Well the time has finally come for me to bring back Flash back to its former glory. This machine I bought from an operator in 1980 for $500. I played it for about 3 years, not too many games, so it had an easy life. I knew where the game was in the wild so I was certain that it had an easier life than other Flash machines. They were popular and I had seen some pretty worn out ones after 12-18 month of heavy plays in the arcades.
I had this machine in storage for 30 years and what you see in the photos is all original from 1979, rubbers, coils, playfield, backglass, even the ball!
The two lowere flippers are yellow, not white and they were changed by the operator. All the drop targets, bumpers, plastics, etc. are original.
I will start with a good clean and rubber and lamp changes, some minor cabinet touch ups. After that, I will cross fingers and try to fire up the System 4 hardware, heaven knows what gremlins are lurking there after 34 years!
