4 new ALU's and another TEMPEST survives!

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Special thanks goes out to talon2000, bit slicer, hudson arcade, bungy, daviea, phet, sohchx, kmitche, dj dns, the seller in ny w the control panel, was it jscott i think? and anyone else who has helped me this year to realize my dream of piecing back together a working Tempest. After getting some new alu chips from daviea in the mail today, my Tempest finally came back up to working 100 percent. I will probably be up all night playing it. Thank you all so much, without you guys i never would have gotten her back to life.
 
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I'm surprised that there's not more celebration in this thread.

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That's great man, I hope my own Tempest isn't far behind :)
 
geez, with all this excitement, i think you'd post a pic or two, jim!

He's busy playing Tempest. Remember in King of Kong where Steve Wiebe "neglected" his kids while playing Donkey Kong? I have a feeling the same thing is going to happen at his house this weekend :D
 
He's busy playing Tempest. Remember in King of Kong where Steve Wiebe "neglected" his kids while playing Donkey Kong? I have a feeling the same thing is going to happen at his house this weekend :D

i know. just giving him a little shit. :) i think chrissy's happy i have the ice cold beer in the garage, cause we live in a townhouse/condo and my neighbor lives only on the second story straddling the three garages, and the noise from the games and radio mean i can't play real late at night...
 
Congrats... I just picked up Tempest #5 last night ;)

Can never have too many tempests, but I'll prob end up selling a few...heh.

reminds me of a quote from big enos burdette from smokey and the bandit. -

"Here's my Cadillac That'll leave me
with an even dozen. Good luck, son."
 
I played it till 11:30 and my wife tried the game for her first time and liked it. I have pics but can't get enough time to upload them bc pc is upstairs and i'm downstairs w the kids 90 percent of the time. My daughter will play the game for the first time ever in the next hour! and mark if you have 5 now, we need a pic of THAT!
 
Here are some pics. As you can see, I haven't even bothered to "detail" it yet, and I still can't make up my mind whether or not to swap off the control panel!
 

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And just that quick, she's down again.. HV board sounded like bacon sizzling and a little light show in the cage.. Time to send Bob another order...
 
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