Vanguard... good and bad

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I just picked up this Vanguard... which will eventually look nice next to my Phoenix.
Side art is in great shape, and cabinet overall is in great shape.
plugged it in = nothing... had no neck glow.... replaced switching power supply and checked all voltages. Had to fix power going to monitor (was only getting 15 volts). Now monitor powers up and I have a bunch of garbage on the screen. Tried all the usual things to try and eliminate the problem.
Here is where I am at....

Marquee (has some flaking) would like to find a nice one
Board must have issues (would like to replace with working ones)
Cardboard with graphics around monitor is a little ratty - would like to find a nice one
CPO has a piece of plexi over it and some odd joystick - would like to find an original joystick and a NEW cpo

Any thoughts from anyone???
 

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I just picked up this Vanguard... which will eventually look nice next to my Phoenix.
Side art is in great shape, and cabinet overall is in great shape.
plugged it in = nothing... had no neck glow.... replaced switching power supply and checked all voltages. Had to fix power going to monitor (was only getting 15 volts). Now monitor powers up and I have a bunch of garbage on the screen. Tried all the usual things to try and eliminate the problem.
Here is where I am at....

Marquee (has some flaking) would like to find a nice one
Board must have issues (would like to replace with working ones)
Cardboard with graphics around monitor is a little ratty - would like to find a nice one
CPO has a piece of plexi over it and some odd joystick - would like to find an original joystick and a NEW cpo

Any thoughts from anyone???


I like my Vanguard. I'd like to find a CPO too. Let us know if you find any.
 
I just picked up this Vanguard... which will eventually look nice next to my Phoenix.

Yes, it will look good next to Phoenix

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Yours looks to be in pretty good shape. I was able to find a really nice marquee from someone here at KLOV. I remember seeing a CPO for sale somewhere but I can't remember where I saw it.
 
I have some Vanguard boards here, but the jumper wires have come loose on the back of the boards. If I could find a good picture of where the jumpers go to and from, then I could fix them up and get the boards tested, but as it is now, I know they're dead without the jumpers... never even bothered testing them because of that.
 
I'll be hated shortly. I had a beautiful Vanguard I sold ~ 6 months ago. Got $200 for it.
I used to love this game as a kid. I played maybe 10 minutes on it and decided this game is no where as cool as I remembered it to be. After sitting in my basement for 3 months with NO ONE playing it she needed to find a new home.

And as it got loaded up and it drove away I said, "Bon Voyage" in my digital voice.
 
Nice pickup. Vanguard is pretty cool. I haven't played that game in 25 years at least. Hope you find what you need for it and get it running soon...
 
have you tried re seating all the chips and cables before giving up on the board?

That I have not done - I gently pushed on each one to make sure they were seated properly - but I guess I could actually re-seat each one and see if anything changes...

OH and yeah (after looking at the arcade flyer) yes I will need to replace the 1 up button
 
Vanguard

I'll be hated shortly. I had a beautiful Vanguard I sold ~ 6 months ago. Got $200 for it.
I used to love this game as a kid. I played maybe 10 minutes on it and decided this game is no where as cool as I remembered it to be. After sitting in my basement for 3 months with NO ONE playing it she needed to find a new home.

And as it got loaded up and it drove away I said, "Bon Voyage" in my digital voice.

Me too. I loved this game back in the day. Picked up a mostly HUO one last year and it just was not much fun to play any more. I think Parabolic ended up with it.
 
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