Arcade & console restoration · est. 1983

Old games.
New high scores.

We rescue dead cartridges, revive burnt-out CRTs and keep the 8-bit era playable for the next generation. Bring us your broken childhood — we will hand it back with a fresh save battery and a clean screen.

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Cabinet 01 · free play

Brick Breaker

A small warm-up for the reflexes. Clear the wall, keep the ball alive and chase the best score. Controls: ← → or A / D, or drag across the screen. Space launches and pauses.

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Lives3

Level1

Press Start — or hit the space bar — to launch the ball.

Field notes · 1972 → 1994

The hardware that started it

Eight machines that changed how a generation spent its pocket money. We keep working examples of most of them on the bench.

The shelf · demo catalogue

Ten cartridges we keep loaded

A small, personal selection — not a ranking. Filter by format and era to see what is currently sitting in the workshop cabinets.

10 games on the shelf

On the bench

What we actually fix

No museum glass, no “do not touch” signs. Everything that leaves the workshop is meant to be played.

Cartridge rescue

Contact cleaning, reflowing cracked solder joints, dead save batteries swapped for fresh holders, labels stabilised rather than replaced.

CRT calibration

Recapping power boards, fixing geometry and convergence, then dialling in colour against a reference pattern until the scanlines behave.

Cabinet restoration

Joystick and button rebuilds, new T-moulding, control panel overlays reprinted from scans, coin mechs converted to free play.

Collection care

Condition reports, honest appraisals and storage advice for collectors — plus a yearly service plan for machines that still earn their keep.

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Bring us your broken console

Bench slots open every Tuesday. Send a photo of the damage, the model number and a short description of the symptoms — we answer within two working days.