About Orlandu's Arcade
Orlandu's Arcade is a private arcade and working collection in Orange County, California, spread across two rooms: the garage arcade, where the upright cabinets, the pinball row, and the broadcast monitor racks live, and the game room inside the house, home to the candy cab, the cocktail, and the big PVMs. Between them runs a fleet of Sony professional monitors that most video engineers would recognize before most gamers would.
The philosophy here is simple: everything runs. Cabinets get their power supplies rebuilt, pinball machines get their mechs restored, monitors get calibrated the way Sony intended. This isn't a museum behind glass — it's a garage where the CRTs are warm and the high-score initials still get entered.
The name comes from the handle "orlandu81," a long-standing identity across the KLOV / Museum of the Game forums, Arcade-Projects, and eBay. The mascot — a wandering warrior hauling an arcade cabinet on his back — pretty much sums up the lifestyle.
Alongside the collecting there's an active trade in vintage gaming collectibles, arcade hardware, and rare electronics — what's for sale now, and what the arcade is hunting.
Inside the game room one full turn
Contact & links
orlandusarcade@gmail.com
Questions, offers, leads on the wanted list — email is the primary way to reach the arcade.
The store
Vintage gaming collectibles, arcade hardware, and rare electronics.
@orlandusarcade
Shots from the garage arcade, the game room, and the workbench.
orlandu81 on the forums
Long-time member of the KLOV / Museum of the Game community — restorations, want lists, and trades.
orlandu81
Also active on the Arcade-Projects forums — the deep-tech side of cab and PCB life.
Have something from the wanted list, or a question about something for sale? Email orlandusarcade@gmail.com — or reach out via eBay messages or an Instagram DM.
Write to the arcade lands in the same inbox
Questions, offers, a lead on something from the hunt list, or a photo of a mystery board you want identified — this goes straight to the arcade’s email. No account, no mail app needed.
Questions people email the short answers
Is the arcade open to the public? Can I come play?
No, and it is nothing personal. It is a private collection in a home, not a venue — no hours, no tours, no bookings. Everything you see here runs and is on free play; it just runs for the household and its friends. The site is the tour.
Do you buy?
Yes. The hunt list names exactly what — PlayChoice-10 toppers, VS. marquees and cards, Sony BKM input cards, a few consumer CRTs — and professional Sony monitors in general are always of interest. Fair prices paid; email with photos.
Do you sell?
When the collection consolidates, yes. Listings run through eBay and are mirrored on the For Sale page; buying direct by email usually gets a better number, because eBay's fees come out.
Do you ship?
Small things ship, and the eBay listing says how. Big glass and cabinets are local pickup — the advice on this site is drive to a monitor rather than ship it, and that applies to the ones leaving here too. On the buying side, logistics are never the problem.
Do you repair or appraise machines for other people?
Not as a service — the workbench exists for this collection. For a technician near you, the KLOV and Arcade-Projects forums are where the hobby finds them. A question about something documented on this site is always welcome by email.
I found something and don't know what it is. Can you help?
Yes, and it is half the fun. Email a photo of the front, the back and any label. The field guide covers the monitor side; the glossary covers the words.
Can I use your photos?
The photography is copyrighted, so ask first — email with where it is going and how it will be credited. Linking to a page is always fine.
Is any of this for hire — events, filming, photo shoots?
No. It is a home. But if you are writing about the hardware, the site's own pages and the monograph are meant to be cited, and a question by email gets an answer.