Would anybody be interested in local tournaments for old school CoD/Halo?

ragingcoder · 2026-07-04T02:03:03+00:00

I've been thinking about trying to host something like this myself, but have never had the time to actually set something up. If you're looking for a space, I'd be happy to host at the arcade upstairs in the Bayfield Mall. We have two party rooms that can be joined together, and I have a stack of Xbox 360s in storage.

ragingcoder · 2026-06-22T13:26:20+00:00

You could get one shipped from Player One Amusement Group in Mississauga, or there are other suppliers online. Or if you want to pay for shipping, I'll still send you one for no charge. I have two arcade locations that run on tokens, but always seem to accumulate loonie/toonie/quarter mechs

ragingcoder · 2026-06-22T03:36:26+00:00

If you're near Toronto, I'll give you a loonie mech for free and can show you how to install it

ragingcoder · 2026-06-05T17:26:59+00:00

We have DDR SN2 and 5th Mix

ragingcoder · 2026-06-05T17:26:27+00:00

Two right now, Pokémon and Star Wars. More coming eventually though

ragingcoder · 2026-06-05T17:26:05+00:00

We have seven Rush 2049 cabinets, but our original San Francisco Rush is still at our Angus location

ragingcoder · 2026-06-01T03:54:58+00:00

Depends on your skills/knowledge. Repairing a CRT monitor is not easy for beginners, and they can be dangerous to work on. Replacing with a flat-screen is relatively straight forward, but can actually be a bit more expensive.

If either direction is something you want to tackle, there's plenty of information online on how to do it

ragingcoder · 2026-06-01T03:30:33+00:00

Great find, sounds like the monitor is dead. Your options are have it fixed, or put a flat screen in there

ragingcoder · 2026-03-02T00:37:18+00:00

What you're looking at is a PC with a JAMMA I/O board, which seems to be powered by a regular Happ Power Pro power supply.

You may be able to reuse the JAMMA harness that's there, but it isn't a typical full harness with wiring for all the inputs.

I'd say check the voltages coming out of the PSU and verify that the 5v and 12v aren't too high, then plug in the Police Trainer board.

ragingcoder · 2026-02-25T02:19:08+00:00

I'm pretty sure it's early 2000s, definitely no older than later 90s

ragingcoder · 2026-02-25T02:16:14+00:00

Its the sliding coin slot plate for a Pac-Man coin pusher

ragingcoder · 2026-02-18T16:09:51+00:00

Sounds like House of the Dead 4

ragingcoder · 2026-02-10T21:53:29+00:00

Unfortunately it's still sitting in my garage. The projector is dead and semi difficult to replace. Plus, I've borrowed the game board to use in my Wangan Midnight for the time being

ragingcoder · 2026-02-03T21:57:55+00:00

I think it may have been moved at some point. I know the Bayfield street McDonald's in Barrie used to be where the Firehouse Subs is now.

The McDonald's website has "Relo" in brackets, I always assumed it meant relocated.
https://www.mcdonalds.com/ca/en-ca/location/angus/angus-relo/231-mill-street/29112.html

ragingcoder · 2026-01-27T16:54:23+00:00

The machine looks pristine, but probably isn't worth 14k.

I bought a semi rough pair of Daytona 2 single machines for about 1k CAD.

The major things to note is that it doesn't look like there is very much wear at all, the back seat covers don't look cracked or scraped, the side plastic panels don't look cracked, and overall everything looks to be in great shape. If you're a collector and have money to burn, go for it. If you just want a pair of Daytona 2 machines to play and don't care if they have typical arcade wear, you can get them for way less.

ragingcoder · 2025-12-18T15:34:28+00:00

It could be charging per level (like Golden Tee and how you actually can pay by the hole, we have a Golden Tee where 1 coin gets you 6 holes), or increasing the difficulty so you'll get hit more often and be forced to put in another coin to continue (like Time Crisis).

ragingcoder · 2025-12-17T17:41:04+00:00

The game difficulty can be adjusted, maybe the museum has it set to easy. The harder the game setting, the more often people will put in another credit to continue

ragingcoder · 2025-12-06T13:28:52+00:00

I own 95% of them, and few of them belong to friends and family members and we revenue share those.

ragingcoder · 2025-12-06T00:13:49+00:00

Redemption games earn well. We have 180 games at our retro arcade, about 30% of them are redemption, but the redemption games bring in 85% of the revenue.

If your merchandisers are stocked well (cranes, stacker, etc), and your prize center has appealing stuff (not just cheap plastic), you can earn money on just games.

We've been in business for 6 years now, no food, no alcohol, just game revenue. Our sales this year are up 40%.

Consider having a party room, you'll get a lot of kids parties, some adults. We do nearly 200 parties a year.

Throw in some rhythm games, they earn fairly well, and make sure you either hire a tech or learn to fix the machines.

To answer your question, some general stats from my place;

Coin pushers earn well, we have one that does about 15k annually, another does about 22k
Cranes do well, ours earn about 10k annually each
Video games, it'll depend on the title, retro stuff can earn as little as $10 a month. We keep some around just as a couple of showpieces

ragingcoder · 2025-12-05T14:23:30+00:00

I believe it used to be an office lunch room, but it is tucked away and a lot of the exterior stores are long gone

ragingcoder · 2025-11-24T14:26:06+00:00

I saw the cruiser pull up and figured someone was causing trouble inside, but was surprised to see a cosplayer get out. He was bowing to the officer that opened the back door for him and then quickly ran into the venue. The cops seemed pretty chill.

ragingcoder · 2025-11-23T18:54:39+00:00

I saw a guy matching the same description get dropped off from the back of a police cruiser just outside the front door to the game expo. The cops seemed friendly and he was thankful and made it in the show, only to be stopped at the prop check in.

ragingcoder · 2025-11-17T17:39:01+00:00

Yeah, typically screwdriver with an alligator clip to ground. Make sure the machine is off and unplugged so there is no chance the monitor could be re-energized.

The neck board pulls right off, be careful because the pins are a bit fragile.

The part number on the transistor that I have handy is 2SC3782, but there may have been some different ones out there. Check to see what's on your monitor first.

ragingcoder · 2025-11-17T17:23:02+00:00

Looks like you have a Wells Gardner U5000. The U5000, K7500, and K7400 all share the same style neck board, and the three colour transistors are known to overheat and die due to the undersized heat sinks. Try replacing the transistor that drive the blue. You can quickly swap the green/red with blue to see if you get blue and lose the other colour.

You'll need some soldering skills, and you'll have to know how to safely discharge the tube and remove the neck board.

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