It's a super neat game we are all playing regularly. Fortunately it was all working when I got it, but it is on the to do list to shop it out and rebuild the pop bumpers to make it even more snappy.

I did some work on the flippers and it has a unique setup that uses one coil for each side with a long link between them. Besides the link, the only other unique part is one lever on each side has a slightly longer pin to hold two links.

As long as the playfield and plastics are good, and a backglass is at least available, the rest is incidentals.

I bought a classic arcades plexi glass and although it took two to get a good one, I must say he was some of the best customer service I've ever dealt with.

It's not a $300 Shay, but he is trying. And it looks pretty darn good.

My backglass was presentable but had some of the traditional fading in the red. The replacement turned out to be better than expected. Colors really pop. Price was certainly right.

Not mine, but can you read this? They got it all figured out.

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Last ball left goes in in star hole and advances clock 5 positions then kicks out of hole back into play where you are free to do it again.

With any other balls left it stays in hole until it either gets released by a ball in play or the second to last ball drains, then the ball in the star advances the clock 5 positions and is released.

It's four or five clicks or positions between numbers on the clock.

So you have to get multiball rocking if you want it to advance.

So now that I have Beat The Clock back together, I have decided to address the clock operation. From the factory, the clock does not reset, so any game started, the clock will be in the position it was at when the last game ended. When the clock gets to 12 it lites the 6 on the clock for special, and the two outer kickout holes for special thru a setup relay. Only getting a kickout hole special will reset the relay and turn those lights off.

For location play this would be great, giving the player an incentive to drop another coin if the hand on the clock is anywhere near 12. However, I use all my games for competition and earning a special is part of that. The way my game came modded, the clock would reset to around 7, and go around and max out at 6, sometimes causing the coil to lock on. Now, it's rare in a game the clock goes all the way around, but it does happen.

So I took this idea and decided to try to improve upon it, by using the correct parts from a resettable stepper and adding a few switches and a relay. It took a lot more time than I thought it would but the end result is now the clock will start at 7, get to 6 and score the special if it is lit, then reset to 7 and start over again.

What happened was after I was done, it worked great during the game, but I had to find another way to reset it at startup, so the four switch reset relay became a five switch relay and the one unused backbox jones plug was the perfect place to attach the wire. All works great now.
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10 games in and this is the closest I got to 12. Working on this thing kicked my ass. Hope I can make it to The Invaders tonight.
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I didn't make it to 12 on the game, but made it thru The Invaders which started a 12. Love that show. But I couldn't tell you what happened on it.

Tell me about it.

You will need to remove the lightboard and hinges and the stops that the light board rest on. It is what it is.

Holy thread resurrection, Batman!

Nice vid. I have mine set up a bit steeper I think, but it was cool to see you demonstrate multiball and the wild geometry and flippers this game has.

Thanks!

I had one game on mine about a week ago where I won a replay just about every way possible. Had that clock ringing almost the entire game. When I start multiball, I always try to knock the balls as far back up the playfield as I can. Sometimes with success.