# Orlandu's Arcade

> A private arcade and working collection in Orange County, California: arcade cabinets, pinball
> machines, RGB-modded retro consoles, and a fleet of Sony professional broadcast monitors
> (PVM, BVM, LMD). Everything runs — cabinets get their power supplies rebuilt, pinball mechs
> get restored, and monitors get calibrated the way Sony intended. Run by "orlandu81", a
> long-standing identity on the KLOV / Museum of the Game and Arcade-Projects forums.

## For agents

- [Full text in one file](https://www.orlandu.com/llms-full.txt): every page as Markdown, about 76,000 words.
- [MCP server](https://www.orlandu.com/api/mcp): read-only tools — search the site, read a page, Sony monitor specs, the PlayChoice-10 library, console video out. How to connect: https://www.orlandu.com/mcp.html
- [Open datasets, CC BY 4.0](https://www.orlandu.com/mcp.html#the-datasets): sony-monitor-specs, playchoice-10-library, console-video-out, bkm-cards as JSON and CSV under https://www.orlandu.com/data/

## The collection

- [Coin-Op Games](https://www.orlandu.com/games.html): arcade cabinets, the pinball row, and the game room.
- [The Monitor Fleet](https://www.orlandu.com/monitors.html): the Sony PVM, BVM and LMD roster, model by model.
- [Sony PVM-2950Q](https://www.orlandu.com/pvm-2950q.html): the 29-inch Super Trinitron production monitor — profile, inputs, work log.
- [Sony PVM-20L5](https://www.orlandu.com/pvm-20l5.html): the multiformat 20-inch PVM — profile, inputs, work log.
- [Sony BVM-20E1U](https://www.orlandu.com/bvm-20e1u.html): the 1000-TVL 20-inch broadcast monitor — profile, cards, work log.
- [Sony BVM-A14F5U](https://www.orlandu.com/bvm-a14f5u.html): the last-generation 14-inch BVM — profile, cards, work log.
- [The LMD wall](https://www.orlandu.com/lmd-wall.html): the four LMD models and nine units behind the tubes.
- [The Consoles](https://www.orlandu.com/consoles.html): Nintendo, Sega, NEC and Sony hardware, nearly all of it RGB-ready.
- [NES Top Loader](https://www.orlandu.com/nes-top-loader.html): the NES-101 with an NESRGB board — profile, signal path, work log.
- [Nintendo 64](https://www.orlandu.com/nintendo-64.html): the RGB-modded N64 — profile, signal path, work log.
- [Game Boy Advance SP](https://www.orlandu.com/gba-sp.html): the cobalt Game Boy Advance SP with an IPS screen — profile and work log.
- [Genesis CDX](https://www.orlandu.com/genesis-cdx.html): the Genesis/Sega CD combo, serviced with a new laser — profile, signal path, work log.
- [PC Engine Duo-R](https://www.orlandu.com/pc-engine-duo-r.html): the Japanese Duo-R with region and RGB mods — profile, signal path, work log.
- [PlayStation 2 Slim](https://www.orlandu.com/ps2-slim.html): the slim PS2 on a MemCard Pro 2, feeding the LMD wall — profile and signal path.
- [The Signage Wall](https://www.orlandu.com/signage.html): Nintendo retail signage, nineteen original PlayChoice-10 arcade toppers, and eighteen VS. instruction cards.
- [The PlayChoice-10 Cart Wall](https://www.orlandu.com/playchoice-10.html): fifty-two PlayChoice-10 game boards photographed board by board, plus ten conversions and custom builds with the story of each.
- [The Strategy Guide Shelf](https://www.orlandu.com/guide-shelf.html): twenty-one official Nintendo Player's Guides, photographed cover by cover.
- [The Spinning Top Wall](https://www.orlandu.com/spinning-tops.html): Foreverspin spinning tops photographed off their bases, labeled metal by metal, plus the mystery tops and limited editions.
- [Gallery](https://www.orlandu.com/gallery.html): photos and video from the garage arcade and the game room.

## Machines

- [Big Blue](https://www.orlandu.com/big-blue.html): a Dynamo showcase cabinet running a Darksoft CPS-2 multi in a Jasen's Customs case.
- [The Mini Cute](https://www.orlandu.com/mini-cute.html): Capcom's smallest candy cab, running CPS1 on a Darksoft multi.
- [The Red Tent](https://www.orlandu.com/red-tent.html): Nintendo's VS. DualSystem cocktail, and the restoration behind it.
- [Nintendo VS. UniSystem](https://www.orlandu.com/vs-unisystem.html)
- [Donkey Kong](https://www.orlandu.com/donkey-kong.html): the blue plywood upright made in Japan.
- [Mario Bros. Widebody](https://www.orlandu.com/mario-bros.html)
- [Indiana Jones: The Pinball Adventure](https://www.orlandu.com/indiana-jones.html) (Williams)
- [Total Nuclear Annihilation](https://www.orlandu.com/tna.html) (Spooky Pinball)
- [Ghostbusters Premium](https://www.orlandu.com/ghostbusters.html) (Stern)
- [Rick and Morty Blood Sucker Edition](https://www.orlandu.com/rick-and-morty.html) (Spooky Pinball)

## Writing

- [Stories index](https://www.orlandu.com/stories.html)
- [Sony AMS-100: A Technical Monograph](https://www.orlandu.com/ams-100-monograph.html): the first documentation of Sony's AMS-100 audio monitor speaker and its BKAM option boards — design, registry of documented units, service internals, and market record.
- [Ancestor and Descendant](https://www.orlandu.com/ams-3-vs-ams-100.html): Sony's AMS-3 and AMS-100 audio monitors compared.
- [Trinitron Fleet, Vol. 1](https://www.orlandu.com/trinitron-fleet-vol1.html): a field guide to the Sony pro monitors here.
- [The Signal Chain](https://www.orlandu.com/signal-chain.html): how the consoles reach the glass — SCART switchers, BNC runs, a distribution amp, and no scaler.
- [How to Connect a Retro Console to a Sony PVM or BVM](https://www.orlandu.com/connect-console-to-pvm.html): the RGB cable, the switcher, the SCART to 4 BNC breakout, sync, termination and audio — step by step, no scaler.
- [PVM vs. BVM](https://www.orlandu.com/pvm-vs-bvm.html): how Sony's professional monitor lines differ.
- [Sony BKM Cards: Which Card Fits Which BVM or PVM](https://www.orlandu.com/bkm-cards.html): every Sony BKM option card for the CRT-era BVM and PVM lines — function, which chassis it fits, installation rules, controllers; sourced to Sony's manuals; open dataset.
- [How to Spot Professional Glass in the Wild](https://www.orlandu.com/crt-field-guide.html): recognizing a Sony professional monitor in a thrift store or surplus auction.
- [PVM-20L5 buying guide](https://www.orlandu.com/pvm-20l5-buying-guide.html): what to check before buying one, what to pay, and why not to ship it.
- [VS. Super Mario Bros.](https://www.orlandu.com/vs-smb.html): why the arcade version is harder than the NES game.
- [The Orlandu 100](https://www.orlandu.com/orlandu-100.html): a hundred favorite films ranked by head-to-head duel, with Rotten Tomatoes scores, the outliers this list defends, and the method behind the order. Not about the arcade.
- [The Orlandu 50](https://www.orlandu.com/orlandu-50-games.html): fifty favorite console games ranked by head-to-head duel, admitted only if they were actually finished, plus the ten that were not. Not about the arcade.
- [Projects](https://www.orlandu.com/projects.html): the bench log — what's being repaired right now.
- [Timeline](https://www.orlandu.com/timeline.html): every machine, console and monitor plotted by release year.
- [Glossary](https://www.orlandu.com/glossary.html): the arcade and broadcast vocabulary the site uses — JAMMA, CPO, candy cab, NOS, RGB, 240p, SCART, BNC, BKM, TVL, multiscan.

## Trading

- [For Sale](https://www.orlandu.com/forsale.html): monitors, arcade hardware and collectibles currently listed.
- [Wanted](https://www.orlandu.com/wanted.html): PlayChoice-10 toppers, VS. marquees, Sony BKM input cards, consumer CRTs.
- [About and contact](https://www.orlandu.com/about.html): orlandusarcade@gmail.com
- [FAQ](https://www.orlandu.com/about.html#faq): not open to the public; buys and sells; no repairs for hire; ask before reusing photos.