Replacing a battery with a coin cell – Bally 6803 Escape from the Lost World

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In this video work, continues on a newly-acquired game, 1987 Bally “Escape from the Lost World” – a late-model 6803 MPU game that instead of mounting a remote battery pack or memory capacitor, I’m going to show you how simple it is to install a 2032 lithium coin cell holder on the motherboard and use a cheap coin cell battery instead. This is such an easy fix that you don’t even have to remove the board from the game (if you’re careful and the board doesn’t need cleaning).

First Look: Bally “Escape From the Lost World” – rare late-model pinball rescue

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Nowadays, it seems like the pinball deals are fewer and further between. With more collectors and aggressive Craigslisters the “drop-in-your-lap” deals don’t show up as often. So you can imagine my chagrin when something like this happened…. Check out the video and hear the story of how I got this game and take a look with me as I peer in and see what we’ve got…

This is a playlist, so it not only includes the first look, but subsequent videos showing more work and progress.

Stern Ghostbusters Pro Pinball – One Shot Pinball Review

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One of our awesome members, Paul, decided to have his new Ghostbusters machine shipped to the PinChurch to share with everybody so it’s been hanging around here for the last week. I put a bunch of games on it and am posting my first impression of the game and how it works for you all to enjoy.

Dignosing and fixing a dead WPC MPU board (with RAM upgrade)

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In this video series, I am working on a client’s “Dr. Who” pinball machine that wouldn’t boot up. It was just dead. None of the diagnostic LED blinks would blink on the WPC-89 MPU board, so I go over the process of how to identify and isolate the problem, then I upgrade the board with NVRAM (non-volatile memory) so that it will never need batteries again.

Announcing Pinball Showcase videos!

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I’ve gotten a lot of inquiries from people who want to see more information about individual pinball machines and gameplay, and to be honest, that’s exactly the excuse I need to take some time and actually play and appreciate the games. I tend to get so bogged down in repairing things that I don’t play much these days, so I’ve decided to launch a new video series called, “Pinball Showcase” where I go through a game in the club collection and talk about all aspects: the design, art, gameplay, rules, history, and provenance of this particular machine. I hope you will enjoy it – and bear with me as I iron out the kinks of this new pinball recording rig. You can also follow me on Twitch.tv at www.Twitch.tv/mystickrewe

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This is an unedited series of videos showcasing some experiments I have been doing trying to repair damaged pinball ramps for which there are no replacements available at the present time. In this case, I’m working on a Bally Party Zone ramp, using different types of epoxies, plastics and adhesives. See work works and what doesn’t. In the end, I figured a creative approach using laser cut plexiglass tabs which were attached to ramps using two different types of adhesives.

First Look: Williams Skylab pinball and gameplay – PinballHelp.com

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Here is another video on a recent pickup: Williams Skylab – a very cool theme featuring a classic real-life space station that was in orbit from 1973 to 1979, and at the time was a huge point of pride for America and the field of science. In this game I take a quick look at the game before I’ve done any work on it, what condition it’s in. What I see wrong. And try to get the game to play a little bit.