Bullseye, Table Tennis, Golf Champ, Dart Champ Description: Midway Wall Games, 1972. Midway made four wall games that were basically the same exact game, with different themes and art work. But the EM guts are essentially the same. These included Midway Bulls Eye (the most common wall game), Dart Champ, Golf Champ and Table Tennis (though Midway Table Tennis was slightly different in scoring.) Note these game were also available with a stand, if the location did not want to mount the game on the wall. Note the Midway Bullseye game depicted Hank and Iggy as the dart players - these were nicknames for the company co-founders! The wall box size is 53" x 32"x 8" thick. If you have the pedestal floor mount unit that is 24" wide by 37" tall by 12" deep. These games had two remote control boxes (often missing or damaged) for each of the two players. They used RF (radio frequency) to communicate with the wall box. This board is easy to identify, as it has the exact same circuit on both sides of the board, which includes a round antenna choke. There is also a DC power supply with two diodes (half wave rectified) and a large blue capacitor. Some games (like Bullseye) have a third circuit board, where for example Golf Champ does not have that third board. With some easy modifications, the remote RF controlled boxes and receiver board can be abandoned in favor of wired hand held switch controllers. Many use old curly telephone or guitar cords for the wire direct connecting the momentary hand switches. Or some folks have used inexpensive Amazon sold remote car starters, and wired this into the game for remote control units. Note Midway provides connectors for both players if you wish to use hard wire controls, instead of using the RF wireless controls. Note the coin box was also separate, but that was wired directly to the wall box. Again the coin box can be abandoned too, and replaced with a credit and start button (mounted on the bottom or side of the wall box.) Note the light bulbs for these games are 12v #1895 bulbs at .27amps each. Note #1891 (14v at .24amps) and #1893 (14v at .33amps) can also be used - there's no 6.3v #44 bulbs anywhere in this game. Finally the score reels for these games used the standard Midway motorized reels, used in all Midway games during this period. Schematic for the Midway Bullseye is available here. If you have Midway Bulls Eye, Table Tennis, Golf Champ or Dart Champ for sale please contact cfh@provide.net
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