Blocks Turtle

Blocks Turtle

@blocksturtle.bsky.social

I have a youtube channel where I am an idiot: https://youtube.com/@thehappyhouse

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Arcade Update: I just re-capped the Wells-Gardner K4600 monitor in my P-47 arcade cabinet. The monitor looked good before, but it's actually a bit sharper now. I thought I broke it for a minute, but it turned out I just needed to set the new black level potentiometer.

Arcade note: my P47 cabinet had 7341 plays as a Berzerk, earning only $1835.25. It was converted to P47 sometime between 12/28/88 and 7/1/89 by General Leisure Corporation, Portland OR 503-256-3930 It was operated in Salem, OR for 1 year before being either sold to a private owner or warehoused.

Here's the control panel on my new arcade cabinet after I got it all cleaned up. Before I cleaned it up many of the bolts were black-ish from rust. I polished them up, but I liked the dark color better, so I decided to paint them black.

It was fully working when I bought it, but I've done some work: Removed tax receipt from front of cabinet. Filled some screw holes Repainted the front panel. Cleaned the coin door and installed lights Replaced marquee light Disassembled and cleaned control panel Replaced power cord 1/2

2/2 Installed new locks Re-hung the back door, which is from a different game, possibly nintendo Reinstalled P47 PCB, as the previous owner had installed an elf 138-in-1 board I like the multi kit, but it has some flaws and some of the games don't play well. Any thoughts on silver t-molding?

I've been playing Populous on the SNES, and mostly enjoying it, except for the levels where they don't let you do any building. For a frustrating time, use password: SH2D24LD. Only took me about 2 hours of letting my mana slowly charge to finish the stage. Sheesh!

Dear Home Depot, The 5 gallon bucket that I've left out in the sun for the last 3 years, which was obtained for free at an event, has started to fade. I would like a refund. Thanks for your attention to this matter.

I swear, the only people that follow me only did so in hopes that I would follow them back. Though, if all you post are political reposts, then there's no way I'm gonna follow you back, lol.

I stripped all the black paint off of something today thinking it was chrome underneath, only to realize that it was just 2 layers of black paint on bare metal. I guess I'll paint it black again...

Just once, I want to see this interaction during congressional questioning: "Mr. Jones, Isn't it true that you totally suck ass?" "Congressman, there are many people who would attest to my qualifications and likeability." "Let me remind you that it's a felony to lie under oath!"

I finally have a copy of Tail 'Gator for Gameboy! I'd been wanting this one on my collection for a while. This copy had some red pen marks on the label, but luckily this is one of the GB carts that has a laminated label, so I was able to clean it off without damaging the label.

How come everyone thinks it's so magical how a how a caterpillar rurns into a butterfly 🦋, but doesn't give a shit about how a maggot turns into a fly? It's the exact same thing!