A closer look
When dealing with nearly fifty-year-old electronics, sometimes the solution is basically aggressive culinary science. The printed circuit boards of vintage coin-op cabinets are notorious for developing 'cold solder joints'—microscopic cracks caused by decades of heating and cooling. Instead of painstakingly finding each invisible break, preservationists often chuck the entire motherboard into an oven to precisely melt and reflow the original solder, literally baking classic gaming history back to life.
