u/CraigLearmont

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8 Bit Roundup 2026 - Calgary Stampede

Well, just like last year, we are running a HUGE pop-up arcade at the Calgary Stampede. Except THIS year, it’s bigger and better!! We have over 100 arcade games and over 80 pinball games. There are EM Gottlieb pinballs from 1976 all the way up to brand new Stern selections like Pokemon ready to play!! We also have a MASSIVE selection of arcade machines (cocktails and uprights) from 1978 - Space Invaders all the way up to 90s classics like House of the Dead, Gauntlet Legends and Daytona USA 2. We also gave Golden Tee Fore! Complete from 2006. We’re super pumped about our 90s corner which includes Killer Instinct, Tekken Tag Tournament, Street Fighter Alpha 3, NBA Jam to name a few! We also have Konami classics like X-Men, Simpsons, TMNT, TMNT 2: Turtles in Time, Sunset Riders. We have 80s classics like Pac Man, Galaga, Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Jr, Berzerk, Gauntlet, and a super cool selection of vectors like Asteroids, Star Castle, Space Duel, Black Widow, Tempest AND Star Wars!! We’re also incredibly stoked to have a Cinematronics DRAGON’S LAIR, which is probably the coolest game here!!! We’re located in the lower level of the Big Four building. Come check out what is one of the biggest arcade events in Canada while you’re here!!

u/CraigLearmont — 1 day ago
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Defender restoration

I got an empty Defender cabinet from a friend about three years ago. It only had a 4900 tube with nothing else. I secured the green Gamma-1 pcb, it’s an older multi-williams, but it also had Moon Patrol! I found a multi control panel, and installed an LED marquee light, multi-Williams harness, and I took the power supply and ISO from an old Star Rider cabinet I found a few years back. The 4900 CRT had lots of burn from other games, but it was rebuilt and looks AMAZING!! I also have a new set of red T molding ready to install. Will be putting a regular control panel on for public use, and looking forward to buttoning up this classic this week.

u/CraigLearmont — 29 days ago
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Golden Tee Fore! Complete

After a couple of years, I finally managed to restore TWO Golden Tee Fore! Complete cabinets. One has a rebuilt 27” medium res CRT, the other got a 4:3 Unico with an 8200 HDMI encoder. One is using the original hard drive, the other has the Compact Flash adapter. They both have the toppers, and I installed LED marquee lights in both. Everything works, these will both be on location in Calgary in the next month. Very excited about these!!

u/CraigLearmont — 1 month ago
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Widebody Mario Bros restoration

Acquired an original 1983 Widebody Mario Bros cabinet. Installed new T-molding, LED marquee light, new filter cap for the EZ20 (the old cap was weak, the screen would do a weird flag waving thing), cleaned joysticks, new buttons, control panel overlay, and an external audio amplifier. Beautiful survivor, cab is in good shape, side art is ok, and wow this game is way more fun than I remember!!

u/CraigLearmont — 1 month ago