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I thought some people might be curious on what it takes to keep these old relics running. Here is my overview of what I have had to do to each machine.


1) Baby PacMan --------> Replace a few rubber rings. Replace cpo. Adjust several leaf switches. Replace SCR. Replace 2 diodes. Cap kit.

2) Space Invaders pin -> Replace a few burnt connectors and scrs. Replace one flipper solenoid.

3) Batman Pinball ------> Replace a few driver transistors, burnt connectors, fixed flugenhiem, and replace tons of bulbs and rubber rings. Rebuild flippers.  Replace ball shooter rod. Replace main batman ramp.

4) Race Drivin  ---------> Replace power supply. Replace bad ram chip on sound board. Replace Zrams. Upgrade Roms to 2.4. Replace marquee light.

5) Steel Talons -----------> Adjust power supply, reinstall neckboard to monitor, resolder wire to joystick button. Replace wire in right joystick. Replace zrams.

6) San Franciso Rush -----------> No repairs.

7) Area 51 ---------> Upgrade roms and hard drive to add Maximum Force.

8) Asteroids --------------> Replace 7406 inverter chip at n9. Install hiscore save kit.

9) Spy Hunter -----------> Replace side art. Buy/install main pcb set. Fix steering switches. Replace marquee bulb and starter. Replace gas pedal potentiometer. Repaint front of cab. Switch power supply over to a switching style. Replace monitor chassis.

10) MAME Cab ------------> Build mame cpu (several revisions). Mount vga/arcade monitor. Add flipper buttons and other custom options. Install sideart and marquee. Replace power switch.  Convert to I-Pac interface.

11) Centipede ------------> Replace marquee bulb, starter, and ballast. Cap kit in monitor.  Replace C511. Replace C511 again.

12) STUN Runner --------> Replaced bad ram chip on spare adsp board of spare pcb set.

13) Space Invaders ------> Replace a couple of op amps (fixed the laser shot sound).  Replace one ram chip. Reflow bad solder joints. 

14) Virtual Fighter --------> Replace side art. Replace power supply. Fix monitor.

15) Tron ----------------------> Replace side art, cpo, and marquee. Build mame cpu. Replace monitor chassis. Replace all marquee bulbs and starters. Convert to I-pac interface.  Add video amplifer.

16) Primal Rage ------------> No repairs.

17) Galaga-------------------> Replace overlay. Replace monitor chassis. Reseat IC's. Rebuild power connector.  Replace C511

18) Twilight Zone Pinball---> Replace bad chip on CPU. Replace bad chip on Opto board. Realign one solenoid. Replace about 10 burnt bulbs. Replace rubber rings. Replace Powerball. Replace pinballs. tighten screws on diverter soleniod. Add gumballs and additional flashers.  Replace a few coil sleeves. 

19) Track and Field-----------> Cap kit on monitor, replace plug end. Replace sideart. Replace CPO. Add cab corners. Paint cabinet.

20) Frogger-------------------> Replace monitor and monitor bezel.  Add side art.  Add hiscore kit.

21) Qix  -----------------------> No repairs.

22) Pac-Man --------------> Rebuild monitor chassis. Replaces player start buttons. Reseat satelite pcbs. Remove pacman plus kit and convert it back to Pac-Man.  Added Hi-score save kit.

23) Haunted House Pinball-----> Replace secret passage plastic. Replace one post rubber. Replace pinball. Replace VUK in cellar. Replace o-rings. Replace pinball. Fix three transistors on lamp driver.

24) Comet Pinball-------------> Replace 2 score displays. Replace EOS switch. Replace o-rings. Replace pinball. Repair power supply (bad capacitor). Replace most of the lightbulbs. Replace flipper bat. Rebuild one pop bumper. Replace power switch. Rebuild flippers. Rebuild exit ramp. Replace slingshot solinoid.

25) Battlezone----------------> Replace voltage regulator. Replace opamp. Reseat all chips and cables. Reflow solder on connector pins. Replace centering grommets on controls.  Add hiscore save kit.  Add original step to front of cabinet.

26) Lunar Lander--------------> Replace coin door light bulb. Replace flouresent starter. Replace CPU.

27) Black Hole pinball--------> Fix several broken connections. Replace missing power supply. Replace pinballs, burnt lamps, speech IC and o-rings. Replace missing lane guide plastic. Replace backglass motor.  Add missing assembly to lower playfield. Upgraded ground system. Replace three transistors. 

28) Qbert--------------------> Replace one IC due to battery acid damage.  Repair 3 bad traces.  Rebuild 5 volt section of power supply. Add hiscore save modification.  Relflow cracked solder joints.

29) Tempest----------------->  Replace main pcb, Replace several components in HV section of monitor. Add multigame kit.

30)  Sprint 1------------------->PCB was sent off for repair.  A custom chip was replaced and several capacitors.

31) Time Traveler-------------->Replace wooden blocks on stage. Add holosseum mulitkit to cabinet. Repair TV damage due to shipping.  Replace belt on laser disc player.  Bought extra laser disc player.  Fixed player door. Replace player eject belt.

32) Apollo 13 Pinball--------->No repairs.

33)  Dracula Pinball -----------> No repairs. 

34) Missle Command ------------> Add Hi-score kit. Replace 19 inch monitor with 25 inch monitor.

35) Megatouch Maxx Emerald 2 -> Replace power supply fan, cpu fan, and main fans.  Reset CMOS settings. Upgrade to Saphire 2.

36) Dragon's Lair 2 -------------> Bought extra laser disc player.  Cap kit. Replace player ejection belt.

37) Dragon's Lair ---------------> No repairs. Swap picture tube out with one with no screen burn.

38) Space Ace ------------------> Replace tube. Cap kit. Replace caps and resistor on laser disc player.  Clean optics and mirrors on laser disc player.  Converted over to Hi-tech/sony lasermax player.

39) Defender --------------------> Swap out picture tube with one with no screen burn.

40) Blasteroids ------------------> No repairs.

41) Ms. Pacman -----------------> remove speed up chip.

42) Burgertime ------------------> adjust power supply. Replace picture tube with one with no screen burn.

43) Spirit of 76 pinball ---------> Replace O-rings, clean contact points, replace all bulbs.

44) Donkey Kong ----------------> Convert from Donkey Kong 3 to Donkey Kong. Replace T-molding. Cap kit for monitor and sound pcb.

45) Star Wars Episode 1 --------> Replace Newton ball, rubbers, pinballs. Fix Pop bumper, fix lightsaber, fix switch matrix. Upgrade software. Replace monitor. Add video amplifier.

46) Revenge from Mars ----------> Replace missing computer. Fix monitor. Update software. Replace rubbers and ball. Add video amplifier.

47) Kiss pinball -------------------> Fix cold solder joint. Swap out playfield. Replace SCR.

48) Space Duel -------------------> No repairs. 

49) Star Wars ---------------------> Buy working pcb set. Buy working deflection pcb.  Add multigame kit.

50) Indiana Jones pinball ------> Complete shop job. Rebuild all flippers. Upgrade roms.

51) Bad Cats pinball -------------> Replace O-rings.

51) Police Force pinball --------->Complete shop job.