Category:Grandstand

Grandstand
Adam Imports' Grandstand TV games, programmable consoles and tabletop electronic games

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Welcome to the Grandstand category! Grandstand was the brand of Adam Imports Ltd of Harrogate, which by the early 1980s was part of the Adam Leisure Group. Under the Grandstand name it sold TV games and electronic games made by Epoch, Tomy, VTech, Fairchild and other makers in the UK from the late 1970s. The pages below cover the hardware inside each product, the maker it came from, and how to maintain and repair it. Greyed entries have no page yet.

Pong-type TV games

Each console has its own maintenance, troubleshooting and capacitor guide.

Model	Maintenance	Troubleshooting	Capacitor Guide
Grandstand TV Game 2000	Maintenance	Troubleshooting	Capacitors
Grandstand TV Game 3000	Maintenance	Troubleshooting	Capacitors
Grandstand Match of the Day 2000	Maintenance	Troubleshooting	Capacitors
Grandstand TV Game 2600	Maintenance	Troubleshooting	Capacitors
Grandstand TV Game 2600 Mk II	Maintenance	Troubleshooting	Capacitors
Grandstand TV Game 2600 Mk III	Maintenance	Troubleshooting	Capacitors
Grandstand TV Game 3600	Maintenance	Troubleshooting	Capacitors
Grandstand TV Game 3600 Mk II	Maintenance	Troubleshooting	Capacitors
Grandstand TV Game 3600 Mk III	Maintenance	Troubleshooting	Capacitors
Grandstand Model 4600	Maintenance	Troubleshooting	Capacitors
Grandstand Model 5000	Maintenance	Troubleshooting	Capacitors
Grandstand Model 6000	Maintenance	Troubleshooting	Capacitors

Programmable and cartridge consoles

Model	Maintenance	Troubleshooting	Capacitor Guide
Grandstand Colour Programmable SD070	Maintenance	Troubleshooting	Capacitors
Grandstand Video Entertainment Computer	Maintenance	Troubleshooting	Capacitors
Grandstand Programmable Cartridges	Cartridges for the Colour Programmable consoles

Tabletop games

Each game has its own maintenance, troubleshooting and capacitor guide. The troubleshooting guides cover display (VFD) faults.

Title	Original maker's version	Maintenance	Troubleshooting	Capacitor Guide
Grandstand Invader From Space	Epoch Invader From Space	Maintenance	Troubleshooting	Grandstand Invader From Space Capacitor Replacement Guide
Grandstand Astro Wars	Epoch Galaxy II	Maintenance	Troubleshooting	Capacitors
Grandstand Munchman	Tomy Puck Man	Maintenance	Troubleshooting	Capacitors
Grandstand Tron	Tomy Tron	Maintenance	Troubleshooting	Grandstand Tron Capacitor Replacement Guide
Grandstand The Big Game Soccer	Epoch Exciting Soccer	Maintenance	Troubleshooting	Capacitors
Grandstand Cosmic Invader	VTech Sonic Invader	Maintenance	Troubleshooting	Grandstand Cosmic Invader Capacitor Replacement Guide
Grandstand Caveman	Tomy Caveman	Maintenance	Troubleshooting	Capacitors
Grandstand Scramble	Epoch Astro Command	Maintenance	Troubleshooting	Capacitors
Grandstand Crazy Monster	Epoch Zig-Zag Monster	Maintenance	Troubleshooting	Capacitors
Grandstand Firefox F-7	Epoch Astro Thunder 7	Maintenance	Troubleshooting	Capacitors
Grandstand Star Force	Epoch Star Force	Maintenance	Troubleshooting	Capacitors

Handheld and pocket games

Grandstand also sold several dozen LED and LCD handheld games from 1979 into the late 1980s. They are listed, with their makers and batteries, on Grandstand Handheld and Pocket Games.

Accessories

Grandstand Universal Mains Adaptor: the switchable mains adaptor sold for the tabletop games, and why its polarity setting matters.

All Grandstand pages

Tools and procedures

Recommended Tools: tools for repairing these games.
Capacitor Failure Symptoms: identifying failed capacitors.
Battery Explosion, Capacitor or Corrosion Damage: cleaning up after leaking batteries, the commonest damage in battery-powered tabletop games.

Pages in category "Grandstand"

The following 103 pages are in this category, out of 103 total.

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Media in category "Grandstand"

The following 91 files are in this category, out of 91 total.

Adman Grandstand 3600 MK II Colour (13).jpg 1,920 × 1,537; 918 KB
Adman Grandstand 3600 MK II Colour (14).jpg 1,920 × 865; 524 KB
Adman Grandstand 3600 MK II Colour (15).jpg 1,920 × 1,558; 554 KB
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Adman Grandstand 3600 MK II Colour (3).jpg 1,920 × 1,454; 615 KB
Adman Grandstand 3600 MK II Colour (5).jpg 1,920 × 513; 230 KB
Adman Grandstand 3600 MK II Colour (6).jpg 1,920 × 575; 141 KB
Adman Grandstand 3600 MK II Colour (9).jpg 1,869 × 1,435; 829 KB
Adman Grandstand Fairchild.jpg 850 × 609; 125 KB
Astro wars front view.JPG 1,920 × 2,322; 389 KB
Astro wars.JPG 640 × 480; 59 KB
AY-3-8500 chip pinout.svg 512 × 471; 13 KB
Caveman handheld game.jpg 1,920 × 1,440; 567 KB
Epoch Astro Command, Made In Japan, Copyright 1982 (VFD Electronic Handheld Game).jpg 1,920 × 1,894; 676 KB
Epoch Galaxy II Instructions.pdf 0 × 0; 289 KB
Epoch Galaxy II underside with 3D-printed battery cover.jpg 628 × 472; 41 KB
Epoch Invader From Space Instructions batteries and adaptor drawing.png 1,393 × 470; 25 KB
Epoch Invader From Space Instructions.pdf 0 × 0; 781 KB
Epoch Invader From Space, Made In Japan, Copyright 1980 (Electronic Handheld Game).jpg 1,920 × 1,991; 619 KB
Fairchild Channel F II PAL VHF Schematic 060190-A.jpg 6,804 × 4,290; 7.09 MB
Fairchild Channel F System II Built-in Games Instructions.pdf 0 × 0; 12.25 MB
Fairchild Video Entertainment System Service Manual.pdf 0 × 0; 271 KB
Galaxy II by Epoch, Model 8100, Made in Japan, Copyright 1981 (Electronic Handheld Game).jpg 1,920 × 2,205; 496 KB
Grandstand 4600 colour (above).jpg 1,920 × 1,154; 276 KB
Grandstand 4600 colour - Back.jpg 1,920 × 1,279; 296 KB
Grandstand 4600 colour - Connectors.jpg 1,920 × 990; 271 KB
Grandstand 4600 colour - Internals.jpg 1,920 × 1,269; 554 KB
Grandstand 4600 colour - PCB.jpg 1,789 × 1,907; 1.67 MB
Grandstand 4600 colour - Screen.jpg 1,802 × 1,192; 794 KB
Grandstand 4600 colour - With detached controllers.jpg 1,920 × 1,440; 433 KB
GrandStand 5000 Colour 20170413 124245 (console, cropped).jpg 1,994 × 1,655; 709 KB
GrandStand 5000 Colour 20170413 124245 (gun and controller, cropped).jpg 1,093 × 2,448; 535 KB
GrandStand 5000 Colour 20170413 124245.jpg 1,920 × 2,560; 959 KB
Grandstand Admam 3000.jpg 894 × 384; 91 KB
Grandstand Adman TV Game 2000 (1).jpg 1,920 × 481; 163 KB
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Grandstand Astro Wars Instructions controls drawing.png 1,399 × 709; 78 KB
Grandstand Astro Wars Instructions.pdf 0 × 0; 694 KB
Grandstand BMX Burner Instructions.pdf 0 × 0; 866 KB
Grandstand BMX Flyer Instructions.pdf 0 × 0; 804 KB
Grandstand Colour Programmable SD070 (1).jpg 1,920 × 1,650; 681 KB
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Grandstand Colour Programmable SD070 (12).jpg 1,920 × 1,200; 550 KB
Grandstand Colour Programmable SD070 (2).jpg 1,920 × 1,548; 857 KB
Grandstand Colour Programmable SD070 (3).jpg 1,920 × 834; 597 KB
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Grandstand Colour Programmable SD070 (6).jpg 1,920 × 1,167; 534 KB
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Grandstand Colour Programmable SD070 (9).jpg 1,920 × 1,101; 398 KB
Grandstand Crazy Monster Instructions cover.png 845 × 917; 80 KB
Grandstand Crazy Monster Instructions game display drawing.png 607 × 945; 26 KB
Grandstand Crazy Monster Instructions.pdf 0 × 0; 242 KB
Grandstand Firefox F-7 Instructions controls drawing.png 1,371 × 945; 112 KB
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Grandstand Firefox F-7 Instructions.pdf 0 × 0; 1.1 MB
Grandstand logo.svg 151 × 55; 85 KB
Grandstand Solitaire Instructions.pdf 0 × 0; 90 KB
Grandstand Star Force Instructions controls drawing.png 1,350 × 1,065; 98 KB
Grandstand Star Force Instructions cover.png 910 × 1,155; 33 KB
Grandstand Star Force Instructions.pdf 0 × 0; 585 KB
Grandstand Thomas the Tank Engine Instructions.pdf 0 × 0; 380 KB
Grandstand Thunderbirds Danger at Ocean Deep Instructions.pdf 0 × 0; 154 KB
Grandstand Universal Mains Adaptor plug drawing.png 650 × 430; 28 KB
Grandstand Video Entertainment Computer electrolytic capacitors.jpg 994 × 722; 214 KB
Grandstand-video-entertainment-computer-pcb.jpg 1,920 × 1,077; 521 KB
Grandstand-video-entertainment-computer.png 868 × 360; 581 KB
Konsola Grandstand Scramble w zasobach muzeum Gry i Komputery Minionej Ery we Wrocławiu.jpg 2,200 × 1,463; 484 KB
Luxor TV Computer Game 1909574 Service Manual.pdf 0 × 0; 12.43 MB
Luxor TV Computer Game 1909583 Service Manual.pdf 0 × 0; 8.63 MB
Otron - Gamatic 7600 (3).jpg 1,920 × 1,270; 322 KB
PC-50x cartridge comparision.jpg 1,920 × 840; 349 KB
Radio Shack Astro Thunder Manual.pdf 0 × 0; 310 KB
Tandy Caveman (Radio Shack), Cat. No. 60-2172, Made In Japan, Circa 1983 (VFD Electronic Handheld Game).jpg 1,920 × 1,932; 675 KB
Tomy Caveman Instructions adaptor plug drawing.png 389 × 194; 5 KB
Tomy Caveman Instructions battery compartment drawing.png 700 × 484; 27 KB
Tomy Caveman Instructions.pdf 0 × 0; 635 KB
TOMY LSI PACMAN handheld electronic game.jpg 1,920 × 1,560; 364 KB
TOMY LSI PACMAN.jpg 1,920 × 1,440; 403 KB
Tomy Pac Man Instructions battery compartment drawing.png 533 × 585; 18 KB
Tomy Pac Man Instructions.pdf 0 × 0; 512 KB
Tomy Tron Instructions battery compartment drawing.png 1,165 × 600; 63 KB
Tomy Tron Instructions controls drawing.png 1,659 × 441; 91 KB
Tomy Tron Instructions.pdf 0 × 0; 367 KB
Tomytronic TRON (1981) VFD LSI Game.jpg 1,920 × 1,440; 341 KB

v t e Grandstand (Adam Imports) TV Games and Electronic Games
Pong-type TV games	TV Game 2000 TV Game 3000 Match of the Day 2000 TV Game 2600 TV Game 2600 Mk II TV Game 2600 Mk III TV Game 3600 TV Game 3600 Mk II TV Game 3600 Mk III Model 4600 Model 5000 Model 6000
Programmable consoles	Colour Programmable SD070 Programmable cartridges Video Entertainment Computer
Tabletop games	Invader From Space Astro Wars Munchman Tron The Big Game Soccer Cosmic Invader Caveman Scramble Crazy Monster Firefox F-7 Star Force
Handheld games and accessories	Handheld and pocket games Universal Mains Adaptor