About 6 years after I bought them, I finally got around to installing Lithium battery upgrade kits into my Joust and Defender systems. Most Williams systems of this era were equipped with a 3 pile AA battery pack to maintain system configuration setting and the high score table. The issues with this...
My Williams Defender system is currently displaying it’s video image as follows: Jonathan at Arcade Repair Tips seems to think it is a board issue and suggested reading an article on MikesArcade website on general issues with Williams systems. He also suggested reaching out to Ken/YellowDog on the...
This issue has plagued my Atari Centipede system previously. Whenever you turn the system on, the screen will be scrambled like the following: The demo game play is visible but scrambled. You can “resync” the monitor with a quick on-off-on flick of the power switch: The left side of the screen...
Joust & Defender Battery Kit Upgrades
About 6 years after I bought them, I finally got around to installing Lithium battery upgrade kits into my Joust and Defender systems. Most Williams systems of this era were equipped with a 3 pile AA battery pack to maintain system configuration setting and the high score table. The issues with this...
Defender Image Issue
My Williams Defender system is currently displaying it’s video image as follows: Jonathan at Arcade Repair Tips seems to think it is a board issue and suggested reading an article on MikesArcade website on general issues with Williams systems. He also suggested reaching out to Ken/YellowDog on the...
Centipede Monitor Sync
This issue has plagued my Atari Centipede system previously. Whenever you turn the system on, the screen will be scrambled like the following: The demo game play is visible but scrambled. You can “resync” the monitor with a quick on-off-on flick of the power switch: The left side of the screen...
