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DETAILS: I bought this game
locally from Vintage Arcade Superstore in
Glendale, CA where it had sat for many
years. I walked in one day with cash
and hand and made a fair offer that was
accepted, and brought it home. It was
fully working but did not have an Amplifone
monitor (I did install one though) and while
it was in good overall condition, it still
needed a complete overhaul. One great
thing was that the side art was still in
excellent shape.
COSMETIC
RESTORATION: Completely restored
the head and base, power coated all exterior
metal parts (all brackets, both "ears" along
with the coin door and all the coin door
parts), replaced the t-molding, replaced the
control panel overlay (silkscreened Phoenix
Arcade version) and the cardboard
monitor bezel. Most recently, a
NOS marquee was obtained and installed,
which replaced the reproduction Tom
McClintock version that was on it previously
(the original marquee was badly cracked and
faded, and trashed long ago).
ELECTRICAL REPAIRS/UPGRADES: Replaced
the power cord, the power filter
capacitor, the fluorescent lamp and lamp
starter, the coin door reject button lamps.
the roller controller lamp, the roller
controller optic pcb and replaced the capacitors on the
Regulator/Audio II board. Also
installed a
NOS factory-converged 19" Amplifone CRT having already recapped and upgraded
the deflection and high voltage boards per
the Amplifone FAQ (see the Odds & Ends page)
and installed a fan in the monitor
compartment (a hole was cut out of the back
door for venting purposes).
MECHANICAL
RESTORATION: Replaced the rollers
and bearings in the roller controller &
cleaned and serviced the coin mechs.
SERIAL
#UR00003
FAST FACT: The original name for
this game was "Tollian Web", which came from
the Star Trek episode "The Tholian Web" (an
episode that also provided the inspiration
for the unreleased "Ms. Gorf"). Later
titles included "Alpha One" and "Major Rex
Havoc". The name "Major Rex Havoc" was
dropped when Atari discovered that an
underground comic had a similar name.
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