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General Chat => Arcade Lifestyle => Topic started by: amadama on April 16, 2008, 06:27:40 PM

Title: New games coming my way!
Post by: amadama on April 16, 2008, 06:27:40 PM
Pac-land and Professor Pac-man!!
Hooray, soon I will have all the Pacman cabs (need a Super Pacman, Pacmania and Pacman Jr. I'll see what I can do about Pacman Plus and Pac-n-Pal).
I must now try to find the VR Pac-man 3D game too!
Pics when I get the machines (being shipped from Florida).
Alex
Title: Re: New games coming my way!
Post by: DarthNuno on April 16, 2008, 07:17:10 PM
YYYYEEEHHHAAAAAWWWW Alex :arrow:

(http://s3.amazonaws.com/coolchaser.com/thumb-94078.jpg)

WoW...a professor Pac-Man  :o I only seen it once... in a magazine.

A Virtual Reality Pac Man ? I read some words about it in the retrogamer magazine...as far as I remember that games has never been released ... but I'm not sure in fact  :-X

Let's wait the pictures now  8) :P

Pac-land and Professor Pac-man!!
Hooray, soon I will have all the Pacman cabs (need a Super Pacman, Pacmania and Pacman Jr. I'll see what I can do about Pacman Plus and Pac-n-Pal).
I must now try to find the VR Pac-man 3D game too!
Pics when I get the machines (being shipped from Florida).
Alex

Title: Re: New games coming my way!
Post by: Sonic 1992 on April 16, 2008, 09:19:51 PM
Looks like you will have your own Pac Land!!!   :pac:  :ghost:

Looking foward to the pix!!!!!
Title: Re: New games coming my way!
Post by: amadama on April 16, 2008, 09:48:12 PM
I'm very excited about these as well! The Professor Pacman has been my "holy grail" game for a long time because of its rarity. Most people hate that game but I actually like it (I love puzzle games).
I never intended to collect Pacman games, it just sort of started happening (I guess it will be a "Pac land!" Barry!). I currently have:
Pac-man
Ms. Pac-man
Baby Pac-man
Mr. & Mrs. Pac-man pinball

With the addition of these two latest ones I will have six out of 9 dedicated Pacman cabinets (Pac-man Plus was an add-on/conversion to regular Pacman, Pac-n-Pal was a Super Pac-man add-on. Just Pacmania, Super Pac-man and Pac-man Jr have dedicated cabs that I need to find).

Here's a pic of the Pac-land that I bought from the seller:
(http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh285/lp2025/pacland.jpg)

I can't wait to get them!
Alex
Title: Re: New games coming my way!
Post by: Dexter on April 16, 2008, 09:50:02 PM
Awesome stuff Alex  ;D

Post more pics when you receive them

(some current pics would be good too)
Title: Re: New games coming my way!
Post by: amadama on April 18, 2008, 03:19:50 AM
Well, it looks like there will only be a Pacland. The seller told me that the Prof Pacman is severely water damaged and can probably not be restored. He will send me whatever parts are salvageable from it. I really would like to have the control panel, marquee and bezel. Everything else can be reproduced. The cabinet is the same as the Pacland so I may be able to build a replacement cabinet. We'll see... I'm a little bummed about this, but oh well, it's not the end of the world that;s for sure!
I found a guy on KLOV in Texas who has a Journey machine! I would love to buy that machine! It's another one of my "grail" machines!
Barry, maybe this guy is near you (in Ovilla, TX). I don't know where that is.
Check it out here:
http://forums.klov.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=734537&page=1&fpart=1&vc=1

Alex

Title: Re: New games coming my way!
Post by: DarthNuno on April 18, 2008, 05:36:24 PM
Wooooow... I didn't know that Pac-Land has a dedicated cab  :o :-* :-* :-*

(http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh285/lp2025/pacland.jpg)

It looks very very nice  :-*

Too bad for the Prof Pacman...  :-\ Did he send you some pictures of it ? Maybe it's not as bad as he says  ::) :P

Let's cross the fingers for you regarding the Journey cab  :)
Title: Re: New games coming my way!
Post by: amadama on May 21, 2008, 04:37:52 PM
Hi guys,
The Pac-land finally made it to my house yesterday morning!
My other road trip yielded a great condition Mappy game. I also scored a Tron game from ebay (the seller delivered it to me yesterday).
I try to post some pics tonight or tomorrow.
My home-made Pac-man is just about complete too. I'll post pics of that and the mini Dragon's Lair I built too.
Alex
Title: Re: New games coming my way!
Post by: DarthNuno on May 21, 2008, 07:20:07 PM
..Pac Land & Mappy  :o Greeat  :) ...not enough ? Tron !!!  :shock: Wooow... lucky man !

Don't forget to drop few pictures for us  ;) And for the Mini Dragon's Lair too of course  8)
Title: Re: New games coming my way!
Post by: amadama on May 23, 2008, 05:34:50 AM
Here's what the moving guys brought for me on Tuesday morning:

(http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh285/lp2025/Picture1422.jpg)

I quickly bring it inside my garage and remove the cardboard (it's going to rain soon):
Pretty good condition Pac-land! One side is missing art but it's ok, I knew that already.

(http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh285/lp2025/Picture1424.jpg)

I'll have to work on it later. Tuesday afternoon Kevin, the seller, brings me this puppy:
Works ok but needs a lot of cosmetic work!

(http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh285/lp2025/Picture1423.jpg)

Here is the Mappy I got a few weeks ago (looks great except for the front of the CPO where it is cracking):

(http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh285/lp2025/Picture1429.jpg)

A big problem here when I turn it on, it doesn't work!! I will need to work on this later too!

(http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh285/lp2025/Picture1431.jpg)

Here's the big project I have been working on. My home made Pac-man. I built everything myself (except for the bezel glass, that's from a real Pac-man)! I did the artwork printing myself too:

(http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh285/lp2025/Picture1357.jpg)

The CPO got trashed (I printed it over a year ago and the humidity made it peel away):

(http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh285/lp2025/Picture1370.jpg)

But it still works!!
Running AdvanceMame for linux booting from a USB thumb drive!
I have to re-do the CPO, mount the speakers and motherboard, restore and attach the coin door and attach the back door. Otherwise it's good to go!
I have an LCD monitor in it but I may switch to a 19" CRT.

(http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh285/lp2025/Picture1377.jpg)

Here's the project that brought me here to Bruno's website in the first place, my mini Dragons Lair!
The speaker panel and plexi broke on me so I have to build some new ones, otherwise it's almost done!:
This machine is only four feet tall, I built everything myself on this (even made a little metal control panel from scratch). I wish I would have put in a coin door, but oh well it was my first attempt ever at building one.

(http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh285/lp2025/Picture999.jpg)

(http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh285/lp2025/Pictures402.jpg)

(http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh285/lp2025/Pictures655.jpg)

Here's a comparison photo of the mini-DL CP with my home-made Pac-man CP:

(http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh285/lp2025/Pictures657.jpg)

Compared in size to a real DL:

(http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh285/lp2025/Pictures237.jpg)

My self printed mini side art:

(http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh285/lp2025/Pictures329.jpg)

I'll try to post some more pics if you guys want. Let me know what you think!
Thanks again for all your help, you are a great group of guys!
Alex







Title: Re: New games coming my way!
Post by: Ghost Soldier on May 23, 2008, 02:48:11 PM
The mini DL looks excellent.
Title: Re: New games coming my way!
Post by: amadama on May 23, 2008, 10:53:21 PM
Thanks Ghost Soldier!
Title: Re: New games coming my way!
Post by: DarthNuno on May 23, 2008, 11:23:13 PM
Woow, the Pac-Land looks gorgeous  :-* :-* :-*

Hey, I didn't know about the Home made Pac-man you've done, congratulation  8)

... of course, Tron or Mappy are real 'classics' to own, congratulation !

...and about the Mini Dragon's Lair : WOOOOOOOWWW !!! So great... not finished yet (no plexi/speakers/score board) ?

'Wanna know more of course  :P :-*  :spaceace:
Title: Re: New games coming my way!
Post by: jujusl [FR] on May 25, 2008, 10:54:29 PM
Really nice job ! 8)
What did you use to print your DL side arts ?
Title: Re: New games coming my way!
Post by: amadama on May 28, 2008, 06:37:52 PM
I have been quite busy with work so have not had a chance to finish up the cabs. Hopefully this weekend!
All the artwork I have is printed on self-adhesive vinyl on a 44" wide HP Z3100 printer.
It comes out looking great!
Title: Re: New games coming my way!
Post by: Sonic 1992 on May 29, 2008, 07:44:44 AM
Awesome job on the mini DL!!!
Title: Re: New games coming my way!
Post by: amadama on May 29, 2008, 06:18:41 PM
Thanks Barry! Once I finish this one I am going to start building another one for Mike (one of the other forum members who lives near me). I will also be doing a mini SA dedicated and a mini DL2.
The mini-DL should be done this weekend. I am working on a daphne config that will run from a Linux bootable USB thumb drive (I am a real fan now of these little thumb drives!).
Talk to you soon,
Alex