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General Chat => Arcade Lifestyle => Topic started by: level42 on January 31, 2010, 06:18:38 PM

Title: Irish Star Wars cabs, was there ever an upright ?
Post by: level42 on January 31, 2010, 06:18:38 PM: Seeing so "many" Star Wars cockpits "popping up" in the UK and mainland Europe lately I was thinking about something:
Has anybody ever seen a Star Wars upright that was built in Ireland ?

It seems like there are _many_ more cockpits in Europe compared to uprights. About everyone who own's a SW over here has a cockpit and not an upright. The only upright I've seen so far over here is owned by my friend Luc, but that one was imported from the US (or Canada).

I'm beginning to think that there never were any Irish SW uprights....

So, if anyone has seen an Irish SW upright, raise your hand !
Title: Re: Irish Star Wars cabs, was there ever an upright ?
Post by: DarthNuno on January 31, 2010, 06:22:12 PM: yeps... I don't remember playing Star Wars *upright version* back in the days. Only cockpit! 8)
Title: Re: Irish Star Wars cabs, was there ever an upright ?
Post by: polaris on January 31, 2010, 07:20:42 PM: even in the very poor tiny arcade in my town, i'm positive i can remember playing a cockpit. :spaceace:
Title: Re: Irish Star Wars cabs, was there ever an upright ?
Post by: liquidx on January 31, 2010, 09:29:18 PM: I've mainly seen cockpits but I definitely remember playing an upright in the UK back in the day. No idea where it originated from though.
Title: Re: Irish Star Wars cabs, was there ever an upright ?
Post by: Muerto on February 01, 2010, 02:30:08 AM: there's a guy in denmark who owns an upright (in great condition) it was on sale some time ago, but he was asking a to hig a price for it.. 10000 DKK equals to 1334 EUR... but i did'nt ask if it was an import or irish built.... - ill try to dig him up when i get home...
Title: Re: Irish Star Wars cabs, was there ever an upright ?
Post by: Alpha1 on February 01, 2010, 06:30:09 PM: I have 2 Irish built uprights. Atari Ireland did make them yes.

Oliver
Title: Re: Irish Star Wars cabs, was there ever an upright ?
Post by: level42 on February 01, 2010, 07:39:33 PM: Ah cool, there's the answer !

Still it seems like more cockpits survived here then uprights...or maybe it was already more popular here in the first place ?
Title: Re: Irish Star Wars cabs, was there ever an upright ?
Post by: Alpha1 on February 01, 2010, 07:44:25 PM: I think there were alot of imports that added to the numbers. The SW cockpit I just sold was Irish, but the other two cockpits I have are both USA models. All in all I believe there were many more Irish cockpits than any that were imported.

The two USA ones I have are the only two I have ever had. I have had three Irish ones over the years.
Title: Re: Irish Star Wars cabs, was there ever an upright ?
Post by: subzero1970 on February 02, 2010, 12:46:57 AM: I used to play on an upright in my local arcade - and seeing as how im from scotland Im guessing it might have been made in ireland??!!??