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Upgraded my project Arena, Lightning have a friend now.
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A bit of cleanup yesterday, trying to change the vibe up.

- Brought Spy Hunter downstairs. Christ... heavy beast.
- Brought Lectronamo downstairs for repair for a customer. Needs updating and a good tune-up.
- Tore into my uncle's Laser Ball. The machine was in a basement flood and I need to go over it all. It actually survived well physically, but the electronics didn't like the moisture.

The Spy Hunter has Road Riot 4WD in it. I have everyhting to restore it. But I did get Road Riot to run... so... I do have a cabinet I can transfer the Road Riot gear into. A Jaleco Big Run, that is dead. Road Riot is a fun little driving game. Would be worth saving the gear.

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Picked up a second Incredible Hulk......why??

Because I can't say no????
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finally dug out the beast to attempt once again to get it up & running!
The Beast
The Beast
Finally got it to boot - dead coil on one of the Game Relays. Huzzah!
Wired up a temporary control panel until my Wood Guy make me a new one. Busy tracking down little gremlins, cleaning & gapping switches, rebuilt the score reels, etc.
The Running Man
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Unit works great! Replaced most of the headless players with players from a donor Running Unit. Will have to try printing up new ones. The background also needs some love.

Beautiful machine... eventually. :thumbup
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ooooooooh that's going to be nice
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Trucking right along...

Reprinted playfield figures & applied with glue stick. Next will be replacing the background.
Headless No More...
Headless No More...
Upgraded Batting Unit with more robust version from donor machine
Batter Up!
Batter Up!
Larger hole drilled into playfield to accommodate the beefier unit. Added Speed Control for the bat & even saved the label. :)
Swing & a Hit
Swing & a Hit
Bat looks great. Added a Handle for lifting the playfield. My Wood Guy has made wooden bats for me to tinker with.

Fully working & playable. Now for the ascet... asthethic... the looks. :D
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Xylog wrote: Fri Nov 29, 2024 11:23 am Trucking right along...

Reprinted playfield figures & applied with glue stick. Next will be replacing the background.

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Upgraded Batting Unit with more robust version from donor machine

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Larger hole drilled into playfield to accommodate the beefier unit. Added Speed Control for the bat & even saved the label. :)

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Bat looks great. Added a Handle for lifting the playfield. My Wood Guy has made wooden bats for me to tinker with.

Fully working & playable. Now for the ascet... asthethic... the looks. :D
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Received my Black Friday gift, to me from me :D

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Belle prise Bruno, WOWWWW😍
Paragon, Evel knievel,Xenon , Cleopatra (em), Barracora, Fathom (project) Cab. Taito/Qix , Defender cocktail and rock ola jukebox




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Had an issue with SWE1 where I noticed the coin door and start button lights weren't turning on anymore, and was getting a warning that a fuse F111 Lamp Matrix A was blown when going into the service menu.

Pulled the playfield out of the cabinet while still being connected (Pin 2k is so amazing), and the led beside F111 was off. Swapped fuse, instant burn again. Disconnected the Lamp Matrix, and the fuse burned up again, so issue is on the power driver board.

Pulled out the power driver board, and two of the big power rectifying diodes right after F111 were shorted. lifting a leg on each of them identified the shorted one. Didn't have them on hand, so once I received my Digikey order, put in a new diode, and a new fuse, and redid a whole bunch of cold looking solder joints, and game was fixed.

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Forgot to mention I had to remove this hairy thing before I could start working. This information may be useful to someone else.
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mdeslaur wrote: Thu Dec 05, 2024 8:18 am(Pin 2k is so amazing)
it sucks big time and killed Williams. Don't even try.
LF: COLOR VECTOR monitor, shmups or any PCB, specifically Namco System 1 (Pacmania), let me know what you have!

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Mrhide wrote: Thu Dec 05, 2024 10:03 am
mdeslaur wrote: Thu Dec 05, 2024 8:18 am(Pin 2k is so amazing)
it sucks big time and killed Williams. Don't even try.
Hah, it wasn't what killed Williams, nice try though. :)

I was referring to the whole slew of innovations that went on during that time period that got added to pin2k, including some that haven't been used since, for example the little flap that prevents the balls from dumping out when you lift the playfield. A lot of thought went into improving serviceability. Having the machine tell you what incandescent bulbs were burned out, putting leds beside fuses to show at a glance which ones were open, having a bracket on the open coin door to rest the playfield, t-modling on the front of the cabinet where the playfield scrapes along, adding an extra lock so that locations can take off the glass to remove a stuck ball without having access to the coin box, displaying an image of the playfield to show you where a stuck switch is located, standard ethernet networking for tournaments and leaderboards, a planned barcode reader to identify tournament players, being able to use the translite as a temporary mirrored glass when servicing the playfield, being able to install game updates in the field without swapping roms, etc.

Whether or not you like the two games that ultimately came out, there's no denying a lot of innovation went into them.

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No different than the first games of every new controller generation. They got better as they learned how to get the most out of the systems (SS, SYS 6, SYS11, WPC)
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fair enough ;) totally.




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Fixed up another one today. New flipper assemblies, some board work, installed LEDs on GI. Still need to install some new connectors on power supply, and shop it out but otherwise now plays great.

Space is a premium, so this one sadly has to go. Will be asking 1500, if anyone is wondering.
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Also progressing on 2 mame builds, and Cait's World Series. And rebuilding 2 monitors for fun.

Lol busy busy...

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I'm super hyped for World's Series!
With my recent selling, I've made some strides in getting my gameroon to my next ideal lineup, and World's Series is certainly part of that ideal lineup. Most extraneous games will be gone by the new year. Then I think I have three more things to sell, like the 21 slot machine trade stimulator, a 1950s Japanese smart ball, and a very old restored pachinko.
A few more items still to be fixed, and there's one more trade stimulator I'm looking to buy. After that maybe I can get serious about saving up for a Godzilla pro? One day
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Started to do a much needed cleanup on Elektra.

Installed a missing plastic on Lightning.
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I, am Dracula... (and you're not!)

Pinball machines I have owned

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Cleanup is almost finished, the window is still clear after all !
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cait001 wrote: Sun Dec 22, 2024 1:50 pm I'm super hyped for World's Series!
Looks like fun baseball!
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... but you might consider upgrading to the computeristic version like I did. 8-)
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OTTOgd wrote: Tue Dec 24, 2024 3:36 am
cait001 wrote: Sun Dec 22, 2024 1:50 pm I'm super hyped for World's Series!
Looks like fun baseball!

Century-Industries_World-Series_1975.png

... but you might consider upgrading to the computeristic version like I did. 8-)

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For your consideration: the 1930s Japanese Corinthian version of World's Series where the marbles mechanically progress on the bases :)
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Going to update/link dump on everything that's been happening since Expo.

I've been slowed by health issues but my eremeka project is still being refined, growing slowly, and continues to be awesome. Now over 4900 entries.
https://earlyarcadesjapan.blogspot.com/ ... ction.html

I wrote about my home arcade and things moving in and out. I'm happy that I have conceived of what the final setup in my space is going to look like. A few more things are desired, a few more things will go, and a few things need to be fixed / upgraded to better copies.
http://pinballnovice.blogspot.com/2024/ ... rcade.html


I'm going to try and start documenting more rare machines on my blog, to help preserve their information.

1949 Skill Bowl by Allied
& 1925 Hinge Pin Alley by Hinge Pin Alley Company
http://pinballnovice.blogspot.com/2024/ ... llied.html

Hot-Shot, Discotelle, Marbelous: obscure 1930s games
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Arcade explorations! One of my favourite things to assemble.

波止場の賭博師 (1963) aka Hatoba no tobakushi (The Wharf Gambler)
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投げたダイスが明日を呼ぶ (1965) aka Nageta dice ga asu o yobu (The dice you throw calls tomorrow)
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ネオン太平記 (1968) aka Neon Taiheiki
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Scans! I love preserving arcade ephemera.

Canadian Coin Box 1986-02 1986-06 1986-08 1986-09 1990-04/05 1992-07/08
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Coin Journal 1989-07 1992-07 1992-08 1996-02supplement 1996-08 1996-09 1997-03, Amusement Sangyo 1992-07 1992-08 1992-09 1992-10 1992-12 1993-01
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12 eremeka flyers
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1960s Japanese arcade flyers
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Amusement Sangyo 1975-05 & Computopia 1968-01
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Pacific Coin Machine Review first half of 1936
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schematics from 2 Taito games: 1975 Speed Race Deluxe - スピードレースデラックス & 1976 Speed Race Twin - スピードレースツイン
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Japanese game flyers (1966-1971)
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parts catalogs from Sega, Chicago Coin, and Bally
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Canadian Coin Box issue from 1948-1951, 1959, 1965
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Mike Munves catalogs
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Ordered some parts for my Storm23 Lightning upgrade (Arduino, WAV trigger board, connectors).

Since I could not get my hands on an already built kit I have decided to build it myself.

The pcb and some others parts will be on their way soon as well.
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Fixed my weird al and final resistance P3 modules - both had minor issues. Heist still needs attention but otherwise all is running.
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Jurassic Park LE (#449)
JAWS Premium
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MultiMorphic P3 with all modules except Lexy Lightspeed
Star Wars Prem
Star Trek the Next Generation

JUKES
Seeburg STD2 Entertainer - Converted to MP3 while retaining the original look and feel. *FOR SALE - $500
NSM Emerald Ice CD(100) wall hanger juke. *FOR SALE - $1400

Gone but not forgotten
So many... Lexy Lightspeed, Recel Lady Luck, Gtb Pro-Football, CCrLE, WOZ ECLE, Stern POTC, Star Trek Pro, MMrRE, Stranger Things LE, Dr Who, RFM, SWEP1, Road Show, Monster Bash, Twilight Zone, Lord of the Rings, Simpsons Pinball Party, Demolition Man, Terminator 2, Funhouse, Tales from the Crypt, High Speed, Bad Cats, Flintstones, WWF Royal Rumble, Laser War, Laser Ball, Silver Slugger, Batman Forever, Pinbot, 6 Million Dollar Man, Galaxy, Meteor, Countdown, Hot Tip(SS), and others I just can't think of lol.

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On the weekend I finally started working on 2 of Cait's Arrangeballs that I've been waiting for some free time to tackle. Simple 1970's relay circuits (EM) but still challenging as there are no schematics. They often re-purposed PCBs and everything is hand built/wired. One of the basket case PCBs I am working on has 3 breaks that were re-glued/stitched and a grafted motor PCB that was just cut from something else and glued on lol. Would love to post pics but I am finally running into the same issue many others have. Server error when I upload regular/plain JPGs.
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Labyrinth (#21)
Jurassic Park LE (#449)
JAWS Premium
Scooby Doo CE (#141)
Looney Tunes CE (#086)
MultiMorphic P3 with all modules except Lexy Lightspeed
Star Wars Prem
Star Trek the Next Generation

JUKES
Seeburg STD2 Entertainer - Converted to MP3 while retaining the original look and feel. *FOR SALE - $500
NSM Emerald Ice CD(100) wall hanger juke. *FOR SALE - $1400

Gone but not forgotten
So many... Lexy Lightspeed, Recel Lady Luck, Gtb Pro-Football, CCrLE, WOZ ECLE, Stern POTC, Star Trek Pro, MMrRE, Stranger Things LE, Dr Who, RFM, SWEP1, Road Show, Monster Bash, Twilight Zone, Lord of the Rings, Simpsons Pinball Party, Demolition Man, Terminator 2, Funhouse, Tales from the Crypt, High Speed, Bad Cats, Flintstones, WWF Royal Rumble, Laser War, Laser Ball, Silver Slugger, Batman Forever, Pinbot, 6 Million Dollar Man, Galaxy, Meteor, Countdown, Hot Tip(SS), and others I just can't think of lol.

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