Joe you missed a white bulb near the left red and green lights. Should be three lights but only the two above it light up. the last one below is out. 44.:56
Don't be a Bob people..be a fun person who ain't offended by little things and loves life..life is precious and ya never know when all YOUR lightbulbs go out and don't come on again ☝️😄👇..
In the early 80s I loved hearing the Black Knight's taunts. Thirty years later, in 2010, I finally was able to purchase my own. I've never grown tired of playing it or hearing the Black Knight's voice. Awesome machine.
Ahhh, to be all the way in the low light back arcade room of a Straw Hat Pizza. You know the kind with the arched red brick walls in the B-Day party room, that aroma of real pizzas, stale beer and cigarette smoke scented carpeting and the sound of pinball machines. I miss the 70s and 80s.
Used to play this machine at my local "Arcade Alley" until closing every weekend night during the 80's. I almost needed an intervention to break away! I SO wish I had your techy know-how, otherwise I'd buy one & restore it myself. Thanks for bringing it all back for me!
In the arcade of my hometown... this machine was down all the time... not ejecting... upper flippers stopped working... drop targets getting stuck. The owner replaced it with Pharaoh because of too many issues. Really liked this one too! Brings back so many memories. Love this channel!
I own a Black Knight and I love playing it. I first played one in 1980 at a Godfathers pizza here in Louisville Ky. It was so amazing to be able to play a pinball machine that talked. I fed many a quarter into that machine. 40 years later I found one and just had to have it. I don’t plan on ever selling it.
Great series Ronnie, From not working to working man great job, I am always impressed by your wiring schematic reading. I agree with your comment section at the end of you playing the Black Knight. Ronnie fixed my Gorgar with the speech problem and some switch issues and 70 percent of the comments were about the Backglass. Last time I checked you do not play on the backglass "come on people come on". Great job Ronnie on fixing the Black Knight, I am sure the customer will enjoy it for a long time.
Thank you Frank you see how it is, I think people mean well but it's like you're walking down the street and somebody jumps out from behind a building and says your baby is ugly. What? haha. Thanks for watching as always man!
Great video on repair and playing the machine. Years ago when I was in college at upstate NY. I got a job as a pinball machine mechanic for a small local business. We got the contract to supply all the pinball fussball games and the old time cigarette machines. Watching these videos bring back a lot of very fond memories. Iwe had the Bally's and the Williams machines back then so they were all eletro-mechanal. Learned a lot about wiring and rouble shooting which helped me out later in life. Keep up the great videos and keeping the old machine's alive and well. Steve Greene
May this beauty find a good home that takes good care of it! Live long and Pinball! No, seriously...! This looks fun to play! Nice attract mode. a platform, multi-ball... Cool! :)
I have a black knight sitting in my family room 😁 Just bought it back from a guy I sold it to about 11 years ago. Still in amazing shape. This is one of those games I loved to hate back in the day. Very challenging to complete in a 3 ball setup. And that antagonism from the Black Knight... 🤣
In the 80's I used to get 30 minutes for lunch each day, once every two weeks I got 1 hour. That day, I would go straight to the local pinball arcade ("Pinnies" here in Australia). Firepower every time man!
We didn’t have a Dairy Queen. You missed a bulb. I think I’d fix the back glass. Lol. Thank you Joe. Fighting the trolls of the internet would be a full time job. Thank you for your Videos I really enjoy them. :)
I have own a Black Knight for about 25 years When i got for my two girls for Xmas, pick it up and was not told that two of the connectors were the same and that they could be connected the wrong way. I connected them and smoked the boards. I repair everything. Thanks to your videos. Just came up with a new problem (lost the speech) again thanks to your videos I am going to tackle that problem.
I loved watching you repair the Black Knight!! I learned to play pinball on that machine and would play for hours on Saturday afternoons after bowling league. I saw it in the background as you were fixing the Defender and immediately went looking for the video for the Black Knight. I was disappointed when I couldn't find a similar video for the Black Knight but was excited to find the first one a week or so later. Watching you play at the end brought back memories.-pizzadoug
I swear to God, I expected to see some guy named Bob Williams comment: "Never been to your channel before, I hear you're talking spit about me" 😁😁 I've enjoyed watching the restoration of Black Knight and a few others. I'm a recovering laye 70s Radio Shack employee, I miss component level repairable stuff. Thanks for the shows
I was thinking while I was doing that rant "uh... I hope there's not some dude named Bob Williams that watches my channel, lol" Thanks for watching Ron we appreciate it man!
Found your channel accidentally while browsing for a crane manual! LUCKY SHOOT! Thank you for your videos! Awesome fixes! Awesome material! AWESOME MOOD! Keep it up! Thumbs up, subscribed.
I remember being a young fella playing this game in the wild at the Red Deer College student's lounge. So many amazing sounds and it had speech!! They also had a SiniStar with speech which of course blew my Atari 2600 playing mind! ;)
Love that machine! That and firepower! Both of those machines were harder to get multiball than newer machines. I can remember as a kid playing pac man when it was brand new. Black night was brand new too. You couldn't get near either machine . They were always occupied . I can just hear black night talking, along with firepower, and I think eight ball pinball would be saying "quit talking and start chalking". I miss my youth!!
I thunk you're right about the cracks on the back. It looks like lightning coming off the knight. Working on these things and getting them working is awesome.
I think I forgot to use magnasave about 3 times more than I used it and about half those times, I remembered too late. LOL. I enjoyed this series Ron, great work as usual.
Ron, you crack me up, you are so funny. I have an old backglass I just clear coated. Easy job. I love the videos and can't wait for latest ones, so have to go back through your back catalogue to get my fix. 🤣 👍 💥 I just replaced 2 solenoid transistors on my restoration I have nearly finished, just like in your vid.
I bet I dropped $100 into Black Knight over a couple years. At our local Pinball Arcade there was always a line of quarters on the machine. That and Haunted House with the "basement" level. Great stuff here. Lots of work on this, and great debugging techniques.
Oh that basement level had some depth to it. Had the clear glass at on the main level, then a large cobweb and then finally the basement playfield. It was a fun game, but seemed to be rare in Australia.
Wow! He's alive! Great work. This pinball has an extra feature. When two or more players are playing, best player will recieve a timed extra ball at the end of game.
Great video! I bought a Firepower last fall, and I learned a lot of useful maintenance skills from this video. I grew up playing Firepower, Black Knight, and 8-Ball Deluxe. It's great these things are still around and that they can be maintained by the average Joe!
Realy like your video ! Incredible how you can fix old relic like that and figure things out. Thanks for your detailed explanation about how you repair it. Realy interresting
Happy to see it live.. I remember Phoenix drop targets would be problematic on player machines.. (player machines a well loved never refurbished.. tape would often be used adding more skill.. it’s why I love player machines)
I didn't even notice that was ware in the back glass I thought it was part of the actual design, this game is just a beaut , awesome job getting it working again
I "invested" defiantly not wasted wayyyyyy to much time on black knight. Also, im glad you noticed the light out at the end of the video, it was driving me nuts lol Love seeing these old games again. Really takes me back to the time of great games and greater music blasting out of the bowling alley jukebox.
I wonder how many times people have played this one good enough to have the bonus maxed out (max bonus points with max multiplier [the entire sword 100% lit up])? It’s good that there’s people like you that repair these classic machines.
Thanks for taking the time to make these videos! I just picked up a Taxi,and I'd like to learn how to fix problems when they pop up. I ordered the solder sucker from your website,to show my appreciation. Now I need to check your videos for more system 11 game repairs!
@@LyonsArcade Thanks. I remember that we idolized those repair techs when they came in to service the machines. “Getting paid to play video games”. Much simpler times for sure.
I loved playing that game as a kid. Put many a quarter in it and got pretty good. Wish it was still there when I stopped by your shop the other day. Would have loved to have taken a look at it. Regardless, it was nice to meet you guys. Hopefully I'll get the chance to stop by again if I'm in the area.
Thanks I own the new Black Knight "Sword of Rage" and my friend owns "Black Knight 2000" great multi-level game. Interesting to hear the voice and hear how it's progressed over the decade versions. I had never seen the 1980 version playing, only seen photos. Thanks as always.
The cracks on the backglass actually add to the effect. Love it! Can't believe I just watched 19 minutes of you playing the game :) Outstanding machine..!
Spectacular Ron! Excellent game, I had forgotten about the last chance, man that is a cool feature. Good job on the revitalization of this survivor! Oh by the way you have an captivating commentary voice. Your game play was about as good as I was with the first dollar played. can I fit in anymore positivity and nice comments? Thanks for all you do to entertain and educate us, keep up the good fight! Cheers.
Fantastic videos love the older pinballs and the older type arcade machines. I used to love it when visiting our local arcade in the UK and a machine would malfunction. The bloke would appear with his huge bunch of keys and I would get to see inside the machines. It's great that you can still repair these machines and have been going through your past uploads. Thanks
Thank you for saving these beautiful vintage machines from my childhood for prosperity Ron. As always, it has been fascinating to see you repair this one ! 👍
Fantastic repair skills on this machine. I loved it how you just kept on changing chips, diodes etc one after the other until you knocked all the issues out of the park. Wow….. that’s something to watch and learn from. Thanks for the education Ronnie. …. you slayed the black knight!
My first time commenting. Subbed and belled today. Watched a dozen or so videos. It's fascinating and your troubleshooting skills are neat. I have zero electrical ability, but starting to learn at almost 50 years old. My only memory of pinball was a game in the campground we were staying at long ago. I used to sink every quarter I had in it, but I don't remember the name anymore. I ended up playing for over an hour on one quarter. Went so long I had to pee. When the score flipped over I kept going. And ultimately, wet myself standing there. I remember running to the camper as fast as the wind, as I didn't want anyone to know it was me that left the puddle. True story. Never forgot that. My favorite game was Galaga, and making the game stop dropping bombs and running the high score up and was godlike in the arcade. Ahh the good old days. Thanks for the videos. Maybe once show us a few soldering techniques. I'd just like to see "proper" soldering.
Oh hellz yeah, even after seeing the complexity of this one, I think I still want to find me a Black Knight (W/ _"Magna-Save!"_ ) Most excellent videos fella's!!!
Great game! Loved watching the troubleshooting and repair work. I played this game at a bowling alley in the mid-80s and thought it was the best thing since sliced bread. I sucked because I wasn't coordinated enough to use both sets of flippers at the time! I also didn't realize then how robotic the Black Knight's voice was at the time! I just thought that he was talking was cool as hell! Thanks for the videos, Ron!
Great videos on the Black Knight! This was my all time favorite pinball back in the day (when they were brand new)! I own one now but it's in pieces and I haven't had the time to continue with restoring it. Hopefully one day I will.
Love your pinball videos! I own 4 games and this Black Knight pin was my first. Regarding repairs, I know enough to be dangerous and have successfully repaired a few things on the games from time to time. I always learn a few things and pick up some tips watching your videos….thanks! I like your detailed explanations and absolutely love your humor! Tom G.
Thank you Tom, I appreciate you watching along with us, we're just trying to have fun and help these machines survive at the same time :) I'm glad you get the spirit of it. We'll see you on the next video!
So glad I found your series on this machine. I have one at home that has several issues that I desperately want to get working again. Having these videos to reference definitely gives me a little more confidence!
You can fix it Omniscient Z. Remember too that the games from around the same time were very similar, and can be fixed the same way. We have done videos on a Phoenix here on the channel too that is the same setup... Good luck with it, if you run into problems send us a message. Fix the power supply first!
This was in my dads store it was a fun game to play and yes we all played the hell out of it. I want to one day get me one and add it to my collection. I love pinball its my hobby. It was around January 1981when it came in.
I've used both the manual solder sucker and the automatic type de-soldering handset. I'm partial to the automatic handset which I've used for years. Yes, you have to clean out the built-up solder occasionally, but you have to do that with the manual ones too. The trick with the automatic style to keep them from clogging is to set the temp a bit higher than a soldering iron, but most importantly to run the vacuum for a few seconds 'after' you've pulled it away from the hole you just vacuumed. This gives it max air flow and allows the solder inside to fully get sucked out of the nozzle and barrel. Most people were never taught that they need to do this, and so they get frustrated with the constant clogging. When necessary, I also use a tool that has multiple diameter wires to ream out the nozzle when necessary (I know PACE sells one for their de-soldering handset, which is what I'm used to using). Hopefully these tips will help others from getting frustrated with their automatic handsets. When used correctly, a de-soldering handset can save you a lot of time and effort.
I forgot to mention that I really enjoy the videos and the time and effort you put into them to pass along your knowledge and experience! Keep 'em coming! :)
Joe; I wasn’t complaining, you mentioned one bulb being maybe the only one in the vid which I didn’t notice but noticed the other one when you were doing the test. That game always seemed to the one of the loudest in the arcades back then with the loud voice. It was the initial lure to get you started!! Great memories for me hearing you resurrect all those sounds again with your rebuilds. You have all my faves! Defender; middle command; and more.. keep up the great work!
@@michaelenglish7905 You were complaining, the only comment you made was to say a lightbulb was out. think about why you do that, and who else you do that to.
Not a transistor, a darlington transistor pair. Used a lot for high current driver circuits. Used to replace a lot of darlington pairs in dot matrix printers back in the day, as they were driving stepper motors and the solenoids for the printer head. But i remember playing the black night pinball game back in the day. The music and sound effects set it apart from other pinball machines. Which was needed to compete with video games. And the best desoldering equipment is what works for you. I have used so many over the years, and the low cost spring loaded suckers work great. That along with some solder wick and liquid flux will do almost all you need to desoldering.
I discovered it in the early 80s, when I was nearly 30, in Aberystwyth (Wales - so it might be the same machine!) Half way along the promenade was a tall building with a spire and in the half basement was an arcade. Black Night was at 4 o’clock in the hall, as I remember, and once played, never forgotten. The only other machine I ever got to know well enough to understand what was going on was at York University where I attended some music summer schools, but so pale in comparison I can’t remember it’s name.
Hes not into chip level stuff well after all the chips an other repairs it needed its good he sent it into you! As for that one blue light it just adds to the game looks good man
i use the cheap solder sucker but i also use a silicone tube on it to prevent the tip from getting messed up and never had a problem with it as long as you clean out the silicone tube every 6-8 uses because it will plug up. but it's simple pull of the tube and roll in your fingers till the solder falls out the put back on.
@@LyonsArcade love your videos man, you had a D&D project that I watched about 20 times because it really helped me while I was working on my D&D project where the connectors go, and what kind of transformer I needed (yes, mine didn't have a transformer...) so thank YOU!!!!
Black Knight is a really fun game ! When I caught a glimpse of it sitting next to the arcade machine you were working on little while back I got excited wondering what other great pins you have squirted away back there :) keep up the great content Ron !
If You want a more durable one than the silicone plugs on the desoldering pump get an old CRT TV plug and cut its collar where the wire goes to the suction cup it'll fit like a glove and it can withstand high temps
Joe you missed a white bulb near the left red and green lights. Should be three lights but only the two above it light up. the last one below is out. 44.:56
Thanks Bob
That ain't Joe, Bob.
Ron is the name of the guy who makes the UA-cam videos, Joe owns the store.
@@LyonsArcade Come on people. He t... He t... He told you not to leave a.... Come on now...
Don't be a Bob people..be a fun person who ain't offended by little things and loves life..life is precious and ya never know when all YOUR lightbulbs go out and don't come on again ☝️😄👇..
In the early 80s I loved hearing the Black Knight's taunts. Thirty years later, in 2010, I finally was able to purchase my own. I've never grown tired of playing it or hearing the Black Knight's voice. Awesome machine.
Bought this game about 15 years ago and sold it. Always missed it. So I just bought another one last month!! Such a great game!!
Very cool, glad you were able to find another one!
It was metal ashtrays, not tunafish cans. That's what we used. Great job Ron always learning something.
You cheater you. Thanks for watching Hopper!
I remember when Black Knight came out. It was so different from any previous Williams game up to that point. Instant classic.
Yeah they knocked it out of the park with this one!
@@LyonsArcade It was one people queued on. I cant even guess how many hours we spend, or coins.. A lot, I'd say.
Solder suckers are God's gift to the electronics technician.
Black Knight. My favorite back in the 80's. Good job on the machine. Keep it up Joe. 👍
Thank you Toby! See you on the next one!
Ahhh, to be all the way in the low light back arcade room of a Straw Hat Pizza. You know the kind with the arched red brick walls in the B-Day party room, that aroma of real pizzas, stale beer and cigarette smoke scented carpeting and the sound of pinball machines. I miss the 70s and 80s.
Ron, really grateful for you fixing this machine! Thanks again!!
Thanks James, it was fun to work on man, glad to do it!
Used to play this machine at my local "Arcade Alley" until closing every weekend night during the 80's. I almost needed an intervention to break away! I SO wish I had your techy know-how, otherwise I'd buy one & restore it myself. Thanks for bringing it all back for me!
In the arcade of my hometown... this machine was down all the time... not ejecting... upper flippers stopped working... drop targets getting stuck. The owner replaced it with Pharaoh because of too many issues. Really liked this one too! Brings back so many memories.
Love this channel!
That's wild I think Pharaoh uses the same electronics, thanks for watching Rick!
I own a Black Knight and I love playing it. I first played one in 1980 at a Godfathers pizza here in Louisville Ky. It was so amazing to be able to play a pinball machine that talked. I fed many a quarter into that machine. 40 years later I found one and just had to have it. I don’t plan on ever selling it.
It's a keeper for sure, no reason to get rid of one. Thank you for watching Steve!
Firepower, Black Knight, Eight Ball Deluxe, Solar Ride, Galaxy. Best row of pins I've had the pleasure of playing back in the day.
Solar Ride, we had one of those so cool :) Thanks again!
Great series Ronnie, From not working to working man great job, I am always impressed by your wiring schematic reading. I agree with your comment section at the end of you playing the Black Knight. Ronnie fixed my Gorgar with the speech problem and some switch issues and 70 percent of the comments were about the Backglass. Last time I checked you do not play on the backglass "come on people come on". Great job Ronnie on fixing the Black Knight, I am sure the customer will enjoy it for a long time.
Thank you Frank you see how it is, I think people mean well but it's like you're walking down the street and somebody jumps out from behind a building and says your baby is ugly. What? haha. Thanks for watching as always man!
Play-wise this is the one to have. Looks like I'll have to make room and start the search for one. Great stuff you're showing us!
Thank you Indiskret1 for watching as always :)
I used to play this a lot when it first came out man do I miss this game.
It's a very special one! Thank you for watching Derek!
I love lights and play of that machine. This makes me want to find a loved machine and fix it up. My wife would LOVE a pinball machine.
Great video on repair and playing the machine.
Years ago when I was in college at upstate NY.
I got a job as a pinball machine mechanic for a small local business.
We got the contract to supply all the pinball fussball games and the old time cigarette machines.
Watching these videos bring back a lot of very fond memories.
Iwe had the Bally's and the Williams machines back then so they were all eletro-mechanal.
Learned a lot about wiring and rouble shooting which helped me out later in life.
Keep up the great videos and keeping the old machine's alive and well.
Steve Greene
Thank you Steve, I appreciate you watching, we love working on these things, very neat little time capsules. See you on the next video!
May this beauty find a good home that takes good care of it! Live long and Pinball! No, seriously...! This looks fun to play! Nice attract mode. a platform, multi-ball... Cool! :)
Yeah it's a great game, what a piece of work! Thanks for watching Jeroen A!
I have a black knight sitting in my family room 😁 Just bought it back from a guy I sold it to about 11 years ago. Still in amazing shape. This is one of those games I loved to hate back in the day. Very challenging to complete in a 3 ball setup. And that antagonism from the Black Knight... 🤣
I enjoyed this series! NICE WORK AS ALWAYS!
Thank you Greg, we try!
You know that .... Lol.
Seriously fun game. I never played it in my younger days, but it's cool to see this one running. Love seeing you have fun.
Thank you Brendan! Have a good weekend man (what's left of it over there !)
In the 80's I used to get 30 minutes for lunch each day, once every two weeks I got 1 hour. That day, I would go straight to the local pinball arcade ("Pinnies" here in Australia). Firepower every time man!
Thank you for watching MrButtonPresser Pinnies, what a great name :)
Well done, when I'm fixing my pinball machine, I'm happiest when it works and that's the most important thing to me! 😎Greetings From Croatia!
Hello Danijel always nice to see you watching us from Croatia! See you soon!
We didn’t have a Dairy Queen. You missed a bulb. I think I’d fix the back glass. Lol. Thank you Joe. Fighting the trolls of the internet would be a full time job. Thank you for your Videos I really enjoy them. :)
I just block 'em :) Thanks for watching Timit Biscuit :)
I have own a Black Knight for about 25 years When i got for my two girls for Xmas, pick it up and was not told that two of the connectors were the same and that they could be connected the wrong way. I connected them and smoked the boards. I repair everything. Thanks to your videos. Just came up with a new problem (lost the speech) again thanks to your videos I am going to tackle that problem.
I loved watching you repair the Black Knight!! I learned to play pinball on that machine and would play for hours on Saturday afternoons after bowling league. I saw it in the background as you were fixing the Defender and immediately went looking for the video for the Black Knight. I was disappointed when I couldn't find a similar video for the Black Knight but was excited to find the first one a week or so later. Watching you play at the end brought back memories.-pizzadoug
Glad you enjoyed it pizzadoug, we try to make them entertaining :) See you on the next video!
I swear to God, I expected to see some guy named Bob Williams comment: "Never been to your channel before, I hear you're talking spit about me" 😁😁
I've enjoyed watching the restoration of Black Knight and a few others. I'm a recovering laye 70s Radio Shack employee, I miss component level repairable stuff.
Thanks for the shows
I was thinking while I was doing that rant "uh... I hope there's not some dude named Bob Williams that watches my channel, lol" Thanks for watching Ron we appreciate it man!
PS I think it was an old Radio Shack desoldering tool that was used as a prop hypodermic spray in the original star trek TV series
Found your channel accidentally while browsing for a crane manual! LUCKY SHOOT! Thank you for your videos! Awesome fixes! Awesome material! AWESOME MOOD! Keep it up! Thumbs up, subscribed.
I remember being a young fella playing this game in the wild at the Red Deer College student's lounge. So many amazing sounds and it had speech!! They also had a SiniStar with speech which of course blew my Atari 2600 playing mind! ;)
Yeah it was a real step above :) Sinistar is so cool too, scary as hell, lol Thanks for watching Caffeinated Sedation!
Hearing you test that black night sound board sent chills down my spine. It's been so long since I heard that machine
Love that machine! That and firepower! Both of those machines were harder to get multiball than newer machines. I can remember as a kid playing pac man when it was brand new. Black night was brand new too. You couldn't get near either machine . They were always occupied . I can just hear black night talking, along with firepower, and I think eight ball pinball would be saying "quit talking and start chalking". I miss my youth!!
I thunk you're right about the cracks on the back. It looks like lightning coming off the knight.
Working on these things and getting them working is awesome.
Thanks Chris, glad you enjoyed it!
Man the black knight is taking some work! I’m glad someone out there says “come on now” in a southern twang as much as me
It's just a flesh wound he came back :) Thanks for watching N B!
@@LyonsArcade 😂😂
I think I forgot to use magnasave about 3 times more than I used it and about half those times, I remembered too late. LOL. I enjoyed this series Ron, great work as usual.
Then they laugh at you! Thanks for watching Neil we appreciate it!
Cool machine even cooler that you was able to get it working again
Thanks Chris, we enjoyed working on it!
Ron, you crack me up, you are so funny. I have an old backglass I just clear coated. Easy job. I love the videos and can't wait for latest ones, so have to go back through your back catalogue to get my fix. 🤣 👍 💥 I just replaced 2 solenoid transistors on my restoration I have nearly finished, just like in your vid.
Thank you Rich, glad you enjoy it! We try to keep it light. I'll see you soon on the next one!
I bet I dropped $100 into Black Knight over a couple years. At our local Pinball Arcade there was always a line of quarters on the machine. That and Haunted House with the "basement" level. Great stuff here. Lots of work on this, and great debugging techniques.
I'd love to get a Haunted House in!
Oh that basement level had some depth to it. Had the clear glass at on the main level, then a large cobweb and then finally the basement playfield.
It was a fun game, but seemed to be rare in Australia.
Wow! He's alive! Great work. This pinball has an extra feature. When two or more players are playing, best player will recieve a timed extra ball at the end of game.
It did that to me at the end of a game I was wondering what that was :) Thanks for watching Petri547!
Yes your right Ron. Back in the early 80’s I did play the hell out of it. I bet I fed that thing enough quarters to almost buy my own!
This might be the one you played :) Thanks for watching Steve!
Great video! I bought a Firepower last fall, and I learned a lot of useful maintenance skills from this video. I grew up playing Firepower, Black Knight, and 8-Ball Deluxe. It's great these things are still around and that they can be maintained by the average Joe!
Realy like your video ! Incredible how you can fix old relic like that and figure things out. Thanks for your detailed explanation about how you repair it. Realy interresting
Thank you Flying Squirrel, we appreciate you watching!
Happy to see it live..
I remember Phoenix drop targets would be problematic on player machines.. (player machines a well loved never refurbished.. tape would often be used adding more skill.. it’s why I love player machines)
I didn't even notice that was ware in the back glass I thought it was part of the actual design, this game is just a beaut , awesome job getting it working again
Yeah I think on this particular one I'd just leave it! It looks good! Thanks for watching chadow86!
THANKS RON!! Channel is great! Brings back memories of seeking out any arcade I could find back in the day and staying until the last quarter is gone!
Thank you Dan, we appreciate you watching!
Ron - I enjoyed this video series on the Black Knight. As always, great work.
12:00am, just got off work. Time to crack a beer, sit back, and enjoy the latest video!
Thank you Gregory, good drinkin' with you :)
I'm always impressed at how good your general knowledge of ICs and electronics is. Some fine logic!
Thank you Doug that's nice of you to say....
Thanks Ron. I like how the lights work on the sword on the center of the playfield. Cool game. Thanks for making it live once again 😀
Thank you AK-gyrator we appreciate it, such a fun game!
I "invested" defiantly not wasted wayyyyyy to much time on black knight. Also, im glad you noticed the light out at the end of the video, it was driving me nuts lol Love seeing these old games again. Really takes me back to the time of great games and greater music blasting out of the bowling alley jukebox.
I wonder how many times people have played this one good enough to have the bonus maxed out (max bonus points with max multiplier [the entire sword 100% lit up])? It’s good that there’s people like you that repair these classic machines.
Thanks for taking the time to make these videos! I just picked up a Taxi,and I'd like to learn how to fix problems when they pop up.
I ordered the solder sucker from your website,to show my appreciation. Now I need to check your videos for more system 11 game repairs!
Ralph we've got a few of 'em :) If you want to run all the way through it, check out this playlist: ua-cam.com/video/nr5aVgxFpU8/v-deo.html
Loved playing this one when working at Chuck E. Cheese when I was fifteen. Brings back great memories. Thanks for the vid.
Thank you SMG1, we appreciate you watching!
@@LyonsArcade Thanks. I remember that we idolized those repair techs when they came in to service the machines. “Getting paid to play video games”. Much simpler times for sure.
I loved playing that game as a kid. Put many a quarter in it and got pretty good. Wish it was still there when I stopped by your shop the other day. Would have loved to have taken a look at it. Regardless, it was nice to meet you guys. Hopefully I'll get the chance to stop by again if I'm in the area.
Nice to meet you too Solitaire come by anytime! We'll see you on the next video!
IT was a great game back in the day. It did get played a lot in my dads store its a fun game to play, great job Ron thanks for sharing.
Great series! Black Knight and Black Knight 2000 are a couple of my favorite pins
Thanks I own the new Black Knight "Sword of Rage" and my friend owns "Black Knight 2000" great multi-level game. Interesting to hear the voice and hear how it's progressed over the decade versions. I had never seen the 1980 version playing, only seen photos. Thanks as always.
Thank you for watching vBarbecue, we appreciate it!
The cracks on the backglass actually add to the effect. Love it!
Can't believe I just watched 19 minutes of you playing the game :)
Outstanding machine..!
Thanks A Bacchus you rock :)
Spectacular Ron! Excellent game, I had forgotten about the last chance, man that is a cool feature. Good job on the revitalization of this survivor! Oh by the way you have an captivating commentary voice. Your game play was about as good as I was with the first dollar played. can I fit in anymore positivity and nice comments?
Thanks for all you do to entertain and educate us, keep up the good fight!
Cheers.
Thank you Mac Daddy that's nice of you to say, see you on the next one!
@@LyonsArcade btw, just ordered a vampire and some solder via your Canadian link, hope you get credit!
Fantastic videos love the older pinballs and the older type arcade machines. I used to love it when visiting our local arcade in the UK and a machine would malfunction. The bloke would appear with his huge bunch of keys and I would get to see inside the machines. It's great that you can still repair these machines and have been going through your past uploads. Thanks
Thank you for watching Nigel!
Thank you for saving these beautiful vintage machines from my childhood for prosperity Ron. As always, it has been fascinating to see you repair this one ! 👍
Thank you Dutch, we appreciate you hanging out and watching with us!
Fantastic repair skills on this machine. I loved it how you just kept on changing chips, diodes etc one after the other until you knocked all the issues out of the park. Wow….. that’s something to watch and learn from. Thanks for the education Ronnie. …. you slayed the black knight!
My first time commenting. Subbed and belled today. Watched a dozen or so videos. It's fascinating and your troubleshooting skills are neat. I have zero electrical ability, but starting to learn at almost 50 years old. My only memory of pinball was a game in the campground we were staying at long ago. I used to sink every quarter I had in it, but I don't remember the name anymore. I ended up playing for over an hour on one quarter. Went so long I had to pee. When the score flipped over I kept going. And ultimately, wet myself standing there. I remember running to the camper as fast as the wind, as I didn't want anyone to know it was me that left the puddle. True story. Never forgot that. My favorite game was Galaga, and making the game stop dropping bombs and running the high score up and was godlike in the arcade. Ahh the good old days. Thanks for the videos. Maybe once show us a few soldering techniques. I'd just like to see "proper" soldering.
Oh hellz yeah, even after seeing the complexity of this one, I think I still want to find me a Black Knight (W/ _"Magna-Save!"_ )
Most excellent videos fella's!!!
It's a great game!
i want to come visit the store. this looks like the coolest job on the planet
Come on by!
Great game! Loved watching the troubleshooting and repair work. I played this game at a bowling alley in the mid-80s and thought it was the best thing since sliced bread. I sucked because I wasn't coordinated enough to use both sets of flippers at the time! I also didn't realize then how robotic the Black Knight's voice was at the time! I just thought that he was talking was cool as hell! Thanks for the videos, Ron!
If or when I can afford it.
Black knight would definitely be on my want list.
It's pretty awesome!
Wow... speechless.... what a beautiful game! So many memories....
Yeah it's really pretty cool!
Very cool game ~ brings back a lot of childhood memories
Great videos on the Black Knight! This was my all time favorite pinball back in the day (when they were brand new)! I own one now but it's in pieces and I haven't had the time to continue with restoring it. Hopefully one day I will.
I think you'll get it! Thank you for watching Pinball Fanatic!
Ron, I loved this game back in day. I remember playing this game a a local bowling alley. Thanks for the memories.
thank you for watching David, glad you enjoyed the video!
Nice video. Learned some repair tricks. My BK has some issues and I think with what I learned here I will be able to diagnose it. Thanks.
Glad to hear it Jonathan!
Love your pinball videos! I own 4 games and this Black Knight pin was my first. Regarding repairs, I know enough to be dangerous and have successfully repaired a few things on the games from time to time. I always learn a few things and pick up some tips watching your videos….thanks! I like your detailed explanations and absolutely love your humor! Tom G.
Thank you Tom, I appreciate you watching along with us, we're just trying to have fun and help these machines survive at the same time :) I'm glad you get the spirit of it. We'll see you on the next video!
Thank you for another informative and entertaining video! I really enjoy your work!
Thank you David, we appreciate it man
I bought one of those solder suckers. They are awesome
Yeah i'm very impressed by them! Thank you for watching Vic!
Good job Joe and well played. Your a great player.
So glad I found your series on this machine. I have one at home that has several issues that I desperately want to get working again. Having these videos to reference definitely gives me a little more confidence!
You can fix it Omniscient Z. Remember too that the games from around the same time were very similar, and can be fixed the same way. We have done videos on a Phoenix here on the channel too that is the same setup... Good luck with it, if you run into problems send us a message. Fix the power supply first!
I don't think I ever got to play this version. My local arcade had the Black Knight 2000 machine which is one of my all time favorites.
I've never had that one in but I heard it's awesome! Thanks for watching John!
This was in my dads store it was a fun game to play and yes we all played the hell out of it. I want to one day get me one and add it to my collection. I love pinball its my hobby. It was around January 1981when it came in.
I have only played the spanish version of this in emulation... very cool to hear it in english!!
Thank you for watching Matteo!
I've used both the manual solder sucker and the automatic type de-soldering handset. I'm partial to the automatic handset which I've used for years. Yes, you have to clean out the built-up solder occasionally, but you have to do that with the manual ones too. The trick with the automatic style to keep them from clogging is to set the temp a bit higher than a soldering iron, but most importantly to run the vacuum for a few seconds 'after' you've pulled it away from the hole you just vacuumed. This gives it max air flow and allows the solder inside to fully get sucked out of the nozzle and barrel. Most people were never taught that they need to do this, and so they get frustrated with the constant clogging. When necessary, I also use a tool that has multiple diameter wires to ream out the nozzle when necessary (I know PACE sells one for their de-soldering handset, which is what I'm used to using). Hopefully these tips will help others from getting frustrated with their automatic handsets. When used correctly, a de-soldering handset can save you a lot of time and effort.
I forgot to mention that I really enjoy the videos and the time and effort you put into them to pass along your knowledge and experience! Keep 'em coming! :)
Looks like one of the green triangle lights on the left side is out too. Love that game. It used to be one of my favorites back in the day!
awww you couldn't resist, anything else you wanna complain about?
Joe; I wasn’t complaining, you mentioned one bulb being maybe the only one in the vid which I didn’t notice but noticed the other one when you were doing the test. That game always seemed to the one of the loudest in the arcades back then with the loud voice. It was the initial lure to get you started!! Great memories for me hearing you resurrect all those sounds again with your rebuilds. You have all my faves! Defender; middle command; and more.. keep up the great work!
@@michaelenglish7905 You were complaining, the only comment you made was to say a lightbulb was out. think about why you do that, and who else you do that to.
Not a transistor, a darlington transistor pair. Used a lot for high current driver circuits. Used to replace a lot of darlington pairs in dot matrix printers back in the day, as they were driving stepper motors and the solenoids for the printer head.
But i remember playing the black night pinball game back in the day. The music and sound effects set it apart from other pinball machines. Which was needed to compete with video games.
And the best desoldering equipment is what works for you. I have used so many over the years, and the low cost spring loaded suckers work great. That along with some solder wick and liquid flux will do almost all you need to desoldering.
Make blacknight great again! Played this back in the 80s as a young boy. Love it . Great work! You sir are a blessing to the gaming universe👍🏻
I love your play and fix the game 🥰 play it in 83 in sweden and i live in a ardade hall 😎
For the magnets you can put an old school compass over them and it should twitch when they activate
That's a good idea :)
I discovered it in the early 80s, when I was nearly 30, in Aberystwyth (Wales - so it might be the same machine!) Half way along the promenade was a tall building with a spire and in the half basement was an arcade. Black Night was at 4 o’clock in the hall, as I remember, and once played, never forgotten. The only other machine I ever got to know well enough to understand what was going on was at York University where I attended some music summer schools, but so pale in comparison I can’t remember it’s name.
Hes not into chip level stuff well after all the chips an other repairs it needed its good he sent it into you! As for that one blue light it just adds to the game looks good man
haha thanks Cyberhorn we appreciate it!
Soldering wick/braid works great 👍🏼
Wow these pinball machines are complicated electromechanical beasts 😲
They really have a lot going on :)
i use the cheap solder sucker but i also use a silicone tube on it to prevent the tip from getting messed up and never had a problem with it as long as you clean out the silicone tube every 6-8 uses because it will plug up. but it's simple pull of the tube and roll in your fingers till the solder falls out the put back on.
I think the tube would make most of them much better. Thanks for watching dragonrage173!
Retro is where it's at, that's official!
You got that right :)
Would love to own one of these. The sounds and gameplay are fun!
It's a really cool one for sure, thanks for watching Stephen!
@@LyonsArcade love your videos man, you had a D&D project that I watched about 20 times because it really helped me while I was working on my D&D project where the connectors go, and what kind of transformer I needed (yes, mine didn't have a transformer...) so thank YOU!!!!
Black Knight is a really fun game ! When I caught a glimpse of it sitting next to the arcade machine you were working on little while back I got excited wondering what other great pins you have squirted away back there :) keep up the great content Ron !
We've got all kinds of stuff in right now! Thanks for watching Anthony!
Beautiful job man. Greetings from Brazil!
Thank you William for watching in Brazil!
"One more time" music to an operator's ears.
Yup, hear those quarters clink! Thank you for watching Matthew!
Beautiful job Ron. Awesome game. One of Williams best. I just ordered one of those solder suckers.
Thanks Bob, have fun with it!
You had me smiling all through the vid Thanx very very much for your time!
Love to see a Ritchie pin saved!
If You want a more durable one than the silicone plugs on the desoldering pump get an old CRT TV plug and cut its collar where the wire goes to the suction cup it'll fit like a glove and it can withstand high temps
I'll have to try that we get bad crt stuff from time to time. Thank you Dragonfire Productions!
@@LyonsArcade i used mine on my cheap desoldering pump and it works great for preventing the tip to melt
Talking smack to the Black Knight! It’s almost like I’m back there in the arcade again! Such an awesome video….