Baby Pacman has been sat in my garage since October, as I’ve had no time to take a look at it.
Today I’ve made the effort to get up early and take an initial look, so I can gauge how much work is involved in getting it to a fairly decent standard. My plan is to spend some time on it over the Xmas period, as I’ve got a fair bit of time off work.
My thoughts before I looked at it was that I’d probably have major issues with the artwork and playfield, and that the cabinet would need some serious attention. I had not looked at the PCB’s or wiring so didn’t know how bad/good things were.
Anyway, I thought I’d share my initial photos and initial impressions with you:
The Control Panel:
The CP artwork is worn and will need replacing:
Under the CP – the metal work looks ok. No rust but very dirty:
Coin Door / Grills:
Looks pretty tidy.
Some rust above coin mechs. Nothing major:
The PCB’s:
Battery is missing on the MPU?? Looks like there is some corrosion on the PCB and behind it. Not sure if this is from a previous leak or not, but this needs looking at fairly urgently. I have a spare but this has quite bad corrosion, and not sure how fixable it is
Solenoid PCB looks ok. I have a spare:
Vidiot PCB looks ok. I have a spare:
Power Supply PCB looks ok, but the transformer is rusty so needs sorting:
Glass and Playfield:
Glass covering was extremely dirty, so difficult to tell if there were any scratches etc
Gave the glass a bit of a clean and some very minor damage on the edges but nothing major:
The other glass and marquee also looked fairly good:
I removed the playfield glass and to my surprise it was in very good condition. I was expecting to replace this, but I don’t think that I need too:
Clearly some of the targets will need replacing as they looked a bit worn and dull:
The only wear I could see was here:
and here:
The Cabinet:
Left hand side is fairly tidy – a few nicks here and there. The artwork needs replacing. The bottom of the cab is a mess where its been dragged. Looks like the the leg levellers are either missing are damaged:
Same at the front 🙁
Top Right hand side is not too bad apart from a chunk that is missing at the back:
Pretty bad at the bottom and there is a chunk missing bottom right:
Closer shots:
The back of the cab is pretty bad aswell. Chunks missing here and there:
Door held on by tape 🙁
Pretty bad at the top:
The cabling looks very dodgy and dangerous and will need some replacements:
Ballast half hanging off:
More dodgy cabling on the monitor. This will also need a recap:
So quite a bit of work to do. I’ll start by stripping down the cabinet and tidying that first
