Welcome to M.A.R.S. (Mark's Arcade Retro Site). This is my web page dedicated to those who love coin-op video arcade games. There's lots of information and hopefully some entertaining stuff, too.
05/26/09
The Demolition Derby is as complete as it can be for now. Still need to get some repro artwork for the monitor bezel and the coin door sides. But it's huge improvement from where I started.
Still waiting for the Doctor Who playfield to be finished.
Added a few more rom hacks, including Punch-Out!!, which was in high demand. Looking for testers for a few others as well.
Last but not least, I finally got around to updating The Almost Complete Guide to Video Arcade Games in Movies . Take a gander!
02/22/09
Doctor Who restoration has begun. The playfield was sent out for touchup and clearcoating work. Work on the rotating Dalek head is underway.
I recently picked up a Bally Midway Demolition Derby "Island" (that's the technical name that Bally Midway gave to the four player cabinet). I'm suprised at how little documentation I could find online for this particular game, considering it has a considerable fan base. I'll be creating a webpage documenting my particular restoration, as well as a general "home page" detailing the game.
In addition, I will be looking into making a free-play hack for Bally Midway's Kick! game.
The whole sick story of how
this all
started - long sorrid details of my arcade life. Long and pathetic, but many in the hobby can relate :-).
Want/Trade List - some nice items for trade if you have something I want
Parts List - ICs right now, more to come.
My current collection of arcade games
My GGDB
entry - contains
my list of boardsets. Every board is ready to play in minutes!
Rom Hacks
- free play hacks and bug fixes by yours truly
Small Tips
- a few restoration articles by yours truly
The Almost Complete Guide to Video Arcade Games in Movies
Beginner's Guide to Collecting
- prepare for your life to be changed!
The Sega XY FAQ
(text version)
- A document on those awesome Sega/Gremlin vector games of the '80's
The MCR FAQ
(text version)
- A document on those clever but fragile Bally Midway games of the early 80's
The Electrohome G08 FAQ
(new pdf version!)
- A look into the beast that doomed the Sega XY family
Eliminator Home Page
- my tribute to the best Sega XY game.Discs of Tron Home Page
- my tribute to the best MCR game.
Trouble Shooting?
My troubleshooting page contains links to repair FAQs, sites, tips, and people who can help you to fix your favorite arcade game or PCB.
KLOV: Killer
List of
Videogames
Need help remembering an arcade game from your past? You'll most likely find it here. Ignore all the rarity information, however.
The Great Game Database
A collection site showing game owner collections all over the world.
The
Sega Vector Game Page More selfless promotion of yours truly. Thanks Ian!
The
Basement arcade
A great site by a different Mark...he's got the most comprehensive list of video arcade game links I've seen, so instead of replicating them here, I'll just point to his page and he can deal with the maintanance :-)
Rick's Game RepairThe man, the myth, the Legend. Now working full time in the restoration business, Rick has done a lot of work for Williams in the past and knows his stuff. Has the BEST quality machines available for purchase and does service as well.
M.A.R.S. is dedicated to providing a quality web page for coin-op video arcade
information. This web page is "comment operated", meaning the more comments you send
me, the more it changes. Contact Mark with
compliments or criticism, comments or corrections, and what you'd like to
see (or not see) on M.A.R.S.
Listen to what Arnold says about M.A.R.S.
