Vongoosewink
Well-known member
Hey Gang,
I'm new here, I just got into the hobby last week when I picked up my first game -- a Gauntlet 2 machine! I played a lot of Gauntlet back in the 80's, it was one of my favorite games. This one came from Craigslist, a fellow had it in his garage just outside of Indianapolis, and boy was it DIRTY! The first thing I did was scrub this thing down. The plan is to get this thing back to it's original 1986 era glory! Here is a picture after the first cleaning:

The game is in pretty solid shape, it appears to be a Gauntlet 1 machine that was converted into Gauntlet 2 (I heard that was pretty common). You can even see the edge of the Gauntlet 1 control panel art peeking out behind the edge of the Gauntlet 2 art!

The game works, but has lots of little problems, which hopefully will be fixable by a newbie like myself. The biggest problem is that it does not talk -- there are sound effects and music, just no 'Wizard needs food, badly,' banter. I did some research on this forum, and it seems this is a common problem, with the voice sim-chip going out, so I've ordered one from arcadecomponents.com, and now I'm waiting not-so-patiently for it to arrive.
A few of the other things that I need to fix: rusty joystick handles and rusty bolts on the control panel and bezel, the control panel art really needs replaced, as it is badly discolored in places from the rusted bolts, new side art (it has none), new t-molding around the control panel table edge, new locks, and I need to get the coin lights working. It also has 2 goofy modern joysticks installed instead of the classic 'red ball' sticks, I want to get rid of these and replace them with something closer to the original. Lots of little things, but hopefully all manageable for a newbie!
I'll post updates on my progress here, wish me luck, everyone!



I'm new here, I just got into the hobby last week when I picked up my first game -- a Gauntlet 2 machine! I played a lot of Gauntlet back in the 80's, it was one of my favorite games. This one came from Craigslist, a fellow had it in his garage just outside of Indianapolis, and boy was it DIRTY! The first thing I did was scrub this thing down. The plan is to get this thing back to it's original 1986 era glory! Here is a picture after the first cleaning:

The game is in pretty solid shape, it appears to be a Gauntlet 1 machine that was converted into Gauntlet 2 (I heard that was pretty common). You can even see the edge of the Gauntlet 1 control panel art peeking out behind the edge of the Gauntlet 2 art!

The game works, but has lots of little problems, which hopefully will be fixable by a newbie like myself. The biggest problem is that it does not talk -- there are sound effects and music, just no 'Wizard needs food, badly,' banter. I did some research on this forum, and it seems this is a common problem, with the voice sim-chip going out, so I've ordered one from arcadecomponents.com, and now I'm waiting not-so-patiently for it to arrive.
A few of the other things that I need to fix: rusty joystick handles and rusty bolts on the control panel and bezel, the control panel art really needs replaced, as it is badly discolored in places from the rusted bolts, new side art (it has none), new t-molding around the control panel table edge, new locks, and I need to get the coin lights working. It also has 2 goofy modern joysticks installed instead of the classic 'red ball' sticks, I want to get rid of these and replace them with something closer to the original. Lots of little things, but hopefully all manageable for a newbie!
I'll post updates on my progress here, wish me luck, everyone!



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