Space Invaders is currently experiencing random reset/restart issues. The multi-game mod installation works fine and you are able to select the game you want to play. It begins playing fine, but will occasionally pause and appear to restart. The screen image will also roll from left to right. I have also...
My Atari Asteroids system starts up flawlessly and runs fine for 10-15 minutes before the screen dims and you can make out the vector traces: Searched and scanned the Technical – Videogames – General Repair And Help forum on the IAM/KLOV website, and while a few of the threads seem to indicate a...
The player 2 push button on my Donkey Kong system has always been a bit sketchy. Aside from the very obvious cigarette burns on the bezel of the button (both buttons, actually), the push button mechanism really just never worked quite right. Finally, the metal clip that holds the plunger part of button to...
So the trackball on my Atari Centipede system has been pretty “wonky” for a while now. Like an amateur, I used to spray WD40 directly on the trackball to keep it spinning freely until I learned how bad that stuff is for ANYTHING. At this point, the WD40 has probably dried and captured a boat...
Atari Tempest system exhibits odd behavior before it warms up. After turning the system on, the level selection screens operate fine: However, when game play begins, the game arena is not displayed and the player character and enemies are displayed randomly on the screen: After the system has time to warm...
Space Invaders Reset
Space Invaders is currently experiencing random reset/restart issues. The multi-game mod installation works fine and you are able to select the game you want to play. It begins playing fine, but will occasionally pause and appear to restart. The screen image will also roll from left to right. I have also...
Asteroids Image Dim & Stray Vectors
My Atari Asteroids system starts up flawlessly and runs fine for 10-15 minutes before the screen dims and you can make out the vector traces: Searched and scanned the Technical – Videogames – General Repair And Help forum on the IAM/KLOV website, and while a few of the threads seem to indicate a...
Donkey Kong Button Replacement
The player 2 push button on my Donkey Kong system has always been a bit sketchy. Aside from the very obvious cigarette burns on the bezel of the button (both buttons, actually), the push button mechanism really just never worked quite right. Finally, the metal clip that holds the plunger part of button to...
Centipede Trackball Rehab
So the trackball on my Atari Centipede system has been pretty “wonky” for a while now. Like an amateur, I used to spray WD40 directly on the trackball to keep it spinning freely until I learned how bad that stuff is for ANYTHING. At this point, the WD40 has probably dried and captured a boat...
Tempest Warm-up Issue
Atari Tempest system exhibits odd behavior before it warms up. After turning the system on, the level selection screens operate fine: However, when game play begins, the game arena is not displayed and the player character and enemies are displayed randomly on the screen: After the system has time to warm...
