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Part 8: 1977 Allied Leisure Getaway Pinball! We have LIFE, random Shenanigans and smoke!

Pinball Shenanigans·video·23m 23s·analyzed·May 22, 2026
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TL;DR

Mike Dus restores 1977 Allied Leisure Getaway with board diagnostics and gameplay testing.

Summary

Mike Dus restores a 1977 Allied Leisure Getaway pinball machine, documenting the technical repair process including board diagnostics, LED testing, and playfield functionality. The video features gameplay attempts, discussion of acquired spare parts, and troubleshooting of display and electrical issues, with a visiting friend J. McCay and a note about selling Vartovia Galactica to make room for Twilight Zone.

Key Claims

  • Mike installed a missing 7414 chip and payment68 contribution board component

    high confidence · Mike Dus, describing board repair work on Getaway

  • LEDs on the board are showing signs of life after chip installation

    high confidence · Mike Dus, observing test results during diagnostics

  • A pre-driver transistor in Flight 2000 completely failed, causing burning electrical smell

    high confidence · Mike Dus, identifying electrical fault after friend J. McCay's visit

  • Mike sold Vartovia Galactica to someone named Steve to make room for Twilight Zone

    high confidence · Mike Dus, discussing collection changes

  • Getaway was manufactured by Allied Leisure in 1977

    high confidence · Video title and Mike Dus's descriptions

Notable Quotes

  • “I'm Mike Das, and this is Pinball Shenanigans.”

    Mike Dus@ 0:30 — Series introduction and host identification

  • “So all the LEDs should not light up for long, and then turn off. And they do it.”

    Mike Dus@ 3:33 — Positive sign of board life during diagnostics

  • “I smelled every corner. It seemed like it was somewhere in this area.”

    Mike Dus@ 6:43 — Discovering burning electrical smell in basement after friend's visit

  • “This is a pretty pleasant surprise. So, I guess I have all sorts of problems with disassembly, but, I feel that I can still move further from the processor and the board.”

    Mike Dus@ 13:25 — Expressing optimism about restoration progress despite challenges

  • “It's the hardest pinball hit. Let's see.”

    Mike Dus@ 20:20 — Gameplay commentary attempting difficult shot on Getaway

Entities

Mike DuspersonAllied LeisurecompanyGetawaygameFlight 2000gameVartovia GalacticagameTwilight ZonegameJ. McCaypersonStevepersonFlipper Pinsaidperson

Signals

  • ?

    restoration_signal: Mike performing systematic diagnostics on Allied Leisure Getaway board including chip replacement, LED testing, and switch verification

    high · Installed 7414 chip, observed LED lighting behavior, tested buttons and switches to confirm board signs of life

  • ?

    restoration_signal: Discovery and diagnosis of electrical fault in Flight 2000 machine; pre-driver transistor failure causing burning smell

    high · Transistor completely blown out, burning electrical smell detected in basement, fuse examination performed

  • ?

    restoration_signal: Mike obtaining and testing replacement displays and connectors for Getaway; troubleshooting display connectivity issues

    high · Cleaned contacts, tested multiple displays, checked connectors from backbox to microprocessor

  • ?

    gameplay_signal: Getaway showing playfield activity and scoring; ball mechanics and targets operational during testing despite display issues

    high · Successfully registered ball input, achieved 7669 credits, target hits registered, bumper activity observed

  • ?

    community_signal: Flipper Pinsaid providing technical assistance and diagnostic resources to Mike across geographic barriers

    high · Created Pinsaid cover for contact, uploaded technical photos to profile, provided Allied Leisure board testing guidance

  • ?

Transcript

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0:00
Good, this is the first time for everything. This is my first pay test. I very carefully set it up and, hmm, for the first time.
0:15
I'm going to check if this works. Good, let's look for the LEDs in 3, 2, 1. Eee, nothing. I'm Mike Das, and this is Pinball Shenanigans.
1:00
U nas je scos na kstalt zhyttya. Dobre. Poky cej videozappis, jakiy ja ne zbyravsya vclyuchathy trymay drunkachteg, ja khotyp by privyataty xmi kogosy.
1:15
Okay, we should check his name. Dabayte podivemosè che mozhu jak, xmi, natystnyutj a kulobku i zrobyty cze. Ce vse sce zapisuyetsya. Dawayte perydymo du, xmi, pinite. Elle, zaspwocoi sya. Wona zaraz donner HDHolyu cforyt. E. Я хотел бы привитати Flipper.org. Давайте повернемся.
1:34
М. Так, схоже, у нас все еще добре. Flipper працює над Pinsaid. Ну, він у Німеччині, і він побачив, що я маю труднощі с цим набором дощок, і він нещодавно працював над кількома дошками Alied Laser, як, здається, він сказав, над кількома цього року и кількома минулого року, і він досяг успіху. And he literally created a cover of Pinsaid to connect with me and he added a few photos, gm, things that I could look through.
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venue_signal: Mike's home collection undergoing changes; Vartovia Galactica sold to acquire Twilight Zone

high · Sold Vartovia Galactica to Steve, will install Twilight Zone in freed space

  • ?

    product_concern: Pre-driver transistor failure in Flight 2000 caused electrical malfunction; fuse did not protect circuit

    high · Transistor completely failed, burning smell, fuse examination showed burned fuse after failure

  • ?

    historical_signal: 1977 Allied Leisure Getaway represents early-generation pinball hardware with discrete transistor electronics and no sound bell

    high · Mike notes lack of start bell appropriate for 1977 technology; transistor-based circuit design evident in restoration work

    • 2:11
    Aliad Leisure boards and how to test them. He loaded these photos into his profile so that I could see them because gm, no other media really worked. In Germany there are certain rules and conditions. I don't know if they can use Facebook and GMI WhatsApp, but in any case he made a lot of effort to contact me and try to help me and give me advice.
    2:41
    So a big thank you to Flipper.org for the help and GMI, I really appreciate it. So now let's move on to nice shots. Nice to have you back for another episode of Alejd Leyser-Djettauway. So, I've just installed the missing 7,414 chip and the payment68 contribution.
    3:09
    I connected it to the car. Nothing changed. I tried to do some stand- precipitation tests. with very minimal results, or simply without them. And I thought for fun that I'd just turn the board back on.
    3:27
    And I'll try again. And I noticed something very interesting. So all the LEDs should not light up for long, and then turn off.
    3:39
    And they do it. I'll show you again. Top LED. Two bottom LEDs. Thank you for watching. In reality, they are sometimes stoned. So I feel that there is still life on the plate.
    4:28
    The rest of the machines, such as displays and other things, behave not as it should, but... I don't know, maybe we're moving in the right direction.
    4:41
    Good, first I'll keep going, I noticed it yesterday, and it's a run that got out of hand. Test buttons. Now, when this is done, let's start the car again.
    5:22
    Pay attention to the little morgans. They are barely noticeable, but they are. And just out of curiosity, let's press this button.
    5:36
    Yes, I didn't think of anything. And what about this? Or this? No, oh, look. Yo One of these bulbs is working Good So it just a bad pattern and wiring I can fix it So now I have in fact I don know
    5:58
    I'm going to look for information about John Duke now that I think the fee is being charged. Eh, I have to see what's next. See if we can, eh, potentially get some displays. Oh, I forgot to mention that I had a friend, J. McCay, recently.
    6:17
    He was in town, so he came in, looked at the collection. I showed him all the machines, turned on Jettaway and showed him the machine.
    6:28
    We looked at the game field and what it was, you know, cool and unique. Then he finally left. I was up there for about half an hour and 40 minutes, went down and in my basement smelled like a burning electric. I had all the automats locked, so I smelled every corner. It seemed like it was somewhere in this area.
    6:52
    By the way, the Vartovia Galactica was sold and left the building. And that's where my reinterpreted Sutinkova Zone will get. I sold it to a guy named Steve and he was one happy client.
    7:08
    Well, he was bored. It seemed like it was somewhere in this area. He thought it was, maybe, night rides, because it's the oldest machine here.
    7:18
    He seemed to have given up on it until he came back here, and so it definitely was a Yedleyser. Flight 2000 And so here it is, a pre-driver transistor.
    8:01
    Completely blew out the equation, just because. Because, but why the fuse didn't burn? I had to check it.
    8:12
    So, it happened. Well, well, look, no luck. I'll try to look here, the fuse burned. Flight 2000 So, behavior.
    8:55
    Identical. Good, let's move on. Okay, so I just lowered the game field when I tried a few different random displays.
    9:07
    I connected this, and this, and this. I don't get anything. But I don't know if I just heard something good or not. So I'll try again and see. I thought I might have heard.
    9:27
    A game healer's cough. So let's try again and see. Holy God, I just added two credits. This is my progress. I threw the ball in the back of the net, so I thought maybe I need it. I don't know. Sphyti Boze, tse prathuye. O Boze!
    10:21
    Ni v jakomo razi? Dobre, ja maju znyaty okulyary dla cioho, shchob ja mih bachyte. Dobre, my zbyrayemo se pidkinuti nash pershy mjach dla Jetaway. Ne mozu povirite, shcho ce vidbuwayece.
    10:37
    O, ja ne zovsim prokrutev yogo do kintsa. O, ce najgirshy mjach u sviti. Flight 2000 A We have a target for the Arabian Nights Oh I heard that something happened And this is a target for throwing Look
    11:48
    Reload B, here B, throw B, wow, that's cool. And then reload C, let's throw C. Oh, here this one. Not very. We'll have to check it. Flight 2000 Let's kick this guy out. I, Khmi, was really going to start testing the board on the stand, learn how to do it, replace some microchips, install new ones. Six, I don't know, processor microchips, those with 40 contacts. It really starts to be carried on the stand. And I thought I would be there for a few days or weeks, but here we are. This was a pretty pleasant surprise.
    13:38
    So, I guess I have all sorts of problems with disassembly, but, I feel that I can still move further from the processor and the board.
    13:55
    Oh, you just missed. It was a bonus return. The light went out. Let's see. This is their leveling function. How do we check them? I want to see if I can increase it again. Oh, what was that? Let's just choose by accident. Oh, look. Let's go. Let's go. They collect the loot. I think that this right way to escape increases the value of the loot. How do we get to the upper loot? Eh, it also has to collect the loot. Yes, and now look when I pour water. Give me my loot. Give me my loot. I don't know. Well, whatever. In any case, it was cool. Yes. So, check out the door hammer.
    14:57
    It got a little hot. And my Vantos, I guess, got stuck there. I don't know if I can pull it out, but I have to have a spare in another closet.
    15:10
    Okay. I just worked on a display problem. I took one from here to check just in case if there is a catastrophic breakdown that will destroy all these displays. It did not give any results. So I disassembled them again and cleaned them with a tool to clean contacts and a brush. I don't think it will change anything, but it's worth trying.
    15:48
    Let's go. Oh, Ellie is riding on the roof upstairs. Yes, unfortunately, this didn't solve the problem, but From the back box to the microprocessor there may be a few points of contact. So, maybe I'll have to check some more connectors. Okay, I just cleaned and connected the call box again. So, let's see if we can shake the ball so that it signals. Ready, let's see. We are at 7,669. Oh, we're probably at the maximum amount of credits, because he tried to add credits, but it didn't change. So try starting over.
    16:42
    There's no sound of the start bell. That doesn't surprise me. It's 1977. It's a very early hard drive.
    16:51
    Okay, let's see if we get any signals. Let's go. Now we are talking. Now we don't feel like we are playing. This is a good pop-passion.
    17:11
    I have already entered this fall. Oh. Let's try a narrow wheel. Sharp it seems to me I lack rubber I didn have it there Oh what happened Where did our bells go
    17:40
    Let's turn off the car and see if it looks like some bells are blocked. No, all my plungers are still there, but M is a little more of a sign of life. GARASD
    18:24
    And then we went to the Grizzly garage. We chatted a little bit and on this, I guess, we'll end the entertainment events of Aliette in this episode, but you can enjoy a few jokes that happened in the next short episode, and then we'll finish this video.
    18:46
    You missed one rubber element. I haven't even touched the game field. It's just a small way to escape. You can go right there. Oh, and maybe that's why the lamp is broken. This is a ghetto. This is a way to escape. Oh, an island. A jammed island. Oh, like this. See, you escaped through a small hideout.
    19:07
    Maybe I won't take off this rubber element. Are you already happy? Not at all. Oh, come on. Go by the line.
    19:17
    Oh, almost. There he is. Look at this. Oh, it's a mouse whose tail is on the top. Aha, це або брут, або мышачий послід. Він ніби пробрався вниз по игровому полю.
    19:31
    Подивіться на це. Мы отримали бонус. Це був крутый бонус, ось-ось. Так, здається, це збір здобычей. О, поїхали.
    19:39
    Колесо горить. О, це те саме колесо. Можливо, доведеться налаштувати один-два перемыкачи. Stern Pinball He says it's the hardest. A pinball hit. Let's see. Let me come here. I, probably, will miss. It's the hardest pinball hit. Final round, but only when it's on fire. So, let's see. Sharp. You failed. Failed again. It's a pretty hard hit. You can do it with your back hand. Let's try. Nope.
    20:44
    Oh, he almost fell into a landslide. The left hand failed the attempt. Flight 2000 I feel it. Close, close, oh, on the kick.
    21:26
    The hardest kick in pinball. Okay, we're on, we're on, eh, in Los Angeles for the World Cup final. Germany third, Challenger fifth.
    21:38
    He wins. Shane is a winner. Shane has already got his name on the World Cup from football. Dach, unfortunately, Dach, I'm very sorry. I have so many other stores.
    21:50
    And now Shoney Boy travels alone. He's going to try to get on the board. He's going to try to get 1 billion on your last Tini bullet. By the way, nice thicket with capuchin. Thank you. This brand is a waste. Do you want to return your money? Yes. Sorry, return of money is not allowed.
    22:11
    Dutch. Another point. Another point is being erased. Damn it, take it. Take these guys away. Who asked us at all? Super rare video mode on Medieval Madness. I've never seen this cool ball. How cool. You're just crazy. I played this like once in my life and it wasn't even colored. Oh, they took the kid.
    22:34
    One kid was eaten. That's enough jokes for one episode. On this, the allies of the will end. Also known as the escape. Allies of the will, I'm somehow continuing to call him allies of the will, but it's just a producer. M, watch the next episode of Flappy.
    23:20
    Thank you.