Ok, so after several weeks, stripping, cleaning, ordering parts, re-ordering wrong parts, Frankensteining parts, soldering, replacing boards, fuses, bulbs, burnt idc connectors, and a pair of bloody knuckles, it’s done!
Saved the Pinsound for last, loaded the stock roms, adjusted the equalizer.
Then I downloaded Vader’s OST. Woooww!!! What a payoff, worth every dollar, minute, bloody knuckle I put down! Thanks Vader - you rock!
And no, that wasn’t a tear in my eyes, these onions in here must be pretty wild
I put this machine together for my brothers 50th Birthday. We used to play like crazy when we were kids at a 7/11 down the street. We lost my younger brother earlier this year and I can’t pretend there isn’t something missing now. Hopefully this will let us escape for a minute, I can sure say i did while I was building it.
He’s a huge Star Wars fan, so this machine while I love it, wasn’t for me. He has no idea but I’m expecting he’s gonna have some wild onions at his house when I drop it off.
What a great machine though, hats off to Data East!
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