Pinball and arcade repair. $49 diagnosis, then a quote you approve.
Flipper rebuilds, switch matrices, displays, solenoid driver boards; arcade power supplies, control panels, and PCBs to component level. Colorado has an active pinball scene and the machines show it: route wear and rental abuse are normal work here, not surprises.
How pinball & arcade pricing works
$49 to find out exactly what the machine needs. The fix is then one flat quote, approved before anything starts.
Diagnosis
$49The $49 diagnostic answers the real question: what is actually wrong, whether it is worth fixing, and what the whole job costs. Free when you approve the repair.
Flippers & coils
Quoted after diagnosisWorn sleeves, lazy coils, drifted end-of-stroke switches, rebuilt flipper assemblies. Flippers come back snappy, not optimistic.
Switch matrices & displays
Quoted after diagnosisDead rows and columns, phantom hits, DMD and segment display faults. The matrix gets traced to the exact joint, not guessed at.
Driver & lamp boards
Quoted after diagnosisSolenoid and lamp driver boards repaired to component level: transistors, bridge rectifiers, burned connectors, corroded headers.
Arcade PSUs & PCBs
Quoted after diagnosisCabinet power supplies load-tested, game boards repaired to component level, wiring and ground faults chased down properly.
Control panels & wiring
Quoted after diagnosisJoysticks, buttons, harnesses, coin doors, interconnects. The stuff hands actually touch, fixed properly instead of zip-tied.
The three failures that come in most
Machines that earn quarters fail in patterns. These are the three we see weekly.
Flippers that went soft
Coil sleeves pack with grime, links wear, end-of-stroke switches drift. A rebuilt flipper assembly is one of the most satisfying fixes on the bench, and the game plays like it is new again.
Resets in the middle of a game
Burned connectors and tired rectifiers sag the five-volt rail until the logic blinks. The supply is tested under load before any board gets blamed, so you never buy the wrong fix.
A dead column of switches
One whole row or column stops responding and the machine plays half-blind. It is almost always a matrix short or a corroded header, traced to the exact joint rather than swapped around.
Three ways in
However the job reaches the bench, the quote comes before the work.
Bring the machine, or talk logistics first
- 01Bring it in. 2224 Sunrise Dr, Longmont · Mon–Fri 9–6, Sat–Sun 10–3. A pinball machine fits through our door; call ahead and the bench will be clear for it.
- 02Heads and boards ship well. Backboxes, display assemblies, and PCBs travel fine packed properly. Whole cabinets: call first and we will sort the logistics honestly instead of quoting blind.
- 03Start online. The repair wizard gives a first-pass assessment any hour, and the AI receptionist answers the phone around the clock. A human follows up.
What we don't do
Scope stated plainly, so you know before you book.
Electronics and mechanics, not cabinet art
- No cabinet, playfield, or backglass restoration. Refinishing, clear-coating, and art restoration are a restorer's craft. We fix what is inside the box.
- No CRT glass. The monitor in a classic cabinet is a CRT, and high voltage inside the tube is a genuine safety hazard: the glass stays with a CRT specialist, the boards and controls are ours. Modern LCD-panel cabinets are normal work.
- No repair-avoiding part swaps. If a cleaned header or a re-pinned connector fixes it, we don't quote a new board.
Pinball and arcade questions
The things owners and operators ask before the machine rolls out the door.
Straight answers
Diagnosis is $49 and free when you approve the repair. After that every fix is one flat quote that depends on the machine and its parts. You approve before any work starts.
Usually worn coil sleeves, tired links, drifted end-of-stroke switches, or a sagging supply voltage. The $49 diagnosis pins it down, and the rebuild is one flat quote.
Often, yes. Connector and driver faults on DMD and segment displays are regular bench work. Where full display replacement is the honest path, the quote says so plainly.
Almost always power. Burned connectors and tired rectifiers sag the five-volt rail; the supply is tested under load before any board gets blamed, so you never buy the wrong fix.
Yes, to component level. Where a custom chip is fried and no donor exists, the diagnosis says so plainly and you pay nothing. We do not quote into dead ends.
No. High voltage inside the tube is genuinely dangerous, the same line our console benches hold. The glass stays with a CRT specialist; boards, power, controls, and wiring are ours, and modern LCD-panel cabinets are normal work.
Repair labor carries a 90-day warranty. Parts are covered by their manufacturer warranty where one exists, and the quote states which is which.
Tell us what the machine is doing.
Call the shop any time: our AI receptionist answers around the clock and a human follows up. Or run the repair wizard for a first-pass assessment before you commit to anything.