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1979 Gottlieb Buck Rogers System 1 restoration

By blazerchad

9 years ago


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#1 9 years ago

Yet anothe System 1, just wheeled it in. Looks complete, played once before freezing. My bucket list of system 1's is getting shorter...

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#2 9 years ago

Playfield looks to be in excellent condition.

I assume you will be rebuilding the power supply and adding ground wires to all the boards?

#3 9 years ago

I noticed these two curious things... two nails set against the rail guide, and the center post has been relocated.

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#4 9 years ago

I doubt I will use the original board assembly. I dont have great luck with them.This game would be a cantidate for a Pascal upgrade in my opinion.

#5 9 years ago

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#6 9 years ago

Backglass needs attention, most likely a mylar...

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#7 9 years ago

Yeh, get a Pascal board for sure. You won't regret it.

Then you could sell the old original Gottlieb board.

#8 9 years ago

And this I felt was worth sharing...

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#9 9 years ago

Pascal Board all the way!
It will also give you a way to enter your name with the high score.
And some other cool options for the playfield, including a nice attract mode and flashing lights when hit.

Peter

#10 9 years ago

I have been limping along on the original boards, slowly fixing what i see, had to replace a connector pin and clean up some previous work. Two simultaneous digits in player 1 and 3 is out. Displays are verified, sounds like a board problem... of course.

#11 9 years ago
Quoted from blazerchad:

Two simultaneous digits in player 1 and 3 is out.

Did you check connectors?

#12 9 years ago

One on the power supply. Solved the re-setting issue. I did check connectors on the displays also...

#13 9 years ago

Displays are up... all digits working. Had to replace a display chip on the main board. Thank the System 1 Gods for the Blairally tech staff. (Shameless self promotion)

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#14 9 years ago

Replaced the miss-matched drop targets... red works i think.

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#15 9 years ago

Did a little sound board work, was missing a channel and mylar'ed the backglass...

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#16 9 years ago

Backglass has some loss but im completely satisfied. Total cost of game was low, I've cobbled parts together and its running on its rockwell boards.

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#17 9 years ago
Quoted from blazerchad:

Did a little sound board work, was missing a channel and mylar'ed the backglass...

I have a BK2K backglass that someone mylared. The bad thing about mylar is that it is pulling the paint off the glass. Probably heat from the backbox bulbs.

Rob

#18 9 years ago

I have noticed Mylar will do that during aplication if air is trapped under. It gets worse if you try to push the pockets of air out, I lance the mylar in areas to allow for escaping air.

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