Omega Race High Scores?

[GaryMcT]

Yup, I need to get my Omega Race to save high scores too.

 

[musicman282]

God I love it when things like this happen...

I picked up the Omega Race from a local (and fellow KLOVian). The game came in pieces but the seller assured me that the of the 2 PCB sets, one worked and the monitor (WG V2000) worked.

He'd verified both by swapping in to his working cabinet.

He said that the cabinet I was buying probably had a bad power supply... he wasn't sure... but that the game wouldn't work in the cab.

During my break I was able to pop out to the garage to take a look. I checked all fuses and they all seemed fine though one is pretty corroded and will need to be addressed. The monitor is not in the cab at this time... I figured what the hell and plugged it in to see what DID work.

I press the interlock and notice a couple things.

1. Front control panel marquee lamp fired up.
2. Blacklight lamp inside the cabinet did not fire up.
3. The red LED on the PCB set came on.
4. No noise at all.

I figured since the monitor was a couple feet away and it's only a single plug I might as well see if anything comes on screen.

I pulled the monitor over and plugged it in. Upon pressing the interlock switch (which has no "pull" option curious enough) I noted the monitor fired up... the spotkiller fired for a second then went away...all good signs.

I was greeted with this:

W00T! Evidently the power supply WORKS. The fact I am getting ZERO sound concerns me slightly...though i was told that they THOUGHT they put the good sound board in the cabinet...but if I didn't get sound to swap the sound board with the other one... so that may be the issue.

I was absolutely stoked to see the game come up on screen.

That's awesome!! I left mine on for 3 hours to charge.the battery due to this thread and now I'm not getting any video :-(. Figures.

 

[FrizzleFried]

Welp... I just plugged in the CP, fired her up, credited up and was greeted with... SOUND! The game is working... controls work... sound works... NICE!

Now, time to look at high score battery options. What is best? Are the NVRAM options available anywhere?

 

[FrizzleFried]

Several people have made 5101 NVRAM replacements over the years (that chip was used in many early solid state pinballs). I believe Spaeth still has some of his. I have one in my Omega Race.

He doesn't have any listed on his spreadsheet.


Does anyone know of another source?

 

[Braido]

Welp... I just plugged in the CP, fired her up, credited up and was greeted with... SOUND! The game is working... controls work... sound works... NICE!

Now, time to look at high score battery options. What is best? Are the NVRAM options available anywhere?

Incredibly luck lol how many people on here go months trying to get their game going? Didn't Vintage Arcade even give up. Only you would get so lucky, congratz...

 

[mattosborn]

He doesn't have any listed on his spreadsheet.


Does anyone know of another source?

It's there... same thing as the "Defender" score saver, I believe. Just email Mark and ask him about it.