Star Tech Journal

Marquees In The
Sun
Sega Tan1per Proof
Bits
Matt J. McCullar
Forum Fair Arcade
·Fort Worth, Texas
Dari Davidson
Sega Customer Service
San Jose, California
CAUTION
PROBLEM
Nowadays, change kits use marquees that
are just printed on sheets of plastic film
instead of glass. These film marquees are
then placed behind clear glass or plexiglass,
then backlit with lights. There's nothing
really wrong with this setup, but there is one
thing to beware of: the marquees can melt
when exposed to direct sunlight.
Where can I get the special bits needed for
servicing Sega games?
PROBLEM
Case in point: last year I overhauled a Bally/
Sente Chicken Shift video in the shop and
then I pushed it out to the warehouse door-
way so it could be delivered. This was a mild
October afternoon. But the sun had a clear
shot at the game. About an hour later I did
a double take when I glanced at the machine.
The marquee had disappeared!
Looking closer, I saw that the plastic film
had warped from the heat, leaving the clear
glass protector to display a bare fluorescent
light. I removed the bracket and took out the
marquee. Fortunately it didn't melt, it just
warped. It looked like it could be used again
if we could just flatten it out again.
SOLUTION
That night I got a clothes iron out of the
closet and set it to low temperature. I placed
the marquee between two pillowcases (old T-
shirts should work, too; just don't let the
iron touch the plastic) and ironed slowly for
about twenty minutes. A few light bursts of
steam helped too, when used sparingly.
Sure enough, the plastic flattened out beau-
tifully!
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SOLUTION
Any Sega Distributor can get these bits from
us. The larger distributors might actually
stock them.
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The part numbers for the bits alone are:
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MB -
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