Astro Wars

  • Manufacturer: Zaccaria
  • Year: 1979

Useful info

  • Cabinet type: Upright
  • Measures (WxHxD): 63,8 x 176,0 x 73,2 cm
  • Working voltage: 220V
  • Maximum consumption: 158,0W 0,935A
  • Technology: Vertical color raster monitor

The game is the classic space shooter. The player controls a spaceship that must destroy different types of enemies; each enemy represents a different game level. If at least one of the enemies manages to overtake the player’s ship then this moves upward, making the battle more difficult. To make everything with more adrenaline there is a “Fuel” bar that does not decrease with time or movement but shooting, so you have to be careful and shoot only without fail because if the fuel ends the game ends too. The game ends with a boss; once destroyed allows to restart the turn of the enemies with full fuel.

The game in the collection is the version produced by the Italian company Zaccaria although the game itself is a remake of Astro Fighter from SEGA / GREMLIN. The conditions are excellent even if one of the side art has a little visible burn. All parts are original, even internally.

Initial conditions

20 April 2014

I found this cabinet during 2013 in bad conditions: a lot of excrement and rust inside, board missing and a lot of work to do… Here some pictures taken when the cab arrived into my garage…

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Coin box

20 April 2014

Coin box had some rust and I decided to applied the usual method:

  • sanding
  • derusting with derust paint
  • cold galvanizing (with spray)

Here just 2 pics before-after….

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Coin door – Before

20 April 2014

This is the coin door.

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Coin door – After

20 April 2014

Usual job and the miraculous abrasive sponge…

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Power supply board

20 April 2014

I had to remove the biggest part of the soldered components but in this way I had the opportunity to clean deeply the board and to check more or less everything.

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Cleaning inside

20 April 2014

This is the result after removing everything and cleaning…

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Wiring and PCB

20 April 2014

I remade all wiring and placed the PCB in its original position. Only after some days I discovered the board originally was upside-down… to late to re-cabling the cab 🙂 Bela sent me 2 not working board-sets: I had been lucky and I culd repair both of them in few days. I sent one to its owner and the other one is what you see in my pics. vernimark arcades - Zaccaria Astro Wars


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Connectors

20 April 2014
I had to find a solution for the missing connectors. I used a bi-component epoxy plastic and a standard pin strip.

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MTC90 monitor

21 April 2014

I had a MTC90 chassis but I needed some weeks to find a compatible CRT. Then a good cleaning and a fast recap were enough to have a working monitor.

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Final result – Inside

21 April 2014

This is the final result once everything was in its own place…

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Final result – Outside

21 April 2014

And this is the cab as it is today

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