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Tech: Generic

25,486 topics / 262,213 posts

Machine not starting? Flipper stuck? How to tweak a slingshot? And more!

Tech: Early solid state

13,957 topics / 146,450 posts

Fixing the early solid state games (1975-1985)

Tech: Alpha-numeric

6,269 topics / 59,101 posts

Fixing alpha-numeric games (1986-1991)

Tech: DMD era games

21,273 topics / 209,464 posts

Fixing dot matrix and pin2k games from 1990 onwards

Tech: LCD era games

1,534 topics / 18,651 posts

Fixing modern games featuring a full colour LCD display, from 2013 onwards

Tools & Supplies

1,083 topics / 22,430 posts

Discuss what tools & supplies to use, where to get them, and how to use them.

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TGE VID's Guide to Upgrading/Rebuilding Flippers By vid1900 (11 years ago) - Last post 3 days ago

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TDM Stern Spike Node Board Schematics Troubleshooting and Discussion By JodyG (4 years ago) - Last post 8 days ago

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TTS Modified Harbor Freight Lift Table By wizzardz (11 years ago) - Last post 19 days ago

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TTS VID's Quick and Dirty Rotisserie Guide By vid1900 (11 years ago) - Last post 22 days ago

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TTS Escalera Powered Stair Climber information thread. By rai (3 years ago) - Last post 33 days ago

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TGE Playfield Swap Guide By mof (8 years ago) - Last post 4 months ago

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TTS Ultrasonic Cleaner Club " clean members only" By Skypilot (9 years ago) - Last post 4 months ago

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TTS Show and Tell: Your DIY Homemade Tools By mof (9 years ago) - Last post 6 months ago

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TGE Vid's Guides Collected By Anth (10 years ago) - Last post 6 months ago

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TGE TerryB's Soldering Guide By terryb (7 years ago) - Last post 1 year ago

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TTS What is in your tool kit? By Lethalfrag (8 years ago) - Last post 1 year ago

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TTS TerryB's Guide to Logic Probes By terryb (8 years ago) - Last post 2 years ago

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TGE Pinball lamps By robin (12 years ago) - Last post 3 years ago

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TGE The Beginner Step By Step Guide To Restore/Shop Your Pinball Machine Parts 1 & 2 … By jrrdw (12 years ago) - Last post 3 years ago

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TGE LEDs - All you wanted to know By Brokedad (13 years ago) - Last post 4 years ago

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TGE How to Efficiently Ask for Pinball Repair Help -Vid's Guide By vid1900 (8 years ago) - Last post 5 years ago

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TGE The Pinside Compendium - Updated 5/9/18 By beelzeboob (8 years ago) - Last post 5 years ago

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TDM Guide to dealing with large DMD games with resetting displays By barakandl (9 years ago) - Last post 8 years ago

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TDM T2 Flashers lock onNew By Don44 (37 mins ago) - Last post 18 mins ago

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LCD Wizard of Oz LED issue By murdoch (2 days ago) - Last post 30 mins ago

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LCD Stranger Things drop target slide assembly loose and chafingNew By Krellan (13 hours ago) - Last post 36 mins ago

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TDM Diagnose A Wonky AFM Right Ball Popper AssemblyNew By webwires (20 hours ago) - Last post 41 mins ago

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LCD Kill me I want to die. Stern Spike 2 By AMartin56 (2 days ago) - Last post 1 hour ago

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TDM First soddering attemptNew By Supermarket65 (3 hours ago) - Last post 2 hours ago

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TDM Dim Row of Controlled Lights LOTR (Whitestar) By Marten (4 days ago) - Last post 2 hours ago

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LCD Tech: Wonka Update HelpNew By wilsonza (4 hours ago) - Last post 2 hours ago

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TDM Staged flippers reversed on RoadshowNew By Lhyrgoif (4 hours ago) - Last post 3 hours ago

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TAN F-14 not booting/ GI light issue By Clintonian (2 days ago) - Last post 3 hours ago

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TSS Gameplan Supernova Led question By NoXoR (2 days ago) - Last post 7 hours ago

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TSS Black Knight both flippers cause game to end By Nardax (27 days ago) - Last post 10 hours ago

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LCD Iron Maiden shooter launch loop alignmentNew By Krellan (14 hours ago) - Last post 12 hours ago

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LCD Star Wars Pro right orbit exit / left orbit entrance issueNew By seanye (17 hours ago) - Last post 14 hours ago

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TGE DumbAss test and reproduction PCBs By DumbAss (4 years ago) - Last post 14 hours ago

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LCD Has anyone installed woz 2.0 yet? I’m about to! By pinballkyle (5 years ago) - Last post 15 hours ago

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TGE Could this connector have caused my TZ to reset? WITH PHOTOS By Doug_Quaid (2 days ago) - Last post 16 hours ago

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TSS Strange Science Switch Issue By JT-Pinball (24 hours ago) - Last post 17 hours ago

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LCD Alice cooper nightmare castle power issue By Deadflip2020 (16 days ago) - Last post 17 hours ago

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LCD Stern Black Knight Making Poping Sound Coming Out Left SpeakerNew By pinballgurus_com (17 hours ago) - Last post 17 hours ago

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TGE Removing Stern art blades By nicoy3k (2 years ago) - Last post 17 hours ago

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TDM Dialed In won’t boot [solved] By dluth (3 years ago) - Last post 19 hours ago

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TSS Flipper problem on EBD-LE By mbeardsley (16 days ago) - Last post 19 hours ago

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TDM Dirty Harry Right Diverter Closing Quickly By Field-Wisdom (5 days ago) - Last post 20 hours ago

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TAN System 80B - Not Booting, Odd BehaviorNew By MaxAsh (20 hours ago) - Last post 20 hours ago

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TDM Speaker de-soldering fail?New By Supermarket65 (22 hours ago) - Last post 21 hours ago

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TAN Williams 1988 Taxi - tuning of the shooter lane 'spin out' skill shot … By wayner (30 hours ago) - Last post 21 hours ago

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TDM Data east Star Wars dot matrix not working By Blue-1 (26 hours ago) - Last post 22 hours ago

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TDM Interior Cabinet Game Blade Protector Set By Supermarket65 (4 days ago) - Last post 22 hours ago

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LCD 007 - Missing All Arch LEDs By Spyderturbo007 (28 hours ago) - Last post 22 hours ago

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TDM DE Star Wars died during play and won't start up anymore By sponjey (3 days ago) - Last post 23 hours ago

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TDM Nightmare on elm street By Mxzmark (39 hours ago) - Last post 23 hours ago

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TSS Lectronamo help lots of issues. By Gunnut40 (19 days ago) - Last post 24 hours ago

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TAN Cyclone, the hole game shuts down when its "cold" By Zatan (13 days ago) - Last post 24 hours ago

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TDM Johnny Mnemonic JM changing 9 Cyberspace Matrix Lamps? By calico1997 (11 years ago) - Last post 25 hours ago

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TGE What games are these Cliffys for ?? By Wariodolby (4 days ago) - Last post 25 hours ago

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LCD Stern Spike 2 Lock Ups / Freezes By AMartin56 (71 days ago) - Last post 25 hours ago

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LCD Update to my Stern JP Lock Ups By AMartin56 (7 days ago) - Last post 25 hours ago

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TGE Pin2dmd repair By Haymaker (4 days ago) - Last post 26 hours ago

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TAN DE issue, no blank led By Nihonmasa (2 days ago) - Last post 27 hours ago

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TSS How has everyone found the Pascal boards? By Atomicboy (8 years ago) - Last post 28 hours ago

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TSS Rollergames and Rottendog MPU By JT-Pinball (13 days ago) - Last post 28 hours ago

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TSS Display One Error Code: 1501 2 on Alien Poker By CUJO (40 hours ago) - Last post 29 hours ago

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TDM Miked Creature Holo Mod, Making bad noises By PinAL (7 days ago) - Last post 30 hours ago

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TSS Easy fix? Firepower reset problem... By Guru-420 (7 years ago) - Last post 30 hours ago

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TDM Ripley's resetting and scoring points randomly By Goferkid (12 days ago) - Last post 31 hours ago

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TAN CPU Rottendog buzzes By jimy_speedt (16 days ago) - Last post 34 hours ago

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TSS Bally SE9302 transistor. What equivilant? By wrd1972 (2 days ago) - Last post 36 hours ago

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TSS Bally Eight Ball fuse under playfield keeps blowing By Sea_Wolf (8 days ago) - Last post 38 hours ago

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TSS F2k can't find balls By Adam1983 (8 days ago) - Last post 38 hours ago

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TDM Metallica Pro - Both flippers stopped working mid game. By Meph (52 days ago) - Last post 40 hours ago

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TDM Star Wars data east xtra ball light always on (C-3PO’s mouth) By Blue-1 (28 days ago) - Last post 41 hours ago

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TAN DE Simpsons blows F5 Flipper Fuse By EMDude (3 days ago) - Last post 43 hours ago

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TAN DE Phantom of the Opera - Ball deflector issue By jojo97222 (2 days ago) - Last post 44 hours ago

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TDM Indiana Jones error By Tonyh112 (2 days ago) - Last post 45 hours ago

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TDM What is this Dutch lock? By Black_Knight (5 days ago) - Last post 45 hours ago

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TDM LOTR Early Game Over By Marten (20 days ago) - Last post 46 hours ago

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TGE Cleaning and Waxing Pinball Machines - Vid's Guide By vid1900 (8 years ago) - Last post 47 hours ago

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TDM White Water power problems By kiniry (13 days ago) - Last post 2 days ago

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TSS Weird AS-2518-32 sound board and displays situation? Lost World By ShaqqyPE (4 days ago) - Last post 2 days ago

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TDM Issue with Iron Maiden sarcophagus ball lock By rai (2 days ago) - Last post 2 days ago

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TDM Soldering By Supermarket65 (2 days ago) - Last post 2 days ago

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TDM Official Stern KISS LE / Premium Demon Lock Troubleshooting thread … By ScottinSGFNY (8 years ago) - Last post 2 days ago

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TSS Bugs in early solid state games By slochar (3 years ago) - Last post 2 days ago

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TSS Flash - system 4 settings and diagnostic menu doesn't work. By DaveTheTrain (4 days ago) - Last post 2 days ago

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TDM Gottlieb System 3 ball stuck call service person message By pinballplusMN (2 days ago) - Last post 2 days ago

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TGE Power Supply Capacitor quality and spec questions By Joker2416 (3 days ago) - Last post 2 days ago

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TDM Sopranos Translite Bulb Won’t Turn On By Goferkid (2 days ago) - Last post 2 days ago

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TDM Indiana Jones drop bank error By maveric18 (10 months ago) - Last post 2 days ago

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LCD Stern Node Board Sold out everywhere By athens95 (1 year ago) - Last post 2 days ago

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TSS Gottlieb (problem with system 1 displays) By Teknotoyz (2 years ago) - Last post 2 days ago

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TSS Pinbot switch 54 (Left Sling) issue By hawk370 (2 days ago) - Last post 2 days ago

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TGE DBA ground wire help By bax (3 days ago) - Last post 2 days ago

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TAN Switches on Row 2 Stuck On By Dan_Halen (2 days ago) - Last post 2 days ago

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TDM New PinSound RocketCPU Replacement Board? By Strohz (2 days ago) - Last post 2 days ago

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TAN Space Station 24v Bulb By FullTilt_Pinball (14 days ago) - Last post 2 days ago

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TSS Baby Pac-Man - LED playfield light matrix PCB By kuhurdler (9 months ago) - Last post 2 days ago

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TGE Where to drill rear leg bolt holes on Bally's Old Chicago By HappyHarold (3 days ago) - Last post 2 days ago

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TAN Diner EAT lights By FullTilt_Pinball (7 days ago) - Last post 3 days ago

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TGE Cloths that won't scratch playfield plastics? By Zakizdaman (3 days ago) - Last post 3 days ago

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LCD Expression Light problem By Ollulanus (3 days ago) - Last post 3 days ago

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TSS Gottlieb Time Line - switches not registering By kinggroucho (4 days ago) - Last post 3 days ago

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TGE LED "Flickering" 1.5K Resistor Trick By snyper2099 (10 years ago) - Last post 3 days ago

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TDM Repairing a Capcom opto receiver? By burningman (9 years ago) - Last post 3 days ago

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TSS Stern Dracula- Upper Flipper Won't Hold By tomdrum (20 days ago) - Last post 3 days ago

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TGE VID's Guide to Upgrading/Rebuilding Flippers By vid1900 (11 years ago) - Last post 3 days ago

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TAN Need GAME SHOW wiring picture! By JethroP (5 days ago) - Last post 3 days ago

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TDM Metallica Pro drop targets not resetting By Pinbflip (28 days ago) - Last post 3 days ago

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TDM Are interior Cabinet Game Blade Protectors worth buying? By Supermarket65 (4 days ago) - Last post 3 days ago

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TSS Cybernaut sound issues By llphil67 (3 days ago) - Last post 3 days ago

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TGE Strange problem Twilight Zone By Nieuwerondw (5 days ago) - Last post 3 days ago

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TSS New Allied Leisure MPU By daddy (5 years ago) - Last post 3 days ago

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LCD Woz burning up ULN2803 on I/O PCB By mdeslaur (8 days ago) - Last post 3 days ago

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TDM Is it ok to turn power on with the playing field out? By Supermarket65 (3 days ago) - Last post 3 days ago

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TAN Looking for space station mini playfield By nico193 (3 days ago) - Last post 3 days ago

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TTS Silhouette Cameo Pinball Restorers Club! By Curbfeeler (8 years ago) - Last post 4 days ago

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TSS Bally silverball mania boot sound meaning? By FlipFun (22 days ago) - Last post 4 days ago

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TDM RFM resetting By Nexyss (8 years ago) - Last post 4 days ago

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TDM DE Hook: Flippers will flip (w/ low power) while not in a game? By CoinGuyNinja (5 days ago) - Last post 4 days ago

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TSS Gottlieb Incredible hulk - Coil issue By Vaporise (4 days ago) - Last post 4 days ago

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