Dragon's Lair Fans - Arcade Lifestyle
General Chat => Arcade Lifestyle => Topic started by: Superully on April 15, 2009, 05:00:36 PM
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one good thing about being a teacher is the fact that you always know WHEN your holidays are coming up, which makes planning ahead quite easy. Visiting Tuscany had been on the top of my list. The offer of a Joust 2 cab for sale here on the forum "sealed the deal": a couple of days strolling around the beautiful countryside, Italian food and the pickup of a pretty rare cab on my way back didn't sound too bad.
So here we go, get ready for some wonderful days under a Tuscan sun and the roadtrip of the fittest!
time to leave, everything's set and done :arrow:
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the tachometer is set back to zero, this is going to be one hell of a trip!
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inputting the hotel's address into the navigation system :shock: gosh, 9 hours to drive, more than 900 kilometers!
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finally on the road. to quote my favourite band Marillion: "i see convoys curbcrawling West German Autobahns"
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on my way to italy, i'm passing by germany's highest mountain, the Zugspitze (pictured on the left side of the right picture)
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passing the Brenner mountain pass brings me into italy
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everything's going smoothly, until about two hours before reaching the hotel: A TRAFFIC JAM :'( :evil: and what a hell of a traffic jam it is: 5 HOURS stop-and-go
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after more than 14 hours on the road, i finally reach the hotel in the outskirts of siena - I'M DONE (literally)
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look at this: more than half a day in the car, 4 kilometers travelled ;)
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to be continued ...
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:o :-* :o :-* All the story please :o :P :o :P
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to bring a little bit more culture into this forum ;), here are some (photographic) highlights of my days in Tuscany - ENJOY
for those who want to see the cab-pickup pictures or who aren't interested in old buildings / landscapes :arrow: skip to my next post, but i dare you ... ;) :twisted:
ABBAZIA SAN GALGANO - the ruins of an old cistercian abbey:
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PARCO NATURALE DELLA MAREMMA - a hiker's paradise:
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MONTERIGGIONI - the walled town:
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PITIGLIANO - cittá del tufo (tuff city):
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CASCATE DEL MULINO - hot springs (37,5°C) in Satúrnia:
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COLLÓDI - home town of the author of Pinocchio:
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IMPRESSIONS FROM TUSCANY
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hope you enjoyed the show! and now ... on to the rest of the road trip!!!
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Gosh!! Yall live around such beautiful places! :D Amazing!!
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Woow !!! your pictures are awesome :-* :-* :-*
I've never been in Tuscan... it's looks beautiful :P :-*
PS : Fan of Marillion ::) I'm a huge fan of progressive music... from YES to Dream Theater :P
Thanks for these great pictures :) Let's wait the big stuff now ::) :)
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the roadtrip of the fittest continues ...
after some wonderful days in Tuscany, it's time to pick up the JOUST 2 cab that is hopefully waiting for me somewhere in LUCCA.
setting the navigation device to the coordinates provided by Massimo (500miles) reveals what looks like a piece of cake to me: about 130 kilometers or one and a half hours on the road - just a small detour on my way back to Germany.
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what i REALLY HATE :evil: >:( about italy is the fact that you have to pay road charge every time you're using the motorway - and believe me: THIS IS NOT CHEAP!!!
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almost there! fortunately no traffic jam ... ;)
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having arrived at the given address, the house is there :), but massimo isn't :'(
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let's have a closer look, perhaps i'm at the wrong address ... NO WAY - i must be right, a PONG DOUBLES and a beautiful NINTENDO SHERIFF cab in front of the house. i would take them both ...
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a ring at the door bell "reveals" massimo's mother. she calls him at work and five minutes later he's here (but doesn't want to appear on the pictures). let's start with freeing the JOUST 2 cab from its very narrow (and humid) storage. a first look ...
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a closer look at the cab (pictures by massimo) shows that the control panel is in nice condition (a little bit dirty and rusty), the sidearts and the wood have some damages (don't know what to do with that yet, will examine it more closely later).
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why don't we take the cab outside? man, this is very tight, how did you get the cab in there, massimo? taking measures of the cab and the width of the door prove that SOMEHOW this HAS TO fit through the door.
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unfortunately i don't have any further pictures from the transporting / loading process, because two people have to carry the cab (massimo and myself) and there is no photographer to "borrow" around. so here are the pictures of the cab in its "loaded status" :arrow:
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now that the hard job is done, let's continue with the fun part: massimo's collection! i can't believe what's waiting inside the garage :shock:
not just ONE, but TWO wonderful COMPUTER SPACE cabinets - the holy grail of arcade collecting, how beautiful they are!!! CAN I HAVE ONE??? i have a JOUST 2 for trade ;)
btw, we (the cabs and myself) look a little bit distorted because of the wide angle lens i'm using)
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down the garage's stairway there is a gameroom-to-be with some more classic arcade cabs: Donkey Kong, Space Invaders, Dragon's Lair, Super Mario Bros. and a Super Sprint (not pictured, forgot to photograph it)
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of course (who would have expected anything else?), we can't resist to play some rounds
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looking at the watch i realize that's it's already past noon. there's still a lot of ground to cover before hitting home ground. Speaking of "hitting", I must hit the road ::)
sitting inside my car i can't stop thinking of this Meat Loaf song: "objects in the rear view mirror may appear closer than they are". luckily, this object is PRETTY DAMN NEAR!!!
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once again, i'm directing my car towards the Brenner mountain pass
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the alps glow in the light of the evening sun
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somewhere on a german autobahn
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the last picture of the day: the tachometer signaling the end of this roadtrip
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pictures of the unloading of the cab will follow!
to end this roadtrip posting for now, i'm quoting my favourite tv show:
one continent, three countries, 3316 kilometers - ully, you are the official winner of THE AMAZING RACE THE ROADTRIP OF THE FITTEST ;D
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I want yellow computer space! How much? Mr. Retro Space needs wife!
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WOW! , nice pictures ! , very beautifull images from your "Culture lessons" 8)
finally on the road. to quote my favourite band Marillion: "i see convoys curbcrawling West German Autobahns"
I love Marillion ! they rock ! :twisted:
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Best albums: (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8f/Album_cover_marillion_clutching_at_straws.jpg) and (http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dN12_YBg0IE/SPP1ggCwueI/AAAAAAAACpY/6di1bPEs8Sw/s320/marillion10.jpg)
Ofcourse only from the time with Fish.
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Goodluck with the JOUST2 CAB!
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If not the longest, this must be one of the most beautiful roadtrips made :D Great pics, I love it.
The funny thing was that I thought that this would be about a SW cab because you mentioned "Tuscan" which I misread as Tusken. The thing is, I am slowly introducing my son of 7 to the Star Wars movies and ever since he's been very enthustiastic about it and he asks tons of questions and so I made this "link without thinking" :D
Massimo has a wonderful collection ! Red DK, wide-body MB and that Sheriff.......that Sheriff hunted me for some time.
I'm pretty sure that I've seen this one up for sale on e-bay, and later someone (Speleo ?) told me that it had gone to an Italian buyer.
I loved that cab at the very first look. I don't care about the game, but that cab.....I seriously thought about bidding on it and doing the road-trip to Austria....but that was in my very early collecting days (think I only had the MAMA cab then).
The area where the games are would need a little arcade-room work, that would make that collection stand out much more :)
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By the way, this:(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3570/3444293809_c8831a41db_b.jpg) would make a great cab-hauler. (For short trips that is ;)).
I can't get over that Sheriff picture. It looks SO in place with the nice color of the house behind it and the "desert-plants" around it. If that Pong Doubles wouldn't be there it could almost be a "arcade flyer" picture.
Love it, could you mail me the full-size picture ?
I do hope those cabs were only temporarely outside ? The sun is not doing that artwork any good....and it looks to be in such nice shape....
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I have to tell you - I don't know what you do for a living, but you should quit and become a photographer.
You have a great eye for a good picture opportunity. Seriously.
Thanks for sharing - those pics of the abbey and some others were absolutely fantastic. You European folks are quite lucky at exactly how many things you can see in such a short time. Germany to Italy in less time than it would take me to cross Texas.
Anyway - great grab on the Joust 2 cab. I can't wait to see some restoration pics and that puppy in action!
Great job, thanks for sharing.
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Massimo has a wonderful collection ! Red DK, wide-body MB and that Sheriff.......that Sheriff hunted me for some time.
I'm pretty sure that I've seen this one up for sale on e-bay, and later someone (Speleo ?) told me that it had gone to an Italian buyer.
I loved that cab at the very first look. I don't care about the game, but that cab.....I seriously thought about bidding on it and doing the road-trip to Austria....but that was in my very early collecting days (think I only had the MAMA cab then).
The area where the games are would need a little arcade-room work, that would make that collection stand out much more :)
when i saw that Sheriff cab in front of massimo's house, it was love at first sight, too :-* unfortunately, he wants to keep it and turn it into a MAME cab, because the game is not working :'( obviously it uses the same mirror trick as space invaders does - isn't that just great?
regarding the work in the arcade-room: i guess it would be massimo's turn to tell you more (keyword: RATS :shock:)
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I have to tell you - I don't know what you do for a living, but you should quit and become a photographer.
You have a great eye for a good picture opportunity. Seriously.
thx a lot to all of you for those nice compliments. a couple of years ago i seriously had been thinking about becoming a photographer, but being a teacher now isn't that bad either ;) i love travelling around looking for the perfect picture, especially trying to find spots / details that the "normal" tourist doesn't. being at the right place at the right time is both a mixture of luck, intuition, patience and planning. perhaps when i'm getting tired of those cheeky children one day ...
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I have to tell you - I don't know what you do for a living, but you should quit and become a photographer.
You have a great eye for a good picture opportunity. Seriously.
I must admit I saw some of those pictures and thought the same thing. Lovely shots!
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I have been waiting for this road trip report, and it didn't disappoint! :D :D :D
The pictures are incredibly beautiful! Thank you for sharing! :)
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great photos indeed!! thanks for sharing. is that street fighter 1 the one with the punch pads?? ;D
ps- i love the amazing race also. :oops:
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great photos indeed!! thanks for sharing. is that street fighter 1 the one with the punch pads?? ;D
ps- i love the amazing race also. :oops:
yepp, that's sf1 with the punch pads - what a huge machine that is in reality.
OFF-TOPIC MODE ON
and AR is still the best (reality) tv show EVER - even after all those years! somehow i can't believe they've already done 14 seasons.
OFF-TOPIC MODE OFF
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today it was time to unload "the beast". because there might be a move (new workplace?) coming up this summer, i'm NOT transporting all my cabs up 6 flights of stairs (gave up counting them ;)) to where i'm living right now. some of them go into storage in a friend's barn, others go into the basement of my mother's house. JOUST 2 will find a nice cosy hiding place at the latter
after unloading the cab from my car, it is time for the usual "poser picture". the photographer's command was: "show me that you're proud!". is that proud enough? :arrow:
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luckily, it's only a couple of stairs down into the "storage room". "bring it on, i'll be waiting for the cab downstairs" ;D
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some more budging, pushing and pulling required - why are those cabinets to DAMN heavy?
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once again, the proud owner next to his latest acquisition - along with my beloved Gran Trak 10 (€12,50 on ebay.de)!
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as for the continuation of this story: i will finish my pleiads cab first and then we'll see ... some minor repairs on the missile command, transformation of road blasters into marble madness, if everything goes according to plan i'm getting an old taito cab for my bubble bobble project this week and and and ... THE WORK FUN NEVER ENDS!!!
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hey ully nice to see that everything is worked fine
when i saw your camera i expected to see nice pics but the one u posted are more better than what i expected
really professional, c'mon people sell other cabs to ully so he can do other roadtrips and let us see such beautiful landscapes :-*
as we said, i keep an eye :wink: on the forum to see how the new dad is good and caring for this unlucky joust2 that run off a such undeserved location :pac:
good work :spaceace: :D
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is that proud enough?
Dunno about proud but definitely Mick Jagger!
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When Arcade & Tourism unite...
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Thanks for this *awesome* Journey :-* :-* :-*
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Wow that is some great photos, beautiful settings and beautiful games :o
I wish there still was these amount of classic games left in Sweden but most seem gone since long.
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@bruno: wow, this headline looks TERRIFIC. your collages are masterworks in themselves!
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Great Job rully!
You shown everybody where passion can bring!
Mav
Ps= for the ones interested in an original Usa space invaders as the one seeing in the photos, I've got one identical (Usa midway version) to sell
Check the trade area here
https://www.dragonslairfans.com/smfor/index.php?topic=726.msg6158#msg6158
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Great roadtrip! Thanks a lof for sharing those awesome pictures!
(btw, is that DK Cab for sale?? ;D ;D )
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hey ully nice to see that everything is worked fine
when i saw your camera i expected to see nice pics but the one u posted are more better than what i expected
really professional, c'mon people sell other cabs to ully so he can do other roadtrips and let us see such beautiful landscapes :-*
as we said, i keep an eye :wink: on the forum to see how the new dad is good and caring for this unlucky joust2 that run off a such undeserved location :pac:
good work :spaceace: :D
I have to ask: is that Nintendo Sheriff there on permanent location outside of the house? It looks very nice at that spot but I hope it's not permanent because the sun and weather is going to hurt that beauty pretty bad.....what a lovely cab. And a great collection you got ! Is that the Sheriff that I mentioned for sale on e-bay Austria ?
Glad a collector got it in the end....I was seriously considering bidding on it, but it would be an insane journey to get it (somewhat like Ully's ;)).
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Great roadtrip! Thanks a lof for sharing those awesome pictures!
(btw, is that DK Cab for sale?? ;D ;D )
no, the only game i wanted to give away was that joust 2
in fact the other games are now allocated in a dedicated game-room-to-be, which i hope to clean and fix soon as i can in my free time
I have to ask: is that Nintendo Sheriff there on permanent location outside of the house? It looks very nice at that spot but I hope it's not permanent because the sun and weather is going to hurt that beauty pretty bad.....what a lovely cab. And a great collection you got ! Is that the Sheriff that I mentioned for sale on e-bay Austria ?
Glad a collector got it in the end....I was seriously considering bidding on it, but it would be an insane journey to get it (somewhat like Ully's ;)).
yes was that cab, but i didnt take a roadtrip to get it.. just i paid a service to deliver to my home. the spot is not permanent, it's gonna be allocated in the room with the other cabs.
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HEY MAN YOU ARE GREAT!!!!
FORZA ITALIA!!!
GIGI.
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Great roadtrip! Thanks a lof for sharing those awesome pictures!
(btw, is that DK Cab for sale?? ;D ;D )
no, the only game i wanted to give away was that joust 2
in fact the other games are now allocated in a dedicated game-room-to-be, which i hope to clean and fix soon as i can in my free time
I have to ask: is that Nintendo Sheriff there on permanent location outside of the house? It looks very nice at that spot but I hope it's not permanent because the sun and weather is going to hurt that beauty pretty bad.....what a lovely cab. And a great collection you got ! Is that the Sheriff that I mentioned for sale on e-bay Austria ?
Glad a collector got it in the end....I was seriously considering bidding on it, but it would be an insane journey to get it (somewhat like Ully's ;)).
yes was that cab, but i didnt take a roadtrip to get it.. just i paid a service to deliver to my home. the spot is not permanent, it's gonna be allocated in the room with the other cabs.
Congrats on that Sheriff, from the picture I can see it's in amazing condition for it's age ! Is the mirror set-up still in there ? Does it have a backdrop like the Space Invaders moon ? I'd love to see a pic of that !