For All You Williams Fans Out There...

Alan173

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I finally completed the rebuild of all the internals on my Defender machine and got it running for the first time in over 27 years. Thanks to all who listened to my babble and pushed me in the right direction. Bad power supply, bad CPU, Bad ROM board, bad sound board and a bad monitor! At least the cabinet was not broken! ;-) While my arcade is basking in the cool sounds only a classic Defender machine can make....I realized something. I own the very first video game ever made by Williams and their second game as well. The first is Paddle Ball and the second is the smash hit by Eugene Jarvis - Defender! I hope you enjoy the photos!



Alan
 

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Congrats. It is always great to hear about a success story by someone who appreciates the classics. Enjoy the fruits of your labors.

ken
 
Congrats Alan on over coming your video game racial bias and getting a color game to play.:D

Nice job.;)

Forgot to add.. TV's come in color now too.
 
Nice work. I think its the greatest game ever made.
The good thing about a tough project like that is that you'll have no problems fixing it if it breaks again. :)
 
Nice work. I think its the greatest game ever made.
The good thing about a tough project like that is that you'll have no problems fixing it if it breaks again. :)

LOL! Yes....always funny what you learn along the way. I have things like the Vertical Count Buffer circuit and Page 0 Decoder circuit burned into my memory banks. I'm not sure where in life that will come in handy again unless my Defender game breaks!

VERY tough game...I'm all thumbs at this point but sure enjoy those classic sounds!

I also learned Defender is in color when I fixed the monitor...is there a way to shut that 'feature' off? ;)....
 
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