Omega Race - $50 in Nor Cal - not mine

You know, I had an Omega Race for about a year. It NEVER worked, but I kept it in the lineup. it is an absolutely GORGEOUS machine to look at. I also sold mine for $50.

May be worth it if there's good parts on it.


Chris
 
The guy wanted $250 for the pair. So figure someone probably paid $150-$200 for it.

Omega is worth way more than $50 in parts. 4 light up start buttons buttons and the xy monitor are worth more than that. And if your extremely lucky, a non battery acid board would be worth about $100.
 
The Duck Hunt sold for $150. I'm not sure if I would take the Omega Race home if it was free and across the street at this point.
 
The Duck Hunt is still for sale. I just bought the Omega Race... Even if I can't get it working, I'll just stare at the day-glo planets under the blacklight and remember the old days of playing it at the local pizza place... I've never repaired a game before, so I'll either make it or break it on this one, but the price was right and the risk-reward seemed good to me at the time.

The seller is a cool guy, I told him I'd try to plug his Duck Hunt up here for him. It sounds like he'll take just about any offer for it. He got both games for nothing at all, just trying to see if he can make a few bucks. He delivered the OR to me 40 miles away, probably made cost him money factoring in the gas he burned.
 
Congrats on the new game. The Duck Hunt would be a temping project if I was still buying games. I've never worked on an elctro-mechanical game like that. Seems like it could be a steep learning curve. From what I understand on the OR, look for battery acid damage on the board first. It was very common on those and difficult to repair if it's severe. If you luck out and the board looks ok then it could turn into a simple fix. In any case, remove the stinking battery now.
 
I saw the batteries are there, and I saw a bit of discoloration, but nothing like some of the pics I saw on some of the repair posts I looked at today on this forum. It seems like the board is intact, and the discoloration is in a relatively small area, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed in regards to the chips and traces that live in the affected area. I'll give it a good survey for continuity and see what's what. I will surely be removing those batteries as the first order of business, in any case...

I know this isn't the right place for a question like this, but is there a way to neutralize acid on boards? I can clean it, but is there some chemical that will prevent further damage to the interior of the board?

Thanks very much,
Ryan
 
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