Hoping to find one of these to buy at a reasonable price at some point...this seems to be one of the harder 6803 games to find. The lower production quantity 6803's seem to be far easier to come across.
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Special Force
Bally, 1986-
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Bally Wuff, 1986
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Also, I have been in contact with Wolffpac Tech, the gentleman who makes the LED display kits for the older Bally machines, about making a 14 digit LED display kit for these machines. If there is any interest, I can keep you guys posted on his progress.
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Picking up this beauty tomorrow....im really looking forward to fixing this one up and playing it. Ive wanted a Special Force for some time, as I think its a pretty unique game. Now that I have one, you can bet new ramps will be coming available at some point in early 2021.
FB_IMG_1602248634242 (resized).jpgGave it a quick teardown and cleaning to evaluate what it needed. Added random rubbers from my stash to make it operational. This game had very little play before it was stashed away in a bad environment for who knows how long. The ramps are perfect and have very little wear. No sound yet...but we are up and running.
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Since my machine was missing the displays, I bought a pair of the green LED display kits from Wolffpac tech. He has Green, Orange, Blue, Red and White available. These are really well done, and easy to assemble. This is a good thing to put together while watching a sportsball game on TV. There are about 420ish solder points per board...but the results are worth it!
The displays are crystal clear, even though my camera does not show it well.
20201012_173029 (resized).jpg20201012_193112 (resized).jpg20201012_201801 (resized).jpg20201012_202616 (resized).jpgQuoted from Nokoro:That green looks great! That’s a lot of solder points, though. How long did it take? Also, is it all through hole?
Its all through hole...and its quality through hole, not the kind where the pads fall off when you stare at them. It took me about 2 hours or so. I go through and mount the IC's and components dry, then bend a couple legs a bit to hold them, and then do all the pads at once. Same with the digits. I put two in, flip it over, solder opposing corners and then repeat. Once they are all tacked into place, I go back and run down the rows all in one shot. Once you get a rhythm going, it goes pretty fast.
I recommend a regulated iron with a fine tip if possible. I use an Opti-visor as well, which cuts down on eye strain.
The results are well worth it. I was testing using the old displays out of another 6803, and those displays were getting fairly cloudy. Also, you won't need the high voltage side of your power supply any more after you install these.
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Quoted from Nokoro:Nice. Is that the green one in the game?
This game is weird. I did one in darker green and a lighter green. The darker green looks black with the game off in a dark room. The lighter green looks clear under game GI lighting.
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