Totally worth it. I just installed mine a few months ago. Pretty straightforward and works great. Yes, the dollar sucks but just don’t think about it.

Just unfolded my Shadow - it has been folded since April as I was renovating parts of my basement to create a home office. It worked perfect when I folded it but now the display is all garbled and the start button flashed but won't start a game when it is pushed. It did start one game with a grabled display before I turned it off due to the garbled display - now it won't start a game. The CPU LEDs (WPC-S) don't indicate a problem and I reseated all the cables. I get the single sound "nong". Not sure where to start here. A few solenoid's fire at at startup (which I think is normal), however, the mini-playfield paddle doesn't move (which I think it should) and the mini playfield drop targets (solenoid) attempt to reset multiple times (which I don't think it did before).

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Diagnosing board issues isn't my strong point. Thanks.

Batteries are good (Energizer Lithium Ion for years now). It is odd because the game boots. I can go into the Test Menu (I can't see anything due to the garbled display but I can get to the test menu by feel (looking at the Test Menu on my IJ). I do have an error in the game as it gives me the usual ding-ding-ding to indicate that there might be a switch error). So the game seems to know it is alive but the start Menu button won't start a game but it knows it gets pushed in switch test.

I guess it could be a flaky ribbon cable - I need some spares anyway so perhaps I will order a set.

Any other ideas anyone?

This. Energizer Li ion batteries are affordable now and will easily last 5 years in a pin and will not leak. Simple affordable solution.

No more leaky Alkaline batteries and no need to solder anything.

After 13 years of ownership I left the club this week. The sun was shining but the ice was slippery during delivery.

Best post ever! Made me laugh!