Scramble1981
Well-known member
Today I went out to my garage to check in on 10 or so of my games that have been sitting for a little less than a year. They were volunteered to the NW Pinball & Gameroom show and were all still carefully wrapped in shrink wrap all summer-winter with a packing blanket draped over each one. I thought they'd all fire right up with no problem, but was I ever wrong.
The garage is unheated and a little on the damp side. but all of the games seemed normal. (today is 45F & raining)
I plugged in a few and here's the symptoms without checking power supplies, etc...(although most are either re-built or on a new switcher. All monitors are capped or new Happs).
Anyways-
Tron had no sound
Rally X had a mirror image picture with invisible sprites.
Blaster has screwy sounds and intermittent jailbars on a newish Happs monitor.
Tempest and Galaxian both seemed fine, but I just stopped plugging them in after that.
I'm hoping a few days unwrapped might help.
Anyone care to comment if I should be as freaked out as I am or just chill out & wait.
I had thought I had made an effort to "bullet proof" these things.
The garage is unheated and a little on the damp side. but all of the games seemed normal. (today is 45F & raining)
I plugged in a few and here's the symptoms without checking power supplies, etc...(although most are either re-built or on a new switcher. All monitors are capped or new Happs).
Anyways-
Tron had no sound
Rally X had a mirror image picture with invisible sprites.
Blaster has screwy sounds and intermittent jailbars on a newish Happs monitor.
Tempest and Galaxian both seemed fine, but I just stopped plugging them in after that.
I'm hoping a few days unwrapped might help.
Anyone care to comment if I should be as freaked out as I am or just chill out & wait.
I had thought I had made an effort to "bullet proof" these things.

