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VOL. 6/#3 MAY '84
News Bits: "New Look" for TV, High-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 • ADE Review • Mylstar
Announces Three Day Seminar • Atari "Food Fight"
Joystick Calibration • Photon Allows Players to Enjoy
Personal Involvement in High-Tech Game Era • Tele* Tech:
Conversion Kits • Coin Acceptors, Inc., Maintains 31
Service Centers Worldwide for Amusement and Game
Industry Customers • Nintendo Introduces Their Service
Package • Troubleshooting Tips for Mylstar's "M.A.C.H.
Ill" • Nintendo Service Bulletins: "Mario Bros." Coin/Credit
Problems, "Donkey Kong", "Radar Scope" Scrambled
Screen, "Radar Scope" Speed-Up Kit, "Radar Scope"
Frozen Picture • Pioneer's LD-V4000 Industrial Laserdisc
Player • New System Preview: Cinematronics' "Space
Ace" • Laserdisc Repair: Part 2: Theory and Safety •
Bally Midway Service Bulletins: "Spy Hunter", "Tapper" &
"Root Beer" Fuse Change, "Astron Belt" to "Galaxy
Ranger" Conversion Kit, Flipper Assembly Revisions, "Spy
Hunter" Cheap Squeak Deluxe Module PAL Substitution •
Bally 555 Lamp Burnout Circuit Mod • Atari "Firefox"
Amplifone Raster Modification • In Other Words:
Conversion Kits
Inc., To Conduct Classes in Universal Repair for Electronics
at the Company's Facility in Laurel, Maryland • Atari-
Lucasfilm • The "Bear" 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 ICs in Power Supplies PP7A (3D-1000) & PP7B
(3D-l001), "Donkey Kong", "Donkey Kong Junior",
"Popeye", "Mario Bros." Slam Switch • Bally Midway
Service Bulletins: "Ten Pin Deluxe" Shuffle Alley Playfield
Cleaner, "Ten Pin Deluxe" Shuffle Alley Safety Switch,
"Ten Pin Deluxe" Shuffle Alley ROM Self Test, "Ten Pin
Deluxe" Shuffle Alley Memory Board, "Ten Pin Deluxe"
Shuffle Alley RAM Location, "Ten Pin Deluxe" Shuffle Alley
Hi Voltage, "Ten Pin Deluxe" Shuffle Alley Options, "Spy
Hunter" Power-Up Failure • Atari: Narrowing Down Game
Problems• New System Preview: Nintendo's "VS. Tennis"
• Tech Shop Profile: Pinball Warehouse • Manufacts:
Atari "Firefox" Main & Graphic PCB Signals • Laserdisc
Repair: Part 3-Voiding Your Warranty • Timing-A Must
for Advertising Success • In Other Words: MOS/LSI
Glossary
and Gas Pedal Pot Calibration (Self Test), "Spy Hunte('
(Upright- Serial No. 101 to 635) Loss of Battery Memory,
"Up 'N Down" Option Switch Setting Error • Tour Video
Shows Attractions at Hotel Concierges/Tour Desks, and
Travel Agencies' Offices • Data East "Boomer Rang'r"
Conversion Kit for "Bega's Battle" Laserdisc Games/Up-
dated Option Settings • Customer Service Numbers •
Bally Midway Monitors: Differences, Parts and Picture
Tube Interchangeability • New System Preview: Bally
Midway's "Spy Hunter" • Making Pinballs Last • The
"Bear" Facts: Understanding CMOS IC Technology •
Gottlieb Coil Chart • Laserdisc Repair: Part 4: Alignment
and Repair, PR-8210 Type Disc Players • In Other Words:
Conversion Kits
VOL. 6/#4 JUNE '84
News Bits: High Resolution Touch Screen, New Flat-Panel
Display Technology Yields Color & 3-D • Clip-On Coin
Caddy • Atari "Star Wars" X-Y Display Modification •
Williams "Gorgar" Solenoid Problem Response • Pace
VOL. 6/#5 JULY '84
News Bits: IBM Makes a Big Chip, Atari's New Game
Machine, Rechargeable Button, Money Weigher • Modi-
fying Cinematronics' "Dragon's Lair"/"Space Ace" for 1
Coin/1 Credit • Jonard Industries Corp.'s Contact Bur-
nishers • Atari "Firefox" Program Update • Atari Intros
Advanced Game for Home Market • American Lock
Introduces the Economical Rekeyables • Stern" Bag man"
to "Super Bagman" Reset Mod • Bally Midway Service
Bulletins: "Spy Hunter," "Tapper" & "Root Beer" Fuse
Change, "Spy Hunter" (Upright & Sitdown) Steering Wheel
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VOL. 6/#6 AUGUST '84
G.E. Receives Superior Service Award • News Bits: EIA
Sets New Standards for Silicon Digital ICs • Stern
"Bagman" to "Super Bagman" Wavey Video Mod •
Manufacts: Atari Switching Power Supply Precautions
• Video Games Can Cause Interference to Radio Com-
munications • Putting a Value on Your Coin-Operated
Games Business • Telephone Modem Attachment •
New System Preview: Nintendo's "Punch-Out!!" • Bally
Midway Service Bulletins: "NFL Football" RCA Videodisc
Player SJT-400 Turntable Removal, "Spy Hunter" (Up-
right & Sitdown) Schematic Error, "Big Bat" PC Board
Interchangeability, "Mr. Viking" Button Reversal, "Mr.
Viking" Option Card Info • Star Bay's 10 Hottest/"Blue
Book" Listings • New PVC Tubing is Low-Cost Alterna-
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