Guru-420
Well-known member
Hey everyone! I recently got 2 EM pinball machines for FREE... of course they aren't working, but thats half the fun... o.0
On both machines, I seem to be having a similar issue, but I will focus on one of them to try and keep everything straight. I do have a decent amount of electronics knowledge, but not much experience with EMs or older technology...
Here's the deal, my Gulfstream pinball is now fully functioning, but when I start a game the machine does not seem to be able to identify when the score is at zero. Sometimes it'll stop at 140, 420, 640, 720... once it decides on the random number it feels like stopping at, it plays and scores properly until the game ends. Then you hit the credit button and it picks a new random number to start with and goes from there.
Any thoughts? A lot of the steppers and relays are still clearly marked.. please help me! I have a group of arcade collectors coming by for SuperBowl, and I would like to have this recently shopped machine available for play.
Thanks in advance for any help or advice you can offer.
On both machines, I seem to be having a similar issue, but I will focus on one of them to try and keep everything straight. I do have a decent amount of electronics knowledge, but not much experience with EMs or older technology...
Here's the deal, my Gulfstream pinball is now fully functioning, but when I start a game the machine does not seem to be able to identify when the score is at zero. Sometimes it'll stop at 140, 420, 640, 720... once it decides on the random number it feels like stopping at, it plays and scores properly until the game ends. Then you hit the credit button and it picks a new random number to start with and goes from there.
Any thoughts? A lot of the steppers and relays are still clearly marked.. please help me! I have a group of arcade collectors coming by for SuperBowl, and I would like to have this recently shopped machine available for play.
Thanks in advance for any help or advice you can offer.
