I have been in the hobby for awhile now and most of the people in Ohio will tell you I buy too much and most of the time they think I pay too much, so I just have to share the last week of game work with you:
1. Pacman Cocktail - Nonworking with a spare monitor and spare board set
- Turns out it just needed some wiring tweaks (1 hour) and it works (monitor needs a cap kit)
- Both spares work as well - NOT BAD!
2. Wizard Fire - DOA, no power to anything - left sit for 4 weeks, finally decided to check it, turned out to be a bad fuse block (15 minute fix), monitor needs a cap kit, otherwise works fine!
3. Leland Quarterback #1 - was "dead". I could tell the game was on, but decided not to be a free repairman. I paid the guy and brought it home. Monitor needs a flyback, otherwise game works perfectly.
4. Leland Quarterback #2 - was completely dead - new switcher and everything (including monitor) works 100%
5. Golden Axe - bad flyback otherwise 100%
6. Hang on Mini - bad switcher
7. Bionic Commando - bad monitor (unknown) plays blind... last owner apparently never tried to give it credits....
Compare that to some of my other purchases and I have had one HELLUVA week.
(For example I paid $125 for a Heavy Barrel in a Centipede cabinet and the cabinet disintegrated on the way home...monitor was fried, sold boards and joysticks for $50...OUCH)
1. Pacman Cocktail - Nonworking with a spare monitor and spare board set
- Turns out it just needed some wiring tweaks (1 hour) and it works (monitor needs a cap kit)
- Both spares work as well - NOT BAD!
2. Wizard Fire - DOA, no power to anything - left sit for 4 weeks, finally decided to check it, turned out to be a bad fuse block (15 minute fix), monitor needs a cap kit, otherwise works fine!
3. Leland Quarterback #1 - was "dead". I could tell the game was on, but decided not to be a free repairman. I paid the guy and brought it home. Monitor needs a flyback, otherwise game works perfectly.
4. Leland Quarterback #2 - was completely dead - new switcher and everything (including monitor) works 100%
5. Golden Axe - bad flyback otherwise 100%
6. Hang on Mini - bad switcher
7. Bionic Commando - bad monitor (unknown) plays blind... last owner apparently never tried to give it credits....
Compare that to some of my other purchases and I have had one HELLUVA week.
(For example I paid $125 for a Heavy Barrel in a Centipede cabinet and the cabinet disintegrated on the way home...monitor was fried, sold boards and joysticks for $50...OUCH)
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