Working On Gottlieb's Famous 1976 TARGET ALPHA E.M. Pinball Machine - 15 Drop Target Glory

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  • @pauz2175
    @pauz2175 Год назад +6

    Still the best repair resource on the net. Learn more about schematics everytime. Thanks Ron. Great video

    • @LyonsArcade
      @LyonsArcade  Год назад +1

      Thanks for watching, We appreciate it

  • @redace01
    @redace01 Год назад +10

    Yay! More EM Pinball action! **Watches intently***

    • @gorillaau
      @gorillaau Год назад

      No magic smoke here, unlike all solid state machines which run on magic smoke.

  • @Cool_Retro
    @Cool_Retro Год назад +4

    Awesome game. I love EM machines from this era. Thanks again!

  • @Maxxarcade
    @Maxxarcade Год назад

    I always enjoy your in-depth looks at everything from the artwork to the mechanisms and schematics while fixing games. I'm the type of person that likes to understand how and why everything works the way it does, and not many people understand that passion these days.

  • @Fatboypool
    @Fatboypool Год назад +3

    I love drop target machines

    • @LyonsArcade
      @LyonsArcade  Год назад +3

      One of the best pinball inventions ever. Drop targets, spinners, thumper bumpers, and flippers :)

  • @_JellyDonut_
    @_JellyDonut_ Год назад +2

    What a great looking machine, I love the layout

  • @Bob-sd7qr
    @Bob-sd7qr Год назад +5

    Ronnie, thanks for the video. I was going through withdrawal after the Donkey Kong video. I used to have an El Dorado wedgehead that shared the same playfield, and I believe Gottlieb made about 6 titles with the exact layout! See you next time!

    • @LyonsArcade
      @LyonsArcade  Год назад

      Canada Dry, El Dorado, Gold Strike, some other Strike, Target Alpha and another one I think

    • @Bob-sd7qr
      @Bob-sd7qr Год назад

      @@LyonsArcade Yeah, they got their money out of that design for sure. I think the wire nuts on the transformer was just a "I don't feel like soldering today" thing!

    • @RGBtheRhinoOverwatcher
      @RGBtheRhinoOverwatcher Год назад +1

      @@LyonsArcade Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening for the PS2 is radical!

  • @harrypapas8710
    @harrypapas8710 Год назад +2

    Hey guys… it was a pleasure meeting you and joe.. thank you for the T-shirt😎😎

    • @LyonsArcade
      @LyonsArcade  Год назад +1

      Thank you for coming by Harry, good talkin with you man!

    • @harrypapas8710
      @harrypapas8710 Год назад

      @@LyonsArcade always a pleasure 😎

  • @jockbeems4798
    @jockbeems4798 Год назад +4

    Oh my God!
    When this video started; In my memory, I was 13, walking into Joe's Pizzaria in my hometown around 1978.
    Fantastic memories of playing a few 10 cent games waiting for them to make our order to take home. It was on the way home from school too.

    • @LyonsArcade
      @LyonsArcade  Год назад

      You can’t go back but you can keep the memories! Good times

  • @markjackson1444
    @markjackson1444 Год назад +1

    This seems a fairly nice example of this classic. …Just this week I got a Far Out which is about from the same period, so all this is very relevant. (For a customer so I need to pay attention).Love all the em pinball videos.

  • @AllanSitte
    @AllanSitte Год назад +4

    I love it. Much to do, but simple layout overall.
    Thank you for sharing this with us. Very good looking machine.

  • @irieman442
    @irieman442 Год назад +4

    Yet another game I have never seen. That machine is in really nice shape. It would be interesting to see how many plays were on it. It must have been in a really nice arcade to be this clean. I guess it could have been in a terrible arcade that nobody went to.. LOL

  • @MrButtonpresser
    @MrButtonpresser Год назад

    What a cool pinnie. I've never seen that one before. 1976 was my peak 'delinquent' period too.

  • @Petri547
    @Petri547 Год назад +1

    What a cool game. This was first Gottlieb pinball convertible between Add-A-Ball and replay settings. Premier Technology released later SS-game Eldorado City of Gold with similar layout.

  • @jabotheclown617
    @jabotheclown617 Год назад

    "Ladies and gentlemen, this is Joe's Classic Video Games...back with another cool.......Ron gets a manicure video..."
    I'd watch that 😅

  • @westcoastronnieOC714
    @westcoastronnieOC714 Год назад +1

    This game is cool! I always loved gottlieb games and most of their games had a lot of dropped targets. Big fan of gottlieb EM'S one of my favorite gottlieb games back in the day was Jack in the box. That game also had a lot of drop Targets

    • @LyonsArcade
      @LyonsArcade  Год назад

      We had one of those many years ago great game!

  • @RODALCO2007
    @RODALCO2007 Год назад

    Awesome game, I have played it many times in the early 1980's.

  • @OhRonaldo
    @OhRonaldo Год назад +1

    I love drop targets

  • @Hyper10110
    @Hyper10110 Год назад +1

    Thanks so much for making a video of this game, I bought one many years ago in spectacular condition but not working. I put it straight in storage until I have time to work on it. You might have given me the kick i need.

  • @ruaraidhmcdonald-walker9524
    @ruaraidhmcdonald-walker9524 Год назад +1

    It’s relay time folks!!

  • @MRNBricks
    @MRNBricks Год назад

    I’ve always had my eye on a Canada Dry. But it’s like Bobby Orr. Hard to find in Houston!

  • @davidg-m1768
    @davidg-m1768 Год назад +1

    I have had a Solar City (2 player version) for about 6 years, it still gets played every week as it’s a great game. It was fun to get it going but it didn’t have as many issues as this Target Alpha. Some weird stuff out of whack there - almost like someone is testing you! Why would they, we know you’re up for the challenge.

    • @gorillaau
      @gorillaau Год назад

      A single fault would make for less videos. More faults equals more videos.

  • @waynegram8907
    @waynegram8907 Год назад

    JOE, If they used a Solenoid to turn ON the credit unit/Replay Unit and the Knocker Coil they would need to use the score motor to turn OFF the solenoid? maybe this is why they used the big capacitor so they didn't have to use the score motor to turn OFF the solenoid.

  • @Glassia9
    @Glassia9 Год назад +1

    They used this layout on El Dorado.

  • @imjabroni1
    @imjabroni1 Год назад

    It could be that they cut the wire on the transformer and added a new one on the other tab, which puts out "just a little more" voltage, so the solenoids kick a little better in low voltage locations. The wire nut allows them to easily move it back if desired.

  • @kenlanier2131
    @kenlanier2131 Год назад

    Haha, Electroboom, that guy is funny

  • @gorillaau
    @gorillaau Год назад

    If its lazer armed, then call it a zapper. If you feel it's firing the contents of a cartridge, then call it a shooter.

  • @scottbrady7499
    @scottbrady7499 Год назад +1

    might there be some operational issues with it, where Joe leaves one of those "lists," that indicates that:. "it's broke?"

  • @DjResR
    @DjResR Год назад

    33:03 - You can see where they other guy shorted out the relay leafs._

  • @wackyworldofwindios3476
    @wackyworldofwindios3476 Год назад

    Good Morning a very wet and sogy WA. SE.

  • @ocsrc
    @ocsrc Год назад +2

    Just a heads up, I have not changed the settings on your channel and I am still subscribed and have it set for all alerts and I have not received a single alert for a new video in weeks
    RUclips is Shadow banning you for some reason
    See if other people are having the same thing happened that I am
    I wondered why you weren't making new videos

    • @LyonsArcade
      @LyonsArcade  Год назад +1

      RUclips likes to play their games... it's almost impossible to figure out what keeps them happy.

  • @Paulywint
    @Paulywint Год назад

    I played this game just a few years ago at a bowling center. Fun game.

    • @gorillaau
      @gorillaau Год назад

      Nice to see it still in the wild.

  • @GHILLIESARCADEANDMORE
    @GHILLIESARCADEANDMORE Год назад

    Cool

  • @izzynutz2000
    @izzynutz2000 Год назад

    When in doubt you must linger always use your longest finger

  • @justlookin20101
    @justlookin20101 Год назад

    Oh but the computer is tellin ya Player 4 is the culprit....hehe

  • @chadhartsees
    @chadhartsees 10 месяцев назад

    172 watts. wow.

  • @kenlanier2131
    @kenlanier2131 Год назад

    Donnie, Could you make a video comparing electro mechanical and solid state pinball machines? I think it would be cool to see some f the differences.

  • @mfranzusan3014
    @mfranzusan3014 Год назад

    Slowly getting into the EM games you guys repair. I just picture my self working on one and completely intimidated by all the switch/relay contacts that potentially need cleaning and/or adjusting during the process of "tuning up" or repairing a pinball machine. I know not everything needs to be touched, and even though the schematics help in the troubleshooting process, it's hours of being bent over a coffin with an emery board or abrasive tool to clean switch stacks one by one, hurting my back and straining my eyes and fingers to work from one end to the other... argh!
    But hey, you guys do great work. Keep the videos coming!

  • @BradfordTaylor
    @BradfordTaylor Год назад

    Agreed, the sillolette looks like a dude playing a weird guitar.

  • @naytch2003
    @naytch2003 Год назад

    Big Zapper people

    • @naytch2003
      @naytch2003 Год назад

      I think you mean gun Naytch come on man

  • @AshleyAcademy
    @AshleyAcademy Год назад

    ".. i hope that hair is from a cat"

  • @lileveretteyoakumiii
    @lileveretteyoakumiii Год назад

    Yodelayheehoo

  • @sethreichenbach1444
    @sethreichenbach1444 Год назад

    You like Electroboom too.?

  • @carlstanland5333
    @carlstanland5333 Год назад

    It wasn’t cat hair… 🤪😱