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Created and maintained by Tony Jones (tony@rtd.com) $Revision: 1.3 $ $Date: 1997/12/24 18:35:05 $ Thanks to: Rick Schieve Greg Woodcock (obsolete component vendors) If you have additions, corrections and (especially) more precise information about the products each supplier offers, please send me e-mail -- thanks! Contents: 1a) Game Manufacturers 1b) Game Manufacturers no longer in business. 2) Informational sources 3) Auction houses 4a) Distributors (Coin-op/United States) 4b) Distributors (Coin-op/Other North American) 5) Vending Parts and Equipment (New) 6a) Video Parts and Equipment (New) 6b) Video Parts and Equipment (Used) 7) Video Service and Repair 8a) Electronic Parts Manufacturers 8a) Electronic Parts Suppliers (new) 8c) Electronic Parts Suppliers (surplus/obsolete) 8d) Electronic Parts Suppliers (used/surplus) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1a) Game Manufacturers Atari Games Ask operator for "Atari Games 737 Sycamore Drive Customer Service". Tech support Milpitas, CA 95035 only (Al is the only tech now) (408) 434-3700 All parts must be ordered through your distributor who will contact Williams. BestCo (Electrohome Electronics) (214) 721-0258 Nintendo of America Inc. P0 Box 957 Redmond, WA 98052 (800) 255-3700 Sega Enterprises, Inc. [Present address unknown] Strata Group, Inc. 709 W. Algonquin Road Arlington Heights, Il 60005 (800) 262-0323 (708) 437-2704 (708) 437-2473 (fax) Wells Gardner Electronics Chicago, IL (800) 336-6630 (312) 252-8220 http://www.wgec.com Williams/Bally/Midway Games older than 5 years are no longer 3401 North California Avenue officially supported. However, if you Chicago, IL 60618-5899 ask nicely, you may get some technical (773) 961-1544 (parts&service) advice. http://www.wms.com 1b) Game Manufacturers no longer in business. The following game manufacturers are known to no longer be trading. Operators, independent suppliers or fellow rgva.collector readers are your best chance for spare parts and information. Centuri Cinematronics Exidy Gremlin Stern 2) Informational sources Play Meter Magazine Trade magazine. 6600 Fleur de Lis PO Box 24970 New Orleans, LA 70184 (504) 488-7003 (504) 488-7083 (fax) mailto:PlayMeter@aol.com Randy Fromm's Arcade School Training classes, training video's, 1944 Falmouth Drive, books including "Randy Fromm's Big Blue El Cajon, CA 92020-2827 Book". Simply the best technical info (619) 593-6131 around for game repair. (619) 593-6132 (fax) http://randyfromm.com Replay Magazine Trade magazine. PO Box 2550 Woodland Hills, CA 91365 (818) 347-3820 (818) 347-2112 (fax) http://www.replaymag.com StarTech Journal Amusement industry technical journal. PO Box 35 Technical articles from 1979 through Medford, NJ 08055 1995 available on CDROM. (609) 654-5544 (609) 654 1441 (fax) http://www.startechjournal.com Vending Times Trade magazine. 1375 Broadway New York, NY 10018 (212) 302-4700 (212) 221-3311 (fax) 3) Auction houses Auction Game Sales U.S auctions in the South-East. (800) 551-0660 (615) 685-1126 (fax) Nationwide Amusement U.S auctions in the South-East and Auctioneers Midwest. (800) 624-1782 (502) 769-1655 (502) 765-2238 Super Auctions U.S auctions (714) 535-5353 (West Coast) (214) 497-1677 (Mid West) (813) 273-8155 (East Coast) US Amusement Auction U.S auctions in Midwest, East Coast, (502) 456-1600 Texas, Florida etc (502) 897-7771 (fax) 4a) Distributors (Coin-op/United States) Alabama Birmingham Vending 540 2nd Avenue North Birmingham, AL 35204 (205) 324-7526 (205) 322-6639 (fax) Franco Distributing Company 1469 Jean Street Montgomery, AL 36107 (334) 834-3455 (334) 264-9466 (fax) Alaska Refer to Washington state Arizona Betson Pacfic 2300 North Black Canyon Highway Phoenix, AZ 85009 (602) 233-0190 (602) 272-8028 (fax) Mountain Coin Machine Distributors 2439 West McDowell Phoenix, AZ 85009 (602) 269-7596 (602) 278-3224 (fax) California C.A. Robertson and Company 180 Utah South San Francisco, CA 94080 (415) 871-4280 (415) 588-8538 (fax) Betson Pacific 375 Oyster Point Boulevard South San Francisco, CA 94080 (415) 952-4220 (415) 952-6819 (fax) Betson San Diego 1300 Hill Street El Cajon, CA 92020 (619) 441-9100 (619) 441-9106 (fax) C.A. Robertson and Company 2891 West Pico Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90006 (213) 735-3001 (213) 735-7322 (fax) Colorado Colorado Game Exchange 2830 West 9th Avenue Denver, CO 80204 (303) 893-4300 (303) 893-8652 (fax) First Choice 5975 North Broadway Denver, CO 80216 (303) 292-9657 (303) 292-9735 Mountain Coin Machine Distributors 345 West 62nd Avenue Denver, CO 80216 (303) 427-2133 (303) 429-2104 (fax) Connecticut Betson Enterprises 32 Higgins Drive Milford, CT 06460 (203) 878-6966 (203) 878-4712 (fax) Florida Brady Distributing 1541 NW 165 Street Miami, FL 33169 (305) 621-1415 (305) 624-5278 (fax) Brady Distributing 4225 SW 34th Street Orlando, FL 32811 (407) 872-1666 (407) 872-1667 Birmingham Vending 4542 McLeod Road Suite A Orlando, FL 32811 (407) 425-1505 (407) 425-5632 Georgia Greater Southern Distributing 2164 Marietta Bouleard NW Atlanta, GA 30318 (404) 352-3040 (404) 355-8149 (fax) Illinois Atlas Distributing Incorporated 4500 West Dickins Avenue Chicago, IL 60639 (312) 276-5005 (312) 276-9752 (fax) Indiana Atlas Distributing Incorporated 5508 Elmwood Avenue Suite 314 Indianapolis, IN 46203 (317) 786-6892 (317) 786-6897 (fax) Iowa Moss Distributing 1801 Guthrie Avenue Des Moines, IA 50316 (515) 266-6422 (515) 265-8881 (fax) Kansas Warehouse of Games 9829 Widmer Road Lenexa, KS 66215 (913) 492-9800 (913) 492-9858 Kentucky Kentucky Coin 6005 Fern Valley Road Louisville, KY 40228 (502) 966-5266 (502) 966-5284 (fax) Louisiana New Orleans Novelty Company 3030 North Arnoult Road Metairie, LA 70002 (504) 888-3500 (504) 888-3506 (fax) Maryland State Sales and Service 3431A Benson Avenue Baltimore, MD 21227 (410) 646-4100 (410) 646-7753 (fax) Massachusetts New England Coin-op 232 Vanderbilt Avenue Norwood, MA 02062 (617) 769-9760 (617) 762-8225 (fax) Mondial Distributing Incorporated 344 Vanderbilt Avenue Norwood, MA 02062 (617) 769-9966 (617) 769-0866 (fax) Michigan Atlas Distributing Incorporated 32232 8 Mile Road Farmington Hills, MI 48336 (810) 615-1703 (810) 615-0751 (fax) Atlas Distributing Incorporated 3133 Madison Avenue Grand Rapids, MI 49508 (616) 241-1472 (616) 241-2170 (fax) Cleveland Coin International 33975 Autry Livonia, MI 48150 (313) 458-2646 (313) 458-2652 (fax) Minnesota Lieberman Music Company 9549 Penn Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55431 (800) 879-0321 (612) 887-5656 (fax) Missouri Warehouse of Games 12060 Lackland St. Louis, MO 63146 (314) 469-6767 (314) 469-2153 (fax) Nebraska Central Distributing Company 609 North 108th Street Omeha, NE 68154 (402) 493-5600 (402) 493-8510 (fax) Nevada Mountain Coin Machine Distributors 5675 South Valley View Las Vegas, NV 89118 (702) 798-0900 (702) 798-8431 (fax) New Jersey Betson Enterprises 303 Patterson Plank Road Carlstadt, NJ 07072 (201) 438-1300 (201) 438-4837 Mondial Distributing Incorporated 55 Fadern Road Springfield, NJ 07081 (201) 467-9700 (201) 467-8507 New Mexico Mountain Coin Machine Distributors 2910E 4th Street NW Albuquerque, NM 87107 (505) 345-7706 (505) 345-0865 (fax) New York Betson/Advance Distributor Company 103 Olive Drive Syracuse, NY 13211 (315) 455-5400 (315) 455-2598 (fax) Betson Enterprises 141 Lakeville Road New Hyde Park, NY 11040 (516) 354-4647 (516) 354-2947 (fax) R.H. Belam Nassau Plaza 1 Fulton Avenue Hampstead, NY 11550 (516) 292-2670 (516) 486-0957 (fax) Mondial Distributing Incorporated 739 Linden Avenue Rochester, NY 14625 (716) 586-1100 (716) 248-8777 North Carolina Brady Distributing Company 2708 Yorkmount Road P.O. Box 19269 Charlotte, NC 28219 (704) 357-6284 (704) 357-1243 (fax) Ohio Cleveland Coin International 17000 South Waterloo Road Cleveland, OH 44110 (216) 692-0960 (216) 692-0085 (fax) Atlas Distributing Company 297 Northland Boulevard Cincinnati, OH 45246 (513) 771-1909 (513) 771-1914 (fax) Shaffer Distributing Company 1100 West 3rd Avenue Columbus, OH 43212 (614) 421-6800 (614) 294-2669 Shaffer Distributing Company 7792 Capital Boulevard Macedonia, OH 44056 (216) 467-4850 (216) 467-1272 (fax) Oklahoma Sunbelt Amusement and Vending Incorporated 614 West Sheridan Oklahoma City, OK 73102 (405) 232-8373 (405) 232-6287 (fax) Oregon Dunis Distributing Company 1140 SE 7th Avenue Portland, OR 97214 (503) 234-5491 (503) 233-3816 (fax) American Coin Machine Disributors 700 SE Clay Portland, OR 97214 (503) 233-7000 (503) 233-9722 (fax) Pennsylvania Betson Distributing 310 Hansen Access Road #105 King Of Prussia, PA 19406 (610) 265-1155 (610) 265-0909 (fax) Mondial Distributing Incorporated 2800 Black Lake Place Philadelphia, PA 19154 (215) 464-2500 (215) 464-9760 (fax) Mondial Distributing Incorporated 1531 Saw Mill Run Pittsburgh, PA 15210 (412) 881-8804 (412) 881-9312 (fax) Betson Distributing 2707 West Carson Street Pittsburgh, PA 15204 (412) 331-8703 (412) 331-8831 (fax) Tennessee Brady Distributing Company 1584 Two Place Memphis, TN 38116 (901) 345-7811 (901) 398-0578 Texas H.A. Franz and Company 606 Dennis Street Houston, TX 77006 (713) 523-5574 (713) 523-1796 (fax) Southgate Amusement and Vending Incorporated 4555 Airline Drive Suite 110 Houston, TX 77022 (713) 691-7335 (713) 691-4041 (fax) SunBelt Amusement and Vending Incorporated 3208 International Place Irving, TX 75062 (214) 721-4600 (214) 438-4820 (fax) Southgate Amusement and Vending Incorporated 2500 Broadway San Antonio, TX 78215 (210) 824-9223 (210) 228-0423 (fax) Utah Mountain Coin Machine Distributors 3753 South State Street Salt Lake City, UT 84115 (801) 262-5493 (801) 268-4840 (fax) Struve Distributing Company 276 West 1st South Salt Lake City, UT 84101 (801) 328-1636 (801) 328-1641 (fax) Washington American Coin Machine Distributors 5516 4th Avenue South Seattle, WA 98108 (206) 764-9020 (206) 764-7075 (fax) Music Vend Distributing Company 1550 4th Avenue South Seattle, WA 98134 (206) 682-5700 (206) 682-3622 (fax) Wisconsin Pioneer Sales and Service 3020 Walker Drive Green Bay, WI 54311 (414) 468-5200 (414) 468-0275 (fax) Pioneer Sales and Service N 55 W 13875 Oak Lane Menomonee Falls, WI 53051 (414) 781-1420 (414) 781-4307 (fax) 4b) Distributors (Coin-op/Other North American) Canada Laniel Automatic 151 Rockland Road Montreal, Quebec H3P 2W3 CANADA (514) 731-8571 (514) 731-4006 (fax) New Way Sales 77 Janda Court Rexdale, Ontario M9W 6V2 CANADA (416) 674-8000 (416) 675-6005 Pacific Vend Distributors 8250 Fraser Street Vancouver, B.C V5X 3X7 CANADA (604) 324-2164 (604) 327-6386 (fax) Canadian Coin Machine Distributors Limited 108-3680 Bonneville Place Burnaby, B.C V3N 4S9 CANADA (604) 420-4008 (604) 420-2474 (fax) Mexico James Industries, Incorporated Poniente 44 # 2801 San Salvador Xochimanca Mexico, D.F Mexico CP02870 011 525 396-9337 (voice/fax) Mexicana de Electromecanicos Av. 8 De Julio No 3030 Col. Lomas De Polanco Guadalajara, Jalisco 44960 Mexico 011 523 666-7777 011 523 663-8062 (fax) Puerto Rico James Industries, Incorporated Marginal-Los Angeles J7-B Carolina, PR 00979 (809) 253-7149 (809) 253-7189 (fax) 5) Vending Parts and Equipment (New) General vending supplies (coke/snack machines, pool tables, pinball and video). Many of these companies charge private individuals for a catalog (WICO is $5). Catalogs are free for companies, and you will usually qualify for operator prices - hint: come up with a company name. Amusement Emporium 6880 South Emporia Street Englewood, Colorado, 80112 (800) 525-7059 Competitive Products Corp. River Road Building #5 Tullytown, PA 19007 (800) 562-7283 Empire (313) 477-2200 Peach State Similar to WICO. Operator pricing (800) 727-3224 available. Vending Solutions (314) 776-2722 WICO Large catalog covering all aspects (800) FOR-WICO of vending (including video games) 6a) Video Parts and Equipment (New) AVA 2301 Olive St. St. Louis, MO 63103 (314) 421-5100 Fabulous Fantasies Reproduction control panel overlays 14454 Ventura Blvd. for select games such as Defender, Sherman Oaks, CA 91423 Robotron and Centipede. (818) 761-2255 http://www.fabfan.com Happ Controls Manufacturer of controllers (joysticks, 106 Garlisch Drive trackballs, shifters etc). Elk Grove Village, IL 60007 Replacement roller, idler shafts and (888) BUY-HAPP/289-4277 bearings for Atari midi and mini (847) 593-6130 trackballs. (800) 593-HAPP/4277 (fax) (847) 593-6137 (fax) http://www.happcontrols.com James Industries Supplier of new/used pinball and video 708 431-SHOP games to operators (hence high prices) 708 358-7851 (fax) Contact: Steve Powroznyk mailto:jamesind@aol.com http://www.phantasy.com/jamesind/james.html Louise's Harness Shop, Replacement and custom wiring harnesses 100 Spring Street, Also 2*36 male2male (aka 'finger') Tuscumbia, pcb's used by the Gravitar2Tempest AL 35674 conversion tech-tip. (800) 365-1941 (205) 381-6639 (205) 381-6180 (fax) Mazzco Game Supply Stock distributor prices (expensive), Chicago, IL but they appear to have items no longer (800) 292-4491 available new. Recommended by several experienced RGVAC'ers. Red Baron Board Exchange New conversion kits, new/old boards. 6540 W. Central Toledo, OH 43617 (419) 841-2596 (419) 841-6484 (fax) Space Age Electronics Often have cheap video monitors 26524 Golden Valley Road, (13"-$150 19"-$170 August 1993) Suite 507 Saugus, CA 91350 (800) 822-0280 Two Bit Score Aftermarket ROMs (changed gameplay) and 4418 Pack Saddle Pass speedup kits for games such as Galaga, Austin, TX 78745 Pacman, Centipede, Millipede, Mr. DO!, (512) 447-8888 and Mortal Kombat. (512) 447-8895 (fax) Replacement control panel overlays and http://www.twobit.com marquees for Galaga and Ms Pacman. Zanen Electronics Monitor 'get well' kits, all the parts (806) 793-6337 you need to fix most monitor problems. (806) 793-9136 (fax) Amongst others, they sell a kit for the Wells Gardner K6100 (used in many Atari colour XY games). Also, active-low to active-hi monitor conversion boards useful for converting otherwise obsolete Nintendo monitors. 6b) Video Parts and Equipment (Used) Alpha Amusements Good selection. Michigan Be sure to have the confirm what they (800) 33G-AMES will be shipping. Have heard stories of badly botched orders. C&P Distributing Used boards, control panels, etc. 2500 Miracle Lane, Suite D Recently seem to be moving away from Mishawaka, IN 46545 coin-op, more into PCs and PC parts. (219) 256-1138 (219) 256-1144 (fax) http://www.cpdist.com Coin-Op International, Inc. New conversion kits and used pcb's. 401 N. 3rd Street, #470 Minneapolis, MN 55401 (800) 320-9632 (612) 321-9632 (612) 321-9633 (fax) Eldorado Games Slow and eccentric, with very expensive CA prices but a _great_ selection of old (714) 535-3300 boards and those hard to find parts. Family Amusements Corp. Used boards. One RGVAC reader got a (213) 660-8180 good price on Smash TV. The Game Room Garden Grove, CA (714) 999-0796 Great Western Trading Post Good selection of old boards. Prices 480 Shelley Street, Suite E seem similar to Video Connection. Springfield, OR 97477 (800) 466-2424 (503) 726-1813 (503) 726-7413 (fax) http://www.gwtrading.com Southeast Game Brokers Inc Very small selection of older Jamma Florida kit games. (813) 885-1080 The Game Exchange Used games and kits. P.O. Box 09598 Columbus, Ohio 43209-0598 (614) 258-2933 Vintage Amusements Glendale, CA (818) 246 2255 Vicco Electronics Laser disk games and LD 100 players (619) 322-4000 Video Connection Mainly conversion kits from games 1-5 1150 Industrial Place #110, years old. Fair selection of old boards Dixon, CA 95620 although prices have increased over the (800) 444-6854 past couple of years. Good catalog. (916) 678-5189 Fast service. Reputable. (916) 678-1313 (fax) http://www.videoconnect.com 7) Video Service and Repair Boardworks Also board repair, though at least one (407) 679-8007 RGVAC'er had 'significant' problems with their service. The Game Doc 8000 Wheatland Ave. B Sun Valley, CA 91352 (800) 766-3166 (818) 504-0440 (818) 504-1153 (fax) Video Connection See Section 6b. It is presently unclear what effect the early 1997 departure of VC's excellent tech Patrick Peters (aka 'The Videodoctor') will have on the companies reputation for reasonable high quality board repair. 8a) Electronic Parts Manufacturers Note: most manufacturers do not offer "end user" sales. Products must be purchased through one of the companies distributors (see Section 8b) AMP Manufacturer of "Mate n' Lock", MF and (800) 522-6752 many other connectors used in video (717) 986-7777 coin-op games. (717) 986-7575 (fax) No "end user" sales. http://www.amp.com Molex/Walden Manufacturer of many edge connector (800) 78MOLEX and other interconnect parts used (630) 969-4550 in video coin-op games. (630) 968-8356 (fax) No end user sales. http://www.molex.com 8b) Electronic Parts Suppliers (new) Note: many of these companies charge private individuals for a catalog Catalogs are usually free for companies - come up with a company name. If you can't find what you want via these companies, check your Yellow Pages, under 'Electronic Suppliers' or similar. Also, the companies in section 8c/8d or surplus stores in your local area may have large selections of older 'obsolete' parts used in many 1980's era video games - and they are often significantly cheaper. Allied Electronics Major US parts supplier. (800) 433-5700 Arrow Electronics Major US parts supplier. 800 93ARROW Stock AM6012 DACs (for Atari XY boards) http://www.arrow.com Debco Electronics Good prices on erased EPROMS (800) 423-4499 (513) 531-4499 Electronics Express (800) 972-2225 http://www.elexp.com Digi Key Major US parts supplier. (800) 344-4539 Good selection. Stock all name brands. http://www.digikey.com Expensive with minimum order. Mouser Electronics Major US parts supplier. (800) 346-6873 Newark Electronics Major US parts supplier. (800) 4NEWARK Located in most US cities plus mail http://www.newark.com order. 8c) Electronic Parts Suppliers (obsolete) Aero Electronics Insist on part# (and manufacturer) (800) 833-3557 Altex Williams DRAMs Dallas, TX (800) 531-5369 Bell Industries Dallas, TX (800) 525-6666 Landsdale AZ (602) 438-0123 Luke Systems Intl (818) 991-9373 Marshall Industries Insist on part# (and manufacturer) (800) 522-0084 Rochester Electronics Obsolete IC's. (508) 462-9332 8d) Electronic Parts Suppliers (surplus) All Electronics Great catalog. Inexpensive prices. Mail order: Large/varied selection of electronic (800) 826-5432 parts and connectors (including good (818) 904-0524 (cust svc) selection of card edge connectors). (818) 781-2653 (fax) Retail: 905 S Vermont Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90006 (213) 380-8000 14928 Oxnard Street Van Nuys, CA 91411 (818) 997-1808 http://www.allcorp.com mailto:allcorp@allcorp.com B&G Micro Great catalog. Inexpensive prices. P.O. Box 280298 Good selection of RAM, misc IC's, Dallas, TX 75228 erased EPROMS and switched power (800) 276-2206 supplies. See web page for online (214) 271-5546 catalog (Adobe Acrobat format). (214) 271-9834 (tech support) (214) 271-2462 (fax) http://www.bgmicro.com mailto:bgmicro@bgmicro.com Fair Radio Sales Co., Surplus electronics, also "World's Finest Electronic may have game components. Surplus, since 1947" [Super Zaxxon control panels P.O. Box 1105 was mentioned by one RGVAC reader] 1016 E. Eureka St. Lima, OH 45802 (419) 223-2196 (419) 227-6573 (419) 227-1313 (fax) Marlin P. Jones & Assoc. Surplus. Free catalog (407) 848-8236 Power supplies for $15 and up Surplus Inventory Locators Give them the hard to find part#, they (206) 863-8506 will give you the name and number of a vendor who does (and occasionally 'did') sell the component in question. *THERE IS A MONTHLY CHARGE TO SUBSCRIBE*
