I'm 46 years old, and all I can think about is how much money I dumped into machines just like this as a kid. This whole channel just brings back great memories of the old arcades from the '80's. It's grate to see that ya'll are working hard to keep these old machines working.
I'm the same age and same here I probably spent at least 15 to 20 bucks every time i went to the arcade and i went there at least a couple times a week and it was about a half a mile from my house I promised myself if i ever win the lottery I would buy a house and a big one at that and have a room dedicated to the old arcade games.
Memories and nostalgia can be triggered by our sense, especially smell and hearing. Hearing the introduction music reminded me of playing the sit down version of this game, right down the the location and the building that held the mino-arcade.
I work at the same company as Greg Rivera, who was the lead programmer of this game at Atari back in the day. I had the privilege of attending a Lunch 'n Learn presentation he gave where he talked about the development of the game, some of the tech involved, the politics of Atari and the state of the arcade industry at the time. He brought with him a foot-thick printout of the software program. I love listening to the stories of the game developers from the 70's and 80's, who created these games solo or with very small teams. And with VERY limited hardware!
There was a guy 10 years ago or so who scammed a bunch of people out of preorders on a sit down cabinet reproduction, people from all around the world sent him thousands of dollars for one, but he stole all their money... people would love to have that cool sitdown cabinet, but they're hard to find!
The right way is the way that works! I had a friend, who sadly passed away this year due to the pandemic, that used to say that the world is full of people who knows the theory of everything, but short of people that can effectively get stuff done! I'm sure, had he watched this channel, he would label you as the one who gets stuff done!
@@LyonsArcade by the way good on you to mention with using the multimeter open line. Which is actually correct. There has been times of debate and misconception of what. O L actually means or stands for. The old gray beards were usually the ones that would say open line. Also when taking those readings you need to have your tongue at the proper angleSo you can be sure to get a good connection LOL. But seriously lift the open line for years and years I wondered actually want that meant and why my meter was saying overload when there wasn't anything overloading it. I was always have been told it meant overload not open line. Although one could say open lead which could technically be correct even though that's not it. At least in terms would probably stands for. Then also absolutely correct about trying to test a transistor that way she give you a ballpark figure of if it's any good or not. In a lot of cases diode check is your friend. Some people do prefer an analog meter over a digital as well. Really depends on the situation and the application. Some things you can actually get a better idea of what's going on with the analog meter. Just by observing your readings real time probably not in the applications that you would be using it for but in some cases yes. Some people have told me that some people could almost quote on quote read an analog meter like a scope. Just like in some cases a good old-fashioned Vu meter is preferred over an LED bar graph or for that matter vfd display vacuum fluorescent display that is.
This was one of my favorite arcade game tho the one I played was the one you could sit in. But really put a smile on my face seeing this beauty again :)
@@LyonsArcade Retro Recipes used one of those Arcade1Up Star Wars 3-in-1 machines and built a custom (full size) cockpit cabinet for it. If you want to check it out, here's the link: ua-cam.com/video/xinJW0uZbg8/v-deo.html
I just finished repairing an Amplifone monitor with a blown high voltage transformer. I recapped it while I was in there. Turned out great. Really enjoying your video.
I don't like talking bad about operators because I get why they did what they did but yeah the Amplifone is just a superior monitor. I think in this case it was an issue though where it was gone so all they can do is fix this one that's in there. Those Amplifones as you know blow that transformer, but really only the original one. Once it's been replaced usually it's pretty reliable!
On Retro Recipes he bought a reproduction upright model it uses an LCD. Anyway he wanted the cockpit version, but that was too expensive. So he built his own with the upright model. It turned out really nice and I believe it has 3 games in 1. It was an interesting video.
This machine was the first game that I physically hurt myself on. I played until my forearms couldn’t pull the triggers anymore. I learned of the “Use the Force” bonus as a result of being unable to pull the triggers and still playing anyway.
@@LyonsArcade I know seated versions always cost more, and take up more space, but has it always been true that seated versions, assuming the game is exactly the same, always better than standing ones? I think in many cases, I prefer standing ones to cocktail ones anyway. I cannot recall how the seated Star Wars game worked exactly, but what would really add to it's potential would be for those times the tie fighters fly past you from your rear, that then you would hear them do so not from the screen for that brief second, but from speakers behind you, which then would roll over towards the front as were then visible. I've seen somebody play this game into quite a few levels, and the Death Star attack is just insane at a certain point. I think when I got to that scene, my friend and I had the strategy of trying to at least shoot out one or two of those firing ports as we flew along, but it seems you're just way too busy dodging the obstacles at a certain point. I think when I first found this game, it was at a bowling alley, and it was in constant use.
Love watching you do stuff the practical way. I'm an msee and I test npn and pnp stuff the same way when I use a multi meter. Don't let the haters get to ya.
The more popular a video is, it pulls haters in that aren't subscribed and makes it worse than normal, lol It's alright though I just block 'em :) Thanks for watching dieselchevette we appreciate it!
"Oh how time flies when you're checking power supplies!"@ 45:00 Love it. How do you manage to make this so entertaining Ron? If you run out of games to fix you can make a video where you use hydrochloric acid and a steel brush to take off the outer coating of grime from that Multimeter! (Just razzin' ya) Love these vids.
It’s taken me a long time to build up the patina on that multimeter 😎. We’ll have more cool videos soon we’re filming all kinds of interesting things right now!
Very excited to see this working again such a great game and great cabinet it’s fun just to look at it. We have a Star Wars with the Amp monitor in our collection and thankfully it has not given us any problems so far. Love the vid and excited for the next one!👍🏻
Star Wars had about the coolest controller ever mated to an arcade game. That thing is AWESOME! Thanks for another great review my friend, good stuff. 👍 👍
I love this game. It brings back all kinds of memories of me dumping quarters into this while my parents bowled in their league. They bowled 3 games and I was given 4 quarters per game. I would go through the 1st 4 quarters and then wait for them to finish the first game. Then I would get the next 4 quarters and would run back to the game, rinse and repeat. I'd love to have this game in my house, but I can never find any for sale with a reasonable price on it.
loved this game when I was a kid. I was 13 when this came out. great memories of taking drum lessons and playing in the arcade across from the music store on my Saturdays growing up.
Great video 👍 . Can't wait to see the rest. I remember the cockpit style ones as well such a great game. Thanks for taking care of such a great piece of american history.
HOLY SHITBALZ!! 287 comments & not a single one mentions that absolutely incredible display of truly Jedi-MASTER level skills piloting an X-wing in flight combat & completing the Death Star trench-run, not just w/ the nav-com off but while flying blind (literally no monitor signal), having only the audio queues in game to guide yourself as you beat stage 1 !?! THAT good sir, was truly impressive! The force is indeed STRONG with you, well done!!
I find the transistors with open circuit are often bad connections between legs and sockets. Good clean and pinch the sockets can sometimes sort this. Testing the transistors out of socket will determine one way or the other. Great video so far. Im enjoying especially because I have just spend my lockdown repairing a sit down. Im not an expert and have found it very difficult. Power supply, Monitor and numerous card faults. Look forward to the next installment. Cheers Rick
That makes sense I did find one doing exactly like you mention in another game recently. It was connected but the socket wasn’t holding it well so it had no conductivity...
On testing transistors. If they are bipolar.. npn or pnp Think of them as two diodes. Joined at the base pin( middle of three on you harness). One diode leads base to collector the other base to emmitor . For npn (Not Pointing iN ) the diodes point away from the base so test base positive to emmitor 0.5to 0.6 V and similar base collector though usually slightly lower 0 4 to 0.6. And will test open circuit for the other way round.... diodes Now pnp will test just the same but the diodes face the opposite way. .
When I was 18, I used to repair arcade games for route operators. They would drop the games off in my parent’s garage. Then after they were fixed, my friends would come over to play them until they were picked up. Star Wars was one of those games. Those were the days!!
I remember the day my cousin got one around late 80s as a Christmas or birthday present from his mom who was poor but saved up months to get it for him. Happiest I've ever saw him jumping up and down. Don't know whatever happened to it though
I currently own a Star Wars upright with the same issue. All sound no picture. Sometimes I get a picture when I slightly tap the side of the machine. This video gives me an idea of where to start looking. (The transistors)
I wonder if the Superglue is going to be an issue. Superglue can become conductive and easily absorbs moisture. But yes, it is always the Transistors in these :) I am an engineer type and I actually like your troubleshooting methods. You go exactly how I would go, starting with the PSU, moving to known issues and then tracing through. With Transistors, NPN and PNP is just to do with the junction. NPN- Negative Positive Negative - PNP Positive Negative Positive. It just is the way the internal diodes are turned around, testing is still the same.
Thanks Brendan yes I don't know about the Super Glue but I guess we'll see :) Maybe it was something else? It seems like if I don't start at the beginning I always miss something and have to go back, I like just taking it slow and working through from the plug :) Thanks for watching Brendan, we appreciate it!
@@LyonsArcade I always work from the plug and then onwards. Follow the Pixie's (AvE's term :) ). If you look at any vintage radio, especially ones like Paul Carlson (Mr Carlsons Lab) or Electronics Old and New who are qualified techs, they work from the wall plug in. Power supply is critical to be right, then you can move to the rest. I do some old Tube radio restores myself. Power cord, Power Transformers, Rectifiers (Tubes or Diodes) Filter caps. That is where you start. In the case of Arcade, the filter cap is the "Big Blue".
I’m going to finally take some time to watch this video. I remember working on these back when they were still new. This and tempest both have the same crappy fly back that would blow out and you couldn’t get a replacement. Though I believe the space duel monitor, also fit the cabinet and had an improved fly back. It would constantly blow though transistors in the power supply, but there was a fix to deal with that.
Atari had some incredibly valuable licenses that are worth millions today. I wonder if they actually expired or if they were lost from going bankrupt etc
They have changed hands several times, I'm not sure who owns what now, but several companies have owned all the Atari stuff over the years.... thank you for watching shaanee!
Another reason the voltages may be a little high is that your testing without a load. The voltage may sag a little once the rest of the circuitry is connected.
There's a whole generation out there that will never know how great the old arcades were. And this game was the apex of everything as far as I'm concerned. Wow.
@@LyonsArcade Alec Guiness hated Star Wars..said it was fairy tale rubbish..but made him very rich..poor guy was diagnosed with prostate cancer and two days before his death in 2000 was diagnosed with liver cancer
Man I actually have stalkers, in real life now. I don't mean, people watch every video and complain, no I mean in real life, I have stalkers. Some people are just losers! New video tomorrow :)
Yes that's true I used to keep all types of variable resistors and power resistors I have some Honker power resistors from old alarm systems and other things really hard power stuff I actually did have the power resistor that was the old one or two at over 200 Watts I think that was one of the biggest power resistors I had in terms of its size possibly in terms of physical size I had ones that look more like a heating element then resistor Ameri fact I had used Hebe Elwood says resistors from time to time if I ever ran across an old heater sometimes I use it as a load resistor or sometimes even tap the ailment and use it as a fixed resistor also good for testing power supplies in a way when you do this and certain types of heaters I would also have a flying clip lead Ed and connect one. End of the element to act as an adjustable load. Also your avatar what is it from? What is it Etc just wondering please comment.
It’s a FANTASTIC game.. The arcade 1up is “okay” for something cheap and for home use rather than heavy duty arcade use and I would never sell mine, but the fact that it’s not true vectors makes a BIG, BIG difference that you simply can’t see on video and you have to experience in person, even more difference in a sit-down cabinet where it’s that little bit darker.
After watching ten of these are so I have learned. Discharging Cathode Tube: eh. be careful Wrong Voltage to Board: NO! NO! Actually this is pretty relaxing stuff. I am not that good with electronics and have picked up a few things. Thanks!
Classic game for a classic movie. There's a sit-down fancy version of this at the local Nickel Mania. I'm pretty bad at it (about the only thing I'm good at is skiball, it's kinda sad) but it's a good fun waste of nickels, haha. Hopefully we get to see you (or the other guys) play it a bit, I might be able to learn some pointers.
lol this is exactly why I unplug and then turn back on what I'm working on. IF you turn it on while it's unplugged, it discharges the caps pretty quickly.
YES! of course you should...and you will by jove ! .......and you will have the blessing of my fair nation to boot !...and everyone else's nation as well, i'm sure, what a great project...Yep replace the drive transistors and off we go ...how about a channel competition ? an all expenses paid trip to see you, and play the games with you and your friend at the beach ?...eh ? what do you think ?.... cheers.
Centre tapped where the Primary or Secondary has a tap off the winding to reduce the mains ac voltage (110 or 220) to the voltage required (in this case 36 volts ac). This can also mean that it is in direct contact with the higher voltage (not isolated from it).
Hey there, I have one of these that the sound is not working at all and the screen shows random vector lines in various colors and flashes on and off every 1-2secs.. Used to be able to move or flex the boards to make it come up but now its just stuck in the state its in now. Sound used to work fine then one day it stopped all together... Do u take these boards in and repair them? Im sure you would need the cabinet or at least the vector monitor to fully repair and test the 3 boards
This is one of the full sized arcades I would want to own. My favorite version is the cockpit that moved. I played at Circus Circus in Las Vegas. I think Hot Shot made those.
I heard of a guy who bought the CRT rebuilding equipment from the Early Television Museum in Ohio. I think the guys in Maryland. He retired out of the Navy and started up the only (last) CRT rebuilding company in the country. Last one went out of business in the early teens. I be feeding that thing so many quarters just to hear the ROM voices. Awesome . NPN, Not Pointing In. That’s ET A school
I’ll have to look that up I think you could do really well making crts for the arcade market there’s only a few different tubes and people would love the option to buy replacements!
@@LyonsArcade www.thomaselectronics.com/repair-overhaul/ This is not the one I was thinking of. videokarma.org/showthread.php?t=270328 The guy at the top is. Looks like he got his shop going, but still learning. I got a message out to him to see what he has to say.
Eddy_D Early television museum claims they can get them front Russia. Hope so. They collected the last few rebuilding setups from around the country. They have one set up In Ohio. They don’t have an operator but for a few weeks a year. I think I read they fixed 2 last summer during the yearly convention. They sold one setup to a Navy vet in Maryland. He’s got it going but says he need training. So he got some last summer at the museum and they are hoping to get some sort of training program going next year.
@@christopherrasmussen8718 - maybe 28 years ago i tried my hand at rebuilding CRTs.. .mainly out of boredom. Was working at a TX repair shop that had the lathe, vacuum pumps and temp chamber in the back. Asked if I could play with it and he said OK. I think I got one B/W and one Colour tube rebuilt (note, B/W gun orientation is whatever... RGB gun orientation is _real important_ :) . Did not go further in it as there was no real money in it. Rebuilds were cheap to buy, It's a bit of a different story now. There's also a guy that's still building new tubes for special displays. The UA-cam channel RetroRGB had an interview with him a little while back. Company name was DotTronix (Kurt).
You are working on a *god* of arcade machines, you realize that.. right? This thing was _special_ in the 80's. I was not old enough to get even close to it. ... And your method of testing transistors is perfectly fine, I don't understand why you think its gonna draw the ire of the comment section. Checking it at the connector or at the trans itself.. makes no real diff (in fact may be better as the connector is tested too). Cheers,
Joe's classic video games musical starring Julie Andrews " Let's start at the very beginning, it's a very good place to start. When you read you begin with ABC, ABC. When you work on a game you begin with VAC, VAC. 120 volts of VAC , VAC."
If you think about it, that's one of the greatest songs ever written. Those folks were doing musicals and trying to out Gershwin each other... and then one of the guys writes Do Re Mi, which was right there in front of everybody else but they never thought to do it. It's like the guy was bragging how great a song writer he was, he could write about anything even the scale. Amazing song really.
Size of those boards, I accidentally connected a ground connector to my crt to the wrong connector today and it hummed and popped and started smoking a bit!!!! Then I realised what id done put it back on right connector and started it up. It works fine haha, stuff was made better back in the day. My monitor is a hard core SOAB but yes I remembered to discharge it at least. Sorry monitor!
I'm 46 years old, and all I can think about is how much money I dumped into machines just like this as a kid. This whole channel just brings back great memories of the old arcades from the '80's. It's grate to see that ya'll are working hard to keep these old machines working.
Thanks we appreciate that... nostalgia is a funny thing sometimes! See you on the next video...
I'm the same age and same here I probably spent at least 15 to 20 bucks every time i went to the arcade and i went there at least a couple times a week and it was about a half a mile from my house I promised myself if i ever win the lottery I would buy a house and a big one at that and have a room dedicated to the old arcade games.
Memories and nostalgia can be triggered by our sense, especially smell and hearing.
Hearing the introduction music reminded me of playing the sit down version of this game, right down the the location and the building that held the mino-arcade.
One of my absolute favorite arcade games.
It was very well designed, created a whole experience and brought that Star Wars vibe to the arcade!
I work at the same company as Greg Rivera, who was the lead programmer of this game at Atari back in the day. I had the privilege of attending a Lunch 'n Learn presentation he gave where he talked about the development of the game, some of the tech involved, the politics of Atari and the state of the arcade industry at the time. He brought with him a foot-thick printout of the software program. I love listening to the stories of the game developers from the 70's and 80's, who created these games solo or with very small teams. And with VERY limited hardware!
My favorite arcade game. Had a chance to buy one about 15 years ago, regretted not doing so ever since.
They are getting very pricey!
This was a fun machine. I'm 42. When I was in 9th grade this was eating my quarters before school started. So worth it. Was a great VR experience.
Yeah it's something special! Thanks for watching, Adam.
Remember being a kid in Seaside and seeing them brought in brand new. Thanks for keeping them all alive!
Such a great classic!
I used to play Star Wars, in its sit down cabinet form, when I visited the Arcades.
Yeah same here. 👍👍 Good Times.
Yeah, the cockpit version was ace!
Ya, I've seen several examples of the cockpit but never seen an upright.
There was a guy 10 years ago or so who scammed a bunch of people out of preorders on a sit down cabinet reproduction, people from all around the world sent him thousands of dollars for one, but he stole all their money... people would love to have that cool sitdown cabinet, but they're hard to find!
@@LyonsArcade The one I used to play in was located on the UK East Coast.
I often wonder if it was destroyed, or if it is still in the vicinity.
The right way is the way that works! I had a friend, who sadly passed away this year due to the pandemic, that used to say that the world is full of people who knows the theory of everything, but short of people that can effectively get stuff done! I'm sure, had he watched this channel, he would label you as the one who gets stuff done!
Thanks Fernando, I appreciate you saying that, sorry to hear about your friend, this Pandemic has been a bitch! We'll see you on the next video.
I remember playing Str Wars arcade at my local Roller rink called Roller Land back in the early 90’s. It was the highlight of going to skate there.
Coolest arcade came EVER! I used to obsess over playing this game at Aladdin’s Castle when I was a kid! Good times!
Yeah it really was well designed, the cool factor was off the damn chart on this one! Thank you for watching, C Mar!
It is a fine looking game. But I don't remember seeing or playing one in any arcade. I enjoyed watching and on to the next video.
Thanks Melanated Prose!
Looking forward to the rest of this Star Wars series!
Coming Soon! New rule is I run all the videos of a single cabinet in 1 week so by the weekend you will have seen it all :)
@@LyonsArcade That's awesome! Big thanks for all the great videos!
@@LyonsArcade by the way good on you to mention with using the multimeter open line.
Which is actually correct.
There has been times of debate and misconception of what. O L actually means or stands for.
The old gray beards were usually the ones that would say open line.
Also when taking those readings you need to have your tongue at the proper angleSo you can be sure to get a good connection LOL.
But seriously lift the open line for years and years I wondered actually want that meant and why my meter was saying overload when there wasn't anything overloading it.
I was always have been told it meant overload not open line.
Although one could say open lead which could technically be correct even though that's not it.
At least in terms would probably stands for.
Then also absolutely correct about trying to test a transistor that way she give you a ballpark figure of if it's any good or not.
In a lot of cases diode check is your friend.
Some people do prefer an analog meter over a digital as well.
Really depends on the situation and the application.
Some things you can actually get a better idea of what's going on with the analog meter.
Just by observing your readings real time probably not in the applications that you would be using it for but in some cases yes.
Some people have told me that some people could almost quote on quote read an analog meter like a scope.
Just like in some cases a good old-fashioned Vu meter is preferred over an LED bar graph or for that matter vfd display vacuum fluorescent display that is.
This was one of my favorite arcade game tho the one I played was the one you could sit in. But really put a smile on my face seeing this beauty again :)
The sit downs are very hard to find now...
@@LyonsArcade Retro Recipes used one of those Arcade1Up Star Wars 3-in-1 machines and built a custom (full size) cockpit cabinet for it. If you want to check it out, here's the link: ua-cam.com/video/xinJW0uZbg8/v-deo.html
Vector graphics for life! 👍
Preach it Arby!
I just finished repairing an Amplifone monitor with a blown high voltage transformer. I recapped it while I was in there. Turned out great. Really enjoying your video.
I don't like talking bad about operators because I get why they did what they did but yeah the Amplifone is just a superior monitor. I think in this case it was an issue though where it was gone so all they can do is fix this one that's in there. Those Amplifones as you know blow that transformer, but really only the original one. Once it's been replaced usually it's pretty reliable!
Love the sit down version, would love to see this one fixed
Let’s do it then!
I spent so much of my parents money on one of these.....I loved that game!
It's something special for sure. Thank you for watching, Daniel!
Oh wow!....really can’t wait to see this classic back in action!!!! Cheers
Coming soon Chris!
This was one of the best ones from that decade
Definitely, thank you for watching Salvage Monster!
I loved playing this game as a kid!
It's a fun one!
I remember the sit-down cab version of this -- it was MAGIC.
Very sought after now! Thank you for watching, lohphat!
The cockpit model is my favorite arcade game of all time!!! Felt like you were sitting in an actual x wing.
Yeah they really went all out on that thing.... so hard to find now
That machine brings back memories as i played often on one of these and the harder to find sit down version of it.
That sitdown version is exxxxxxpennnnnsive!
@@LyonsArcade figured as much. only ever saw two when i was kid and i figure few are still in operational condition by now.
On Retro Recipes he bought a reproduction upright model it uses an LCD. Anyway he wanted the cockpit version, but that was too expensive. So he built his own with the upright model. It turned out really nice and I believe it has 3 games in 1. It was an interesting video.
I heard about something like that, and that it was expensive but ended up pretty nice....
@@LyonsArcade still cheaper than the official cockpit version but yeah. Lol
This machine was the first game that I physically hurt myself on. I played until my forearms couldn’t pull the triggers anymore. I learned of the “Use the Force” bonus as a result of being unable to pull the triggers and still playing anyway.
I was wondering why he kept saying that.....
The seated version of this was awesome, as it gave you more the impression you were actually in a ship.
Yes it was
@@LyonsArcade I know seated versions always cost more, and take up more space, but has it always been true that seated versions, assuming the game is exactly the same, always better than standing ones? I think in many cases, I prefer standing ones to cocktail ones anyway.
I cannot recall how the seated Star Wars game worked exactly, but what would really add to it's potential would be for those times the tie fighters fly past you from your rear, that then you would hear them do so not from the screen for that brief second, but from speakers behind you, which then would roll over towards the front as were then visible. I've seen somebody play this game into quite a few levels, and the Death Star attack is just insane at a certain point. I think when I got to that scene, my friend and I had the strategy of trying to at least shoot out one or two of those firing ports as we flew along, but it seems you're just way too busy dodging the obstacles at a certain point.
I think when I first found this game, it was at a bowling alley, and it was in constant use.
The king of cool arcade games
Love watching you do stuff the practical way. I'm an msee and I test npn and pnp stuff the same way when I use a multi meter. Don't let the haters get to ya.
The more popular a video is, it pulls haters in that aren't subscribed and makes it worse than normal, lol It's alright though I just block 'em :) Thanks for watching dieselchevette we appreciate it!
Holy smokes! So much fun to play!!
Yeah it’s an amazing game!
Gotta say, I enjoy your videos. Keep 'em coming!
"Oh how time flies when you're checking power supplies!"@ 45:00 Love it. How do you manage to make this so entertaining Ron? If you run out of games to fix you can make a video where you use hydrochloric acid and a steel brush to take off the outer coating of grime from that Multimeter! (Just razzin' ya) Love these vids.
It’s taken me a long time to build up the patina on that multimeter 😎. We’ll have more cool videos soon we’re filming all kinds of interesting things right now!
Very excited to see this working again such a great game and great cabinet it’s fun just to look at it. We have a Star Wars with the Amp monitor in our collection and thankfully it has not given us any problems so far. Love the vid and excited for the next one!👍🏻
I’ve heard the amplifones are pretty reliable!
I want this game and tron .
Two legendary games!
The graphics on this were incredible back in 1983.
Yeah really immersive if you think about it...
Yup it was 3d before 3d games. Kids nowadays complain their 120 FPS 4K graphics are bad in games today
I remember playing this game before I joined the air force at the induction station in New haven Connecticut back in 1985..lol
wow pretty cool! Thank you for watching Charles!
Star Wars had about the coolest controller ever mated to an arcade game. That thing is AWESOME! Thanks for another great review my friend, good stuff. 👍 👍
I love this game. It brings back all kinds of memories of me dumping quarters into this while my parents bowled in their league. They bowled 3 games and I was given 4 quarters per game. I would go through the 1st 4 quarters and then wait for them to finish the first game. Then I would get the next 4 quarters and would run back to the game, rinse and repeat. I'd love to have this game in my house, but I can never find any for sale with a reasonable price on it.
They're very hard to track down, they've become very desirable and valuable over the years!
loved this game when I was a kid. I was 13 when this came out. great memories of taking drum lessons and playing in the arcade across from the music store on my Saturdays growing up.
Awesome how big those boards are and how spacious those components have beem layed out! Those were the days... 🤣🤣🤣
Yeah very cool to work on, you can actually test and repair stuff with that kind of layout...
Great video. Thank you!
Thank you GaRogerCade, we appreciate it!
I love vector graphics games and that is the king of them all.
Yeah it's something special all right! Thank you for watching Musashi!
@@LyonsArcade gotta confess I'm loving it. Combines my two passions: 80s video games, and half-arsed electronics. ;)
Fantastic arcade cabinet!
I actually preferred the sit-down cabinet. You had speakers behind you and it gave you the full experience.
Everybody did but they're impossible to find unfortunately now...
Ron don't listen to the haters. They're just jelly they don't get to work on arcade machines all day.
I guess! 99.9% of everybody is cool though!
Joe's Classic Video Games You are living the dream! Getting paid doing something you love.
My first experience with arcade games was a Star Wars cockpit game at Circus Circus in Vegas. My mind was BLOWN.
Yeah the cockpits were on another whole level!
Larry. That cockpit one at Circus circus was awesome. I loved how it moved 360 and leaned. Way more impressive than just sitting down.
Great video 👍 . Can't wait to see the rest. I remember the cockpit style ones as well such a great game. Thanks for taking care of such a great piece of american history.
Thanks Robert we appreciate you watching!
HOLY SHITBALZ!! 287 comments & not a single one mentions that absolutely incredible display of truly Jedi-MASTER level skills piloting an X-wing in flight combat & completing the Death Star trench-run, not just w/ the nav-com off but while flying blind (literally no monitor signal), having only the audio queues in game to guide yourself as you beat stage 1 !?!
THAT good sir, was truly impressive! The force is indeed STRONG with you, well done!!
I'm not sure I did that but maybe :) Maybe it was in audio test or something lol Thanks for watching ObiWan !
I stood in line to play this back in the day!
Very cool ... the first one I stood in line to play was street fighter 2!
Nice 5200 TrackBall controller I spotted in the background.
We need to test that one, one of these days!
I find the transistors with open circuit are often bad connections between legs and sockets. Good clean and pinch the sockets can sometimes sort this. Testing the transistors out of socket will determine one way or the other. Great video so far. Im enjoying especially because I have just spend my lockdown repairing a sit down. Im not an expert and have found it very difficult. Power supply, Monitor and numerous card faults. Look forward to the next installment. Cheers Rick
That makes sense I did find one doing exactly like you mention in another game recently. It was connected but the socket wasn’t holding it well so it had no conductivity...
On testing transistors.
If they are bipolar.. npn or pnp
Think of them as two diodes. Joined at the base pin( middle of three on you harness).
One diode leads base to collector the other base to emmitor . For npn (Not Pointing iN ) the diodes point away from the base so test base positive to emmitor 0.5to 0.6 V and similar base collector though usually slightly lower 0 4 to 0.6.
And will test open circuit for the other way round.... diodes
Now pnp will test just the same but the diodes face the opposite way. .
When I was 18, I used to repair arcade games for route operators. They would drop the games off in my parent’s garage. Then after they were fixed, my friends would come over to play them until they were picked up. Star Wars was one of those games. Those were the days!!
Pro troubleshooting skills. It can be very hard to teach people to think this way. Believe me, I've tried.
Thank you Thomas, we try to break it down to the basics!
I remember the day my cousin got one around late 80s as a Christmas or birthday present from his mom who was poor but saved up months to get it for him. Happiest I've ever saw him jumping up and down. Don't know whatever happened to it though
Wow what a great present! Thank you for watching RoadSurfer!
Nice to see an old cabinet with both patina and a lack of cigarette burn marks unlike every single Asteroids cabinet I saw as a child 🙂
I currently own a Star Wars upright with the same issue. All sound no picture. Sometimes I get a picture when I slightly tap the side of the machine. This video gives me an idea of where to start looking. (The transistors)
I wonder if the Superglue is going to be an issue. Superglue can become conductive and easily absorbs moisture.
But yes, it is always the Transistors in these :)
I am an engineer type and I actually like your troubleshooting methods. You go exactly how I would go, starting with the PSU, moving to known issues and then tracing through. With Transistors, NPN and PNP is just to do with the junction. NPN- Negative Positive Negative - PNP Positive Negative Positive. It just is the way the internal diodes are turned around, testing is still the same.
Thanks Brendan yes I don't know about the Super Glue but I guess we'll see :) Maybe it was something else? It seems like if I don't start at the beginning I always miss something and have to go back, I like just taking it slow and working through from the plug :) Thanks for watching Brendan, we appreciate it!
@@LyonsArcade I always work from the plug and then onwards. Follow the Pixie's (AvE's term :) ). If you look at any vintage radio, especially ones like Paul Carlson (Mr Carlsons Lab) or Electronics Old and New who are qualified techs, they work from the wall plug in. Power supply is critical to be right, then you can move to the rest. I do some old Tube radio restores myself. Power cord, Power Transformers, Rectifiers (Tubes or Diodes) Filter caps. That is where you start. In the case of Arcade, the filter cap is the "Big Blue".
@0:32 what do you think about that? It's freakin awesome!
Why me too!
I’m going to finally take some time to watch this video.
I remember working on these back when they were still new.
This and tempest both have the same crappy fly back that would blow out and you couldn’t get a replacement.
Though I believe the space duel monitor, also fit the cabinet and had an improved fly back.
It would constantly blow though transistors in the power supply, but there was a fix to deal with that.
Yep, deffo fix that bad boy!! 😎😎
Let’s do it!
Atari had some incredibly valuable licenses that are worth millions today. I wonder if they actually expired or if they were lost from going bankrupt etc
They have changed hands several times, I'm not sure who owns what now, but several companies have owned all the Atari stuff over the years.... thank you for watching shaanee!
Another reason the voltages may be a little high is that your testing without a load. The voltage may sag a little once the rest of the circuitry is connected.
That's a good point!
There's a whole generation out there that will never know how great the old arcades were. And this game was the apex of everything as far as I'm concerned. Wow.
Ain't that the truth! Thank you for watching Paul!
You little tease!
Great video as usual, looking forward to the next.
Coming soon!
God I dumped a ton of quarters into this game when I was a kid. Love this game.
It's pretty awesome. Lieutenant Dan! You've Got Legs!
Arcade 1up makes a 3/4 cab for 400.00. Of course it's not exactly the same as original. But, it's a similar, simple, reliable plug and play, options..
you can play it on your iphone for free too....
Use the force Ron and make my childhood game great again haha
I'm going to hit it with the force like OBI
@@LyonsArcade Alec Guiness hated Star Wars..said it was fairy tale rubbish..but made him very rich..poor guy was diagnosed with prostate cancer and two days before his death in 2000 was diagnosed with liver cancer
@@LyonsArcade Honestly Ron..you are extremely talented and I'm trying to learn electronics also, but really cannot get my head around schematics 😔
This is great stuff! No idea why anyone would dislike this. Trolls, can't live with them, can't shoot 'em. Or can you? 😁
Man I actually have stalkers, in real life now. I don't mean, people watch every video and complain, no I mean in real life, I have stalkers. Some people are just losers! New video tomorrow :)
Ha ha I sure hope your volume control potentiometer doesn’t take a dump there getting harder to find
They are expensive for sure!
Yes that's true I used to keep all types of variable resistors and power resistors I have some Honker power resistors from old alarm systems and other things really hard power stuff I actually did have the power resistor that was the old one or two at over 200 Watts I think that was one of the biggest power resistors I had in terms of its size possibly in terms of physical size I had ones that look more like a heating element then resistor Ameri fact I had used Hebe Elwood says resistors from time to time if I ever ran across an old heater sometimes I use it as a load resistor or sometimes even tap the ailment and use it as a fixed resistor also good for testing power supplies in a way when you do this and certain types of heaters I would also have a flying clip lead Ed and connect one. End of the element to act as an adjustable load.
Also your avatar what is it from? What is it Etc just wondering please comment.
It’s a FANTASTIC game.. The arcade 1up is “okay” for something cheap and for home use rather than heavy duty arcade use and I would never sell mine, but the fact that it’s not true vectors makes a BIG, BIG difference that you simply can’t see on video and you have to experience in person, even more difference in a sit-down cabinet where it’s that little bit darker.
Eventually they're going to have to start making Vector monitors again :) Thanks for watching 10tonhamster!
After watching ten of these are so I have learned.
Discharging Cathode Tube: eh. be careful
Wrong Voltage to Board: NO! NO!
Actually this is pretty relaxing stuff. I am not that good with electronics and have picked up a few things. Thanks!
Thank you for watching bwgti, we appreciate it!
Imagine breaking a record on it in an arcade in Huntington Beach CA that held for two years... A DEFINITE blast to my past...
Sounds like you could really play !
@@LyonsArcade It was between that and Zaxxon...
Classic game for a classic movie. There's a sit-down fancy version of this at the local Nickel Mania. I'm pretty bad at it (about the only thing I'm good at is skiball, it's kinda sad) but it's a good fun waste of nickels, haha. Hopefully we get to see you (or the other guys) play it a bit, I might be able to learn some pointers.
I do play it on the last video but unfortunately I'm not very good at it, ha! Thank you for watching Pogostix it's a great game!
I was just watching someone work on this machine here in Las Vegas at the Pinball Museum, fascinatingly overly complicated
lol this is exactly why I unplug and then turn back on what I'm working on. IF you turn it on while it's unplugged, it discharges the caps pretty quickly.
Yup, I've seen games get screwed up if you turn them off and back on too quick because of the voltage still in the caps....
That WG6100 looks familiar.. I had fun re-engineering the +/- 27v ? Rails...years ago in one I had.
Very cool JayBird!
YES! of course you should...and you will by jove ! .......and you will have the blessing of my fair nation to boot !...and everyone else's nation as well, i'm sure, what a great project...Yep replace the drive transistors and off we go ...how about a channel competition ? an all expenses paid trip to see you, and play the games with you and your friend at the beach ?...eh ? what do you think ?.... cheers.
Then I’d have to pay for it that doesn’t sound fun! Lol
Enjoying this one....
Centre tapped where the Primary or Secondary has a tap off the winding to reduce the mains ac voltage (110 or 220) to the voltage required (in this case 36 volts ac). This can also mean that it is in direct contact with the higher voltage (not isolated from it).
If I recall correctly, Star Wars has the old X/Y monitor and they blow up so consistently you can set your watch by it.
Definitely!
Hey there, I have one of these that the sound is not working at all and the screen shows random vector lines in various colors and flashes on and off every 1-2secs.. Used to be able to move or flex the boards to make it come up but now its just stuck in the state its in now. Sound used to work fine then one day it stopped all together... Do u take these boards in and repair them? Im sure you would need the cabinet or at least the vector monitor to fully repair and test the 3 boards
This is one of the full sized arcades I would want to own. My favorite version is the cockpit that moved. I played at Circus Circus in Las Vegas. I think Hot Shot made those.
Will their be a special edition of this video with enhanced special fx? :D
No, we're keeping it all original like a certain someone who shall not be named should have :)
37:24 OK the game is OFF, but is it unplugged ? That's what we want to know
I got a perfect photographic memory too....!! .... i never have something lost.... now where are my darn glasses again..... :D
I forgot to reply to this earlier!
On your head?
An absolutely amazing arcade, wish I could buy one but they are regularly $3000+
Yeah this was the last one we found, they are getting hard to come by! One of the coolest games ever…
Heck yeah!!
Let's do it!
"Should"? "Should"!?!? How could you not?!!!
I think we have to right?
You better! [shakes fist eastward...]
I heard of a guy who bought the CRT rebuilding equipment from the Early Television Museum in Ohio. I think the guys in Maryland. He retired out of the Navy and started up the only (last) CRT rebuilding company in the country. Last one went out of business in the early teens. I be feeding that thing so many quarters just to hear the ROM voices. Awesome . NPN, Not Pointing In. That’s ET A school
I’ll have to look that up I think you could do really well making crts for the arcade market there’s only a few different tubes and people would love the option to buy replacements!
@@LyonsArcade www.thomaselectronics.com/repair-overhaul/ This is not the one I was thinking of. videokarma.org/showthread.php?t=270328
The guy at the top is. Looks like he got his shop going, but still learning. I got a message out to him to see what he has to say.
Finding the guns is gonna be a challenge...
Eddy_D Early television museum claims they can get them front Russia. Hope so. They collected the last few rebuilding setups from around the country. They have one set up In Ohio. They don’t have an operator but for a few weeks a year. I think I read they fixed 2 last summer during the yearly convention. They sold one setup to a Navy vet in Maryland. He’s got it going but says he need training. So he got some last summer at the museum and they are hoping to get some sort of training program going next year.
@@christopherrasmussen8718 - maybe 28 years ago i tried my hand at rebuilding CRTs.. .mainly out of boredom. Was working at a TX repair shop that had the lathe, vacuum pumps and temp chamber in the back. Asked if I could play with it and he said OK. I think I got one B/W and one Colour tube rebuilt (note, B/W gun orientation is whatever... RGB gun orientation is _real important_ :) . Did not go further in it as there was no real money in it. Rebuilds were cheap to buy,
It's a bit of a different story now.
There's also a guy that's still building new tubes for special displays. The UA-cam channel RetroRGB had an interview with him a little while back. Company name was DotTronix (Kurt).
Takes me back to the days of Chucky Cheese, lol
You are working on a *god* of arcade machines, you realize that.. right?
This thing was _special_ in the 80's. I was not old enough to get even close to it.
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And your method of testing transistors is perfectly fine, I don't understand why you think its gonna draw the ire of the comment section. Checking it at the connector or at the trans itself.. makes no real diff (in fact may be better as the connector is tested too).
Cheers,
We're getting there, we'll have it back up and running in no time! Thanks for waching Eddy_D!
Love the game
A lot of Tempest machines gave up their monitors to keep these running.
Yeah and Space Duels!
Happy star wars day people..May the forth be with ya 😉
Joe's classic video games musical starring Julie Andrews " Let's start at the very beginning, it's a very good place to start. When you read you begin with ABC, ABC. When you work on a game you begin with VAC, VAC. 120 volts of VAC , VAC."
If you think about it, that's one of the greatest songs ever written. Those folks were doing musicals and trying to out Gershwin each other... and then one of the guys writes Do Re Mi, which was right there in front of everybody else but they never thought to do it. It's like the guy was bragging how great a song writer he was, he could write about anything even the scale. Amazing song really.
So can we honestly say Atari created some of the most bad ass looking cabs in coin-op history.. Imo Sega also
Yeah Atari kicked ass even after they went bankrupt they refused to stop being cool.
YES!!
OK I will!
@@LyonsArcade Excellent! =)
Heck ya!
LETS DO IT
I use the same method to check transistors
Size of those boards, I accidentally connected a ground connector to my crt to the wrong connector today and it hummed and popped and started smoking a bit!!!! Then I realised what id done put it back on right connector and started it up. It works fine haha, stuff was made better back in the day. My monitor is a hard core SOAB but yes I remembered to discharge it at least. Sorry monitor!
YES!
I agree!