Brand New NEVER USED Sega Star Trek

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Well, I didn't believe it until I saw it, and pictures of the cabinet will be to come, but the gentleman won this in March 1983 from some "Halfsies" promotion/contest. It has the official letter from Sega in it still and the game was kept in a house and climate controlled storage for the past 28 years...

It really is new. All the documents/flyers were inside on the back door. The game has never been used because...he tried to play it and the monitor never came on.

Hence THESE pictures:
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There are some weird blocks on the chassis that make me believe someone tried to repair this but he says he just didn't bother with it. The fan doesn't have a speck of dirt in it. The game is immaculate, no smashing, nothing. It really is brand freaking new. I could hear the game playing (as I think they had it on free play when it came to them)

If anyone has any idea what I should be checking on a G08 monitor like that please let me know....I know I don't want to burn down anything, but this thing is silly looking...I think only the estate sale Joust comes close to this thing in condition but it's definitely the first "non" use 30 year old machine I have seen.
 
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Several years ago, someone I knew came across a Space Fury cocktail. It had been in a warehouse since it came from the distributor. It showed up with the PCB dead. The operator never got around to fixing it and it sat there for 20 years. When picked up from the warehouse, it was totally immaculate inside and out. Another friend (tech) was able to fix the PCB. IIRC, an IC leg was out of a socket and the game came up right away with a beautiful pic on the G08. It truly was a brand new game. The coin counter had something like 99800 on it, as it had never been used. Only time I have seen anything like that.
 
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That one power resistor in there shouldn't be just hanging there like that.
It should look like the other setup on the opposite side.

I'm curious if it broke loose or if it was just installed half-assed.

K
 
That one power resistor in there shouldn't be just hanging there like that.
It should look like the other setup on the opposite side.

I'm curious if it broke loose or if it was just installed half-assed.

K

kstillin: The two hanging bricks you are referring to? When you say "other side" are you referring to the brick that does not look like it is cut in half? Both of those things are just hanging there.
 
Those Bricks are Power resistors and get Hot to dissipate heat. Their are usually 4 of them, 2 pairs soldered in series and in a T-Pee shape with white goop on the center solder connection to protect from shorting out. They should be side by side like in the picture below. In your picture it looks like someone connected one pair with wire and left it laying loose on the chassis which could have shorted on something. It looks like someone had been trying to work on it. They did have to make modifications on the G08 monitors back in the day. Maybe this is one that got shipped before they finished.
Should be an easy fix. Great find.
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Ah yes, the infamous broken tee-pee resistor network.

Here's a memo about it (though I don't think their recommendation to "piggy-back" would have given them the resistance they were looking for, so it was a fail on top of a fail). I also love the "come to know and expect from them" line, though I have a few memos from Aladdin's Castle complaining about G08s, so I suppose that line is warranted.

After this problem was noted, going forward the tee-pee resistors were globbed with some sort of caulk/glue (ah, I see someone posted a picture of it).
 

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Wow, just amazing that that there are still new games out there.

Sure looks like fixing that resistor teepee will do the trick as well. makes perfect sense that's what kept it from firing up!
 
I recommend you consider the notes at William Boucher's site - he has some nice notes on Star Trek:

William's GO8 Notes

Replace the 'teepee' with these 2 parts:
3 ohm 20W ceramic from Digi-key

And before you apply power to the G08, even though it is virgin, read these notes carefully:

Mongo's Simple Sega G80 Vector Mods

...and at least do the power transformer mod to protect your monitor (toward the end of the document). It is easy - you'll spend more time verifying everything than performing the mod.

Good luck and take your time. Oh, and get a multi-Sega kit!
 
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Wow, I have never seen a manufacturer fix that outright poor. It looks awful!

Great find!
 
Thanks guys for all the help. I'll get some pics tomorrow when I get to the new location where the machine is. I am pretty sure we are not going to "run" the machine but we do want it working and have a fire extinguisher nearby =P
 
Wow. incredible. All true recommendations above. At least your monitor has the fixes (albeit they need fixing). I picked up an original G08 (necked tube) a while back which had none of the manufacturer's fixes installed. Keep photos coming.
 
Awesome story! I have one of these Halfsies games myself but it's not in *that* new of condition. Make sure you take lots of pictures for us. :)
 
This reminds me of how about 15 years ago I found the first complete dedicated "Zektor" game known to exist. It was in new condition, as it was put out on test when it was brand new and the monitor went out within about 6 weeks of it being put on location. Videotopia bought it from me for their museum some time around 1996. It was basically a "new" game as well. Before that, people on the RGVAC had only seen/found Zektor marquees, and no dump of the roms existed at that time. Guess that we see a pattern here. You are far more likely to find a "new, broken and never repaired" Sega vector than any other classic machine.

Lee
 
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