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Joust Power Issue Part 2

Joust Power Issue Part 2 Well, the repairs that Area Amusement did to my Joust system have lasted just about 2 months. Once again, the power supply appears to not be properly powering the game boards. Marquee, coin doors, and monitor are all powered up properly, but the rom board appears to be getting no power because the numeric...
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Joust Power Issue

Joust had been experiencing intermitten re-boot issues while playing the game. This was most likely due to a faltering power supply. Finally, the system gave out and no longer boots into game play at all. Marquee and coin slots light up, but no monitor or game play. Dropped off at Area Amusements in San...
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Joust & Defender Battery Kit Upgrades

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...
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