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Now to put it all back together. The game turned out to have a problem with the power supply board. I borrowed another one and it fired right up! I'm still working on getting my board fixed..

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I completely stripped the coin door, sanded off the rusting paint and repainted it with Rustoleum hammered paint. I drilled out the rivets that hold the Midway logo on, and epoxied them back in place after painting, along with double sided tape to help hold the plate on. I polished the chrome as best I could and reassembled.
The original cardboard that held the yellow tinted plastic was really nasty, so I bought some mat board and used the original as a template.
Here's the back art back in place. It's stapled to the sides of the cab and along the bottom.

Here she is, back together and running! I replaced quite a few parts on the power supply board, but the motherboard didn't need any work. I got lucky on that one!

I'd like to thank all the people who helped me. I couldn't have done it without the help of local collectors, and several others from the newsgroups.

A special shout out to Rob, Chris and Jeff!

Here's a shot with the room lights out. It's hard to get a decent picture without the flash, but this one turned out pretty good!

You can see how the cabinet has lights in the top and in the middle, unlike most arcade games. There are 7 wedge bulb lights in the upper marquee, a cool white florecent light in the middle and a black light florecent light in the top that faces backwards to make the artwork inside the cabinet glow.
This is a closeup of the game. It's reflected in a mirror, so it looks like it's floating in the machine. The same effect is used in Asteroids Deluxe and Space Invaders.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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