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Title: Restoration Complete of a 1980 Williams Black Knight pinball
Post by: markronz on April 11, 2019, 11:13:39 pm

Not exactly Mame related but certainly arcade related!  Just thought I'd share a few pictures of my completed project, after months of tinkering.  If anyone wants to read the full blog of the entire process, here is the link!
http://www.markronsman.com/blackknight.htm (http://www.markronsman.com/blackknight.htm)

Title: Re: Restoration Complete of a 1980 Williams Black Knight pinball
Post by: nitrogen_widget on April 11, 2019, 11:18:13 pm

(https://media.giphy.com/media/xT3i161u2CZ8YJ0yzK/giphy.gif)

its beautiful.

Title: Re: Restoration Complete of a 1980 Williams Black Knight pinball
Post by: markronz on April 11, 2019, 11:27:29 pm

Thanks! I only wish it was mine to keep!

Title: Re: Restoration Complete of a 1980 Williams Black Knight pinball
Post by: wp34 on April 12, 2019, 12:04:42 am

That looks fantastic!  Just in time for the new Black Knight Stern release.

Title: Re: Restoration Complete of a 1980 Williams Black Knight pinball
Post by: pbj on April 12, 2019, 12:37:44 am

Great game, impossible to keep running correctly.

Title: Re: Restoration Complete of a 1980 Williams Black Knight pinball
Post by: surtr on April 21, 2019, 10:47:46 am

Wow, that is awesome.  I spent many hours playing this at the mini-mart on my way home from school...

Title: Re: Restoration Complete of a 1980 Williams Black Knight pinball
Post by: J_K_M_A_N on April 21, 2019, 11:36:05 am

That was a fun read. I can't believe the level of detail you did to that thing. Beautiful. I hope to get a pinball machine some day as I feel you can't really emulate those. It gets close but won't ever feel like the real thing IMO. Great work!

J_K_M_A_N

Title: Re: Restoration Complete of a 1980 Williams Black Knight pinball
Post by: mrgrtt123 on April 21, 2019, 07:39:03 pm

This surely is a lot of work to do but looking at it now I feel like its new. I have checked your blog and have seen that the insights component to run the device was burn but you did manage to replace it with new components.  :notworthy:
You did a magnificent job!