musicman282
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I've been thirsting for a Ms Pacman machine for as long as I can remember. I saw an ad come up on the local craigslist for a non working one for 100 bucks. I called then guy and he said I could come look at it. The next day I went to his house to check it out and I could smell burnt electronics when I opened the door to the machine. He said he had plugged it in earlier for a guy and the monitor started smoking. The machine had this strange wood looking plastic laminate on the sides.
The guy told me he purchased the game from the local chuck e cheese when they went out of business. This was interesting to me because it that store had closed around 1990 and I used to go there a lot. I figured I probably had played this very machine sometime in my lifetime.
I got the machine home and took a closer look at it and saw that the flyback was fried on the monitor. Everything looked original. I unplugged the monitor and fired up the game. All I get is a loud hum through the speaker. When I try coining up the game, the coin counters turn, but I don't get any games sounds. I looked at the edge connector and it is burnt pretty badly. I ordered a new deluxe rebuild kit from Bob Roberts and am sending the board out for repair. I'm so excited to have a working Ms Pacman machine and for only 100 bucks. I'd try to repair the board on this thing myself since pacman repair is so well documented, but I just want to have the thing working and I don't have a ton of time on my hands right now. I'll post more pictures after I clean up the rest of the game and peel the sticker off the other side. Check how vivid the paint is from being protected under the sticker.
The guy told me he purchased the game from the local chuck e cheese when they went out of business. This was interesting to me because it that store had closed around 1990 and I used to go there a lot. I figured I probably had played this very machine sometime in my lifetime.
I got the machine home and took a closer look at it and saw that the flyback was fried on the monitor. Everything looked original. I unplugged the monitor and fired up the game. All I get is a loud hum through the speaker. When I try coining up the game, the coin counters turn, but I don't get any games sounds. I looked at the edge connector and it is burnt pretty badly. I ordered a new deluxe rebuild kit from Bob Roberts and am sending the board out for repair. I'm so excited to have a working Ms Pacman machine and for only 100 bucks. I'd try to repair the board on this thing myself since pacman repair is so well documented, but I just want to have the thing working and I don't have a ton of time on my hands right now. I'll post more pictures after I clean up the rest of the game and peel the sticker off the other side. Check how vivid the paint is from being protected under the sticker.
