Quoted from moonraker:I agree with serviceable comments. How about CGC games being serviced? They have big beagle board and surface mounted chips correct. Explain if theirs an advantage thanks. My big worry with new games
I’m worried about all modern games which is one of the reasons I wasn’t a fan of the remakes in the beginning. When I looked into parts for AFMr, the playfield PCB was $250, about the same as one Stern node board. And I could actually get the part. +1 for CGC. I’m still waiting on a two year old Stern parts order.
Surface mount stuff can be repaired; most of us don’t have the equipment or skill though. We were all sold a bill of goods with Spike/Spike 2 - remember the promise of easy, inexpensive field replaceable node boards? I have two modern Stern games and I’m most worried about them not being repairable, mostly because Stern doesn’t seem to have any interest in stocking parts. I also figure/hope/pray someone will be able to fix them in the future.
We’re getting off track here but I suspect I’m more likely to be able to repair a CGC game down the road than a Stern. And I’m really hoping that being in a low play home environment is going to mean my games have better odds of not failing in the first place.