Tag Archives: bally

WPC Sound Board A-12738 Repair

Posted on May 25, 2016 by Matthew Mandarano

These little sound boards in WPC era Bally/Williams games can be difficult to track down issues on and there are no inexpensive reproduction replacements, so the boards themselves are quite expensive if they need to be replaced. A client brought … Continue reading →

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1991 Bally Party Zone and 1989 Williams Earthshaker Repairs

Posted on March 11, 2016 by Matthew Mandarano

  These games are up at Hoots Roller Bar in Winston-Salem, along with a Williams Rollergames. Great line-up of games that do change from time to time, definitely check them out in the Winston area! I was originally contacted about … Continue reading →

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1977 Bally Evel Kneivel Repair

Posted on March 2, 2016 by Matthew Mandarano

This game was brought to me for some garage workshop love. Cosmetically, it was in actually very nice condition for an all original EK, but electronically it had sat for a long time and was a complete bring back to … Continue reading →

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1978 Bally Star Trek Repair

Posted on February 25, 2016 by Matthew Mandarano

Got a call from a gentleman with a Bally Star Trek. The game was mostly working fine but the player 1 display was missing a digit and there were no GI lamps working in the game. Upon inspection of the … Continue reading →

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1984 Bally Spy Hunter Repair Pt 2

Posted on February 19, 2016 by Matthew Mandarano

So, I figured the unlocked MPU would solve all of our problems on Spy Hunter; however, when I plugged the board back in, we were still getting a locked on LED. I checked TP5 on the MPU board and it … Continue reading →

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1978 Bally Silverball Mania Repair

Posted on February 17, 2016 by Matthew Mandarano

Got a call for a non-booting Silverball Mania. I figured I’d be in for the typical corrosion damage on the MPU repair, as this one had had some at one point but had been neutralized and repaired in the past. … Continue reading →

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1984 Bally Spy Hunter Pinball Repair

Posted on February 16, 2016 by Matthew Mandarano

I like the Bally -17 and -35 games. I guess its a good thing too, as I do get a lot of service calls on these games. Most calls begin with, “It was working fine and lights up, but won’t … Continue reading →

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1980 Bally Eight Ball Deluxe Repairs

Posted on January 7, 2016 by Matthew Mandarano

Had a Bally Eight Ball Deluxe in for repairs that I recently finished up. It was only getting 6 flashes at bootup, missing the 7th and final flash which usually points to a loss of the +43vdc or the U10 … Continue reading →

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Bally Solenoid Driver Board Upgrades/Repair

Posted on July 5, 2015 by Matthew Mandarano

Trying to keep updates going as regularly as possible here, but has definitely been a busy few weeks. Last couple weeks have included doing two full flipper rebuilds including coils on a Data East Hook and DE Simpsons, fixing a … Continue reading →

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1979 Bally KISS Repair/Shop Out

Posted on June 14, 2015 by Matthew Mandarano

So, I picked up a 1979 Bally KISS pinball machine the other weekend along with the Pool Sharks. Overall the game was in pretty nice shape, but did need a little attention both electronically and cosmetically to get up to … Continue reading →

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