Did you smack the side of the game really hard? Lol that usually works. Dad taught me that trick on old tube tv's when vertical and horizontal was messing up.

Seriously, I hope you find a repair person. Most likely a sticky contact and game not returning to home.

Bump in hopes you find someone to help. In the meantime, you may want to post a tech thread describing your issue on the EM tech forum here. They might be able to walk you through a bit of troubleshooting. It might be an easy fix if you're lucky...

Good luck!

If I lived in CT still I'd help you out, I'll look at the Royal Guard schematic at the store today, first thing you could do is pull the male jones plug that goes up to the play field and clean with a scotch brite pad and alcohol. Flat bar with a bunch of wires going to a wire harness. Let dry then replug it back in. See if there is a change. If you need more help PM me.

Check the fuse clip for the playfield lighting,fuse could be bad or just loose. This is in front by the tilt bob.

I would place my money on what pintoys says.

Seems like something is not letting loose and holding current for too long and blowing that fuse. I am sure pintoys will work with you more. These old games are fun, but the contact points need love, otherwise they will stick together and blammo, blown fuse.

A few suggestions:

- Get a set of circuit breakers to stand in for the fuse that's blowing.
- If you can start and play a game, activate playfield features one at a time by hand to see if you can identify what event blows the fuse. It could be a short caused when some device moves.
- Ask your questions in the EM Tech forum. You'll likely get more EM eyes on them there.

/Mark

http://www.pinwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=EM_Repair#Electrical_short_troubleshooting_Fuse_helper

Replace fuse or use circuit breaker. Take all bulbs out of the Playfield. Replace bulbs one at a time and see which one blows circuit..That socket is likely bad or is touching something it shorts with...