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VOL. 6/#1 MARCH '84
News Bits: Color Oscilloscope Uses Liquid-Crystal Shutter,
Hook a Videodisc to Your Apple, Flicker-Free 3-0 Movies
with New Stereo System, First Digital TV Sets Shown in
Europe, Sharpest Tube in Town• Bally Midway"Ms. Pac-
Man": Filter PCB CautiOf\ Power Supply Burnt Pins Mod •
Electrohome and Wico Form Mark~ti istribution Part·
ners_hip • Bally_Midway Service B I I "NFL Footbalr'
Vertical Roll with Slave Mo~
FL Footbalr' and
"Tappe(' (Earlier~ame cM'ble PWR Short, "Spy
Hunter" ( Sit-Down a
• t) Accelerator/ Steering Pots,
• Jr. Pac-Man" Fie
oin Counter, "Jr. Pac-Man" Logic
Boards Not l,.,angeable, "Jr. Pac-Man Mod for Un~
versal Tester, "Spy Hunter" (Upright and Sit-Down)
Potentiometer Calibration • Gottlieb Pop Bumper Bum-
Out Cure • Cinematronics PR7820 Exchange Program •
Movies Corne to Showbiz ... Total Entertainment Concept
Combines Movie, Game & Restaurant Marketing • Z-80
Micro Outline • The"Bea(' Facts: Testing Semiconductors
• On The Service Trail: Alan"s "Pole Position II", Control
Panels, Atarrs "Red Baron" • Bally Midway "NFL
Footbalr' Program Update Kit • New System Preview:
Centuri/Konamrs "Track & Field" • Tele* Tech: RCA
SJT400 Random Access Videodisc Player • Bally Midway
Troubleshooting Electrohorne & Wells Gardner Monitors
(Part 4) • Sega G-80 Card Cage System Games, Their
Custom Chips and Program Series • In Other Words:
Video Game Components • lnOuizitive • Customer
Service Numbers
U/R) Calibration Mod, "Burger nme" Credit Mod • News
Bits: Laservision Goes Solid State, Warner Has Modest
Quarterly Profit Arcade-Style Games Board • Cutting
Excess Overhead Costs • Williams "Gorga(' Solenoid
Problem • New System Preview: Bally Midway's "Jr. Pac-
Man" (Field Kit) • Electrohome G07-CBO DC Voltage
Measurements • Customer Service Numbers • Laserdisc
Repair. Part 1: Short of Actual Repair • Manulacts: Atari
"Cloak and Dagger" Troubleshooting Procedure • RCA
Videodisc Service Centers • Mytstar"MAC.H. llr' TrtU>le-
shooting (Cont) • Atari "Crystal Castles" ROM Update,
Cat Box Checksums, ·auant1m" Sctematic CIJ'l8Ctions,
"Star War!t' Notes, "Star War!t' Display Problems • In
Other Words: "Space Ace" Villains
Frozen Picture • Pionee(s LD-V4000 Industrial Laserdisc
Player • New System Preview: Cinematronic!t "Space
Ace" • Laserdisc Repair. Part 2: Theory and Safety •
Bally Midway Service Bulletins: "Spy Hunte(', "Tapper" &
"Root Beer" Fuse Change, "Astron Belt'' to "Galaxy
Range(' Conversion Kit Flipper Assembly Revisions, "Spy
Hunte(' Cheap Squeak Deluxe Module PAL Substitution •
Bally 555 Lamp Burnout Circuit Mod • Atari "Firefox"
Amplifone Raster Modification • In Other Words:
Conversion Kits
VOL. 6/#2 APRIL '84
ASI '84 • Stern "Cliff Hanger" Intermittent Operation •
Atari Remembers Its Own • Pioneer Technical Service
Regional Offices • On The Service Trail: Kits, Kits, Kits,
The Bottom Line: MakeYO\l'Gamelook New. Tele*Tech:
Cinematronics' "Dragon's Lair" Laserdisc Repair Problems
• Gottlieb Pop Bumper Board SymptonvSolution • Bally
Midway Service Bulletins: "Jr. Pac-Man'' (Games & Kits)
+5wc Regulator Schematic Error, "Spy Hunte(' (S/D and
VOL. 6/#3 MAY '84
News Bits: "New Look" for TV, Higtl-Power Switch,
Semiconductor and Gas Lasers, Atari & Activision to
Broadcast Software, RCA Corp. Phases Out Videodisc
Player • American Lock's Tough, Weather Resistant One-
Piece Extruded All Brass Body Padlocks • RF Modulator
Circuit for Use with Radio Shack UM1285-8 (#277-221)
• On The Service Trail: The Game That Has Never Worked
Properly • Atari "Star Wars" Troubleshooting Guide
Notes, "Tempest" Display • AOE Review • Mylstar
Announces Three Day Seminar • Atari "Food Fight"
Joystick Calibration • Photon Allows Players to Enjoy
Personal lnwlvement in Higtl-Tech Game Era • Tele* Tectc
Conversion Kits • Coin Acceptors, Inc., Maintains 31
Service Centers Worldwide for Amusement and Game
Industry Customers • Nintendo Introduces Their Service
Package • Troubleshooting Tips for Mylsta(s "MAC.H.
Ill" • Nintendo Service Bulletins: "Mario Bros." CoilvCredit
Problems, "Donkey Kong", "Radar Scope" Scrambled
Screen, "Radar Scope" Speed-Up Kit "Radar Scope"
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VOL. 6/#4 JUNE '84
News Bits: High Resolution Touch Screen, New Flat-Panel
Display Technology Yields Color & 3-D • Clil}'On Coin
Caddy • Atari "Star Wars" X-Y Display Modification •
Williams "Gorgar" Solenoid Problem Response • Pace
Inc., To Conduct Classes in Universal Repair for Electronics
at the Company's Facility in LaureL Maryland • Ata~
Lucasfilm • The "Bea(' Facts: Ticket Dispensers, Taito
"Front Line", Pioneer LD-V1000 Remote • On The Service
Trail: Rowe BC-35 Changer Notes, Bally Pinball Flipper
Assembly • Centuri/Konami "Track & Field" Missing
Video Cure • Nintendo Service Bulletins: "Radar Scope",
"Donkey Kong", "Donkey Kong Junior" Interchangeability
of Hybrid I Cs in Power Supplies PP7A (30-1000) & PP7B
(3D-1001), "Donkey Kong", "Donkey Kong Junio(',
"Popeye", "Mario Bros." Slam Switch • Bally Midway
Service Bulletins: "Ten Pin Deluxe" Shuffle Alley Safety
Switch, "Ten Pin Deluxe" Shuffle Alley ROM Self Test "Ten
Pin Deluxe" Shul1Ie Alley Memory Board, "Ten Pin Deluxe"
Shul1IeAlley RAM Location, "Ten Pin Deluxe" Shuffle Alley
Hi Voltage, "Ten Pin Deluxe" Shul1Ie Alley Options, "Spy
Hunte(' Power-Up Failure • Atari: Narrowing Down Game
Problems • New Sys1em Preview: Nintendo's "VS. Tennis"
• Tech Shop Profile: Pinball Warehouse • Manulacts:
Atari "Firefox" Main & Graphic PCB Signals • Laserdisc
Repair. Part3-VoidingYourWarranty • nming-AMust
for Advertising Success • In Other Words: MOS/LSI
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