Monday, August 26, 2019

Finished up Alien Syndrome

Alas the Alien Syndrome restoration comes to a close.  My daughter was recently visiting from college, so with her assistance, we were able to finish up the control panel overlay, as well as getting the controllers and buttons re-installed.



There are a few things I need to adjust as far as the controls and leaf switches are concerned, but for the most part this is a wrap.  I may attempt to track down the correct controllers, which to my knowledge were 8 way red textured joysticks manufactured by Coin Controls.  

I most enjoyed getting the chance to take the fight to the alien hoards in a couple of co-op rounds with my daughter.  While not really her thing, she could certainly appreciate the quirky game play mechanics, and the weird "over the top" alien morphology.

I'm very pleased with the artwork, and the laminate work turned out excellent.  Overall I'd say this was a success.  Huge thanks for the work of  KLOV member "AlienSyndrome", for not just one but two excellently documented Alien Syndrome restorations.  Also a big thanks to KLOV member SkyFighter for putting me in touch with Fiz whom provided the amazing reproduction artwork.  Big thank you to member HighProtein of theVillageBBS for responding with this project machine when I got the bug.  Lastly, but perhaps most important, notorious KLOV member Fizgig for the artwork, which made this project possible.

New Stuff on this machine:

Cabinet completely restored with laminate siding, new artwork, and repainted black surfaces.

New heavy duty power cord

New glass, and custom bezel artwork.

New purple t-molding

Replaced two front leg levelers

Original power supply completely cleaned, tested, and restored with Nichicon capacitors.

New fluorescent lights in the marquee fixture.

New LED light for the control panel displays

New CPO and 3d printed control panel light "windows"

New coin return buttons and lights

Replaced heavily "Tron" burned monitor with new-ish Happs Vision Pro display.

Cleaned and replaced wire harness, and replaced hacked molex connectors for monitor and fluorescent fixture.











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