I spent some time today having a massive clean up of the Sponsors section.

I've added in this new forum and moved all the old/expired sponsors posts here for archival purposes.

I won't be creating new forums for sponsors anymore instead, I'll use the Sponsors drop down at the top of the site to link directly to the sponsor's website. Anybody who has a Sponsors account can post new threads here as well as their own section if it hasn't expired. Old threads can still be replied to also.

Thank you for supporting AA for the last 20 years!

On display is the 4:3 ratio 26inch 15khz to 1440x1080p monitor.

-    15khz, 25khz, 31khz and up to 1440x1080 (standard) or 2880x2160 (UHD)
-    Full viewing angle for arcade operation
-    Very low monitor lag display times
-    Auto picture function supporting over 160 pre-programmed resolution timing
-    VESA and angle bracket
-    Breakout monitor adjustment board (adjust the monitor from the front of your machine)
-    Colour RGB potentiometer for fine tuning game board colours

We are offering free freight for Australian customer who order and pay before the 25th August 2025;

* 26inch 15khz to 1440x1080 = 840aud Inc
* 26inch 15khz to  2880x2160 = 995aud Inc
* 35inch 15khz to 1440x1080 = 1180aud Inc
* 35inch 15khz to 2880x2160 = 1350aud Inc

Please note, these are professional monitors designed for arcade machines, not entry level home panels. If you need entry level panels, just let us know and we will offer you something different. 

Shipping of the new Arcooda monitors starts at the end of this month, with goods into Australia approximately end of next month. If you are interested in this offer, please contact the team at sales@highway.net.au

We are also selling the balance of joystick/button DIY kits starting at $19.99inc (joystick, buttons, wiring and keyboard encoder).

https://www.highway.net.au/arcade-parts/joysticks/

• unloading a container of machines (sideloader, just wheel/pallet out)
• assemble machines
• setup coin per play (as instructed by owner)
• install coin mechanisms (some machines will need to have coin mechs installed)
• test and signoff with the owner
• help the owner understand the machines, general troubleshooting, and how to setup their games via the owners menu (should they wish to change game settings or price per play/etc).

All machines have been reconditioned (or new), and fully tested before sending. All support will also be provided by our office.

We are looking for honest and reliable people who can work with us for this first job, but also for ongoing/upcoming work in Tasmania.

Container arrives approximately 10-15th October.

Please contact us if you are interested to help with this work.

If you have a spare pedal assembly for sale, please let us know.

Thanks.

Pot board is designed

It will mount on the bracket that holds the heatsink

Board

http://www.dsbelec.iinet.net.au/LAI_Pot_Board_FINAL-a_Dez-sm.jpg

How it will look / mount

https://www.amazingarcading.com.au/LAI_POT_BOARD-FIT-sm.jpg

And a copy of this

https://www.amazingarcading.com.au/LAI_Vector_PCB05.jpg

Pots board include

• X Gain
• Y Gain
• B Adj
• Brightness
• Contrast

I need 4 or 5 of these

Pic of the pcb file almost finished

https://www.amazingarcading.com.au/lai_sAMPLE-04-SM.jpg

Let me know if you want one 🙂

Pics of actual prototype

https://www.amazingarcading.com.au/LAI_Proto_01-sm.jpg

https://www.amazingarcading.com.au/LAI_Proto_02-sm.jpg

The monitors have been specially designed for arcade operation and support 15khz, VGA, and up to 1080P. Details include;

- VGA and HDMI inputs

- steel metal frame with mounting bracket

- separate monitor control board with 1.6m cable length

- 4:3 monitor ratio

- 15khz (Jamma), 31khz, and up to 1080P resolution

For more details;

https://www.highway.net.au/arcade-parts/monitors-chassis/20-inch-lcd-monitor-cocktail-table/17750-1.html

These sold out before arriving last time, if you are interested please preorder to reserve stock.

We are getting to the pointy end and Netherworld is in it's final stages. We are looking for some help tracking down some items. Any help will be repaid in love, cold beer and tokens :)

We are looking for any good looking old tube televisions to run our consoles on. Small is best but will consider anything.

Am also looking for any pinball cabinets and back glasses you may have lying around that are ready to be recycled. Am looking to use them for an art project within the building. Old pinball cabs with stencil art on the side panels and head box most suited and anything on theme would be amazing. i.e monsters, sea creatures, landscapes etc.

If anyone has anything they think would suit please let me know here or at:

james.angliss@gmail.com

0423 104 011

Also keep an eye on this thread as at some stage in late December we're going to need fault finders to come in and play free games all day. I know it sounds horrible, but I'm sure some of you will be willing to help.

Cheers, Jimmy

Come and see us on Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th September 2022 at Club Macquarie, 458 Lake Road, Argenton (Newcastle). Talk with sales agents from different states, as well as chat with Mike from Homepin about the development of the machine.

For more information about machine releases, sales, photos and videos please visit;

https://www.spinaltappinball.com/

I got some Aussie made stubbie coolers made up which are good quality. Also got some cheap coasters made up with AA logo and image on them. I am going to try and raise some money for Aussie Arcade. I'm not profiting from this at all with all profit going to Aussie Arcade.

Each AA pack includes 2 coasters and 2 stubbie coolers. Cost is $15 plus postage. Happy to drop off to Adelaide members but interstate members I will need to post. Anyone interstate who can help with distribution via bulk postage to help save $$ please let me know. PM for payment details. Will need to sort out some kind of postage with interstaters 1st.[ATTACH]155239[/ATTACH]

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We also have a round up of the machine income rankings around the world, the debate of increasing the cost of play in Australia and new product releases including Street Fighter II CE, Suzuka 8 Hours and more.

Each week we will be going through our magazine collection and giving you a snapshot of the industry at that time. We also will be pulling out our distributor collections from Atari/Midway/Sega/Namco and dusting off photos from various trade events going back 30 years including various Australian Trade Shows in Queensland/NSW as well as international showed we exhibited.

To follow our weekly round up (from 1980s to current) please follow our social media links;

https://www.facebook.com/Highway.Entertainment/

https://www.instagram.com/highwayentertainment/
https://twitter.com/highwayarcade

It is of course CLOSED FOR ANY FURTHER BUYING OR INTEREST, thank you

CONTAINER PURPOSE : The purpose of the Aussie Arcade Container #3 ('I Missed Out') project is to deliver original, dedicated arcade cabinet games seldom found in Australia, from an American supplier, by container load, throughout Australia on a user-shares-cost, per berth basis.

Following are the approved AA Container #3 (I Missed Out!) - RULES OF BUYING:

•Participation Rules, berth costs etc ....

1. None of the following rules that relate to this Container initiative are negotiable. The AA committee members have spent 6 months gathering all this new information, and learning from the last one. These rules are also pre-approved and agreed by the site's owner - and so any discussion is, at this point, unwanted.

2. Participants in this container will be limited to those approved by the AA Container Committee.

- First off the rank will be those approved buyers who missed out on Container #2 (Coolspot).

- Next up will be participants who form the group that were contacted last year in regards to this container from a previous thread (see the list below).

- Last would be active AA forum members who are known to the committee, but don't fall into the first 2 groups.

Absolutely no-one will be allowed to participate in this Container that is not an active member of AA with some history (ie. we will not consider anyone joining AA simply to gain a berth in this container). This is at the committee's absolute discretion and frankly, we won't be entering into any arguments about it.

3. Participation is by $100 deposit to the Vendor, John Yates of VintageVideogames in Mclean, Illinois once the committee has given you and John Yates, the go-ahead.

John will hold your deposit to go through his cabs, check condition and prepare them for sale to you.

That $100 will be fully apportioned against any purchase with him you make. If no purchase is made, that $100 will be refunded.

4. The buying and the sale of cabs to you is always between John Yates, and yourself, and will be outside the auspices of the AA Container Committee.

We bear no responsibility whatsoever for the actual sale. You broker the cabinet title, the price and the condition directly with John once approved to do so.

Any refund of the initial $100 deposit, and the timing of that refund, is also to be worked out between John and yourself.

Therefore, to be clear, all conditions, prices, game types, etc are to be handled between John Yates and yourself.

5. The initial buying will take place from an approved list of over 1000 games that John Yates has provided us. This will be delivered by PM or email to approved participants only, and John notified of your approved participation. Once you have that list, you are cleared to use the email address below to begin the buying process directly with John.

John may take away, or add more cabs to that list, as the buying process progresses and his stock depletes, or increases.

6. Absolutely NOTHING will be allowed on this container without the AA Committee's approval, AND John Yates go ahead, before it is purchased. Items bought and sent to John Yates from other Vendors without approval being sought first, will simply be rejected. This will be strictly controlled. So if you are after Parts to be included for example, you need to contact the AA Committee first, before buying. Else you risk these items being left behind.

NOTE that these requests and approvals are totally SEPARATE to any go-ahead you are given for the purchasing and shipping of a full cabinet from John.

7. The shipping, handling, overall logistics and on-forwarding fee from the USA exporting port, to the landing port in Australia, and then to your state depot within Australia (as we did for Container #2, we see all Container participants taking on the reasonable costs of getting cabs to their AA brothers interstate to a depot for pickup) ,including all taxes, GST, Customs Duties and possible funmigation and/or holding charges, is hereafter known collectively as the 'Berth Fee'.

8. The Berth Fee is expected to be an initial charge of AUS$500 per cabinet shipped, but will not be charged until the shipping container(s) are readied.

This is expected to cover all charges as laid out in Point 7, and is subject to refund should the total charges at the end of the project, be less than the Berth Fee initially charged. In August 2012 for Container #2 , we were able to secure a $50 refund of this amount thanks to Pelly's hard work. The aim is to do the same again this year, by importing a larger container and saving on per cab charges overall. However, our internal logisitics costs are consequently expected to be larger. So while a refund is a hopeful target, there is NO GUARANTEE of a refund from the Berth Fee charged. Indeed, it is possible the Berth Fee could be *more* than $500 once all charges are collated, and all participants should be aware and accept that before receipt of their games, an additional amount *may* be due on collection if the initial Berth Fee does not cover all costs borne by the project. This is a project risk all of you must also agree to accept, before buying is allowed.

9. No pinballs are allowed in this container. Dedicated cabinets for arcade, as supplied on John Yates buying list, only thanks.

10. Things have changed slightly in regards to buying this year, in that only Tier 2 cabs that require very little work by John Yates will be offered to AA members. This allows us to get better pricing on ready-to-go cabinets that will not hold the container shipment up. Buyers should therefore be aware that due to changed availability of Top Tier cabinets from the vendor, he will not be doing extensive works on cabinets in preparation for sale to our members in this state. You will only be offered (in the main) Tier 2 or below cabinets for sale this time.

11. You each have ONE berth only allocated at this stage. There may be more allowed at a later date, after we have better ideas on numbers. A berth equals the footprint of a standard arcade cabinet, all the way to the roof of the container. Anything you can fit in that space (including parts, if pre-approved) falls under the one berth allocation and fee.

** To Get Involved **

1. Have your pre-approval from the committee in hand (email or PM, plus the buying list from John that accompanies it) and the number assigned to it (see below).

2. Contact John Yates at the email address below, and start your dealing, using your Aussie Arcade name.

3. Secure a cabinet. Pay the amount owed to John Yates in full.

4. John will hold your cabinet and prepare it for shipping, once we give him the go-ahead.

5. Pay your Berth Fee when asked this end.

6. John is given the go-ahead and the container is shipped.

7. We wait for the container to arrive, and once landed, distribute cabs Australia-wide.

8. Be prepared to pay additional costs if needed, to take possession of cab(s) this end.

•Vendors full contact details: John Yates, VintageVideogames.com, vintagevideogames.com@gmail.com

Address : VintageVideogames.com, 108 SW Park St., McLean, IL 61754, USA.

Phone : USA 309-287-1725

Note: John is on USA time and will often take 24-72 hours to respond to emails. Sometimes longer.

Be persistent with him, but not annoying.

AA Container #3 Project Manager: candyflip

AA Container Committee Members : Arcade King (site owner), WOKA, Woody, visy, andykmv, Pelly, gottaconnect, candyflip.

Committee Contact for all discusssion in regards to selection,membership,buying etc : candyflip

Candyflip : Private Message (PM) thru Aussie Arcade messaging system only.

•List of participants and berth numbers for each, pre-approved to enter into Vendor discussions.....

- 44 names to start with, assuming a 40 foot container (or 2 x 20 footers)

- Names are SUBJECT TO CHANGE depending on buyers intentions - ie. apportioning of numbers does NOT require a purchase to take place.

Approved Ticket Number ............. AA Member Name

C#3002 ....................................... Woody

C#3004 ....................................... Candyflip

C#3008 ....................................... gottaconnect

C#3014 ....................................... Rat

C#3016 ....................................... narf_

C#3018 ....................................... carbonROD

C#3021 ....................................... general_grievous

C#3022 ....................................... wweumina

C#3025 ....................................... Hoopstar

C#3027 ....................................... Left jump left 1P

C#3029 ....................................... Pash

C#3031 ....................................... Pseudonymous

C#3032 ....................................... SpudJones

C#3033 ....................................... OLDS2010

C#3034 ....................................... ditch

C#3038 ....................................... prostkxy

*NEW* Additional Waiting List Members by name - are now free to go ahead and BUY (27/3/13):

WL#3 ................................... casperthefriendly

WL#4 ................................... bwodie

WL#5 ................................... Gitch

*OPT OUTS, UNCLEAR, UNLIKELY or NO CONTACT*

•Project timeline and cutoff date and estimated shipping time..... Buying starts today, Thursday 14th March, 2013

1st Berth Buying ended 30th April 2013.

2nd Berth Buying started 2nd May 2013 and will continue until numbers for a 1st container are near complete.

THIS CONTAINER SHIPPED 14/6/2013 and is of course CLOSED FOR ANY FURTHER BUYING OR INTEREST.

If you are new to all of this, and have a spare few hours, take a look through the following threads to get an understanding of what we are doing here:

Co-Op Container Discussion Thread

Container Details

Container Initial Discussion

•    Standard American Style pushbuttons including microswitch $0.99inc GST
•    White Rim Pushbuttons including microswitch $0.99inc GST
•    Long Arcade Push Button with inbuilt microswitch $0.99inc GST
•    24mm snap in (Sanwa Clone) pushbutton $0.99inc GST
•    30mm snap in (Sanwa Clone) pushbutton $0.99inc GST

For more information, please review;
https://www.highway.net.au/arcade-parts/push-buttons/?order_by=final_price

We are proud to announce that RTBB is the Exclusive Australian Distributor for Tilt Graphics.

These items are authorized licensed through PPS.

So far, these are the items we have loaded on our site, and these have been Customer requests initially, but we hope to have the full inventory as time permits ;

Elvis Red – GameBlades™

Twilight Zone 440 – GameBlades™

World Cup Soccer – GameBlades™

Getaway High Speed II – GameBlades™

Addams Family – Wall GameBlades™

The Addams Family – Mansion GameBlades™

Indiana Jones – GameBlades™

Indiana Jones – Glyphs GameBlades™

Indiana Jones – Amber Target Decals

Addams Family Purple Rose Shooter Rod

Addams Family Stone Wall Guide Decals

Addams Family Stone Backboard

Addams Family Bookcase Decal Mod

The Addams Family Thing Box Decal Mod

World Cup Soccer Shooter Plate

World Cup Soccer Shooter Rod

Guns N’ Roses Red Rose Shooter Rod

Guns N Roses – GameBlades

On their Way ;

Guns N Roses (JJP) Legendary GameBladesâ„¢

KISS (Stern) Flames GameBladesâ„¢

Lethal Weapon 3 GameBladesâ„¢

Dracula Blood Red GameBladesâ„¢

Judge Dredd Mega City One GameBladesâ„¢

Led Zeppelin Albums Inspired GameBladesâ„¢

Indiana Jones Ramp Decals Mod

Judge Dredd Backboard

Guns 'N Roses - JJP: Lockdown Bar Accents

Guns 'N Roses: 4 Flipper Toppers

Jurassic Park: Ramp & Rail Accents

Addams Family Glass Door Knob

Addams Family Target Decals

Is there something you need ? Email or PM and we would be glad to assist.

https://www.facebook.com/arcooda/

You have seen us showing the Arcooda products at Pinfest, and various exhibitions in Australia. Often, its under prototype testing phase - sometimes with good results (like our VR pinball testing) and other times not so good (testing the Android pinball machine where the motherboard overheated after few hours of play). We really appreciated everyone's support and feedback.

Over these next weeks, information is being released about product development including working with Tencent Gaming, American Pinball, and new information on product releases.

New games for the home market will start arriving into Australia this September.

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https://www.arcade-game-sales.com/news/snk-neo-candy-cabinets-available-in-bulk/569.html

https://www.arcade-game-sales.com/news/bulk-crown-crt-korean-cabinets-now-available/567.html

If you are interested, please contact sales@highwaygames.com

Recently we have been advised by TNT that they have increased the rates for domestic customers with new surcharges. Does anyone have any suggestions for transport options in Australia? If you do, please help to share with us.

Kind regards,

Highway Entertainment

It's fair to say that we were lucky to re-open after the covid scare in South Australia.

Much debt but now there is light at the end of the tunnel.

We are ready to start introducing many of the ideas we had planned prior to covid putting a spanner in the works.

Carpark:

We are well on the way to expanding our car park. Our small car park of 27 cars has restricted our venue to 80 people at any one time. With an extra 60 parks on the way, council has already approved our capacity to 200 occupants when the car park opens.

Pinball Club:

This is something I have wanted to do for many years but not had enough room for many pinball machines. With the new premises, we currently have 14 machines in our unlimited gaming lock-in area, and also another 5 pinball in our pay-per-play area. Planning to create a weekly pinball club (possibly Friday nights) to talk bullshit about your best score, have a few friendly games of doubles, and maybe teach each-other about various rule-sets to hone the skills of the average player. Then once a month have a competition with prizes and trophies. Eventually being IFPA when the restrictions are lifted. Then one step further, hire a bus, do a road trip once a year and visit a few arcades interstate and maybe compete with their local talent.

Competitions:

As well as the pinball comps listed above, there will also be arcade comps of various kinds. We will have to bring back our "blindfolded Mortal Kombat" which has been popular over the years. Battle of the Arcades will come back eventually when the other arcades open without restrictions, and also the monthly "Arcade Wars" with a single game chosen each month and the top 3 scores from each arcade battle it out.

Community Events:

Would love to give back to the community and raise some funds for various organisations out there. Could be lock-ins, sausage sizzles and the like. Always open for ideas.

There are many other ideas like swap meets, piss ups and more which will come about eventually. Would love everyone's feedback.

Let the good times roll (with a silver ball)

MMR Standard Edition $14,500

$50

Just a thought - should we start an Aussie point system for this year ONCE the borders are all open? They could be calculated the same at WPPR, but only apply to Aussie ratings for the ACS next year. What do people think? Venues here are opening up already, and people are free to gather for competitions at homes.

Knocker

Shaker

Spooky Blue Trim

Plastic Protectors

Mirror Blades

$12,990

$18,990 New In Box

Condition Report

Playfield is in excellent condition. It has been Clearcoated

New Decals have been installed on the Cabinet

Plastics are Brand New

Ramps are Brand New

Translite is Brand New

Boards are all great condition

Display is very excellent

LEDS Installed

New Legs added.

New Speaker Panel added

New Topper added

All Electrics are very good

Machine is all working and tested.

Price $6990 Reduced

More photos Here

https://1drv.ms/f/s!Ah44qqzauFxd30CJ8LYieSIK7ivc

I can supply more photos and video.

We can offer a Door to Door service with pickup and delivery with a Specialised courier.

I can assist in the freight of the pinball to all interstates. Freight Charges are Door to Door and are on a Pallet. The pinball Machine will be wrapped and strapped. Pick Up and Inspection Welcome

Sydney $220

Adelaide $210

Brisbane $240

Hobart $350

Perth $390

Darwin $400

Canberra $290

Melbourne Metro $100

Please send me your postcode for an accurate quote. Also please add $75 for a truck with a tail lift if you need one.

Thank for looking

PINMEM

Contact: Oscar

Comes with complete playfield, transformer and wiring.

Condition Report

Playfield looks ok

Cabinet looks very good.

Plastics look ok.

Underneath the playfield looks really good.

More Pictures on the below link.

https://1drv.ms/u/s!Arh3maVEZutTjSua5QLZKDbjA2QQ?e=2nReAz

What you see is what you get, the pictures form the description.

Price $650

We can offer a Door to Door service with pickup and delivery with a Specialised courier.

I can assist in the freight of the pinball to all interstates. Freight Charges are Door to Door and are on a Pallet. The pinball Machine will be wrapped and strapped. Pick Up and Inspection Welcome

Great rates are offered for Depot pick up or to a Business with a forklift.

Sydney $220

Adelaide $210

Brisbane $240

Hobart $350

Perth $390

Darwin $400

Canberra $290

Melbourne Metro $100

Please send me your postcode for an accurate quote. Also please add $75 for a truck with a tail lift if you need one.

About us.

We are one of Australia's largest importers of second hand Pinball Machines. For over 10 years we have been sourcing rare and unique machines from all parts of the world. Business is based in Caroline Springs, Victoria .

Phone. 043521425

Email: oscar@pinmem.com.au

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pinmem

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