Tag Archives: Williams

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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1988 Williams Swords of Fury Refurbish

Posted on May 9, 2016 by Matthew Mandarano

Have been a little slow on the updates lately, but just too busy to keep up, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Not too long ago I picked up a 1988 Williams Swords of Fury machine that needed a little … 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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1992 Williams Bram Stoker’s Dracula Repair

Posted on February 24, 2016 by Matthew Mandarano

Quite happy to be typing this post. This one was a tough one that I thought had almost got me, but here we are typing up the repair log. I was contacted about a repair on a Williams Bram Stoker’s … Continue reading →

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Repair 1991 Williams Party Zone

Posted on December 15, 2015 by Matthew Mandarano

This machine is on location now up at Hoots Beer Co. in Winston-Salem, so head on over and put some quarters in! The primary functional issues with this game were: missing one entire column, several other switches not registering, Captain … Continue reading →

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1986 Williams F-14 Tomcat Repair

Posted on November 18, 2015 by Matthew Mandarano

Another F-14! I was contacted about some sluggish flippers on the right side of the game, but when I got to the location also found that the machine was in “Adjust Failure” upon boot up.   “Adjust Failure” on this … Continue reading →

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