Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends, The
Data East, 1993
Haunted House
Gottlieb, 1982So I just played some Haunted House and Rocky and Bullwinkle for the first time in a while.
Haunted House has glitched out in the middle of a game, has happened before. I let the machine go.
After an hour, I smell smoke. Shut the machines off, let in some fresh air.
So,
1) Could it be battery leakage from a MPU board?
2) Something else in Haunted House burning?
Please help. Feedback would be appreciated. Thanks 
kba78
Quoted from JCO25:So I just played some Haunted House and Rocky and Bullwinkle for the first time in a while.
Haunted House has glitched out in the middle of a game, has happened before. I let the machine go.
After an hour, I smell smoke. Shut the machines off, let in some fresh air.
So,
1) Could it be battery leakage from a MPU board?
2) Something else in Haunted House burning?
Please help. Feedback would be appreciated. Thanks kba78
Can you remove the Backglass and inspect the boards? Pictures would help diagnose the issue possibly.
Another possibility is the pesky grounding issues of Gottlieb’s.
My first thought is the caps on power supply and bottom of cabinet are original and dried out. Time to refresh things.
-Mike
Quoted from JCO25:Could it be battery leakage from a MPU board?
Uh..no. Only a locked on transistor, electrolytic capacitor exploding, burnt coil because of a transistor would be the possibilities.
Are you sure it was Haunted House? Did you open the coin door on R&B and have a whiff?
Nothing like that "Essence of Allen-Bradley".
As for Haunted House, they all do that. You have a fried kickback coil and maybe a bad driver transistor. Many times, the logic will keep the solenoid energized frying it even though the driver transistor is still good.
I'd consider underfusing the controlled solenoids.
Quoted from twhtalm:This transistor next to the J5 connections looks a bit toasted.
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If so, that is disappointing, as that new board design is supposed to protect against that type of issue.
Quoted from MrBally:Nothing like that "Essence of Allen-Bradley".
As for Haunted House, they all do that. You have a fried kickback coil and maybe a bad driver transistor. Many times, the logic will keep the solenoid energized frying it even though the driver transistor is still good.
I'd consider underfusing the controlled solenoids.
Would that be for the MPU board?
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