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  • Birthday 05/17/1965

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  1. Will you be making backlight lcds again? I just picked up a MV and would love to buy a kit. I saw the LCD non backlit on eBay, but waiting on a backlit version. If you have no plans any idea how to obtain one or make one ourselves? Thank you. The website where you had sold the screens was taken over and gave my phone a virus just a heads up. 

    1. rwburbage@msn.com

      rwburbage@msn.com

      I have the regular LCDs.   There are no plans for more backlit kits as sales really dropped off towards the end.  It's a tough call to put out $$$ when I would not sell them for years on end.

       

      Checked the website for issues and didn't find anything.  What message did you get?

       

       

  2. I agree the Seance wasn't as spooky. It's really an auction game with funny messages on the record. Digging those needles in Africa exactly like that! Individually with a small baby spoon no less. If they are too big, I throw them back. ?? Anyone picking up the new Egyptian game Ankh?
  3. That stop thief is interesting. You have to concentrate on the sounds to know where the thief is. Takes a bit of time to get used to. Have you picked up the sister game Parker Bros Lost Treasure? It came out about the same time or before. Same size box. It's a little more interesting game play IMO. The mummy is a cool game. It has a real record player inside. Complete with new turntable platter, belt, turntable motor and new speed controller to replace the cheap failing part to adjust the voice speed. I like to turn it down an octave for a dark, slower spooky voice speed. Then there is Seance right after it with the same vintage record concept. Also supported is the king of the hill - 1981 Dark Tower. These towers get completely restored with new caps, circuit updates, new brighter digit displays are available to replace the dim original displays. New battery contacts as these are always corroded from the old batteries. New motors are installed that operate at the correct speed and torque. The picture carousel alignment is set perfectly after the new motor are installed.
  4. The New Microvision Backlit LCDs Kits have arrived. Shipments will begin 03-29 Any units that were sent in for the backlit kit install will be started that week. They will be installed and shipped out based on order date. Install page is here. https://voiceofthemummy.com/.../microvision-backlit-lcd.../ The standard replacement LCD and Backlit Kits can be purchased here. https://voiceofthemummy.com/.../microvision-lcd-display/
  5. 03-02-21 DUE TO THE CHINESE NEW YEAR CELEBRATION, BACKLIT KIT PRODUCTION AND SHIPMENTS ARE DELAYED. Both the 2nd and 3rd batches will be begin shipping out 04-05.
  6. The BL leds have a very low drain set with the supplied 680ohm current limiting resistor. I generally tested it with all of the games at 20+ hrs on a fresh ray-o-vac 9V. Connect 4 game drains faster at 4 times the rate.
  7. We worked on this problem above for quite a while in FB messenger. There is no display at all with attempting every idea possible. It's suspected that the display chip is toast. The unit itself works fine with blockbuster. Pressing GO several times and you hear the beeps from missing the ball. Wolfcrow is working out the details of shipping it in for a chip swap.
  8. Cool, your welcome! I'm upgrading 3 Dark Towers now with brighter displays, new quiet motors, rebuilt battery compartments and rebuild keypads . The keypads are much more responsive. You don't have to dig in a fingernail for it to work. I'm trying to get the time to create a new keypad for the MV. The MVs have the same symptoms from the keypad press. Some are more sensitive than others as the traces oxidize. Fun stuff! Do you have the Voice of the Mummy or Séance? Those get rebuilt as well. https://www.ebay.com/sh/mystore The backlit MV makes a big difference in game play. The MV has that sunken display area which creates a shadow. The backlight LCD really helps with that.
  9. Yes, How's it going? PREORDERS for the 2nd batch are still going. The standard replacement LCD are in stock and ship same day. https://voiceofthemummy.com/staging/microvision-lcd-display/ There are install options for both. Here are the install guides for both types for the DIYers. https://voiceofthemummy.com/staging/microvision-lcd-display/1979-microvision-lcd-install-notes/
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      atari2600land

      This is a status update reply.

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      rwburbage@msn.com

      This a reply to a status update reply status update ?

  11. That makes sense. I'll make more effort in the contacts when it comes up. I noticed sometimes that is you move the cartridge side to side, those small movements cause it to jitter.
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