#ARCADE MAJOR HAVOC ROLLER PLUS#
In 2003 (before RAM Controls existed), David was able to acquire all of the remaining tooling which was originally owned and used by Atari for pretty much all of the plastic items they ever made, plus a few of the aluminum extrusion items. He's had extensive experience as a repair tech and has amassed an amazing cache of parts and documentation. David has been an arcade game collector since before most people realized you could even collect them. His dad, a design engineer by trade, was often sought after by the Atari executives to handle contract work related to controller design and circuit analysis. As a child, he was afforded the opportunity of having access to Atari from the inside which gives him a unique perspective.
The prior owner of RAM Controls, David Adams, has a lengthy history in the arcade industry. For now, it is preserved here, but should not be taken as fact.įounded in 2005, RAM Controls is an arcade parts supplier that specializes in manufacturing reproduction controllers and parts for classic arcade games. The text below was written by "Dave" as a history of RAM Controls, but we now know that much of it is false. There is much more to the story than has been written above and hopefully I will get a chance to flesh things out a bit more, but in the meantime interested parties are referred to the ongoing discussion in a dedicated forum over at KLOV, which contains all of the lies, revelations and information about legal actions proceeding against the perpertrators. There are are other players floating around the periphery of this scam maelstrom, including Errol Mihalik. It turns out that "Dan" is actually Jim Bloomquist, a long-time associate of Adam Judd, who knew Adam's true identity, yet continued the deception, as well as adding a new deception about his own identity and his relationship with RAM Controls. "Dan" shipped out new orders and filled some of the outstanding orders (sometimes with different parts). In the Spring of 2011, "Dan Johnson" took over RAM Controls, purportedly to recoup monies owed to him by "David Adams". It turns out that those detractors were correct - "Dave Adams" is actually a con-man called Adam Judd (aka Adam Starr and David Adams). "Dave" had partially placated some members of the community by giving away parts, although this did not satisfy the more fervent detractors. The dollar amounts of the unfulfilled transactions had surpassed $25,000. Previously, there were problems with delays, orders not being filled, monies not being repaid and borrowed parts not being returned. As of Summer 2011, new information has come to light about RAM Controls.
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