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 Topic: Radio Shack ASTRO COMMAND IN BOX with Instructions on EBAY |
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| lordsardonyx Replies: 1 Views: 4916 |
 Forum: Games forsale Posted: Thu Sep 05, 2019 1:19 pm Subject: Radio Shack ASTRO COMMAND IN BOX with Instructions on EBAY |
| Selling off more handhelds!
https://www.ebay.com/itm/163842297628?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649 User "lordsardonyx" on EBAY. |
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| Topic: EPOCH Astro Command - dead or dying |
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| lordsardonyx Replies: 14 Views: 13967 |
Forum: Handheld Games Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2016 1:24 pm Subject: Granstand Scramble - MAME machine - complete! |
| Here's some glamor shots of the final system and the guts!
I'm such a meathead... I noticed I was calling it an Epoch Astro Command the whole time, when it is actually a Grandstand Scramble. Doh! ... |
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| Topic: EPOCH Astro Command - dead or dying |
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| lordsardonyx Replies: 14 Views: 13967 |
Forum: Handheld Games Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2016 7:58 am Subject: Astro Command MAME machine - complete! |
| Finally completed my Astro Command MAME machine. For anyone who cares, this was a game that I did everything possible to resurrect from the dead, including swapping parts from another machine in a las ... | |
| Topic: My Handheld Collection |
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| lordsardonyx Replies: 47 Views: 304185 |
Forum: Brag section! Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2016 5:43 am Subject: My Handheld Collection |
| Your collection is amazing. I stared at the pics for a long time, haha!
I've always preferred the big ol flourescent display games, too. The shapes and colorful cases are just fun all around. I have ... |
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| Topic: EPOCH Astro Command - dead or dying |
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| lordsardonyx Replies: 14 Views: 13967 |
Forum: Handheld Games Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2016 6:21 am Subject: Astro Command into the Future! |
| While I am currently enjoying the crap outa my recently repaired Entex Stargate, I also began tearing down the Astro Command machine that previously eluded my desperate attempts to repair. I took one ... | |
| Topic: Entex Stargate repair and restoration |
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| lordsardonyx Replies: 7 Views: 8427 |
Forum: Handheld Games Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2016 7:43 am Subject: Entex Stargate repair and restoration |
| Oh yeah, I thought it was pretty amazing that Stargate had what appears to be a surface mount IC on the back of the board. Wasn't that pretty rare in the 80's? | |
| Topic: Entex Stargate repair and restoration |
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| lordsardonyx Replies: 7 Views: 8427 |
Forum: Handheld Games Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2016 7:41 am Subject: Entex Stargate repair and restoration |
| Thanks very much for the feedback! It is really appreciated. When I learned about the copper tongue thing, I immediately looked at the Astro Command I was trying to fix recently, hoping that was the p ... | |
| Topic: Entex Stargate repair and restoration |
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| lordsardonyx Replies: 7 Views: 8427 |
Forum: Handheld Games Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2016 12:10 pm Subject: Entex Stargate repair and restoration |
| OK, so I paid WAY too much on EBAy for this non-working Entex Startgate. BUT, I have been keeping my eye open for one of these for quite some time and they don't show up TOO often. Hardly ever, non-wo ... | |
| Topic: Excalibur Electronics Space Invaders Tabletop Arcade Game |
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| lordsardonyx Replies: 7 Views: 6398 |
Forum: Handheld Games Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2016 6:26 am Subject: Excalibur Electronics Space Invaders Tabletop Arcade Game |
| Oh man, that is annoying. Many of the games I've bought were/are temperamental in the battery compartment. Sometimes, I have to put a small piece of cardboard on top of the batteries before shutting t ... | |
| Topic: POLL: Difficult games to play. |
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| lordsardonyx Replies: 6 Views: 6248 |
Forum: Handheld Games Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2016 1:32 pm Subject: POLL: Difficult games to play. |
| Coleco zaxxon! My favorite game ever, even though it is painfully difficult. I hate how you can die twice immediately because the game starts you off right where you died. | |
| Topic: EPOCH Astro Command - dead or dying |
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| lordsardonyx Replies: 14 Views: 13967 |
Forum: Handheld Games Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2016 6:40 am Subject: EPOCH Astro Command - dead or dying |
| Final Captain's Log: After repairing the ribbon cable from control board to main board, and rewiring from battery compartment to ac jack, the unit is still dead. Measured full voltage all the way to t ... | |
| Topic: EPOCH Astro Command - dead or dying |
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| lordsardonyx Replies: 14 Views: 13967 |
Forum: Handheld Games Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2016 6:04 am Subject: Yay, I made it worse. |
| Wow, thanks for all the attention, though I probably don't deserve it. I couldn't tell you if it's a "pull-up resistor design, or one with internal high-voltage switching". I'm just not that ... | |
| Topic: EPOCH Astro Command - dead or dying |
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| lordsardonyx Replies: 14 Views: 13967 |
Forum: Handheld Games Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2016 6:46 am Subject: EPOCH Astro Command - dead or dying |
| Thanks for the reply! I know this machine is not rare in any way, I just really hate seeing any of them die. There will never be anything like this built again, so I feel it's definitely worth the tim ... | |
| Topic: EPOCH Astro Command - dead or dying |
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| lordsardonyx Replies: 14 Views: 13967 |
Forum: Handheld Games Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2016 11:56 am Subject: EPOCH Astro Command - dead or dying |
| Hi all!
I haven't posted here in a long time, not due to lack of interest in handheld games, but simply lack of time. I'm currently working on a dead EPOCH Astro Command that I bought long ago not ... |
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| Topic: Tsukuda 'The Dracula' joystick issue. |
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| lordsardonyx Replies: 1 Views: 2639 |
Forum: Handheld Games Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2010 11:43 am Subject: Repair |
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I wish I had one of those, but I do love to fix these games! Not exactly sure what kind of joystick it has, but I've had some luck simply cleaning the pads with contact cleaner. Especially if ... |
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