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BOO! Hehe! Hope I didn't scare ya ;) It's 90 days until Hallowe'en so what better way to celebrate than play this classic layout I've knocked up for Ghost Buster by BWB. It's set to 10p play, £6 jackpot and 78% payout. Keys are - ` - CANCEL 1,2,3 - HOLD / NUDGE F - FEATURE C - COLLECT SPACE - START Many thanks to whoever it was that uploaded the ROMs (there was quite a selection but I went for 10p play as that's how I remember the game), and also Wizard for MFME and for taking the time to get this particular one-off game running as I believe it was a bit of a sod to sort out. I had a bit of trouble with the TREASURE HUNT lamps always staying on for some reason, maybe it's just the ROMs? Also, there's a strange noise that gets played sometimes after pressing start. Maybe a hidden secret in the game but I couldn't work out what it is for. Lastly, if you get three mixed 7's on the winline you get a mystery feature, which I didn't even know until a couple of days ago! Any issues let me know and I'll fix and re-upload :) Have fun! Stevedude2 Ghost Buster [release v1.0].zip

hi fellas i finally had and hour to sort out some pics and bit of write up to start this thread .its took a long while to gather together the necessary parts in order to attempt a rebuild but thought it a worthy project to do as its one of those early mpu3s i remember playing as a kid along with nudges unlimited . its took a few years to to start but the final two parts i needed i got last year (bottom glass) and cab !i was still missing a correct coin plate and reel bands both of which have been sourced as will be seen later in this thread . anyway here are the first lot of pics . the first 5 pics show the cab i managed to obtain. it was i think from overseas and was originally a snappy or options . a company called eurocoin converted it to a hyperpots . i could be wrong but it think they must have had something tto do with vfs as the fruit symbols and sounds look and sound the same. as can be seen this machine didnt use a proper lower deck reel deck and there were no payslides either . the coin sorters were therefore different as well which just allow the coins to the cash boxes instead . its never straight forward back converting is it !😉 as can be seen the cab is in great shape . the next 11 pics show the strip down of the cab .notice how small the reels are in the hyper pots machine !the loom used the mpu3 connector plugs but the wiring had been completley replaced by eurocoin so i couldnt really use this loom . luckily i have a few spare mpu3 looms and choose one more closely resemlbing a replay loom !one other r point to mention is that replay cabs didnt use a hindge system for the bottom frame but as this was a later build small cab it was present here so for maintainance and ease of rebuilding i decided i wanted it back in . more of which later . the last two pics show the stripped cabinet . also to note was the fact that eurocoin had butchered the top inner coin mech frame in order to fit thier game . they had cut quite a large section of this mdf frame away as can be seen . i will start the next lot of pics with more pics showing this.again luckily i had a couple of spare intact original mdf frames so i offered it up to illustrate the missing sections .

Certainly will mike .the loom that was in this machine wasnt used as it wasnt original barcrest wiring anymore after the eurocoin conversion .i had spare looms and dug one out that was similar to the original but even so i am still having to build the entire blue plug side from scratch .

This needs the chr done, as the lamps are all over the place at the moment. Just try the reel test to see that the lamps should be 0, 8, 16 1,9,17 and 2, 10, 18 as they usually are. Also explains the collect lamp flashing at odd times

ok here are the next lot of pics . as mentioned the frame that holds the top glass and coin mechs had been cut to the point where a replacement was needed . i had a replacement frame in good condition so decided to take the old one out and put my one in . so out with the old and in with the old !so the first 9 pics show this . i was ablw to use screws rather than dowels to secure the frame in place . the last 8 pics show the base was removed for cleaning and repainting . all the nuts and bolts were cleaned up along with the metal cashbox door strip which allows the door to fit snugly. run out of time so will resume with this thread next week .

Wow! That looks really great Ron. What would we all do without our Resident Electro Genius 😁😁😁

Everything now cleaned and ready to reassemble the reel mech. Without dragging the thread on too long, Basically this is done exactly in the reverse of the above, The spacers (3 between each reel board and end plates) consist of three largest are for the motor end plate and reel board 4, Nine which go between the three reel boards and three small between the opposite end plate and reel board . No other parts to add or remove will see the mech rebuilt as it should look.

Great thread ron,done a few of them reel motors and the old grease sets like concrete,especially if not used for a while.My warlord was like that,reels would hardley turn.As for the sweeping arms and studs on reel boards i always wipe with wd40,that cleans them and reduces friction when turning.

Nice clear easy to understand description of the gearbox service and the pics certainly help. Thanks again ron .

Thanks for the insight Ron, what a great job it must have been! It’s great to hear from somebody who was part of it. keep it going.

Here’s nudge money cleaned up and with a little more black to its bars mirracles soon, just need to sort buttons then I’ll finish and post Before and after below.....