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Posted on July 16, 2016 by Matthew Mandarano

So, blogging takes a decent amount of time and I’ve been super busy lately. To help streamline my repair posts and keep them more up to date, I’ve decided to start up a Facebook page that I’ll use as my primary hub for … Continue reading →

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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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Electromechanical Pinball Machine Shop Outs

Posted on May 17, 2016 by Matthew Mandarano

Have had several calls over the past couple weeks about shopping games out. Out of the lot, three have been electromechanical machines. The first two, a 1970 Bally 4 Million BC and a 1971 Williams Stardust, were both owned by … Continue reading →

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1992 Data East Star Wars Pinball Repair

Posted on May 10, 2016 by Matthew Mandarano

This is another game from the personal collection. Out of the nearly 60 pinball machines I’ve owned, I’ve never had one burn up a connector enough to actually smell it until this one. I had my back line of games … Continue reading →

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1980 Williams Firepower Light Restoration

Posted on April 5, 2016 by Matthew Mandarano

This came in from a client who’s Bally Strikes and Spares I repaired and restored late last year. This game had been down for some time, so it needed a little love, but was a very nice overall example of … Continue reading →

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1996 Williams Junk Yard Repair

Posted on April 5, 2016 by Matthew Mandarano

Got contacted about a Williams Junk Yard that needed some clean up and repairs. Somewhere along the line, someone had put a glass beaker in the shooter lane that the ball was then plunged into and glass shards were all … Continue reading →

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1989 Williams Earthshaker Repair

Posted on March 18, 2016 by Matthew Mandarano

This Earthshaker was getting an “Adjustment Failure” at boot-up. This warning message immediately signals to me that their isn’t power hitting the U25 RAM, which holds the settings, high scores, etc. for the game when the game is powered off. First … Continue reading →

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WPC Dot Matrix Controller Board Repair

Posted on March 17, 2016 by Matthew Mandarano

So, the components arrived for the down Dot Matrix Controller board that originally came out of a Party Zone. It was missing +62VDC which causes the display to come up as completely blank. Since Party Zone is a location game … 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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