Friday night Rampage!!

Teknotoyz

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Well, been seeing this in the local CL and ignored it.... continued to ignore it... Then a fellow Klov'er had to call it up on another forum and, well, it's sitting in my garage now!


But, back to the CL ad.
Rampage Arcade Machine $200, states he paid $450 a while back.
He also states that the monitor is bad, posts mediocre pics, but states it plays blind.
OK, I can deal with a monitor, so I call, ask for the best price and he knocks $20 off if I come get it this weekend. I confirmed it WAS booting up on the phone as well. Weather forecast is bad, so I decide to make the 1.5 hr drive immediately (Friday) and go get it.
Well, as you guys can guess, I get there and the CL shenanigans begin.
The cabinet is beautiful, better than the pictures show, BUT, when we plug it in the marquee lights and NOTHING ELSE!! I had unplugged the monitor as the guy said it "Blew" and figured I'd deal with that later, but crap, no sound either. Well not to let a drive go to waste I hum-haw around and state thoughts about board prices and such... next thing the seller produces another "spare" PCB to add into the deal. OK, so odds still aren't good, but I noticed the coin door lights are out and there is a ticking sound from the power supply....hmm, OK I'll roll the dice and go for it.... the machine comes home with me....

This morning I pulled the power supply out, and install a switcher... hooked the monitor back in and plugged it in... Sound and a very out of adjustment monitor came to life!! Made some quick adjustments and the monitor looks good (burnt, but still a good picture)..... Best part was, I swapped the PCB's out and both work perfectly. And the icing on the cake, the switcher I installed was a freebie from a local arcade that had tossed some machines outside...

I figure the story behind the sale was that the power supply dies and the guy sees the picture disappear, and likely a "pop" from the speakers. So the monitor was what he thought had gone. But I doubt the machine ever played blind... He did say the monitor never had a good picture, but the black level/contrast/brightness was way out of adjustment, other than the burn, the monitor looks pretty good now.

So how did I do? $180 for a working Rampage and an extra PCB???
I'll keep my eyeballs pealed for a new tube for a swap, some cleaning is still needed too.
The sides, CP, Bezel, and Marquee are all very nice. I'll need to refinish some of the bolt heads to make the machine look really sweet.

Should I sell the extra PCB? What does a board run, tested good?
Any interest in the original power supply, do people rebuild these?

One last pole question, should I swap the coin door with a really nice one that has the Midway logo plate on it?
I think Rampage comes with the blank door this has, but I like the logo doors so much better!
 

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A few more pics... gotta show the damsel in distress.... 80's style...

The machine is larger than I realized as well, on the size scale of my Off-Road!
 

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Great machine! Picking mine up Tuesday....I can't wait!
 
A few more pics... gotta show the damsel in distress.... 80's style...

The machine is larger than I realized as well, on the size scale of my Off-Road!

Yeah, the damsel seems to be a bit cold. Bally's (Midway) have always seemed to have a nipple fettish, just look at some of their older EM pins.
 
I don't understand why the Rampage coin door is logo-less...
I assume it's the original door, but they look so faded and nasty.
Bought a nice one from DJ DNS and decided to swap it out.
Looks much better!!!
 

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is that superbees rampage?? it looks familar

Nope that's not mine. But it seems this cab suffers the same issue that mine does, and thats the marquee and bezel have the red fading. Look at the chick on the bezel, and the red in the lettering of the marquee. I have another marquee and bezel to install with better reds.
 
Nope that's not mine. But it seems this cab suffers the same issue that mine does, and thats the marquee and bezel have the red fading. Look at the chick on the bezel, and the red in the lettering of the marquee. I have another marquee and bezel to install with better reds.

Dammit, now I have something to fix!
I didn't realize the red was missing.

Thanks Man! :D
 
I took some photos of my machine and the extra bezel and marquee I bought. Big difference. I still may look for another marquee, because the replacement still has some fading in it.
 

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Son-of-a-bitch! I never knew the girl's dress was supposed to be red... :( That's going to drive me crazy, now. (Just checked mine, sure enough, it's faded to pink)

Awesome score! Very fun game. The younger kids of my cousins always want to play Rampage when they come over... And I used to play the hell out of it BITD. ;)
 
Son-of-a-bitch! I never knew the girl's dress was supposed to be red... :( That's going to drive me crazy, now. (Just checked mine, sure enough, it's faded to pink)

Awesome score! Very fun game. The younger kids of my cousins always want to play Rampage when they come over... And I used to play the hell out of it BITD. ;)

I can live with the pink dress on the bezel, the marquee lettering is a definite replacement issue!!
I agree with you on the game value, the kids LOVE this one!!
 
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