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VOLUME 4 INDEX
(March '82-February '83)
(#) Indicates Issue Number
ATARI
Atari "Centipede" Service Notes # 1
Atari "Asteroids" Display Problem # 1
Atari "Centipede": Erasing High Scores # 1
Atari Coin Doors Service Tips # 1
Atari Monitor Tech Tips #2
Field Service Tips: Atari "Centipede" Board Revisions #3
Atari "Centipede", "Asteroids" Tech Tips #3
New System Preview/Atari's "Dig-Dug" #4
Atari Introduces the "Pat 9000" Test Station #4
Atari "Centipede" Service Tips #5
Atari "Dig-Dug" Static Mod #5
Atari "Dig-Dug" Custom Chips #5
Atari "Dig-Dug" Credit Accumulation/Temporary Fix #6
Service Tips: Atari "Tempest" #7
Atari "Dig-Dug" Credit Mod #7
New System Preview/Atari's "Kangaroo" #7
On The Service Trail ... Atari Mailing List #7
Atari Color Raster-Scan Monitors/Troubleshooting Guide #7
Atari "Dig-Dug" Freeze Game Action #8
Atari Power Supply Suggestion #8
Atari "Dig-Dug" Credit Mod/New Rev PCBs #8
"Tempest" By Atari - Video Art #8
Atari "Tempest" Monitor Jitters #9
Manufacts: Technical Tips for Atari "Dig-Dug" and
"Centipede" #9
Manufacts: Atari Power-On Reset and Watchdog Circuits # 10
Atari Symptoms & Solutions: "Dig-Dug" ROM Update/Joystick
Mod/Reset Mod, "Centipede" Trackball Mods, "Battlezone"
Handles #11
Atari "Tempest" Display Problems/Solutions & Monitor
Adjustments # 12
Atari Complies to FCC Regulations # 12
New System Preview/ Atari's "Pole Position" # 12
Atari "Pole Position" Modifications & Manual Changes #12
BALLY/MIDWAY
~Q"'a!' "T(ic-1,man" Service NotP<: # 1
Midway CRT Substitutions # 1
Midw-"y "Ro""'-'ni!!'!" <::ervice Video T!!pe # 1
Midway's X-Y Monitor Troubleshooting Guide (Part 2) #1
Midway Mini "Pac-Man" Static Solution #2
On The Service Trail ... Midway "Ms. Pac-Man Notes #2
Midway "Kick"/"Kickman" Notes & Modifications #2
Midway's X-Y Monitor Troubleshooting Guide (Part 3) #2
Midway's "Ms. Pac-Man": PCB Layout, Difficulty Mod #2
Midway "Galaga" & "Kickman" PCB Lock-Up Mods #2
Bally "Flash Gordon" Strobe Unit Service Tips #2
Midway's X-Y Monitor Troubleshooting Tips (Continued) #3
Bally "Rapid Fire" Computer Volume Control #4
Midway "Ms. Pac-Man" and "Galaga" Wavy Video Mod #4
Midway's Color TV Monitor Repair (Part 1) #4
Midway "Galaga" Lock-Up Mod #4
Midway Service Bulletins: "Pac-Man", "Galaga", "Kick-
Man", "Bosconian", "Rally-X", "Ms. Pac-Man", "Robby
Roto", "Tron" #5
Midway "Pac-Man" Troubleshooting Steps #5
Midway's Color TV Monitor Repair (Part 2) #5
Service Tips: Midway "Galaga" Free Play Solution #6
Midway Service Bulletins: "Galaga", "Tron", "Lazarian" #6
Midway's Color TV Monitor Repair (Part 3) #6
New System Preview/Bally/Midway's "Tron" #6
Bally/Midway External Video Game Monitor #7
Midway "Tron" Notes: Upright/Cocktail PCBs, Video Cable #8
Midway "Tron" Rack Advance #8
Bally/Midway Service Bulletins: "Tron", "Solar Fox", "Blue
Print" #9
On The Service Trail ... "Tron" Handles, Hum Bar and "Ms.
Pac-Man", "Satan's Hollow" Power Supply Jumper #9
Bally/Midway's Video Troubleshooting Guide #9
Midway "Tron" Limited Buy-In Feature #10
Bally/Midway Service Bulletins: "Super Pac-Man" Anti-
Stringing Circuit, "Super Pac-Man" Rack Advance Test,
"Burger Time" Lock-Up Mod, Additional Static Protection
Kit #11
Bally/Midway "Super Pac-Man" Difficulty Settings #12
Bally/Midway Service Bulletins: "Super Pac-Man" Coin Option
Switch Settings, "Burger Time" & "Super Pac-Man" Fuse
Change, Power Supply Assignment, "Super Pac-Man"
Volume Control Location # 12
CENTURI
Centuri "Swimmer" Switch Settings # 11
GOTTLIEB
' Gottlieb Switch Arcing Modification # I
Gottlieb "Haunted House" PROM ID # I
Gottlieb "Black Hole" Service Notes # I
Gottlieb's New System 80A #2
New System Preview/Gottlieb's "Haunted House" #2
Gottlieb Transistor and Diode Substitution Guide #3
Gottlieb "System 80" PROM List #3
Gottlieb "Haunted House" Up Kicker Burnout Solution #4
Gottlieb Coil Chart #4
Gottlieb "Haunted House" Service Tips #5
New System Preview/Gottlieb's "Caveman" #5
Gottlieb System 80 Solenoids #5
Gottlieb System 80 Controlled Lamp CKT Troubleshooting #6
Gottlieb System 80 Troubleshooting: Game Operation, Switch
Matrix #7
Gottlieb System 80 General Troubleshooting Guide #8
Gottlieb "Caveman" /Maintenance and Servicing Access to
Monitor #8
Gottlieb's "Reactor'': A Technical Outline #8
Gottlieb "Haunted House" Lower Level Up-Kicker Final
Solution #8
Troubleshooting Gottlieb Displays #9
New System Preview/Gottlieb's "Q*Bert" #10
NAMCO
"Shoot A way" Maintenance # 11
"Sweet-Licks" Mallets #12
NINTENDO
Nintendo "Donkey Kong" Cabinet Problems # I
Nintendo "Donkey Kong" PCB Interchangeability # I
Nintendo " Donkey Kong" Pix Flip Mod #2
On The Service Trail ... Nintendo "Donkey Kong" #2
Nintendo "Donkey Kong" Static Problems #4
Service Tips: Nintendo "Donkey Kong" #7
Nintendo "Donkey Kong"/Adding a Slam Switch #7
On The Service Trail ... Nintendo " Donkey Kong" Anti-Straw
Mod#7
Nintendo Flange Mount/Credit Solution #8
Nintendo "Donkey Kong Jr."/Adding a Slam Switch #8
New System Preview/Nintendo's"Donkey Kong Jr." #9
Nintendo "Donkey Kong" Button Quick Fix # 11
Nintendo Model #730 Coin Selector Modification #12
ROCK-OLA
Rock-Ola 473,474, 468-1 Credit Mod #1
Service Outlets for Rock-Ola Jukeboxes #6
Rock-Ola Pricing Conversion #7
Rock-Ola Dim Fluorescent Displays 476 to 484 #12
ROWE
Rowe Bill Changers Service Tips # I
On The Service Trail ... Rowe Bill Changers #2
Rowe Responds to Erickson # 2
On The Service Trail ... Response to Rowe Letter #3
On The Service Trail ... Rowe BC-35 Bill Changer # 10
SEEBURG
Service Tips: Seeburg Phonos # I 0
SEGA
Gremlin/Sega's Digital Tech Test (Part 3) # I
Gremlin/Se11a's Divita] Tech TesUPart 4) #2
Gremlin/Sega "Zaxxon" Joystick Handle Precaution #4
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Timing PCB Mod, Freeze Up Mod #4
On The Service Trail . : . Gremlin Report #4
Gremlin/Sega "Turbo" Modifications #5
Service Tips: Gremlin/Sega "Turbo" Optics #6
Gremlin/Sega G08-003 Color X-YMonitor/Voltage Analysis #7
On The Service Trail ... Gremlin/Sega "Zaxxon" Joystick #7
Gremlin/Sega "Turbo" Notes: Steering Board Modifications,
Typo Errors in Mini Owners Manual # 7
Sega/Gremlin " Frogger" Audio Volume Mod #8
Sega/Gremlin's ROM Line (Part 1) #8
On The Service Trail ... Sega/Gremlin "Zaxxon" Joystick #9
Sega/Gremlin's ROM Line (Part 2) #9
Sega/Gremlin's ROM Line (Part 3) #10
Sega Electronics' ROM Line (Part 4) # 11
Sega Electronics Symptoms & Solutions: "Turbo" Video
Display, "Monaco GP" 1 Coin/I Play Mod, "Space Fury"
Moving Lines # 11
Sega Electronics' ROM Line (Part 5) #12
Sega Electronics "Turbo" Interface PCB/Display Solutions # 12
Sega Electronics' Laser Disc Video Game Concept #12
New Bits/Sega " Super Zaxxon" Kit #12
STERN
Stern Video Power Supply Interchangeability # I
On The Service Trail ... Stern Pop Bumpers #2
Stern "Turtles" Update Kit #3
New System Preview/Stem "Frenzy" #3
Stern "Amidar", "Scramble", "Super Cobra", Intermittents #5
Service Tips: Stern Flipper Assy's #5 .
Stern Reset Modification for "Super Cobra" Type Logic
Boards #8
News Bits/Stern "Lost Tomb" Kit #12
TAITO
Taito "Qix": New ROM Available #1
Taito "Qix" Static Mod #2
Taito "Qix" PCB Lock-Up Mod #2
Taito "Alpine Ski" Joystick Modification #3
Taito's "Grand Champion" Coin and Reset Mods #4
Taito Service Tips: "Grand Champion" Lock-Up, "Kram"
High Score ROM Revision, "Electric Yo Yo" ROM Revision,
"Qix", "Alpine Ski", "Wild Western", "Kram" and
"Electric Yo Yo" Power Supply Mod #7
Taito: Troubleshooting PCBs #8
Taito Coin Door Cable Precaution/"Kram", "Yo Yo" and
DATA EAST
"Space Dungeon" #8
Deco "Lock 'N' Chase"/Cassette System Notes #4
New System Preview/Taito's "Jungle King" #8
Data East Monitor Spark Gap Cleaning, Monitor Grounding Taito Memory Failure Troubleshooting Procedure #9
Kits #7
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Taito "Grand Champion" Steering Wheel Mod #10
Taito "Jungle King" to "Jungle Hunt" Conversion Kit #10
ELECTROHOME
Taito "Jungle Hunt" Troubleshooting Chart for Sounds #12
Troubleshooting the Electrohome G07 HVL Circuit # 10
Taito "Wild Western" ROM Revision #12
EXIDY
VENDING INTERNATIONAL CORP.
"Panky Malloon Balloon Machine" Operation #11
Exidy "Mouse Trap" Audio Board Modifications #2
"Cotton Candy Machine" # 12
Exidy "Mouse Trap" Joystick Modification #3
"Superball" Modification # 12
Exidy "Mouse Trap" Enhancement Kit #4
Exidy "Mouse Trap" Stand-Off Modification #5
VENTURE LINE
Exidy "Venture" to "Pepper II" Conversion #6
Venture Line "Looping" Loss of Audio Solutions: EPROM
Exidy "Victory" to "Victor Banana" Modification Kit #7
Exchange, Power Supply Mod #4
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WELLS-GARDNER
New lni>ut Protection for Wells-Gardner Color X-Y Display # 3
Wells-Gardner Color X-Y Display Tech Tips #5
Wells-Gardner Vertical Deflection Circuit Revision #6
Technical Tips: Wells-Gardner Color X-Y Display #6
Wells-Gardner CRT Replacements #8
Troubleshooting the Wells-Gardner Color X-Y Monitor Power
Supply #9
WILLIAMS
Williams "Make Trax" Increase Appeal Using Options #1
New System Preview/Williams' "Hyperball" # I
Overvoltage Protection for Williams "Defender'' # 1
Williams Flippers Service Tips # I
Field Service Tips: Williams "Hyperball" Notes #3
Field Service Tips: Williams PCB Interchangeability #3
On The Service Trail . .. Williams "Hyperball" Location
Notes #3
On The Service Trail .. . Williams "Hyperball" Handles #3
Williams "Hyperball" Ball Lift Motor Kit and Control Panel
Alignment # 3
Service Tips: Williams PS connector #5
Williams "Robotron 2084" Game Adjustments #5
Williams "Hyperball" Rev 4 Program/Function Settings #5
Williams "Stargate" and "Robotron" PCB Compatibility #8
On The Service Trail ... Williams' Games # I 0
Williams Electronics Pinball Maintenance # 11
New System Preview/Williams' "Joust" # 11
On The Service Trail ... Williams "Joust" ROM Revision# 12
FEATURE ARTICLES
Troubleshooting With the Logic Comparator # 1
On The Service Trail ... Tommy Lift Gates #2
Nickel/Dime Adjustments for Jukebox Coin Mechs #2
Doing Away With That Tired Feeling # 2
Newport Joystick Replacement Solution #3
On The Service Trail ... AOE '82 Show Report #3
Interchangeability of Phono Volume Controls # 3
Coin Door Maintenance: Metal/Plastic Coin Acceptors # 3
On The Service Trail . . . Pinball Suggestion, Lock Gripe,
Gremlin Report #4
On The Service Trail . . . Control Panels, Video Game
Adjustments # 5
Service Tips: Stereo vs. Mono #5
On The Service Trail . .. The Goose That Laid the Golden
Egg ,#6
Electrical Effects on the Body #6
On The Service Trail ... Games in '83 #8
Jukebox Publications Reviewed #8
StarkTechJournal 3rd Annual Reader Survey Results-1982 #8
A.M.O.A. 1982 Exposition #8
On The Service Trail ... Game Security #9
ROM/PROM Test Rig for Signature Analysis #9
ETA Wage Survey #9
Choosing Location Speaker Systems #9
A.M.O.A. Expo '82 #10
Identifying IC Socket Problems # 10
The "Bear" Facts ... "Whac-a-Mole" Ticket Motor Drive# 10
Tax Tips for Coin-Op Amusement Operators (Depreciating
Equipment- New or Used) #10
More A.M.O.A. '82 Show Reviews #11
On The Service Trail ... A.M.O.A. '82: The Operator's
Vie,..,;:-oint # 11
News Bits/EEPROMS # 11
The "Bear" Facts ... CMOS Construction and Handling# 11
Manufacts: Summary of Major Op-Amp Circuits (Part 1) # 11
A.M.O.A. Expo '82 Revisited #11
Manufacts: Summary of Major Op-Amp Circuits (Part 2) # 12
On The Service Trail ... National Lock-Out! K-Tron Scale
Saves Time # 12
The "Bear" Facts ... CMOS Operating Requirements #12
News Bits/Sega "Super Zaxxon" Kit, Stern's "Lost Tomb"
Kit #12
NEW SYSTEM PJ:IEVIEWS
Williams "Hyperball" # 1
Gottlieb's "Haunted House" #2
Stern "Frenzy" #3
Atari's "Dig-Dug" #4
Gottlieb's "Caveman" #5
Bally/Midway's "Tron" #6
Atari's "Kangaroo" #7
Taito's "Jungle King" #8
Nintendo's "Donkey Kong Junior" #9
Gottlieb's "Q*Bert" # 10
Williams "Joust" # 11
Atari's "Pole Position" # 12
CUSTOMER SERVICE NUMBERS (AS OF JAN. '83)
ATARI: 800/538-1530 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
In CA: 800/538-1611
In NJ: 800/526-3849
BALLY/MIDWAY: 800/323-7182
BALLY Pl N BALL: 800/323-3555
CENTURI: 800/327-7710 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
CINEMATRONICS: 714-562-7000
DATA EAST: 800/538-5129 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
In CA: 408/727-4490
EXIDY: 800/538-8402 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
GAME PLAN: 312/628-8200
GOTTLIEB: 800/323-9121
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NAMCO: 800/538-1610 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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SEGA: 800/854-1938 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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WILLIAMS: 800/621-1253
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