I am in the process of sorting out a very neglected 1984 Gottlieb "The Games". I have a lot more familiarity with Bally and Sterns from the era, but I do have the PinWiki Sys 80 reference site, which is great.
There are two issues I wanted to bounce off those who might know. First, the state of the machine is the audio and the displays are out. I think I know why for the displays (missing CR7 on the power supply). Parts have been ordered. Anyway, the game boots up with those caveats. Questions:
1) When I hit the start button, the playfield lights briefly turn off, then I hear some under-playfield clicking, then it goes back to the lightshow. (I did load it up with a couple of quarters).
2) When I open the coin door, all the playfield lights go out. Without the head displays, I can't tell what it might be doing.
Either of these two ring a bell? Thanks. At least I got it going. The previous abuser had wrapped all the fuses with tinfoil. You can imagine how that went.