Posting mostly just to get these pictures up before I forget… This is a piece I picked up several weeks ago and haven’t really had a chance to go through yet. <\/p>\nngg_shortcode_0_placeholder\n
It’s a 1983 Stern Seeburg Great Guns. I hadn’t heard of it either, but figured I’d check it out when I saw it offered up free for the first taker. <\/p>\nngg_shortcode_1_placeholder\n
It’s a carnival style shooter with a variety of themed levels to blast through. From warlocks, to dinosaurs, to creepy, creepy clowns, you can shoot it all.<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_2_placeholder\n
The hefty rifles are fixed to cast iron ball joint bases. Underneath, a set of attached gears turn large potentiometers to determine where the player is aiming. A kicker solenoid mounted under each rifle provides ‘recoil’.<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_3_placeholder\n
Originally the game also had a feature to return the player’s quarter if they performed well enough. This was unpopular enough with operators that most games had the mechanism removed, including mine.<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_4_placeholder\n
The formidable rack of PCBs is intact, but I don’t have any idea if it’s working or not. I’m told it was when it was initially put into storage years ago, but time is rarely kind. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Posting mostly just to get these pictures up before I forget… This is a piece I picked up several weeks ago and haven’t really had a chance to go through yet. It’s a 1983 Stern Seeburg Great Guns. I hadn’t … Continue reading