This page shows pictures of my Flash games as well as
a Flash restoration effort. I bought two games with one
going to my friend Jeff. The game had some missing parts and
didn't work when I got it. Ended up spending a fair amount of time
troubleshooting and repairing the main CPU board, sound card, power
supply, lamp display board, and the 6 digit displays. If
you know anything about Flash, you realize that's every board found in
the game. Williams produced the 4-player Flash
game in January of 1979 releasing 19,505 units (that's a lot). It's a
System 4 solid state game and features 3 flippers, 3 pop bumpers, 2
slinshots, one 5-bank of drop targets, one 3-bank of drop targets, 2
standup targets, a spinning target, 1 kick-out hole, and 5 star
rollovers. The game was designed by Steve Ritchie with artwork by
Constantino Mitchell and sound by Randy Pfeiffer and Steve Ritchie.
Flash had some industry firsts such as a dynamic background sound during
gameplay, flash lamps, and a much larger production run than any
previous games Williams had produced. You will
find pictures below starting with some
flipper voltage readings, game flyers, score
card sheets for both 3 ball and 5 ball games plus instruction cards you
can download, an original target scan, another version created by
Cody Chunn, my modified version of the original target decal, an 8.5
inch wide version of 300dpi targets plus spinner decals, and then I
follow up with some of
the restoration work on Jeff's game starting with the initial condition of
the game and moving towards the end of the restoration effort.
Note that I have added an example of Cody Chunn's
excellent Flash Decals that you can buy at a very reasonable price.
You get a complete set of target decals that are laminated that will last
you longer than you will probably own the game. Send
Cody email for details!
(click any picture to enlarge)
Flash Flipper Voltage
Pictures
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Left Flipper Voltages |
Lower Right Flipper
Voltages |
Upper Right Flipper
Voltages |
Flyer,
Instruction Cards, Target Decals, and Restoration Pictures
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Flyer 1 |
Flyer 2 |
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Flyer 3
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Score Card 1
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Score Card 2
Instruction Card |
Score Card 3 |
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Score Card 4
Instruction Card |
Score Card 5 |
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Cody Chunn's
Excellent
Target Decal (for sale). Note
that Cody's decal looks better
than this enlarged image. |
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My Original Flash Target
Scan.
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My modified version
of the original Flash target decal.
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Target and Spinner decal
sheet
at 300 dpi, 8.5 inches wide. Cody's
decal (shown a few pics up)
is actually much brighter and
colorful than mine due to spending
lots of time and adding
more colors.
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Backbox - Note the display
hanging down and connectors. |
Flash Playfield
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Upper left side of
playfield. |
Closer view of upper left
area. |
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Upper right area of
playfield. |
Me removing parts. |
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Upper metal parts removed. |
Lower metal removed. |
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Missing blue insert. |
Somewhat stripped
playfield. |
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Underside of the
playfield. |
Dirty coil area. |
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Note the missing flipper
contacts and clipped wires. |
Lower dirty playfield
view.
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Removing pop bumper
components from below. |
Removing pop bumper
body from top. |
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Removing mylar ring
using freeze-spray method. |
Cutting out holes for
new pop bumper mylar ring. |
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Plastics uneven and bent. |
Heating plastics on cookie
sheet. |
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Another view of heating
plastics
on a cookie sheet.
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Letting hot plastic cool
on glass
stove top. Note the heavy book
to keep the plastic flat as it cools. |
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5 Bank target "horseshoe"
contact.
The one on the far left is missing
the horseshoe contact. |
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Upper left playfield after
reinstalling metal. |
New flipper shaft bushing.
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New home-made spinner
decal.
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Note the "hidden" location
of
a dull blue post. Hide the dull ones
where no one will see them. |
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Playfield with metal
reinstalled.
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Upper left plastic.
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Center left plastic.
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Lower left slingshot
plastic.
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Lower right slingshot
plastic.
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Center right plastic.
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Upper right plastic.
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Center plastic.
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All
Graphics & Text © Steve Corley |
The
pictures you see were created by Steve Corley unless otherwise
noted.
Unauthorized use is strictly prohibited |
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