Star Trek the Next Generation Pinball, Pinball Restoration, Video Games, Video Game Restoration, sales, wanted, williams, bally, stern, atari, sega, namco
Star Trek the Next Generation Pinball, Pinball Restoration, Video Games, Video Game Restoration, sales, wanted, williams, bally, stern, atari, sega, namco
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Star Trek The Next Generation
   
Machine History

This machine came from Aaron B. in Detroit. If you ever get a chance to meet him wear a helmet =D The machine is domestic and was most likely in a bar. It was extremely dirty. I didn't have room in my game room when I bought it so I stored it in the warehouse at my office for about a year. Storing it in the dry warehouse caused a problem, all of grease that was used for the 5 diverters seized. I had a hell of a time getting the diverters out of their sleeves. Once I did the grease had turned into a rubber-like substance and took a lot of elbow grease to clean. I did a very thorough shop job on the machine and replaced the clear plastics. I flame polished the ramps (I do this on all shop jobs) and they came out very crystal clear. I rebuilt the left loom on the cannon, these commonly go bad. When I powered up the machine everything seemed fine. I noticed certain lamps came on two at a time. I traced it down to a certain row in the driver board and found that someone had installed the wrong transistor, The transistor they installed basically made the row come on when it should be off and vice-versa. I then installed the correct driver transistor and everything worked great.

My Thoughts on the Machine

This is a game I had always wanted. I love Star Trek and love pinball. The machine has a lot of great modes and even a hidden one (poker). Shooting targets with the cannons, like T2, is a lot of fun. My only complaint about the machine is that it's a little on the easy side. Most people like the fact that the Final Frontier is reachable, unlike Valinor (grrrrrrr). Great game overall.


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