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Popeye Saves the Earth
Bally, 1994
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Quoted from Pinballocks:Bos98 glad to see you finally found one.
Thanks. Very happy to have it and my son loves the animals. I just finished getting it playing properly. That center ball lock is a bitch to adjust when someone previously mangled all the switch blades. Replacements are coming but I have it working properly for now.
Quoted from Seatmandan:Yeah, I had to replace all of mine when I had my Popeye. The tricky part is to get the micro switches to stay actuated when balls are locked and are lying over the switch blades. The blades will also get hung up on the slots through the metal scoop.. Another thing to watch out for is the over-tightening of the micro switches causing them to bind, and also verify the switches are installed properly to the weldment with the proper rectangular washer. Another factor is to make sure the table at the proper angle (6.5deg) and testing the trough out of the machine with rolling balls into/through it. The "whistle" and spit out/eject when it's not supposed to when balls are hit in.. god, that's annoying!
This game really needs the bluto lock dialed in, otherwise its a PITA to get to wizard mode
I tested the crap out of it both by manually loading balls and checking switch diagnostics it was mostly there and once I pulled out the inclinometer and got the table to 6.5* everything else clicked. I have subsequently played about 20 games on it with consistent proper results.
Very happy with how it is playing and it will clearly be a family favorite.
1 week later
I just did LEDs in my Popeye which I recently acquired. I just patched the latest ROM with the non-ghosting driver updated and burned a replacement EPROM. So so so much better!
4 months later
Does anyone have a source for replacement playfield decal stickers?
Or a PDF of high res scans which I can get printed?
5 months later
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