Weirdly Deformed STAR WARS

        I have a STAR WARS in the lab which is exhibiting some strange picture
deformations. Now, I know the picture is going to be a bit "off" due to
the fact that this game has a Wells-Gardner 19K6100 in it, rather than an
Ampliphone, but as you can see from the following pictures, I think this
game's problems go a bit beyond that. :)

Taken during the diamond-pattern self-test:

http://solarfox.home.texas.net/ArcadePix/StarWars/Diamonds.jpg

During gameplay, the TIE fighters and fireballs start out deformed in the
distance... the best description I can think of is that they've been
vertically squashed. They straighten out as they get closer/larger.

http://solarfox.home.texas.net/ArcadePix/StarWars/DeformedTIEfighter.jpg

During the trench sequence, the trench walls are straight, and the catwalks
look right, but the laser turrets on the sides are deformed. The ones on
the left seem to turn themselves inside-out as they get closer.

http://solarfox.home.texas.net/ArcadePix/StarWars/Trench.jpg

When the Death Star explodes, the start and endpoints of the circles don't
line up. (This is also a problem with the Death Star itself.)

http://solarfox.home.texas.net/ArcadePix/StarWars/DeathStar.jpg
http://solarfox.home.texas.net/ArcadePix/StarWars/DeathStarExplosion.jpg

Anyone seen anything like this before, or have any idea what the problem
is? It does this on two different monitors, so I'm pretty sure the problem
isn't in the monitor itself -- unless, of course, this _is_ what happens
when you use the Wells-Gardner instead of the Ampliphone...?

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Received on Sun Oct 26 20:36:17 2003