Jason Miller

I pulled apart a 1962 Wurlitzer 1015 last summer that had me scratching my head for weeks. The cabinet looked pristine, the title strips still glowed, but the sound coming out was thin, distorted, and nothing like the warm tone my grandfather remembered. After testing 8 different jukebox speakers and amplifier upgrades side by side … Read more

I still remember the first time I walked into a friend’s game room and saw a full-size jukebox glowing in the corner. The retro lighting, the chrome accents, the warm hum of vinyl spinning — it instantly turned a normal room into something special. That moment sold me on the idea that every home deserves … Read more

I still remember the first time I played Whac-A-Mole at a pizza place arcade. The little green heads kept popping up and I’d smack them with the rubber mallet while my friends cheered. That same feeling is why families keep asking us about the best Whac-A-Mole machines for their home game rooms. After testing 10 … Read more

If your arcade cabinet wobbles every time you fire a shot in Galaga, you already know how annoying uneven floors can be. I have spent the last three months helping collectors and game room owners fix that exact problem, and the right cabinet leg levelers for arcade machines make every Pac-Man, Street Fighter, or pinball … Read more

I pulled a water-damaged Donkey Kong cabinet out of a barn three years ago. The bottom 6 inches of MDF had turned to mulch, the side panel had a softball-sized chunk missing, and the T-molding channel was crumbling along the entire front edge. That cabinet taught me that picking the right wood filler for arcade … Read more

I still remember firing up Street Fighter II on my first full-size cabinet and wondering why the punch sounds felt thin. The cabinet had the original Q-Sound amp, but the bass just wasn’t there. After swapping in a proper subwoofer kit, that same cabinet now rattles the control panel when Ryu lands a Shoryuken. If … Read more

I learned the hard way that a scratched CRT face is a death sentence for an arcade cabinet. After salvaging a 1986 Pac-Man with a beautiful original bezel held together by tape and prayers, I went down the rabbit hole testing protective covers for every monitor type I could get my hands on. Our team … Read more

I remember the first time my Golden Tee PCB died from heat damage. One minute I was racking up high scores, and the next I was staring at a $200 repair bill because my cabinet had been running hot for months. That was the moment I started taking arcade cabinet cooling fan solutions seriously. Whether … Read more

I’ve owned arcade cabinets for over fifteen years, and the single biggest mistake I see collectors make is grabbing the nearest paper towel and a bottle of Windex. That combo will haze a plexiglass marquee lens in a single session and leave swirl marks on a CRT you can never fully buff out. Finding the … Read more

Original arcade cabinet marquees fade, crack, and yellow after decades of exposure to fluorescent light and UV. I have walked through countless game rooms where the once-vibrant Pac-Man or Galaga header now reads like a ghost of itself. After losing a Centipede marquee to sun damage in my own rec room, I went down the … Read more