Dragon's Lair Fans - Arcade Lifestyle
General Chat => Arcade Lifestyle => Topic started by: kos71 on July 09, 2014, 04:02:04 PM
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hi guys ,
this weekend I was with my team in Road trip . I did not got much time to take picture ,sorry guys . Here under you will see the few one
This saturday as a day that never end since it took us about 28 hours to complete the road trip .
we woke up at 4:00 pm .
11:10 we arrived at the first warehouse .
We start with the biggest . A VS From nintendo
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I just arrive and I am already dirty since it is not really a warehouse but more a cow barn .
Right after that we loaded a Buck rogers from Sega .
I opened the astro battle for Nora76 in order to check if the PCB was here . I found one but no clue if it is the right one .
I had to left the cab there since it was not planned to take it that time .
We still look around the barn and start to throw away a lot of dirt,waste, old car parts and so on .
After 3 hours of cleaning we manage to acces a new area where we found :
(http://gamoovernet.pixhotel.fr/pics_gamoovernet690px/20140709150728-kos71-3.jpg) (http://gamoovernet.pixhotel.fr/pics/20140709150728-kos71-3.jpg)
(http://gamoovernet.pixhotel.fr/pics_gamoovernet690px/20140709151029-kos71-5.jpg) (http://gamoovernet.pixhotel.fr/pics/20140709151029-kos71-5.jpg)
Cab was left there since it was not planned to load them this time
we take then the truck again to the next warehouse .
there we loaded an operation wolf and some generic cab . We found in the attic from the warehouse a cocktail table from atari . It was a tournament one . Problem is that the attic has stair just big enough for 1 man . Floor from the attic is rotten and it is very dangerous place . We decided to take the machine out of here throw a small window using some rope .
It was really a pain in the ass to extract the cab from this place .
After that we switches to an other place again to grab my precious .
A gravitar from atari .
Cab was not reachable last time and we had to move a lot of generic cab to get it .
After some minutes we finally reach it and I started to cry .
The machine is fully rotten . Just by touching it, it started to collapse and part fall down.
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all the wood is rotten you can not make anything of it .
I was so upset that I wanted to insult the owner . My mate tried to calm me down but I was worthless. I had to feel positiv so I decided to save everything that was possible on thinking that it may help someone later to restore is cab.
next to it it was a taito cab.
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it is difficult to see it but it is filled with water .
Same shit with the gorf that was next to it . and again same shit with the galaxian that was next to it . It was even worth everything in the cab was taken out .
We just have a roten wood .
I am starting to get depressed .
We decided to leave that warehouse as i can not stand this anymore .
We head to the last warehouse .
There we spend more than 2 hours to displace old jukebox in order to acces to the machine
there we found a lot of cocktail table like carnival firebird and rally x.
We also found a space tacticecab but we have no idea yet how we can extract it since it the owner closed with brick the main entrance of the warehouse
now picture from the loading
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(http://gamoovernet.pixhotel.fr/pics_gamoovernet690px/20140709155523-kos71-9.jpg) (http://gamoovernet.pixhotel.fr/pics/20140709155523-kos71-9.jpg)
last cab on the right is weird . It has a qix marquee with DE panel in german.
9:00 pm we left the place heading to our warehouse
3:00 We arrived at our warehouse and started to unload it .
4:45 unloading is finished
6:30 we arrived at car rental place
I will get back to our warehouse tomorrow to took better picture of the machine .
keep posted
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Wow man, way to go !!!
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For me, Gravitar is the King of arcade games. It is/was my grail. Next Saturday I will be picking up mine, which is in excellent shape.
I can totally imagine crying over seeing something like that. Such a beautifully shaped cab, such a brilliant artwork......even now it "bangs" on that picture.....
Did you get out all the parts ? Was the monitor still OK and was it WG6100 or maybe one of the rare Amplifones ? PCB, CP ? Maybe if you have all the parts you could recreate the cabinet. Not 100% the same thing I know but still a lot better than splitting up the parts IMHO.
Again awesome to find such warehouses anyway and keep up the pictures :)
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I spot a Heli Fire marquee on what looks a bit like a Japanese Namco cab......interesting !
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Oh wow, a Missile-X, the older/younger (don't know right now) brother of my Guided Missile. I played Missile-X a lot at FAO near Frankfurt and I fell in love with the game and its artwork. I tried to find one and ended up with Guided Missile (TBH I thought the game would be Missile-X...didn't know there are two of the same kind) and meanwhile I am really happy to have a Guided Missile since you can play it with 2 players simultaneously :) Please tell you didn't leave it in this arcade-hell :'(
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Did you get out all the parts ? Was the monitor still OK and was it WG6100 or maybe one of the rare Amplifones ? PCB, CP ?
i got all the electronic out / panel /marquee and pcbs . unfortunately the screen is KO, it fall down when we touched the cab .
I spot a Heli Fire marquee on what looks a bit like a Japanese Namco cab......interesting !
indeed most game here have mixed panel , marquee etc .
Please tell you didn't leave it in this arcade-hell :'(
we will go in the 2 or 3 coming weeks again in there and for sure i will take the quasar and missile x out of here .
once i am at home i will post the rest of the games we found .
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back home i post picture as promised
we took what was supposed to be a burger time :(
(http://gamoovernet.pixhotel.fr/pics_gamoovernet690px/20140709184509-kos71-buggertime.jpg) (http://gamoovernet.pixhotel.fr/pics/20140709184509-kos71-buggertime.jpg)
Pic from the buck rogers we took . we also found a buck rogers pinball and at next exibition we will put both cab next to each others
(http://gamoovernet.pixhotel.fr/pics_gamoovernet690px/20140709184526-kos71-buck.jpg) (http://gamoovernet.pixhotel.fr/pics/20140709184526-kos71-buck.jpg)
in that place it was were we found all the dead cab .
byebye gorf / carnival and co .
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Cab that we found and that we will take on next trip
(http://gamoovernet.pixhotel.fr/pics_gamoovernet690px/20140709184936-kos71-speak-and-rescue.jpg) (http://gamoovernet.pixhotel.fr/pics/20140709184936-kos71-speak-and-rescue.jpg)
(http://gamoovernet.pixhotel.fr/pics_gamoovernet690px/20140709185008-kos71-wec.JPG) (http://gamoovernet.pixhotel.fr/pics/20140709185008-kos71-wec.JPG)
(http://gamoovernet.pixhotel.fr/pics_gamoovernet690px/20140709185029-kos71-ric-ochet.jpg) (http://gamoovernet.pixhotel.fr/pics/20140709185029-kos71-ric-ochet.jpg)
tomorrow i got to warehouse and will take pics of the cocktail tables
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Love these arcade raid adventures... Keep them coming.
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This is hardcore, love it!
I'm sure there are parts to be saved but it's a lotta work...
Poor space chaser and satan's hollow.
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It is nice to see, that there are still places like this exist.
The question is:Which game was that Zaccaria and why did you leave the most beautiful cab there? ;D
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it is quasar .
Indeed it is beautiful I completely agree with you but we are a team. We are 3 and all cab are bought by the team which mean that we have to vote if we take it or not .
If 2 do not agree then we had to left it over ;D
It is how it works and it avoid many problem .
But do not worry it is no staying there long ;D . A new road trip is going to be planned .
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......even now it "bangs" on that picture.....
nuff said
Nice you got the Nintendo vs. I like the idea of the 'corner' in the machine
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Wow nice!
That is a dedicated SNK Satan of Saturn I think!!!!
Was the Gravitar a euro one? Do you have more pix?
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Sweet grabs! I love the DECO Burgertime marquee. So fun! You gonna restore these bad boys?
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Great thread. First dibs on the quasar if you cannot restore and can sell me the marquee/bezel and control panel.
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Wow what a find,shame about the gravitar cab.
Some real interesting cabs like that hellfire namco
Great pics and thanks for sharing
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thanks guys for your support .
most cab will be restored of course. For the zacs we will took it in order to save them .
For the moment we are checking the cab to see what can be saved and if it is complete .
More surprise to come sor sure .
I was at the warehouse on thursday and we found in a parcel an original pcb from space invaders .
Some pcb from stern and nintendo . Former owner took some eprom but we will try to make them revive .
Time is the only stuff we need ;D
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lately i was a bit busy .
Indeed on monday i found a pinball dracula.
So i did not got much time to check the cab we brought lately .
This morning I went to the warehouse in order to clean de cab that were covered by dust since more than 20 years.
the warehouse is 35 km far from were i lived so i better not forget tools and so on .
trunk is Rock and loaded
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the operation wold look really better after some cleaning . funny stuff the cab came from 1 km from were i worked but i found it on the other side of france . I am glad she is back to were she belongs ;D
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i spend some time to move cab in order to be able to reach the tempest . This one come from the attic of the warehouse it was a pain in the ass to save it .
(http://gamoovernet.pixhotel.fr/pics_gamoovernet690px/20140719221944-kos71-4.jpg) (http://gamoovernet.pixhotel.fr/pics/20140719221944-kos71-4.jpg)
bad luck the CPO was painted . I tried ot get rid of the paint to check if i found original CPO but it was already gone .
(http://gamoovernet.pixhotel.fr/pics_gamoovernet690px/20140719222120-kos71-10.jpg) (http://gamoovernet.pixhotel.fr/pics/20140719222120-kos71-10.jpg)
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bottom of cab is a bit dommaged . nothing to worry about some resin and paint and it will be like new .
after that i decided to open what was supossed to be the burger time . A burger time in a namco cab that was stranged .
(http://gamoovernet.pixhotel.fr/pics_gamoovernet690px/20140719222033-kos71-7.jpg) (http://gamoovernet.pixhotel.fr/pics/20140719222033-kos71-7.jpg)
i took away the marquee as it is not meant to be on this cab. it seems that the former owner was switching everything in his cabs grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. :evil: :evil: :evil:
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i have no clue about the game wired in it .
Next i go to the supposed qix from taito .
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marquee is broken and was clued .
cpo is in german . Interresting this cab may have seen some roads .
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side art are unusual for me I have no clue about it . Does any of you know waht it is .
i opened it since i found the key
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the pcb seems not to be a qix :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:
no clue about the game in it
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I opened then the jeutel that we took for a friend and guess what is was the house of a squirrel .
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I make a teasing for tomorrow
try to guess what is hidden behind the painted marquee
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cya guy
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The board in the Qix cab looks like a Pac/Galaxian PCB with an extension board on it. reading an EPROM might ID it.
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I'd say that the Qix is almost certainly made by ENV, the company that also made the Euro Donkey Kong cabinets. The cabinets I've seen by them all appear to be licensed versions so I'd guess this one is too. If you compare them the shape and design is identical, even the control panel layout is the same.
(http://www.pixhotel.fr/sites/default/files/gamoovernet/20140719222050-kos71-8.jpg)
(http://www.jammaplus.co.uk/forum/uploads/3438/donkey_kong_german.jpg)
(http://www.pixhotel.fr/sites/default/files/gamoovernet/20140719222104-kos71-9.jpg)
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here is some update of my last weekend .
I brougt the pcb back at home . I had to store them in the kitchen since the rest of the house is full .
House look more and more like an arcade warehouse .
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i started to check pcb
some time it is hardcore
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that poor taito one had some hard time .
At the moment at night I spend hours checking on internet pcb reference , trying to find game's name.
I already found karaté blazer original from visco system but also a quasar from Zaccaria and the astro battle pcb that nora76 was looking for .
I found also a pcb from nintendo dated from 83 but all eproms were stolen by former owner :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:
I was even more bored when i saw that he made the same thing with the sega pengo :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:
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So ? Burn some "new" EPROMS.
That board needs a good bath ! :)
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Yeah, stick it in the dishwasher, that is one of the most dirty pcb's i ever have seen :o
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So ? Burn some "new" EPROMS.
I will for sure ! It will just had more work . I would have wanted at least to have original eproms .
Yeah, stick it in the dishwasher, that is one of the most dirty pcb's i ever have seen :o
Thanks guys for the support . Indeed that taito bio attack need some serious bath .
The smell is even worth . Rats used it as toillets i think .
I found it in a barn under a lot of Hay .
This weekend i will take care of the snk cocktail
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I would NEVER put that in the dishwasher....the idea of putting my dishes etc. from what I eat in next......yugh !
Just give it a real bath in a sink. I've done it before. As long as you use your wife's/GF's hairdryer to seriously dry it all over you're safe :)
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good point.
maybe this is something for the hobby, its a mini dishwasher, its big enough to fit any chassis or board i think ?
that is if you need to wash boards many time though, a one time wash will not weight up to the cost, although you can get them pretty cheap second hand
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That takes up the place of a cab......no way ;)
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Bio Attack? That's awesome! Cool find 8)
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That takes up the place of a cab......no way ;)
lol i always thought the same way .
perhaps it is something you can store on the upper part of a cab ;D
i will give this taito pcb a good bath once i get a baby/dog bathroom for cheap . it is easy to find on leboncoin in france and pretty useful .
i also found some hyperolympic pcb from konami and a samourai from taito too ;D
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i will give this taito pcb a good bath once i get a baby/dog bathroom for cheap . it is easy to find on leboncoin in france and pretty useful .
post some pics please, now you got me curious :D
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Hey Kos71.
(http://www.pixhotel.fr/sites/default/files/gamoovernet/20140719222104-kos71-9.jpg)
This is Star Castle. I believe this game was an ENV (as muddy says) Star Castle - most likely a licensed game rather than a bootleg.
Did you go back and save that Taito Missile X?
If you can go back and get the parts from it if it is rotten I will be your best friend.
I would give you 100 Euro for the control panel, bezel, PCB and any other parts you can save from it.
Oliver
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If it's possible to save plastic parts (or any parts) from the Atari Tournament Table, I'd be interested too!
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If it's possible to save plastic parts (or any parts) from the Atari Tournament Table, I'd be interested too!
I know of a complete tournament table in France if you're interested.
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The atari tournament will be for sell soon . First i want to test it .
I ll keep you informed then .
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Thanks guys but I already have a complete semi-working one with 3 spare PCBs.
I was only interested in a few spares parts "just in case".
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Kos71
Any news on the Missile X?
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We planned to make next road trip in about 15 days as most of the guys are in holydays . We will see on next round what we will do with the missile X .
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We planned to make next road trip in about 15 days as most of the guys are in holydays . We will see on next round what we will do with the missile X .
Ok thanks.
If it is too damaged please take the parts from it as I have one that needs the control panel, and any other parts that can be saved from it would be a bonus :spaceace: