It's like nobody remembers that mine was / is the original, and copycats have become abundant...
The Pong Clone Thread
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It's like nobody remembers that mine was / is the original, and copycats have become abundant...
sirgubster9
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Sorry new to this party... Are you still selling yours? And will yours work with my setup?It's like nobody remembers that mine was / is the original, and copycats have become abundant...
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andrewb
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Damn, that's sweet. The Ramteks are pretty decent, as far as clones go. Nice score!
I like that. Did you get it from that estate sale a while back?
yes i did. just wasn't sure i ever posted about it on klov... and definitely did not post it in this relevant thread!
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Brentradio
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Hey Blake, your game is badass!
I love your son's 20 second victory dance starting at minute 10.53, after he beat you 11 to 7... classic!
mk3u2012
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Thanks man. Yea he really has fun right up until I kick his ass, then stomps away like I stole his lunch money. He's a pretty good sport usually but does like to win. Always competitive. Everything becomes a competition with him. We really like Sportarama. Its been one of those games that few are excited to play initially but after a game or two they want to play another game or two.Hey Blake, your game is badass!
I love your son's 20 second victory dance starting at minute 10.53, after he beat you 11 to 7... classic!
This popped up locally....it's not a pong clone, tho....
Vintage 1970s Table Top BLACKJACK 21 Arcade Game for PARTS REPAIR...
No Holds No Meets Pick Up ONLY. Contact me thru CRAIGSLIST email. If you msg me and do not get a response, check your junk mail. I answer ALL msgs! Old coin operated game like used to be in bars....
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Stiletto
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It's hard to say for sure, but I think this game was the first ever use of a ROM chip in a video arcade game (barring any prototypes). Volly used a single "graphics ROM" to create the digits on the score, and perhaps other stuff as well (I haven't read the schematics.)
This popped up locally....it's not a pong clone, tho....
Vintage 1970s Table Top BLACKJACK 21 Arcade Game for PARTS REPAIR...
No Holds No Meets Pick Up ONLY. Contact me thru CRAIGSLIST email. If you msg me and do not get a response, check your junk mail. I answer ALL msgs! Old coin operated game like used to be in bars....detroit.craigslist.org
buy it! it'll match up with your other elcon twin!
I have been selling my design since 2014, still get a few orders a month... Looking at your photo confuses me a bit, as I'm not 100% sure what those two white molex connectors in the middle are doing... But the coin mech at the bottom seems to have only two wires going to it, so if that switch works, then my product would work on that machine.
Are you looking at the right photo?
There are 2 pushbuttons in the middle with white rear bodies (start buttons?) and a rocker switch at the bottom with a black rear body for hockey/tennis selection.
I think I see 3 wires on the coin switch...violet, gray, & white.
sirgubster9
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Yes start buttons. Correct on all accounts. I believe two of the violet gray and white wires are going to a counter box (don't know what you call it but one of those little things that keeps track of games played) but I will double check and take better photos. I didn't know there was a two wire version or a three wire version until after I had taken the photos.
Ah. Then mine wouldn't work for that. Mine are made for 2-wire coin switches only.
A relay switch can be used to make it work, but TBH, that's a bit over my head. Mostly.
I searched this thread and no one has brought up Puppy Pong yet? Yall are slacking
sirgubster9
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Confirmed... I believe 3 wires are needed sadly right?
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TLDR; It's a cheap and easy way to debounce a mechanical switch.Yeah, it looks as though your coin switch is looking for the 3 wire setup.
I'm not sure why some companies did that. It's strange.
All mechanical switches exhibit switch bounce, typically upon closing the contacts. Switch bounce is just what it sounds like. The springy contacts bounce off of each other and finally come to rest after an unpredictable time delay and number of bounces. Just like dropping a rubber ball and trying to decide how many times it was dropped if all you can do is decide if it's touching the ground of not. Switch bounce creates several pulses each time the switch closes. Clearly you don't want that on a credit switch! (or anywhere else)
You can filter the switch bounce by adding a capacitor to the output, or even more complicated circuits, but it's difficult to reliably separate the first "good" pulse from the multiple extra pulses. Each switch (even of the same type) has a has it's own bounce profile and the bounce can be different each time even with the same identical switch!
An SPDT switch makes it *really* easy to debounce a switch using only 1/2 of a 7400 IC (2 NAND gates) cross coupled as a RS-latch.. Very cheap and it always works, no matter what kind of SPDT you hook up to it. You always get a single falling edge every time the switch moves from A to B and a single rising edge when it moves from B to A. For a coin switch moving A-B-A you get a single active low pulse. Every time. You also have the side benefit of getting the logically opposite active high pulse for free.
theredlineboss
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This popped up locally....it's not a pong clone, tho....
Vintage 1970s Table Top BLACKJACK 21 Arcade Game for PARTS REPAIR...
No Holds No Meets Pick Up ONLY. Contact me thru CRAIGSLIST email. If you msg me and do not get a response, check your junk mail. I answer ALL msgs! Old coin operated game like used to be in bars....detroit.craigslist.org
I wound up picking the Elcon up when it was marked down to $30. Surprisingly complete, but the cabinet is pretty nasty. The particle board sections are peeling away like a banana peel, lol.
Came across this last month, Olympic Tennis by See-Fun. Looks like it's the only game made by them and there's very little information available.
The retired operator who has it says it's never been on location and only been powered up a handful of times. There's still bits of the protective plastic around the coinmech bolts.
Hopefully going to pickup this week.
The retired operator who has it says it's never been on location and only been powered up a handful of times. There's still bits of the protective plastic around the coinmech bolts.
Hopefully going to pickup this week.
