Ok gang, here are the photos I promised of the Popper King I have got working for a friend. The machine hasn't been cleaned when the photos were taken but it's fairly clean already. The main problem was the missing keys. For the door, as you know, you can reach up from the bottom to open it. The reset key was a different story. Luckily I had an old Cover key switch that I had purchased about 10 years ago for another project that I never completed. I pulled the covers off the power supply and pulled out the key switch and the one I had fit it perfectly!
I've been able to get it reset and play it some. The odds are set to level 6 so I was able to get a 'Big Game' and it played through OK and did not require a reset once it finished.
I do have a couple of question however,
It appears that the Credit/Coin button (above the joystick) does not function. The machine is in Credit mode. I'm OK with this.. but.. do you need this button to function to change the odds or play the game like it was meant to be played?
This leads to my next question, what is the correct way to play the game with the 'reach' and such? I've never played a machine that has this option so any advice will help... or point me to a document that explains the process would be great!
Thanks in advance!