Firebird Blog

Bally Playboy Restoration

We just finished restoring a 1978 Bally Playboy for our friend Joe in Tucson. It took a little longer than we wanted (thanks for your patience, Joe) but it turned …

Baywatch

Customer brought in a Baywatch that had been sitting in storage for 10 years. It is a reimport game and the customer was afraid that the transformer had been wired …

Guns and Roses

Chandler, Arizona One of the 7 amp 12 V unregulated (and thus 5V logic) fuses was blowing on GNR which was disabling the entire game.  No CPU, no sound board, no …

Williams Slugfest

Peoria, Arizona Switches were intermittently registering.  You couldn’t always select the desired pitch even though it was set up that way in the adjustments. Would sometimes throw the wrong pitch …

Bally Elektra

Scottsdale, AZ The only tri-level game from Bally. None of the insert/controlled lights were working also the playfield GI was out. There is not much to the controlled lighting circuit. …

Elvis Gold

Scottsdale, AZ A very nice condition Stern Elvis gold that just needed a wipe down and repair 2 small issues. The first issue was a bigger pain than I thought. …

Strikes and Spares

Phoenix, Arizona Game was not booting.  Checked out the MPU and there was no battery damage and the battery was already remote mounted.  Pulling and reinserting a couple of the …

Addams Family Revisited

Mesa, Arizona Back to a customer’s house to install some parts that we didn’t have in stock the first time around. Replaced the orange targets by the swamp Installed brand …