• Posted by Drew Rudman on April 14, 2019 | No Comments Pole Position II Troubleshooting The beast is back at it! Yes, Pole Position II, by far the most cumbersome and bulky of the game systems I own, and also one of the most “frankensteined” internally, is back on the operating table after a...
  • Posted by Drew Rudman on April 5, 2019 | No Comments Tempest Power Up Troubleshooting So, as part of a maintenance visit to our Palm Springs Midmod vacation rental property, I was prepared to troubleshoot the Frogger system that was reportedly no longer working. After determining that the Frogger system...
  • Posted by Drew Rudman on April 4, 2019 | No Comments Frogger Power Up Troubleshooting So, word came down a few weeks ago that my latest acquisition, Frogger, worked for the first day of someone’s vacation at Palm Springs Midmod, but then stopped working. Apparently, they were pretty bummed, but I...
  • Posted by Drew Rudman on March 25, 2019 | No Comments BurgerTime High Score/Free Play Upgr... So, the BurgerTime free play/high score save kit upgrade didn’t exactly go as planned. As noted in that entry, the installation kit requires the replacement of the static RAM chip at location 14D on the main...
  • Posted by Drew Rudman on February 9, 2016 | No Comments 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...

Centipede Monitor Sync

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Posted by Drew Rudman on May 16, 2013 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 is also distorted. I decided to contact Jonathan Leung of...
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