I wasn’t ever planning on picking up one of these machines but there was one for sale on eBay and for the price I couldn’t turn it down. I went to look at it before the auction ended and the cabinet was in great shape. The machine would not boot up so it was a slight gamble from there. I won the auction and picked up the machine the same day. There are two main boards in the machine the MPU board that controls the pinball side and the Vidiot board that controls the video games side. The Vidiot boards are notoriously flaky but the seller gave me two of them so I was sure I could get one working at least. The first board was in excellent condition except for the bluish-green acid damage by around one of the scratch ram chips. Acid damage is a pain in the ass to fix. The acid usually eats through the traces and screws up everything in its path. I de-soldered the scratch ram chip and successfully removed it without screwing up a trace (both skill and luck.) I cleaned the board extremely well with a solution of baking soda and water to neutralize any remaining acid. Then I went to my parts bin to look for a chip socket and I was out. Since I was going to have to order parts I took a look at the other board. That board had been somewhat hacked by someone and had jumpers between a lot of the EPROM’s. I got out my trusty Fluke meter and started going through the board. Everything seemed like it should work so I put it in the machine, nothing. I took the board back out and reseated all of the chips. When I put it back in the machine, it booted. I still have the other Vidiot board and will order the parts to fix it so I will have a spare. I also had to replace a few SCR’s on the driver board. Some lamps were stuck on and that was a quick fix.

I also removed the playfield and tore it completely down, which was quick and easy because the thing is so small. I cleaned everything and rebuilt the flipper assemblies. There is a wear spot by the left flipper that I may repair later on if I decide to keep the machine.