Should We Fix A 1983 Atari STAR WARS Arcade Game? Classic Color Vector Machine! 

Thanks we appreciate that... nostalgia is a funny thing sometimes! See you on the next video...

I'm the same age and same here I probably spent at least 15 to 20 bucks every time i went to the arcade and i went there at least a couple times a week and it was about a half a mile from my house I promised myself if i ever win the lottery I would buy a house and a big one at that and have a room dedicated to the old arcade games.

Memories and nostalgia can be triggered by our sense, especially smell and hearing. Hearing the introduction music reminded me of playing the sit down version of this game, right down the the location and the building that held the mino-arcade.

It was very well designed, created a whole experience and brought that Star Wars vibe to the arcade!

Preach it Arby!

Yeah it's something special! Thanks for watching, Adam.

Such a great classic!

They are getting very pricey!

Coming Soon! New rule is I run all the videos of a single cabinet in 1 week so by the weekend you will have seen it all :)

@@LyonsArcade That's awesome! Big thanks for all the great videos!

@@LyonsArcade by the way good on you to mention with using the multimeter open line. Which is actually correct. There has been times of debate and misconception of what. O L actually means or stands for. The old gray beards were usually the ones that would say open line. Also when taking those readings you need to have your tongue at the proper angleSo you can be sure to get a good connection LOL. But seriously lift the open line for years and years I wondered actually want that meant and why my meter was saying overload when there wasn't anything overloading it. I was always have been told it meant overload not open line. Although one could say open lead which could technically be correct even though that's not it. At least in terms would probably stands for. Then also absolutely correct about trying to test a transistor that way she give you a ballpark figure of if it's any good or not. In a lot of cases diode check is your friend. Some people do prefer an analog meter over a digital as well. Really depends on the situation and the application. Some things you can actually get a better idea of what's going on with the analog meter. Just by observing your readings real time probably not in the applications that you would be using it for but in some cases yes. Some people have told me that some people could almost quote on quote read an analog meter like a scope. Just like in some cases a good old-fashioned Vu meter is preferred over an LED bar graph or for that matter vfd display vacuum fluorescent display that is.

Yeah they really went all out on that thing.... so hard to find now

The sit downs are very hard to find now...

@@LyonsArcade Retro Recipes used one of those Arcade1Up Star Wars 3-in-1 machines and built a custom (full size) cockpit cabinet for it. If you want to check it out, here's the link: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-xinJW0uZbg8.html

Yeah same here. 👍👍 Good Times.

Yeah, the cockpit version was ace!

Ya, I've seen several examples of the cockpit but never seen an upright.

There was a guy 10 years ago or so who scammed a bunch of people out of preorders on a sit down cabinet reproduction, people from all around the world sent him thousands of dollars for one, but he stole all their money... people would love to have that cool sitdown cabinet, but they're hard to find!

@@LyonsArcade The one I used to play in was located on the UK East Coast. I often wonder if it was destroyed, or if it is still in the vicinity.

I'm not sure I did that but maybe :) Maybe it was in audio test or something lol Thanks for watching ObiWan !

Yeah it really was well designed, the cool factor was off the damn chart on this one! Thank you for watching, C Mar!

Thanks Fernando, I appreciate you saying that, sorry to hear about your friend, this Pandemic has been a bitch! We'll see you on the next video.

That sitdown version is exxxxxxpennnnnsive!

@@LyonsArcade figured as much. only ever saw two when i was kid and i figure few are still in operational condition by now.

Coming soon Chris!

Let’s do it then!

I guess! 99.9% of everybody is cool though!

Joe's Classic Video Games You are living the dream! Getting paid doing something you love.

Yeah very cool to work on, you can actually test and repair stuff with that kind of layout...

Yeah it's something special all right! Thank you for watching Musashi!

@@LyonsArcade gotta confess I'm loving it. Combines my two passions: 80s video games, and half-arsed electronics. ;)

Very sought after now! Thank you for watching, lohphat!

I was wondering why he kept saying that.....

I don't like talking bad about operators because I get why they did what they did but yeah the Amplifone is just a superior monitor. I think in this case it was an issue though where it was gone so all they can do is fix this one that's in there. Those Amplifones as you know blow that transformer, but really only the original one. Once it's been replaced usually it's pretty reliable!

Wow what a great present! Thank you for watching RoadSurfer!

I’ve heard the amplifones are pretty reliable!

wow pretty cool! Thank you for watching Charles!

Thanks Melanated Prose!

I heard about something like that, and that it was expensive but ended up pretty nice....

@@LyonsArcade still cheaper than the official cockpit version but yeah. Lol

It's something special for sure. Thank you for watching, Daniel!

Everybody did but they're impossible to find unfortunately now...

The more popular a video is, it pulls haters in that aren't subscribed and makes it worse than normal, lol It's alright though I just block 'em :) Thanks for watching dieselchevette we appreciate it!

Thanks Robert we appreciate you watching!

Definitely, thank you for watching Salvage Monster!

Eventually they're going to have to start making Vector monitors again :) Thanks for watching 10tonhamster!

We need to test that one, one of these days!

Yeah really immersive if you think about it...

Yup it was 3d before 3d games. Kids nowadays complain their 120 FPS 4K graphics are bad in games today

Yeah the cockpits were on another whole level!

Larry. That cockpit one at Circus circus was awesome. I loved how it moved 360 and leaned. Way more impressive than just sitting down.

Yeah they really knocked it out of the park!

They're very hard to track down, they've become very desirable and valuable over the years!

It's a fun one!

Yes it was

@@LyonsArcade I know seated versions always cost more, and take up more space, but has it always been true that seated versions, assuming the game is exactly the same, always better than standing ones? I think in many cases, I prefer standing ones to cocktail ones anyway. I cannot recall how the seated Star Wars game worked exactly, but what would really add to it's potential would be for those times the tie fighters fly past you from your rear, that then you would hear them do so not from the screen for that brief second, but from speakers behind you, which then would roll over towards the front as were then visible. I've seen somebody play this game into quite a few levels, and the Death Star attack is just insane at a certain point. I think when I got to that scene, my friend and I had the strategy of trying to at least shoot out one or two of those firing ports as we flew along, but it seems you're just way too busy dodging the obstacles at a certain point. I think when I first found this game, it was at a bowling alley, and it was in constant use.

Thank you GaRogerCade, we appreciate it!

They have changed hands several times, I'm not sure who owns what now, but several companies have owned all the Atari stuff over the years.... thank you for watching shaanee!

It’s taken me a long time to build up the patina on that multimeter 😎. We’ll have more cool videos soon we’re filming all kinds of interesting things right now!

Yeah it’s an amazing game!

Very cool ... the first one I stood in line to play was street fighter 2!

If you think about it, that's one of the greatest songs ever written. Those folks were doing musicals and trying to out Gershwin each other... and then one of the guys writes Do Re Mi, which was right there in front of everybody else but they never thought to do it. It's like the guy was bragging how great a song writer he was, he could write about anything even the scale. Amazing song really.

Thank you Thomas, we try to break it down to the basics!

Ain't that the truth! Thank you for watching Paul!

Coming soon!

It's pretty awesome. Lieutenant Dan! You've Got Legs!

I think we have to right?

You better! [shakes fist eastward...]

Very cool JayBird!

Definitely!

Sounds like you could really play !

@@LyonsArcade It was between that and Zaxxon...

Man I actually have stalkers, in real life now. I don't mean, people watch every video and complain, no I mean in real life, I have stalkers. Some people are just losers! New video tomorrow :)

It was an amazing game!

How bout the "Sinbad" Pinball game...loved that one too! 2 quarters and ussually id play all DAY! Clic!...another FREE game! Loved that one😆

That's a good point!

Thank you for watching bwgti, we appreciate it!

Thanks Brendan yes I don't know about the Super Glue but I guess we'll see :) Maybe it was something else? It seems like if I don't start at the beginning I always miss something and have to go back, I like just taking it slow and working through from the plug :) Thanks for watching Brendan, we appreciate it!

​@@LyonsArcade I always work from the plug and then onwards. Follow the Pixie's (AvE's term :) ). If you look at any vintage radio, especially ones like Paul Carlson (Mr Carlsons Lab) or Electronics Old and New who are qualified techs, they work from the wall plug in. Power supply is critical to be right, then you can move to the rest. I do some old Tube radio restores myself. Power cord, Power Transformers, Rectifiers (Tubes or Diodes) Filter caps. That is where you start. In the case of Arcade, the filter cap is the "Big Blue".

Let’s do it!

Yup, I've seen games get screwed up if you turn them off and back on too quick because of the voltage still in the caps....

That makes sense I did find one doing exactly like you mention in another game recently. It was connected but the socket wasn’t holding it well so it had no conductivity...

On testing transistors. If they are bipolar.. npn or pnp Think of them as two diodes. Joined at the base pin( middle of three on you harness). One diode leads base to collector the other base to emmitor . For npn (Not Pointing iN ) the diodes point away from the base so test base positive to emmitor 0.5to 0.6 V and similar base collector though usually slightly lower 0 4 to 0.6. And will test open circuit for the other way round.... diodes Now pnp will test just the same but the diodes face the opposite way. .

Then I’d have to pay for it that doesn’t sound fun! Lol

I'm going to hit it with the force like OBI

@@LyonsArcade Alec Guiness hated Star Wars..said it was fairy tale rubbish..but made him very rich..poor guy was diagnosed with prostate cancer and two days before his death in 2000 was diagnosed with liver cancer

@@LyonsArcade Honestly Ron..you are extremely talented and I'm trying to learn electronics also, but really cannot get my head around schematics 😔

We're getting there, we'll have it back up and running in no time! Thanks for waching Eddy_D!

Two legendary games!

Yeah this was the last one we found, they are getting hard to come by! One of the coolest games ever…

Yeah Atari kicked ass even after they went bankrupt they refused to stop being cool.

Yeah and Space Duels!

I forgot to reply to this earlier!

On your head?

The best is when you sit the board in your lap and zap some part of your leg lol

@@LyonsArcade we used to charge em up and hide them in each other's seats

They are expensive for sure!

Yes that's true I used to keep all types of variable resistors and power resistors I have some Honker power resistors from old alarm systems and other things really hard power stuff I actually did have the power resistor that was the old one or two at over 200 Watts I think that was one of the biggest power resistors I had in terms of its size possibly in terms of physical size I had ones that look more like a heating element then resistor Ameri fact I had used Hebe Elwood says resistors from time to time if I ever ran across an old heater sometimes I use it as a load resistor or sometimes even tap the ailment and use it as a fixed resistor also good for testing power supplies in a way when you do this and certain types of heaters I would also have a flying clip lead Ed and connect one. End of the element to act as an adjustable load. Also your avatar what is it from? What is it Etc just wondering please comment.

I do play it on the last video but unfortunately I'm not very good at it, ha! Thank you for watching Pogostix it's a great game!

Let's do it!

you can play it on your iphone for free too....

Bruh you totally know we're gonna fix it Bruh

LETS DO IT

I agree!

No, we're keeping it all original like a certain someone who shall not be named should have :)