Saved a Max RPM tonight

bolex

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Picked this curb alert off Craigslist tonight. I haven't had a chance to unload it and won't until tomorrow after I've had a chance to inspect it fully. I've heard this is one of the worst games ever but had to save this from some idiot on CL turning into a MAME or something.

I actually saw this game about 18 months ago when I went to go look at a Pac-man this guy was selling.
 

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I have only seen one of those and it did not work. I can tell you that the screen bezel that separates the player 1 and 2 sections of the screen is missing.
 
That center bezel was inside the cabinet. The game is complete and plays blind. The video cable from the PCB to the monitor is not connected but there's no way with my fat fingers I can reconnect the video cable to the G07-904 without pulling the monitor. It actually may be working if that's all that's wrong with the video.

The shifter has some mechanical issues. It wont stay in any of the gears (its like the guide inside is gone). The cabinet is not in great shape, but it's all very repairable. The crappy particle board just doesn't hold up to time.
 

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This game is now sorta working: I still haven't bought anything to fix it, just fixed what was jacked up so far.

The power supply was all screwed up: Someone had rigged a JAMMA power supply in it and had run the power directly from the cord coming into the game. That connection was bad and had cut voltage to the main block so the monitor/marquee wasn't getting power. I fixed this like it should be have been done in the first place now the DC power supply gets power when the game is switched on.

Only one players side works (one side has a shifter problem and the sensor has been dislodged from the steering whee), but the one side is very fixable. The monitor has severe burn in so it will need a tube replacement in the near future.

Not bad for a free game. I've slowly lost any regrets picking it up off the curb.

Does anyone know where I can pick up those little sensor strips that are used in Bally midway games? It's a silver sticker with black dots on them?
 
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