Just wanted to let you know that I really enjoy your videos. Especially when you give history on the companies that made the game. When I get a game to restore I relate to your videos to see what all you have done to that particular game. For instance - I have got this game 'Spy Hunter' that I have now got fully working and looks like your restoration. Chrome trim and all. :) Please keep posting!

Putting the free play button through the keyhole is so awesome! I dislike it when I see new holes drilled into cabinets for a free play button or those big lockdown bars that hold the coin door back with an extra pad lock.

Thanks Cary! Your comments are appreciated! Todd

what a nice machine , great work on it !!

Great video

We had this in our pub in the UK, I think it was around 1986. Before we'd open and I have to disappear upstairs (I was 13) I'd be dumping 10p's in this thing like crazy.

Looks like a underappreciated game.

really nice machine, especially for an older one.

It's my first pinball machine...and well..i Love it ! :)

Good idea!

It is a nice touch.

Thanks!

Never seen that small of a cap in the middle of the driver board... Just noticed for the first time- Is that a mod or upgrade? Just curious- Thanks Todd for all that pinball repair knowledge! I just started in 2015, and now it's my full time job! =)

Yea, I have done that already. My cheap squeak LED is constantly lit. Which leads me to believe its a voltage or wiring issue. The game plays every sound and the lower noted theme, but not the upper theme when you initiate the first ball. Any ideas or possible trouble shooting would be much appreciated. Thanks for your support so far.

I picked this bad boy up for $300 about 6-7 years ago. Great game, but boy, does it like to fling the ball into the glass.

Yes...easy to fix...as long as the battery on the logic board is good...because when game is turned off, the battery keeps the proper sound setting in place...otherwise it defaults to almost no sound. Press red button inside coin door until the credit window says 18. First player window will say 0 probably. Press the START button until it says 3. THEN, continue to press the little red button until the game resets...and then you will have full sound again (until battery fials). Todd

Nice video! I think they sold more video games, although the upright video is heavier ;-)

That is a tough drain.

I sure wish I could find one of these Spy Hunter pinball machines for sale. I remember this game from my youth and my understanding is that these machines are a good value for the money.

what size rubber did you use to cover the left lane? i got one and would like to block it but im brand new to collecting and know nothing lol

Thank you i got it i reset it and all works but the ball return it kicks it but i have to help it the. Wire where can it get the part to fix the trip wier

Is it possible to stick one of the really fat post rubbers on that left lower outlane to make it more fair, but not completely block it off? Could be a good opportunity to learn good nudging skills.

@mark spencer my spy hunter is just flashing zeroes on score boards Gi lights up but nothing works, do you have any idea wht this could be or wht to look at

got my game all going. But im not getting the complete music theme. The upper notes. Its not playing. Is that a DIP switch setting or wiring issue?

My theme music only play the bass part but never the "horns" if you understand what i mean.Sound setting 18 is on 3 so it should play the full theme .Any idea whats the cause??

Welp, I seem to have screwed up my pop bumper when performing some bulb replacement and a solder on a flipper wire. Dang thing (the pop bumper) fires occasionally when using the flippers, and it's not the gap in the bumper switch. I re-soldered the wire on the flipper a little farther away from the second wire that was also connected there hoping I had just stuck them too close together, but no dice. The only other thing I had monkeyed with was related to changing out bulbs under the playfield. In order to access them, I had to pull a few staples partway out on what I assume is a ground wire that runs all over creation. I made sure to get the staples pushed back into place so there weren't any gaps, but that didn't help either. What sucks the most is that if I want to get it fixed, the closest repair shop is going to cost me almost $190 just to come out. (a buck a mile for a 66 mile round trip plus 118 base charge) I don't know electronics, if you can't tell. I'm probably stuck with a minor annoyance or a couple hundred bucks minimum repair. Anyone have any ideas they'd be kind enough to share?

where are the switches you talk about ? you point to them but its not a traditional switch that you can flip? so how dose one do that?

thanks alot it was the cold solder

My theme music doesn't play. Is that a setting possibly? Where does one get all LED bulbs for these? Does anyone make new flippers or band kits? Thx

where can i get the crome trim ? looks good

I can seem to get mine off of free play. Do you have any suggestions?

sound board is bad for sure then...there are various repair shops that will fix those older sound boards...just do a google search...

I'm looking for a back glass for Spy Hunter. Anybody out there that can help me. Thanks!

"down the toilette"...... XD

So I'm picking up Emma machine little darling and he says it turns on all that's wrong with it is that the flippers don't work and the ball kicker isn't working what is the first step I should take in trying to repair that thank you sir

How much is one of these machines if you can find one?

Does anyone know the size of the rubber to block that left sewer?

Is that chrome looking trim the same as automotive trim? Thanks for your TIME DEARY, I KNOW YOU HAVENT GOT MUCH! 😜

Each must be about 325 pounds!

I meant a pinball machine

there is a unofficial free play rom for this game.

Such a crappy flaw built on the play field... Don't blame anybody for using the rubber band.

Thanks!

Thanks!