arcade video game information

tech & repair

Wiring, hardware breakdowns, etc. Unfortunately the RGVAC community is not as well-organized as the RGP community. There is a lot of random variation in video games that isn't in pinball, where hardware platforms sometimes lasted for as long as a decade and very seldom less than two or three years. Video game manufacturers could only hold onto a specific hardware platform for a couple years usually, and this is unusual.

• Beginning Pinball Repair and Circuit Board Repair Before doing anything, read this! It's pinball-specific but it's good advice. Most video game boards are at least as difficult, and the boards are harder to find when they get mangled!
• The 'Wiretap' Arcade Game Collector's Archive
• Big Bear's Bulletin Board—Bob Roberts' very useful tech hints

informational

Game play, screen shots, game lists...

• Killer List of Videogames
• System 16 history, tech info for many different systems

retailers

• The Real Bob Roberts rules. Much stuff, cheap.
• Happ Controls has much stuff, including pinball parts.