Arcade Repair Masterclass
Classic full-size cabinets and game boards, arcade CRT monitors, and modern LCD/computer-based systems. Learn to identify the installed hardware, explain faults and prepare a documented repair plan.
Classic Arcade Cabinet & Board Repair
Pac-Man, Ms. Pac-Man and related cabinet systems: identification, power architecture, logic, controls, coin inputs and sound.
System map and practical route
Original conceptual block diagram. Connector assignments, voltage limits and service procedures must come from the exact model manual.
Begin with the two free previews. Work through the mini courses, keep a repair-planning portfolio, then submit the capstone worksheet for qualified review. Quizzes record written learning only.
Identity & Restoration Planning
Four focused lessons with original diagnostic cases, Q&A, checks and printable planning worksheets.
4 lessons • included in this full track and the complete program
Open mini course →View price & enrollPower, Harnesses & Compatibility
Four focused lessons with original diagnostic cases, Q&A, checks and printable planning worksheets.
4 lessons • included in this full track and the complete program
Open mini course →View price & enrollPac-Man Logic & Board Diagnosis
Four focused lessons with original diagnostic cases, Q&A, checks and printable planning worksheets.
4 lessons • included in this full track and the complete program
Open mini course →View price & enrollControls, Audio & Classic Capstone
Four focused lessons with original diagnostic cases, Q&A, checks and printable planning worksheets.
4 lessons • included in this full track and the complete program
Open mini course →View price & enrollFind an arcade lesson, symptom or question
Search titles and learner questions. Lesson access follows your existing mini-course, full-track or complete-program purchase.
- Free preview: Identify the cabinet before buying partsIdentity & Restoration Planning • Free sample
- Read schematics as connected subsystemsIdentity & Restoration Planning • Included lesson
- Safe intake and prerequisite gateIdentity & Restoration Planning • Included lesson
- Free preview: Restoration versus conversion planningIdentity & Restoration Planning • Free sample
- Power architecture: original Pac-Man versus conversionsPower, Harnesses & Compatibility • Included lesson
- Low-voltage evidence and connector voltage dropPower, Harnesses & Compatibility • Included lesson
- Fuses, connectors and intermittent startupPower, Harnesses & Compatibility • Included lesson
- Board connectors, adapters and non-JAMMA systemsPower, Harnesses & Compatibility • Included lesson
- Pac-Man startup: power, clock and reset reasoningPac-Man Logic & Board Diagnosis • Included lesson
- Ms. Pac-Man daughterboards and ribbon connectionsPac-Man Logic & Board Diagnosis • Included lesson
- ROM, RAM, sockets and checksum evidencePac-Man Logic & Board Diagnosis • Included lesson
- Graphics faults and logic repair boundariesPac-Man Logic & Board Diagnosis • Included lesson
- Four-way controls, switches and game feelControls, Audio & Classic Capstone • Included lesson
- Coin mechanisms, credits and service inputsControls, Audio & Classic Capstone • Included lesson
- Sound diagnosis: signal, amplifier and speakerControls, Audio & Classic Capstone • Included lesson
- Classic cabinet capstone: restoration handoverControls, Audio & Classic Capstone • Included lesson
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Graphics faults and logic repair boundaries
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Investigate graphics data and logic before assuming a monitor geometry fault.
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