I've been looking for my first EM gun/missile/sub game and scored this cool 1970 Midway Invaders from Outer Space.

I'l be working on it over the course of the year and hopeing to get it working 100% and restored. It's a really fun game.
If anyone here owns the same machine, please shoot me a PM. I'd love to get some info an maybe a few pics for a few parts that I'm going to try and repair.
Also, mine has the less common tank model in front of the glass insetad of the neon ray gun. Even though the tank seems more appropriate, it's a lot harder to see due to the olive green color. I may try to make one or 3D print if I can get some details from anyone.

Can't wait to dive into this!

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That's all I had on my phone right now, but I'll go into it in more detail once I start working on it and will share the progress here or in it's own thread.

Good call! I hadn't considered that. I need to check my serial #. Wonder if there is a database anywhere?

I'm sure they also realized how invisible that tank was and opted for the fourescent green ray gun.

I found the part # for the damaged saucer target position disc. Sadly, a web search turned up zero results. I was hoping it might be a common Midway part found in other machines.

Maybe I'll get lucky and find someone with a parts machine.

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Bottom right of the cabinet at rear floor access panel.

You can see how the copper was worn and the friend that sold it to me attempted a repair... but maybe incorrectly?

I'm just waiting on some photos from other owners for verification.

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I took apart the target mech on my Invaders from Outer Space.
After a good cleaning and adjustment, all the drops are working smoothly and the spinning saucer is now registering hits.
It seem the contact arms on the target disc were not set in the correct positions and the game was a bit confused.

All targets are now scoring properly and I'm even getting correct sounds from alien and saucer hits!
It was a cool mech to disassemble.
Next I'll wok on the missile/targeting mech and then I'll probably leave the project until I have some time to do the cosmetic work.

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