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Wanted Sys 11 donor or project
- Thread starter Balazs
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Hello,
It may not be critical for your project, but bear in mind that the later System 11 games had an 'improvement' to the woodwork - the 'pedestal' between the cabinet and the backbox, with its simple hinges, was eliminated, i.e. the base of the backbox fitted directly to the top of the cabinet, with those large hinge plates pivoted on the sides of the cabinet. For Williams games this came in with Earthshaker, for Bally it seems to have been Game Show.
It may not be critical for your project, but bear in mind that the later System 11 games had an 'improvement' to the woodwork - the 'pedestal' between the cabinet and the backbox, with its simple hinges, was eliminated, i.e. the base of the backbox fitted directly to the top of the cabinet, with those large hinge plates pivoted on the sides of the cabinet. For Williams games this came in with Earthshaker, for Bally it seems to have been Game Show.
Thinking further on this, apart from the unique Banzai Run, Swords and Taxi were the two main Williams games with microswitches for Lane Change/Status Report/HS Initial Entry attached to the flipper buttons, rather than having L/C switches on the flippers themselves, so ideally look for one of these two.
I would be happy with any sys 11 because I would use the cabinet and the backbox and the generic sys 11 parts.
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