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General Chat => 'Business' Area : Buy/Sell/Trade => Topic started by: muddymusic on February 11, 2015, 02:01:41 PM

Title: Wanted: Circus Charlie dedicated cab
Post by: muddymusic on February 11, 2015, 02:01:41 PM
Not exactly a cab that pops up in Europe, seem to be plenty Stateside though. Thought I'd put a post up just in case anyone has one they might be tempted to part with for cash or trades in as you never know until you ask  :)

There seem to be 2 variations, the larger upright cab similar to Gyruss, and the woodgrain cab that had Time Pilot, Phoenix etc. in.

I'd take a project, a empty shell or a mint condition one, or may consider a game like Phoenix in the same cab shape as I have seen a few of them in Europe.

(http://www.ukvac.com/forum/uploads/765/circus-charlie.jpg)
Title: Re: Wanted: Circus Charlie dedicated cab
Post by: Tyrem on February 11, 2015, 04:29:55 PM
would REALLY love to have one, too! but so far I never saw one over here in real life. :(
Title: Re: Wanted: Circus Charlie dedicated cab
Post by: DarthNuno on February 11, 2015, 06:56:57 PM
would REALLY love to have one, too! but so far I never saw one over here in real life. :(

Same for me! I've never seen a dedicated one in Europe.
Back in the dayz, I played that game on a generic jamma cabinet. Great memories... great game!  :-* :-* :-*
Title: Re: Wanted: Circus Charlie dedicated cab
Post by: Thwocker on February 12, 2015, 01:32:12 AM
I have this for trade:

(http://members.home.nl/mcj.kerstens/Arcades/Circus%20Charlie.jpg)

looking for cool stuff by Stern, Universal and Gottlieb    8)

Cheers,
Marco
Title: Re: Wanted: Circus Charlie dedicated cab
Post by: Tyrem on February 12, 2015, 09:04:30 AM
damn... i have nothing to trade it for.. except money.
Title: Re: Wanted: Circus Charlie dedicated cab
Post by: muddymusic on February 12, 2015, 09:17:38 AM
Thwocker and myself have some talking to do :D
Title: Re: Wanted: Circus Charlie dedicated cab
Post by: Thwocker on February 12, 2015, 10:36:01 AM
Done deal - thanks Muddy!
Title: Re: Wanted: Circus Charlie dedicated cab
Post by: Tyrem on February 12, 2015, 10:37:21 AM
Done deal - thanks Muddy!

gratulations. otherwise I would have stepped in for sure :)
Title: Re: Wanted: Circus Charlie dedicated cab
Post by: muddymusic on February 12, 2015, 11:12:54 AM
Really pleased to get one so quickly! I'm surprised none of these made it to Europe as it was a popular game and an appealing cab design.
Title: Re: Wanted: Circus Charlie dedicated cab
Post by: anunaki on February 12, 2015, 11:55:32 AM
I've seen the game BITD on different spots, but don't remember this cab
Title: Re: Wanted: Circus Charlie dedicated cab
Post by: level42 on February 12, 2015, 12:47:28 PM
Really pleased to get one so quickly! I'm surprised none of these made it to Europe as it was a popular game and an appealing cab design.
I agree and I kinda forgot/did not know about Thwockers' cause I might have wanted it too ;) ....Very fun and underrated game and TBHO I only learned about it when I was into this hobby....
Title: Re: Wanted: Circus Charlie dedicated cab
Post by: muddymusic on February 12, 2015, 12:50:35 PM
It was the first arcade game I ever really spent time playing, we had a little cabinet in our school common room so it has special memories for me.
Title: Re: Wanted: Circus Charlie dedicated cab
Post by: joeks on February 12, 2015, 01:15:27 PM
Played this a LOT. It was on the first floppydisk we got with our MSX in the 80's.
Along with a lot of other Konami classics such as Yie are Kung-Fu, Pippols, Road-Fighter, Penguin Adventure, Tennis etc.
Good memories. Great you found one Muddy! :)
Title: Re: Wanted: Circus Charlie dedicated cab
Post by: caincan on February 12, 2015, 07:17:38 PM
 :evil: an horrible coin eater game.  i dont remember if i ever 1cc'ed it.   some sort of ryhtm'n game times ago...
Title: Re: Wanted: Circus Charlie dedicated cab
Post by: muddymusic on February 13, 2015, 12:20:40 AM
Played this a LOT. It was on the first floppydisk we got with our MSX in the 80's.
Along with a lot of other Konami classics such as Yie are Kung-Fu, Pippols, Road-Fighter, Penguin Adventure, Tennis etc.
Good memories. Great you found one Muddy! :)
Ah so you were the other person that had an MSX  ;D
It was a fantastic computer for Konami games, I had quite a few myself. Road Fighter is still one of my favourites today and of course Circus Charlie and Hyper Olympic with the special controller. Many games were poor ZX Spectrum conversions but the Konami games on cartridge couldn't be bettered.
Title: Re: Wanted: Circus Charlie dedicated cab
Post by: joeks on February 13, 2015, 08:04:38 AM
Actually, in the Netherlands the MSX was quite popular. Probably has to do with one of the manufacturers, Philips, which is also based in the Netherlands.

Loved the Konami games on cartridge. Salamander with the excellent SCC audio-chip :) USAS, F1-spirit.

Title: Re: Wanted: Circus Charlie dedicated cab
Post by: anunaki on February 13, 2015, 08:10:49 AM
I also had (and still have) a MSX home computer. Didn't have any cartridges, only cassette tapes and I played alle games using the keyboard.

Loved games like Knightmare, King's Valley, Athletic Land, Hyper Olympic 1 en 2, etc... Konami rocked bigtime
Title: Re: Wanted: Circus Charlie dedicated cab
Post by: joeks on February 13, 2015, 08:12:15 AM
Oh yeah, forgot about King's Valley for a moment. Music comes to mind instantly :) Great game!