Today's Pickup: Dig Dug Upright

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As I continue to battle the Dig Dug cocktail, I couldn't help but notice my phone a CL posting for $125 for a complete Dig Dug upright. My friend and I were in the Jeep immediately, even if some work was to be done it it!

Yes it needs some work, but I'm EXTREMELY happy with the purchase.
The cabinet is in great shape (really nothing more than T-molding and a lock) and the entire CP is brand new.

The good news:
Coin door (after replacing bulbs) and cone lights work.
The monitor has neck glow and the B+ is spot on at 120V.
The PCB looks extremely clean compared to the rest of the inside cabinet and the PCB connector has almost no burn in (although will probably give everything a good cleaning regardless).

The bad news:
Just a faint wave of white coming on the display. I think the problems are farther upstream. Just a cursory check of the ARII board before posting here shows nothing at the 10.6 Unreg test point and running low @ 4.5V at the +SENSE. After I vacuum out the cabinet and run some sanity checks on the power supply, hopefully we'll get a bit further.

Evan

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Good pickup. Hopefully, between the cocktail and upright, you can get at least one of them going. I miss my Dig Dug, but I was getting too good at it and the game was getting boring.
 
Oregon,

That's my hope too! Hopefully between the two of these I become a Dig Dug expert. Definitely a healthy dose of learning curve, but I'm hopeful with the awesome people here we can make it happen and one of them will become a nice Xmas gift for someone.

Evan
 
Very cool. I used to have a cocktail, then sold that and bought an upright, which I eventually sold as well. I miss them both. Congrats!
 
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