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Midway 8 Track Player - NEW MODERN REPLACEMENT OPTION!

By thepita007

8 years ago

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#1 8 years ago

RJS

thepita007

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Jacksonville, FL

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Finally a solution to the Tricky,Skippy 8 track players used in midway rifle games. (possibly others as well)

The board is still in development but below is a video showing the working prototype in a midway haunted house.

This board will allow you to use the original audio or you can create your own soundtrack!

Completely plug and play with no modifications required (for haunted house, awaiting test results on other midway games)

Thanks to HisboyElroy for showing the capabilities of the wav trigger.

Special thanks to following individual:

Board Guru/Engineer/Person doing the hard stuff making this possible: Hamster/ki4swy

Pricing/Features are still being worked out so stay tuned for more updates!

Important Video Notes:

There is a person (hamster) behind the game manual triggering the relays for the targets and scoring, this is why there is a delay for the audio. When triggered normal thru gameplay there is no delay.

The audio for some of the speech cuts out early this is due to not enough padding on the files. Which is why I stated we are still cleaning up the files.

Please give us some feedback!

#2 8 years ago

MAG

yonizzell

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Gettysburg, PA

10y 72,350 926

Wow, awesome work! I would definitely be interested once you guys get it done!

#3 8 years ago

CJM

EM-PINMAN

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Great Stuff!

Can't wait to hear/see the final product!

#4 8 years ago

HAM

Hamster

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Brandon, FL

12y 35,650 27 6

I like hamsters.

#5 8 years ago

PMJ

PM_Jeremy

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Nice!

#6 7 years ago

RDC

RichardClark

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New Albany, IN

8y 18,500 4 56

I am interested in buying a completed kit, please me in mind.
I assume you will be doing more kits for other games.

Thanks
Richard

#7 7 years ago

TOM

TomT

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Charlotte, NC

12y 84,050 1,132 6

Great project looking forward to pricing info

2 weeks later

#8 7 years ago

TOM

TomT

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Charlotte, NC

12y 84,050 1,132 6

Any update?

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#9 7 years ago

RJS

thepita007

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Jacksonville, FL

11y 32,050 279 3

Quoted from TomT:
Any update?

Here is a update video showing the game in action! Finally got it put back together for the most part.

Running the original audio files in this video. In the coming week I will make another video which shows it running using custom audio.

#10 7 years ago

RVD

rvdv

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Keep it coming
When final product is ready

I need one for Gangbusters

#11 7 years ago

GAJ

hottubr

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Thunder Bay, ON

13y 43,400 63 52 21

im interested.have a couple gun games with 8 tracks.thanks for the efforts.

#12 7 years ago

MAG

yonizzell

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Gettysburg, PA

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Hi Everyone- I am hoping to find a part I need for my Haunted House rifle game. I need part #538-160 which is listed as washer-drive on the parts list. I think it was used on other games too. If anyone can help me out I would greatly appreciate it!

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#13 7 years ago

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ForceFlow

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Quoted from yonizzell:
Hi Everyone- I am hoping to find a part I need for my Haunted House rifle game. I need part #538-160 which is listed as washer-drive on the parts list. I think it was used on other games too. If anyone can help me out I would greatly appreciate it!

You would probably be better off posting your own thread or a "want to buy" ad in the marketplace. The chances of someone seeing your request in this unrelated thread are probably pretty low.

#14 7 years ago

EDO

Fortytwo

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Custer, WI

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Quoted from rvdv:
Keep it coming
When final product is ready
I need one for Gangbusters

I too could use this for gangbusters. Currently I have a custom 8track I recorded with gansters sounds taken from "filthy angles" from one alone.
Fortytwo

#15 7 years ago

MAG

yonizzell

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Quoted from ForceFlow:
You would probably be better off posting your own thread or a "want to buy" ad in the marketplace. The chances of someone seeing your request in this unrelated thread are probably pretty low.

Ok got it!

#16 7 years ago

???

cfh

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I could use one for Pirate Gun.

#17 7 years ago

Ralph67

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10y 52,300 304

Quoted from Fortytwo:
I too could use this for gangbusters. Currently I have a custom 8track I recorded with gansters sounds taken from "filthy angles" from one alone.
Fortytwo

I would get one from you too , very interested in this For my gangbusters , My "Robber" sound is not working due to a bad MFC 8040 chip on the pre amp .
One tip for the guys with Midway Amp boards ,(larger Amp inside the rear door ) , put new IC sockets in for the LM354 IC's, this got the 'gun and explosion' sounds going again on my game,
A picture of the pre amp board (3 tracks) used on the Gangbusters which lives inside the 8 track player ...
Keep up the good work 007!

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#18 7 years ago

KMJ

Ghoen

Tilted Pinball

Salina, KS

10y 41,900 89 6

I have been looking for solutions for the missing 8-track in my Wild Kingdom. I have all the animal sounds but it could you some jungle sounds.

#19 7 years ago

EDO

Fortytwo

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Custer, WI

9y 71,050 1,674 23

So basically when I made my custom 8 track I figured out it all worked. What the pre amp does is constantly play the same sound all the time. (8track player motor activates when a game is started) Then the Game changed what track it listens to. In gangbusters.
It has background, car, and gansters saying stuff.
I am not 100 percent sure if the background is mixed into the other sounds. Pretty sure is was not. So a board that will output a looping single track on line level as soon as power is applied. We don't really need to tie into motor power. Just pre amp power.
Correct?
Ed

#20 7 years ago

RJS

thepita007

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Jacksonville, FL

11y 32,050 279 3

Quoted from Fortytwo:
So basically when I made my custom 8 track I figured out it all worked. What the pre amp does is constantly play the same sound all the time. (8track player motor activates when a game is started) Then the Game changed what track it listens to. In gangbusters.
It has background, car, and gansters saying stuff.
I am not 100 percent sure if the background is mixed into the other sounds. Pretty sure is was not. So a board that will output a looping single track on line level as soon as power is applied. We don't really need to tie into motor power. Just pre amp power.
Correct?
Ed

we have it all figured out just a matter of making the PCB's. The sounds are not mixed they are independent. The games have different triggers for each track.

#21 7 years ago

Ralph67

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10y 52,300 304

Re Gangbusters ,
The game (should have) the 3 pre-recorded tracks ( Car , Robber and background ) also the 2 extra Gun and Explosion sounds when trigger is pulled , Explosion only sounds when hit is made on the car ,
hope this make sense ,
keep up the good work guys , This will bring a few old Midway games back to life .

#22 7 years ago

RJS

thepita007

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Jacksonville, FL

11y 32,050 279 3

If you are interested in a board please email [email protected]

This includes those who emailed/pm'd me. We are trying to determine how much demand there is, once this is done we will have a per unit price.

Please keep in mind only Haunted House is supported at this time.

1 year later

#23 6 years ago

PAC

PACMAN

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San Diego, CA

11y 96,800 3,827 35

Looking to buy one of the kits for my Haunted House. What's the latest?

#24 6 years ago

Ralph67

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10y 52,300 304

Quoted from Ralph67:
I would get one from you too , very interested in this For my gangbusters , My "Robber" sound is not working due to a bad MFC 8040 chip on the pre amp .
One tip for the guys with Midway Amp boards ,(larger Amp inside the rear door ) , put new IC sockets in for the LM354 IC's, this got the 'gun and explosion' sounds going again on my game,
A picture of the pre amp board (3 tracks) used on the Gangbusters which lives inside the 8 track player ...
Keep up the good work 007!

I managed to get my sounds fixed , The Robber voices sound , It was a bad 555 timer chip on the Amp Board.
I replaced both and new sockets .
Originally I'd Thought it was on the 8 track pre amp board that's mounted inside the 8 track player .

Quoted from PACMAN:
Looking to buy one of the kits for my Haunted House. What's the latest?

Do you have the 8 track and sound amp boards Pacman?
Maybe you can repair yours if you have all the boards

#25 6 years ago

PAC

PACMAN

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San Diego, CA

11y 96,800 3,827 35

I do and will probably have to go that route but I wanted a long term modern solution. I emailed him and he put me on the wanted list. No idea if/when this will happen.

4 months later

#26 6 years ago

DEN

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12y 53,550 1,773 12 13

Can this board be used in Bally Star Trek piball?

#27 6 years ago

BLY

MrBally

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Paradise, NV

12y 141K 13,936 22 1

#28 6 years ago

DEN

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12y 53,550 1,773 12 13

Quoted from MrBally:
No

Is there any easy upgrade for those old ballys? to get a better sound?

3 years later

#29 2 years ago

???

ritch12345

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Hamilton Township, NJ

6y 30,400 26 3

Anyone ever make a Gangbusters solution so no 8-track is needed?

5 months later

#30 2 years ago

RJS

thepita007

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Jacksonville, FL

11y 32,050 279 3

For those interested these are the pictures of the prototype board. I don't think it will ever get made as I sold the game and believe its in California now.

We used a wav trigger as it supported multiple tracks at same time. The breadboard is a power supply and isolation circuit for each track trigger. everything is rough in these pics as was prototype, we were planning on a plug and play solution. The copper board was roughly cut to fit original connector for 8 track player. So the board was designed for original harness of 120v and dropped it to 5v for wav trigger and isolated each input for voltage protection.

https://www.sparkfun.com/products/13660

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