Tag Archives: Winston-Salem

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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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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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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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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2008 Stern Batman Dark Knight Repairs

Posted on November 18, 2015 by Matthew Mandarano

This one is out of the personal collection. Recently got it in a trade deal for my Williams Congo. Part of the trade deal was that there was a fuse blowing on the I/O Power Driver board, which was fine … 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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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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1977 Bobby Orr Power Play Corroded MPU Repair (Bally -17)

Posted on April 16, 2015 by Matthew Mandarano

I picked up a 1977 Bobby Orr Power Play about a month ago. It hadn’t booted properly in years and had been “dead” at one owner’s house, sold and then “dead” at the other owner’s place for a long time. The … Continue reading →

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