In early December I found out that I worked with a few people who were pinball machine collectors - between them they have over 17 machines (I'm so jealous). So after an enlightening conversation one day I found out how to really assess what it would take to fix my family's old pinball machine - a sweet 1977 Bally Night Rider. It would light up but that was it - it was pretty much a massively oversized mood light... Fortunately, most of what I needed was really cheap and the repairs didn't require a ton of skill so I thought I'd give it a shot. A few new bridge rectifiers, fuses, light bulbs, some 60/40 solder, and some burns on my fingers later I flipped the power switch and it finally cycled through its full start up routine and the Night Rider was riding again. My family has so many fun memories on this game and while I haven't hit over 130000 points yet, I'm not giving up on hitting the record of something like 257000, if memory serves me, held by my dad. Let the games begin!
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