me how the community comes up with all these different things for games that would be lost to time if not for people like you
There are a lot of great people trying to keep games alive-I rely on them all the time :)
Aaah... I suspect Mr. Swann's kit? :) Right now I am in a queue to get a PC-10 converter so I can use a Zapper and plug in NES controllers. They have a 3D printable file of the PC-10 holster and a holder for your NES controller. I love NES games on arcades, but some games translate poorly to arcade controls. Some like Dr. Mario and Tengen Tetris translate well!
I have two of the sealed black rubber Nintendo guns for my PC-10. Sadly, neither work and they are considered unrepairable. They do register the shot when you hit the trigger, but the screen doesn't see the hit.
I'm not sure where the kit design originated, but I got it from highscoresave.com. Seems like there should be some way to make the guns work. My gun on my PC10 does not work with the dark tinted plexiglass in the way but does with it removed. So they are definitely finicky.
Congrats on all the recent subscribers! You really deserve it
I'm just happy people are enjoying watching these :) Thanks!
Aw yeahhh! Glad to see an upgrade to the Red Tent!!
Just found and watched the red tent resto yesterday. Just in time to see a bit more today! So cool.
So what? Go outside and make some friends.
@@suprememasteroftheuniverse a bit ironic advice here.
That's a weird comment (@superememasteroftheuniverse) from someone who has more videos than subscribers...
I randomly found the red tent resto then looked at the channel and found this. Subbed straight away
Awesome! Glad you liked it :)
Awesome modification! It was interesting that you mentioned in the Nintendo Red Tent restore video that it was rumored these were made for Pizza Hut... because that is the only place I ever remember seeing one of these in Maine. It could be the case Pizza Hut got them because they were low profile and it fit their 80s/90s motif so well.
I don't think we had one in our Pizza Hut but I've heard that from many people. The only one I ever saw was in an arcade while on vacation in Tennessee. But I would imagine they fit well into the overall scheme at Pizza Huts, for sure!
They had one at a pizza place in my home town called Varsity Pizza. I believe it had excite bike and Super Mario Brothers.
@cwingwvwc I think those are the most iconic games for it.
It's interesting how such a kit exists to extend functionality like that! It's even cooler that one switches between games with that key/stick combo that asserts a reset in there to the CPU/PPU...
Yeah it’s pretty slick. I use quite a few of their products and they are all good.
You know what would be awesome? You should make weekly restoration videos of an arcade machine, rather than uploading 1 huge video after months. That may be impossible though if you're working as an orthodontist still. That is my dream though. Your videos are so entertaining. I have several arcade machines and they're always having problems, I wish you were my neighbor LOL
It would be great to do something interesting each week, and there are a lot of small things I do that I don’t record or feel would make a good video here and there. I’ve spent so much time trying to repair a Battlezone board that suddenly stopped working. To the point of buying an oscilloscope and working with a bunch of experts on the forums. I’ve learned so much even as fixing one thing leads to another. And then I finally had to wave the white flag and send it to the expert, who is also now challenged in his own way. But I don’t know in advance that it’s going to be epic and crazy…
I do have a lot of footage from previous restorations that can make for shorter retrospective videos. I will likely do that. I typically get 1 or 2 crazy projects each year, and a few others that I fix up but aren’t that hard. So I will try to show some of those since I now have a bunch of subscribers (quite suddenly) and am just starting the next “epic” restoration. And if you watch the seasons change on my other videos you know I take my time :)
I can give you some insight To how I found you. I am subscribed to 8 bit guy and he was doing more cross over videos with electric starship arcade/time rift arcade and then you were suggested. So you might have 8 bit guy to thank for your recent success.
@@dfreadhoff That’s cool :) I think I’m at the mercy of the UA-cam gods but at least I have enough people watching to feel good about making the effort. Thanks!
New Subscriber here.
Ive seen 6 videos now and love it.
I havent anything to do with arcade Games, but i Love your Idea and Videos.
Ive been born 2002 and my only points in this direction is my nes with Tertis and super mario 😅😂.
Propably ill look for an arcade Game now 😅😂
Awesome! Glad you liked the videos. And that they have provided some inspiration :)
most underrated channel in it's genre
Thanks! Very kind of you to say :)
Man, that is such a cool arcade system
It’s strange, yet cool :)
This channel is amazing. Your content is top notch. Great editing and you make it easy to understand the process.
Glad you like it!
Amazing job!!!
Woah I’m here so early! New big fan here! Learning a lot!
Welcome! Viewer #1 for the bonus video!
Definitely should put some tape over those ROM chips so they dont get wiped!
It’s pretty difficult to wipe a chip with a normal amount of light but I typically will cover them. I do have a ROM burner so it’s not the end of the world if I have to reburn something…but that has never happened. Yet :) Thanks!
Best channel ever!
a dream come true!
You should try to get the release version so you can play without glitches.
I was never sure whether the glitches were problems with my multigame kit or more with my red tent itself. You can reprogram the games and sometime I’ll try a few variations to try to track them down. I’ve heard Balloon Fight is a great cross-screen game so I’ll make sure I at least get that into a spot it will work.
If you still have it would love to see will it work of the game that was in this back when you restored it
The game board originally in it was Blockout, but it just wasn’t salvageable.
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Love your videos Tod. I think youre going to grow like crazy on UA-cam. Any advice for someone who's trying to get into a bit of arcade collecting? So far I've been looking through Facebook marketplace but a lot of it is just crappy mame cabs.
I'd look for a FB group of collectors in your area. Here we have one for Hoosiers, one for Kentucky, and one for the Midwest. The people in those groups are good at trading/selling project cabinets that they just don't have time for. FB Marketplace will occasionally have some gems but that's not as likely as it used to be. Start with a game that you know that just needs some TLC and get an idea of how it works. The forums at Museum of The Game (KLOV) also have a lot of helpful people (forums.arcade-museum.com/). Good luck!
Literally just finished the original video less than 12 hours ago!
Good timing! I sat on this footage for quite a while because my channel wasn’t getting all that many views. But it’s exploded over the last few weeks so I decided to put something together. Thanks for watching!
@@tcurtis49 the original was an absolute treat, especially with all the detail and explanations you included! Looking forward to more!
This is super cool, shame it's for such an obscure platform.
There are not very many Red Tents or Dual-screen Vs Systems out there, unfortunately. It’s kind of surprising Nintendo made that amount of effort to get these games to work like that given the low production. But definitely a really cool system. The Playchoice 10 is similar and better supported with larger multigame setups.
☀️Hello! I would like to know what the music song is called at 5:21? thanks!
It's called End Credits (We Stay Ready) by Michael Grubb. You can find it on Uppbeat here: uppbeat.io/track/michael-grubb/end-credits-we-stay-ready
You should blur out the mailing label, as it has your address on it.
You can also just type my name into a Google search and get the same info. Back in the day they even sent out a phone book with everyone’s addresses and phone numbers in it…so I don’t bother pretending that where I live is secret. But good catch :)
@@tcurtis49And you used to be able to request removal from said phone book.
@@HalianTheProtogen I think you had to pay extra for that. In any case we certainly take privacy much more seriously now.