That ramp is tough to hit!

This game is a steal for a solid state. I love the original but I can play fp2 for hours. Don’t understand why it’s so low on the totem pole. Yes I grew up in the 80s so that may be a bias, but still

I would have to agree. Not sure the average pricing but I was really happy with the deal I got for the condition the game was in.

Chris

I've been shopping out and enhancing a FPII that we had picked up. Cabinet is in decent condition. Back glass is good condition is well. Playfield was not all blown out. Did some minor touch ups on it which came out OK but not perfect. Have automotive 2 part clearcoated the playfield and it looks awesome. Gonna go through the boards. All mechs rebuilt, Titans and Comets. Should come out pretty nice when all completed.

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That looks great! Wish I could have had you clear mine when I stripped it.
I added an extra gi in the area above the spinner. Ivan had a couple of these and it was a little dark for me wiithout. Nice job and of course great game

Thank you. Working on flattening the plastics now. Its amazing how much some have warped from incandescent bulb heat from years of use. Before and after shots. Not too bad using the oven method.

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I got the OG Manual on EBay if Anyone interested. Cheers!

Having some problems with my FP2. I installed new Wolfpack LED displays in my firepower 2 and I'm noticing that they go from dim to bright and right back to dim on the occasion. what something I would be looking for as the problem?

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Possibly the capacitors on your power supply

You probably checked, but I had issues with the connector from the power supply, that feeds the displays.

FPII Og pop caps on EBay!! If anyone interested…Cheeers!

Did the Speech addition mod today and love it! Seems like this is how it should have been from the factory. I get they were cutting costs at the time, but it seems like a different game. Or maybe I'm just crazy. LOL

I still need to adjust the speech / sound balance volume but you get the idea.

Chris

Call me mad but I do not care for any speech in Xenon or in either version of Firepower. Now in Gorgar, it works VERY well. Space shuttle and Sorcerer, I think it works well too. With Firepower I kind of ask myself "why is it talking". Seems thrown in there.

I like it. Does seem to cut a few of the sounds short. I think you might want to check on the ball launch. I had issues where that metal diverter on the upper right didn’t allow the ball to stay in the lanes at first. I think that’s where you want it to go.

In addition to the speech, all the sound effects are pure Firepower. There don't seem to be any specific Firepower II sound effects, are they disabled?

I'm not really sure. My Roms say Firepower II on them on the sound board, but they are just recycled Williams sounds ( like Firepower, Defender, Joust, Robotron, etc.) that all the games of that era had.

One thing I find , and I don't know if this will make sense. With the speech now, it makes the fame "feel" older. When I first got it it didn't feel like a game from 1983 to me. It plays fast and while it had the 80's sounds, it felt to me like a newer machine. The speech really dates the game. Not necessarily a bad thing, just an odd observation on my part.

I still like it though.

Chris

Is it irrational that it bothers me that the bumper caps are different?

No

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