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Offline The pinballist formally known as Dean Morgan

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Re: do you enjoy fixing moe than playing
« Reply #15 on: October 17, 2009, 09:19:03 AM »
I enjoy both initially but do get board playing the same games over and over.  But dont tire of fixing them...also enjoy collecting electronic components 'rare spares' for old SS machines.  I preffer to run my machines on original electronics where possible although I do have 1 of my System 1 machines running with a NiWumph processor.

Yeah fixing for me is my buzz, but at times with intermittant PC problems even that can frustrate ^.^
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Re: do you enjoy fixing moe than playing
« Reply #16 on: October 17, 2009, 09:40:50 AM »
Restoration for me...taking a non working 50 year old game and bringing it back to life is a thrill....

(Must remind myself that when pulling out hair on next rebuild)  :D

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Re: do you enjoy fixing moe than playing
« Reply #17 on: October 17, 2009, 11:34:49 AM »
I enjoy playing more - but don't mind troubleshooting and fixing. I find I don't have a lot of spare time so a quick game or two works well, but hours fixing can be hard to find the time for.

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Re: do you enjoy fixing moe than playing
« Reply #18 on: October 17, 2009, 11:49:43 AM »
Happy when all the games are working properly.  Would rather play them than fix them.

Intermittent problems on Solid State games give me the shits something fierce.

However, i reckon it's an important part of the hobby to be able to get to know your machines. Troubleshoot and repair when needed.

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Re: do you enjoy fixing moe than playing
« Reply #19 on: October 17, 2009, 10:22:08 PM »
I dont mind fixing but looking at a machine you have restored and then playing it always gives you a good fealing! %$%
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Re: do you enjoy fixing moe than playing
« Reply #20 on: October 18, 2009, 12:08:54 AM »
Both fixing/restoring and playing equally for me. I enjoy the challenge of taking some old machine thats really only fit for the dump and doing the best i can do to restore it to the best condition possible. Its always a buzz playing a newly restored game.. especially after the (usually inevitable) bugs and glitches are sorted out!

I've been doing a few repairs lately on games for other people, and its been good for me because most of them have been games i wasnt too familiar with, or had not played before, so i get the opportunity to learn about a few different pin operating systems, and to play the games when repaired if they are pins i've never played or seen before.

So its always fun and interesting for me getting to work on different games, and yes, frustrating at times but usually all turns out good.  *%*

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Re: do you enjoy fixing moe than playing
« Reply #21 on: October 19, 2009, 11:39:56 AM »
If when you say fixing you mean restoring then yes I enjoy this more than playing, I do also like 'fixing' them but sometimes it can get frustrating tracking down little faults.