How To Fix Your Atari Tempest Arcade Game Part 2 Fixing The PCB and Vector Monitor
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I would be happy to have that Tempest to play, rough cab and all. It was my favorite game when I was 11. I was pretty good at it.
This might be the same exact cabinet you used to play!
Nice work. I remember as a 17 year old playing Tempest a lot when it first came out. It was one of my favorites. So simple, but really challenging.
Very fun game but like you said gets tough quick. Bring lots of quarters!
No doubt. I could get to the invisible levels without too many, but that was long ago...
I loved the look of the game and maybe played it a time or two. It's not an easy game. If I had the patience I could have been good at it. But I figured why waste my quarters on it if Galaga, Dig Dug or my other fave games were available. Great video as always and this aesthetically is one of the best looking Arcade games of all time.
I'm the same way, that quarter can only go in one machine :)
Classic game. I always get a cringe when I hear a dry spinner. I always take them apart and lube the shaft. I have repaired several Tempest arcade cabinets, and most often the spinner knob is cracked or missing part of the skirt. I have found good acceptable replacements at Electronic swap meets in the assorted Knob Boxes for around $1 each. Those Pokey chips are difficult to find. A good place to find those is in OLD Atari Computers, like the 400.800 and XL series computers. Best Electronics in California Sells the chips NOS.
One of my favorite games! also wild to hear you're in Rock Hill! I'm in Columbia. Might have to swing by!
Come on by whenever you're in the area Wray!
Looks Awesome 👌, I will be glancing back at this while I work through mine. Thanks for posting it.
Hope it helps Bob, good luck with yours!
@@LyonsArcade i purchased mine used but really nice in 1985 . I have had it ever since. I will reach out to you if I have any questions.
Some of those ROMs and RAMs are super sensitive to ESD, you should wear a ground strap. Otherwise, great work. Love all the troubleshooting and repair videos.
I've never worn a ground strap and never fried a rom or ram because of it, I think maybe the older stuff isn't as susceptible to it...
Very informative. You never disappoint...you're dangerous with technology!
I'm not that good, you should see some of the guys who REALLY know what they're doing :)
Joe love your videos, Can you do a video of your shop I love to see all of it ,
thx
I'll see if I can film one soon.
Tempest can be a major pain in the a$$!! Nice save and don't bs me you got a ton of work and hours in this I know man! Once again nice
Thanks Bobby Jack, we appreciate it! You don't believe I fixed the whole thing in 55 minutes??? LOL
Hey Bobby!! Yea I need to fix my &%$# Tempest!! WG 6100 Transistor issues.
Arcade Hollywood heck man you got Jason just over the hill ;) swap him out lol
Jason is the Jedi Master of Vectors!! Yea I need to learn a few things.
So interesting , thanks from Germany ,want to buy all your stuff !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you from South Carolina! Glad you enjoyed it... see you on the next video.
Very helpful video! Game looks pretty good, nice work!
Thanks Evilash!
Those quadrascan monitors FREQUENTLY fail. Components in the TO-3 drive transistors burn up. Back in the day, they used crappy mica insulators on the drive transistors too.
Tempest is often a pain in the ass when it goes down especially the vector monitor
Nice work. Well explained.
Thank you Mr. Soggy Biscuit
Brasso will work wonders on those chips. No sanding needed.
Let me turn off the lights. Said Arcade Joe Classic
Do you havea link to the Wells Garner FAQ docuemnt you reference?
Here you go : www.vectorlist.org/Documents/6100_faq.pdf
How do you test the transistors and diodes?
There is a diode test on a multimeter, you put one lead on the base of the transistor and the other lead on one of the outside legs and compare measurements, you're basically looking to see if one is shorted to the base leg.
Fun but hard game
Yeah I can't get anywhere on it!
Hello there - have you ever experienced "jittery" text on your Tempest? Like, the text wobbles around a bit on the screen? Recently began experiencing this...
Yes unfortunately that is very hard to fix. It's pretty common, all of them do it to some extent.... there's about 20 things that can cause it, anything in the analog output of the game PCB can do it, and you can also have filter caps in the monitor doing it, or caps in the deflection board.... it's one of those things you replace about 10 things and it still doesn't fix it. We've got one right now for instance doing it!
@@LyonsArcade Drat! Mine just started after I popped in the Alan-1 Transistor Upgrade Kit and Deflection Board. It's not terrible, but certainly noticeable. I'm more afraid of one of the original bottle cap transistors blowing again, so I'll stick with it. Bummer that it's a hard issue to fix :/
@@LyonsArcade One thing I'm gonna try...My HV unit doesn't have an RF cage. It's a longshot but I found a repro for sale on eBay. Will let you know if it helps! It didn't seem to matter before but perhaps the new equipment is catching some interference?
Yes sure what you mean?