Time Pilot - A Fizgig Restoration

[fizgig]

Time Pilot Black

My best friends favorite game back in the day. As kids we played it at different locations but i remember a Chuck E Cheeses that had it and we could play for free because the control panel had come loose enough to stick an arm in and credit up. Original cabinet was pretty beat - bezel, side art faded and torn. Marquee was peeling really bad. Control panel was cracked, dirty and faded.

Cabinet and Hardware:

Built brand new black melamine cabinet (almost went with original wood grain but wanted to try something new.)
Stripped and powder coated CP, bolts, brackets, speaker mesh, coin bucket
New T-molding
New Locks
New Vinyl Casters
New buttons
NOS Monroe Joystick (thanks Pete)

Cosmetics:

Side Art: Brand new reproduction side art from Rich at thisoldgame.com (Rich and i spent a lot of time going back and forth making adjustments until it was perfect.)

Bezel: Scanned and cleaned up, made and printed my own - vinyl decal on matte board, hand cut
Inner paper bezel: made my own black hand cut one to hide the monitor frame

NOS marquee (thanks Allen -alejandromad)
NOS control panel overlay - found it digging through an ops warehouse

Custom Centuri coin bezel inserts

New smoked bezel glass

Electronics:

Cleanup/restored inside guts: power supply, wire harness, PCB, etc.
NOS 19 WG (thanks again Pete)
New Speakers
Restored power supply (yes that's an Atari Power Brick and ARII board)
Cleaned boards and wire harness
New Power Cord
New Marquee Light Fixture/Bulb

Full gallery here:
http://s1256.photobucket.com/albums/ii486/fizgigKLOV/Time Pilot Restoration/

 

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Now for the good stuff...

 

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Repro CPO left vs NOS CPO right

 

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Here are some pix getting the side art dialed in:

 

[Broodwich]

I'm always amazed at how well people can get metal parts to look after over 25 years.

This looks fantastic

 

[scott9050]

Gorgeous game.

 

[incrediblegamez]

These threads really make me want to start over on my restorations!

Very nice and the black looks badass

 

[Wldfire]

Beautiful machine! You always do such amazing work and such attention to detail! I have one but its in a converted cab. I remember putting a ton of quarters in Time Pilot at the arcades growing up, always has been one of my Favorite games.

 

[fizgig]

Thanks man.

These threads really make me want to start over on my restorations!

Very nice and the black looks badass

 

[creepykenny]

these restorations are just crazy, your work is simply over the top amazing, i love it

 

[local413]

Hott damn that game looks nice.. Heh, it actually looked pretty damn good when I shipped it to you.. Glad you went with a black cab, looks much better than the wood grain.. By the way, that ARII is also rebuilt (by me

Wish I'd kept the nos Monroe.. As my gyruss needs one.

 

[OldTymeToys]

I dig the black cab on this. Good choice!

 

[fizgig]

Thanks Pete, this isn't actually your cabinet, I had 2 time pilots. I just used the guts from yours because they were cleaner and un-hacked.

Hott damn that game looks nice.. Heh, it actually looked pretty damn good when I shipped it to you.. Glad you went with a black cab, looks much better than the wood grain.. By the way, that ARII is also rebuilt (by me

Wish I'd kept the nos Monroe.. As my gyruss needs one.

 

[fizgig]

Thanks, yeah time pilot ate a bunch of my quarters too, I'm starting time pilot 84 soon to go right next to it.

Beautiful machine! You always do such amazing work and such attention to detail! I have one but its in a converted cab. I remember putting a ton of quarters in Time Pilot at the arcades growing up, always has been one of my Favorite games.

 

[fizgig]

Thanks, it was a tough decision to go with the black but I think I got lucky.
I'll be using wood grain for my Zeke's Peak though as I think it looks good with the artwork.

I dig the black cab on this. Good choice!

 

[Madaracs]

Restored power supply (yes that's an Atari Power Brick and ARII board)

So that's really interesting to me. Did Century buy parts from Atari to build their game(s)?

 

[ThisOldGame]

Awesme job once again Dan!
I cant belive how far off that repro cpo is
glad you found an NOS one, Its on my to do list and I have an NOS one to match
so hopefully soon more can have a nice minty TP like yours
well done

 

[fizgig]

I really don't know, i think Pete said this came from Europe or something. Maybe he can chime in here.

So that's really interesting to me. Did Century buy parts from Atari to build their game(s)?