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It's ANOTHER beauty from the TNT Amusements craftsmen! Look at this 1980 machine--made from TWO machines! Plus...take a look at the game we foudn in the warehouse---with FOUR PCB Boards inside---and a switch to switch between the 4 games! what could those games be? A quick look at a Gottlieb TEED OFF we were working on too.

[@philipdefibaugh5683]

Defender has the best looking cab, especially the control panel ever!

[@scottysheridan]

Omg i'm gonna melt! My old hobby was saturday arfternoon in Dundee hogging Defender for 10 pence for nearly 4 hrs when i was 14 y.o. Loathed by the arcade owner i clocked it 5 times and had to stop at 5,999,990 ! Hall of fame for many years after i'd left the country. It's been a pleasure seeing her again. Many thanks .

[@tntamusements]

You're welcome!

[@mhurst43]

That is the best looking Defender I have ever seen. Who ever owns that cabinet got a rare beauty!

[@tntamusements]

We think customer will be thrilled!!

[@ricksmith3265]

What a gorgeous Defender! I'm jealous.

[@contendingforthefaith9897]

I'm 49 now, but this was really a walk down memory lane for me. I live in the arcade game room in the late 70's, early 80's. Defender and Stargate were my to favorites. my initials were ET. I owned the high score in my area. often times I had to share with other pros like myself. and then one day I decovered something I like better than video games, girls ! The rest is history. When I look back, I miss these games.

[@tntamusements]

Thanks for your post! Its neat to hear about how people found and loved these games!

[@martz67oldskool]

Best arcade game ever invented!

[@tntamusements]

Many agree!

[@captn_hanky]

Love your channel..it´s like in dream land bringing back good memories.

[@tntamusements]

captn hanky Glad you have subscribed! Keep watching!

[@tntamusements]

captn hanky Glad you have subscribed! Keep watching!

[@tntamusements]

captn hanky Glad you have subscribed! Keep watching!

[@ThomasGrillo]

This was a favorite of mine, even though I sucked, big time, on it. LOL If only I were local. I'd have bought that dead Defender cab. Thanks for the video.

[@aitrus1986]

Great video Todd! Please show more of the warehouse too I love that stuff!

[@tntamusements]

The new movie being released on June 15th (in less than 2 weeks!) to both limited run theaters and DVD "THE KING OR ARCADES" has a great sequence with me and our warehouse!! LOOK FOR IT!! There is a Facebook page now for it!

[@MegaSpriggsy]

Good work young man! Excellent.

[@tntamusements]

Thanks Paul!

[@MegaSpriggsy]

I love defender. Mines a crappy repro but it plays ok

[@gilavalos2400]

It's pretty insane that a micro sd installed in a retro pi can literally fit each and every arcade came that was ever created. Nonetheless, it's nice that these old Arcade machines are being restored and sold for a new generation to enjoy.

[@KTPurdy]

my favorite arcade game

[@chuckfinley5206]

I still have the orange bound manual that came with my Defender when I got it. I've had the machine sitting in my living room since 1984. It's probably worth a whole lot more than the 175 I paid for it.

[@tntamusements]

Many people took those manuals out and put in a drawer only to throw them out later. It was always best to leave inside the game

[@markaroundbarbados]

I bet i would love the smell of that place!

[@tntamusements]

especially when one of the boys "cuts one"!

[@CTECH62]

I was just the right age when it was released Myself and my friend and my nephew became so good at it we had highscores on many machines Hours on one quarter CAB was my highscore initials

[@SDPliskenisalive]

"Wretched power supply" Copyright Todd Tuckey! Good job on this one. Fine work as always.

[@tntamusements]

Yes...I SHOULD copyright it!!

[@badreality2]

TNT Amusements Inc You should complain to the companies who made the parts for the power supply. Tell them, it barely lasted 30 years. ;P

[@richardwilliams1017]

Man I wish I was nearer

[@tntamusements]

....especially if you have a wallet full of money!

[@SandpiperN121PP]

So glad I am subscribed to your awesome channel. I saw it, right there are 5:23... I so knew what it was and I had to order it! I plan to pay it off as quickly as I can because I so am wanting it now! Yes... Gorf will be mine!!! Thank You again Todd! You are simply the bestest! I will be sending you more money soon! :)

[@tntamusements]

Great! Your Gorf will be ready for you when you are ready for Gorf!!!

[@Galactus_]

I’m trying to remember, did Defender ever have the joystick be able to move left, right, up and down or has it always been only an up and down joystick? Did the Defender 2 joystick move left and right?

[@tntamusements]

No...Defender and the Defender 2 always were up and down...never any provision for left and right.

[@Galactus_]

TNT Amusements Inc Okiedoke. Thanks for the info to help me remember.

[@exodia9817]

+TNT Amusement Inc I'd say that Defender is probably the "boxiest" arcade machine I've ever seen.

[@arcadecollectorsww]

Ice cold beer!!!! =O I want one!

[@jumpingeneral]

Just picked up a defender cabinet. Someone converted it over to double dribble. Should I change it back ?😎

[@ergaomnes1]

You are a genius

[@tntamusements]

Wish my wife thought that!

[@Keith-nm3uf]

Looks good for a 30 year old game

[@jukingeo]

I should quit my job and work for you guys! Tired of working on the new crap! LOVE the old stuff, that is what I grew up with.

[@MatthewDoo]

HAHAHAHA... "Y..y...you can't... HAVE YOU PLAYED ATARI TODAY?" Priceless!

[@tntamusements]

I love that commercial!

[@SagePatrynXX]

TNT Amusements Inc I was still stuck on a Vic20 though :P which did have a space invaders I think think you need to like tour the country for dead arcade/pinball games.

[@sandal_thong]

@@SagePatrynXX I was stuck with both a VIC20 and an Atari 2600. After I stopped buying Atari carts, I still bought some VIC-20 carts.

[@UKBreakz]

I have an Original Willaims Defender but my smart button has stopped working! Any ideas?

[@mikerb1982]

I have a Ice Cold Beer on location in Metro Detroit for the past year. It looks great next to the Tapper at the craft beer bar.

[@tntamusements]

Hope it made money too!

[@ThePS1Addict]

ICE COLD BEER!!! =O I want one!!!

[@tntamusements]

You can always get one at the local pub!

[@cjhepburn7406]

Game going 2 Australia...is it fire-proof?

[@tntamusements]

That was mean!!

[@cjhepburn7406]

@@tntamusements I prefer the term topical...but there u go. Lol.

[@99ronmarsh]

What would be a good price on a defender that needs some work. Not running.? Anyone got any input there is one posted by me, but she is way to high I'm thinking.

[@ashleyholroyd91]

Wow all the head aches to be had fixing all those games in the warehouse . Are all those games from distributors you've bought out over the years ?. Is there arcade auctions in the USA ? .

[@tntamusements]

We have sold almost 25,000 machines now....so these few hundred are a drop in the bucket! There are still arcade auctions, but fewer and fewer each year as the supply shrinks (combining two games to make one, for instance)

[@badreality2]

TNT Amusements Inc Yeah, but doesn't TNT do the same thing (sometimes) combine two machines to make one? You're shrinking your own supply market. Sorry, I don't mean to point fingers. It's definitely understandable to combine two pinball machines to make one, with all of the physical parts that can break (ramps, drop-targets, spot targets, plastics, jet-bumper domes), if people don't supply the parts anymore, and you can't produce duplicates, but what's the reasoning for combining two video games to make one; like your recent Defender?

[@SeismicSales]

we upgraded our defender with an LCD. We are having Sync problems. Any help is appreciated.

[@tntamusements]

Anyone have any ideas? Bad sync board maybe?

[@michaelquintana5897]

they had a stargate machine at cydercade in dallas texas... but they sent it off for repairs?? crap what we supposed to do????

[@METAL1ON]

Got a working Space Tactics by any chance?

[@tntamusements]

haven't seen one in many years...only owned two!

[@cmarrero3538]

I thought I seen a revolution X 2 gun version in the warehouse. Don't see many of those.

[@tntamusements]

yes...have a 2 gun in warehouse and a 3 gun in our showroom right now!

[@briannotafan3368]

in the service id watch my roomie dump 1/2 of his pay in this machine & beer

[@tntamusements]

That poor slob! But is he a Multi-Millionaire today or penniless?

[@andyaceswe]

Todds warehouse is exciting... did u guys fix the that cobra command arcade seen in this video...

[@tntamusements]

We work on games as they are ordered! No one ordered it yet...although I get "dreamers" that write to me all the time about getting it!

[@andyaceswe]

How much would it be to fix cobra up?

[@MatthewDoo]

Is that an ICE COLD BEER I saw in the warehouse? What do you ask for one of those?

[@tntamusements]

It is $1999...but that one is on layaway...and no others (we have perhaps 30 games in warehouse people are making payments on!)

[@SagePatrynXX]

TNT Amusements Inc which if I ever had the omph to go for one is about the only way I can pay for it. and not the way the idiot in the nutty letters did it either. do'h

[@cjhepburn7406]

So u guys in Philly?

[@tntamusements]

We are above Philly...in Bucks County

[@tntamusements]

Bucks county above Philly

[@Keith-nm3uf]

Defender a grate Atari game.

[@uniroyalbarrie]

Love seeing the warehouse. Too bad the Crime Fighters is in a one player cab. ;(

[@tntamusements]

I thought it was a 4 player....

[@uniroyalbarrie]

The mall where I grew up in had the two player version where there was the gay man and the horny dog not edited out like another version I've seen before. It had the 3 lives and a 4 square power meter. Best arcade game ever. Sadly it's probably been disposed of...

[@SagePatrynXX]

I'm sure there's a few of us nuts that would clean this stuff up for free. then just camp out on the roof ;)

[@badreality2]

Does Defender have a vector based "television set"?

[@tntamusements]

"The Defender" (as the commercial says) uses a standard raster monitor...many had the wonderful Wells Gardner 4600 chassis, like this one does!

[@sandal_thong]

Four games in one cabinet! That no one wants to play!

[@JG638]

How much for the Defender

[@Hirthirthirt]

What about the Television outside? A donor for something?

[@tntamusements]

+Hirthirthirt for the recyclers!!

[@Hirthirthirt]

Yes but is it from TNT? Do you take the tube out, or what?

[@qbeam]

...yes, but do you have a Sea Wolf??? LOL

[@tntamusements]

none that are M - I - N - T !

[@cjhepburn7406]

Where's Williams?

[@tntamusements]

Bankrupt!

[@cjhepburn7406]

That makes me sad.

[@mikebell2112]

Frank at the end what a CREEP!

[@tntamusements]

He continues to be mean to me even today!

[@John-wx3zn]

What is the point in bringing back old technology?

[@michaelquintana5897]

so we can play games that rocked... stupid..

[@cjhepburn7406]

Did anyone ever finger the rejected coin slot?

[@thyliseric7459]

HELLO MR i m eric of FRANCE i well com whith your entrepot for enderstand the technical repair of pinballs and all the borne ;please ; i m very motive and serious ; eric bye

[@tntamusements]

+Thylis Eric Not sure I understand the question...but I hope the videos help out!

[@modolief]

Here's an example of gameplay by Mikael Lindholm, the top guy still playing. Definitely recalls the original genre! kzbin.info/www/bejne/r6POqWmsqs6AqKc

[@tntamusements]

+modolief Amazing gameplay...fascinating to watch! Thanks for sharing!

[@Keith-nm3uf]

The Atari 2600 version is way better than the arcade version with an assload of buttons

[@ChristianHarper]

Wallace is gonna choke somebody, someday. :P

[@tntamusements]

Wallace loves to be on the videos...as you see, he has his own style and personality that's perfect for us!

[@badreality2]

TNT Amusements Inc I like Wallace.

[@thesmashtvnetwork]

im going buy a few acrade unit but i like one that has a vga out so i can plug it in to my stream on twitch :)

[@tntamusements]

all the new LCD arcade games have that plug on the monitor.