The story behind this one is great. I've been in contact with one of our local vendors for a little while now and have been working on helping him clear out his old games. He mentioned that this recreation center was selling a non-working Joust for $100. I drove directly over to find exactly that, a non-working Joust. I offered the guy $100 but he felt guilty because of it not working, all he'd take was $50. I even tried the "I only have $20's, if you don't have a $10, don't worry about it" and that didn't work.
I got a buddies truck and the game was at my house about 2 hours after I found out it was for sale. I opened up the game, made sure all the harnesses were making good contact, and bam! It worked!!! Well, for the most part, there still is some crappy connections that make the game freak a little, but I ordered replacements from Bob Roberts so it'll be good as new.
For some reason, the Shadow Lord's are starting to finally get a little easier. That, and I found a strategy that works pretty darn good. It basically involves staying on the bottom level and slowly picking them off. But if I die on a board, then I found it easiest to try to stay all the way at the top of the screen. I'll get some pictures here soon.
Here's the fix list: -replaced multiple connectors. -modified board to accept a button battery. (Bob Roberts) -replaced all RAMs. -adjusted power supply for correct +5V. -installed *NEW* monitor that didn't work with Franken-Pac. -installed cap-kit to power supply. -replaced connectors associated with power supply. -ordered replacement overlay from Steven Gregory. Things to do: -eventually repaint cabinet.
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