Noise Land Arcade » Space Invaders http://www.noiselandarcade.net Intruder alert! Must kill humanoid! Tue, 15 Mar 2011 17:47:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Space Invaders AKA Invasion of the Mold Men http://www.noiselandarcade.net/index.php/2007/02/28/space-invaders-aka-invasion-of-the-mold-men/ http://www.noiselandarcade.net/index.php/2007/02/28/space-invaders-aka-invasion-of-the-mold-men/#comments Thu, 01 Mar 2007 00:05:40 +0000 Jamie http://www.noiselandarcade.net/index.php/2007/02/28/space-invaders-aka-invasion-of-the-mold-men/ It’s been about 2 weeks since my last post, and I’ve been busy getting more games. Not sure where I’m going to put them.

I picked up a dead Space Invaders this past Friday for $100 that I spotted on Craigslist.

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That seems to be the best source of games so far for me. I noticed that the plywood was delaminating towards the bottom of the cabinet in the photo I saw before I picked it up. I figured I could just glue it back together. I was a little too excited about this one and didn’t check it out well enough after the 2.5hr drive. When I got it home and opened it up, I noticed an invasion of a different kind was going on here. Mold. Lots and lots of mold. It smells funny, and doesn’t taste to good either (j/k :) ). I plugged it in and the monitor had neck glow, and some raster showed on the screen so I think it may just be a board or wiring problem. I’m not messing with this one until I can get a warm day to take it out side and clean it out. I found a site that has what look to be great repro parts for Space Invaders: http://www.thisoldgame.com/thisoldgame/new_page_2.htm

As soon as I can save up some cash I’ll order some parts from him.

I love the shape of the cabinet and the artwork. Very cool. :)

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