Tony's Arcade

Here are my notes for identifying and replacing the electrolytic capacitors and transistors on ALI’s 1971 Sonic Fighter.

As most of these electrolytic capacitors used non-standard values (well, compared to the past decade) it was difficult sometimes to find an equivalent (e.g. 2.2uF) so I tried to find a capacitor that was close in value (e.g. 2.5uF). There are some capacitors that are greater in voltage value or radial instead of axial because they were cheaper than the original part.

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OK, ok, OK ROB! I’ll put up another post! Believe it or not, I have about eight (yes eight) posts that are sitting in the drafts bin. Some of them are about a year old! I have been getting side tracked a lot (and I’m not talking about the vapor cart [Side Trak] that we all waited for on the ColecoVision. Right, Brian?) Since the warehouse raid of 2008, I have made a few return trips to get parts I needed as well as a couple of… arcade games. On a recent trip, I picked up a Chicago Coin Night Bomber and another Atari Football cabinet. I’m not going to talk about those two gems yet. Instead, I am going to talk about another EM game that was lurking in one of the warehouses. The Allied Leisure Industries 1971 Sonic Fighter.

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