Case studies from the bench

Repair Log

Most of the time, if you’ve done a lot of them, repairs on WPC era games when it comes to boards are relatively straightforward;…

This one came in needing a decent amount of love. Two fuses were blown on the auxiliary power board and a hole was in…

This one just came in for some functional work only. The client did all of the cosmetic/shop job things. When it came in, it…

This game came in for general repairs. It wasn’t booting when it arrived. Most Bally’s from this era, -17/35 games, tend to need a…

I was contacted by some good friends/clients that had this game come in to take a look and see if I could get any…

This one came in with a non-working lower right flipper and some other noted issues; however, it had been some time since it had…

This Bally Squawk and Talk came in from a Flash Gordon. The owner said it would work for awhile and then start glitching out…

This one came in for functional work only. The shop job and cosmetics will be done elsewhere. The original MPU was badly corroded, so…

I have a few posts I’m behind on, but here’s a quick one on a Data East Star Wars -03 CPU corrosion repair. It…

I’m so backed up in the shop and doing everything I can to stay head down and move through as much as I can,…