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General Chat => Arcade Lifestyle => Topic started by: vernimark on July 24, 2012, 08:11:55 PM

Title: TV COMPETITION (Yet Another Pong Bootleg)
Post by: vernimark on July 24, 2012, 08:11:55 PM: I begun to restore it a couple of months ago... I suppose it is italian because instructions say "rotate dials to MOLE paddle..." :) but I'm not so sure :D
I'd like to finish it soon because i've really a lot of cabinets in very bad conditions :(

inside, the board was there but no transformers and the monitor was broken: I don't have a BW monitor to put in there (and just in case I find it I'll preserve it for original cabinets of course) so I'm thinking to use a standard 20'' tv (too bad I know...)

here some pictures of the cabinet as I found it.

vernimark
Title: Re: TV COMPETITION (Yet Another Pong Bootleg)
Post by: Etienne MacGyver on July 24, 2012, 09:51:24 PM: I think its pretty cool !

And dont worry for a TV, The original Pong also uses a TV, and so does Rally, so i guess pong is original on a TV ;)
Title: Re: TV COMPETITION (Yet Another Pong Bootleg)
Post by: vernimark on July 24, 2012, 09:58:10 PM: hehe, that's true ;D

vernimark
Title: Re: TV COMPETITION (Yet Another Pong Bootleg)
Post by: vernimark on September 11, 2012, 12:29:44 PM: smoked glass missing but tonight I'll mount it

the original marquee was broken in two parts. I scanned it and I gave it to my graphic designer.
reprinted exactly like the original one, really impressive...

vernimark
Title: Re: TV COMPETITION (Yet Another Pong Bootleg)
Post by: ckong on September 11, 2012, 01:24:58 PM: what a great machine, I like the looks of it. :)
Title: Re: TV COMPETITION (Yet Another Pong Bootleg)
Post by: vernimark on September 11, 2012, 01:43:25 PM: Quote from: ckong on September 11, 2012, 01:24:58 PM
what a great machine, I like the looks of it. :)

it's for trade haha
Title: Re: TV COMPETITION (Yet Another Pong Bootleg)
Post by: Belike on September 11, 2012, 01:55:31 PM: Nice machine, I'm just wondering where did you get the inspiration from, to take care of it these days. ;D
Title: Re: TV COMPETITION (Yet Another Pong Bootleg)
Post by: vernimark on September 11, 2012, 02:37:09 PM: I don't have so much space so when I begin a project I have to finish it before the next one.....
now I'm working on a MONZA GP, a sort of MONACO GP clone made by Olympia but Olympia redesigned the PCB with a CPU.
This game is very rare (I know, yet another italian bootleg...) and I'm quite curious to have it working.
Anyway Mame team is waiting for a rom dump so you will see it on mame very soon...

These are my project here in Bologna, where I work. In Milano during week ends i'm working on another italian bootleg: Bazooka. I suppose the schematics are the same of TAITO CROSS FIRE, but I can't find them; then I have a couple of cocktails to repair...

vernimark
Title: Re: TV COMPETITION (Yet Another Pong Bootleg)
Post by: Love on September 11, 2012, 10:32:29 PM: Now you got me curious. Do you have pics of the Monza GP and Bazooka? And ever heard of a Olympia game called Jaguar? What else do you have Olympia wise? :pac:
Title: Re: TV COMPETITION (Yet Another Pong Bootleg)
Post by: vernimark on September 12, 2012, 02:46:28 PM: a couple of videos

http://youtu.be/UG57oLH3G1c

http://youtu.be/-1j9TEhA8LU

vernimark
Title: Re: TV COMPETITION (Yet Another Pong Bootleg)
Post by: Love on September 12, 2012, 03:27:34 PM: nice :)

PS: are there independently moving extra paddles going up and down closer to the middle of the playfield to make it more difficult or is this some kind of bug?
Title: Re: TV COMPETITION (Yet Another Pong Bootleg)
Post by: vernimark on September 12, 2012, 03:48:57 PM: Additional paddles are independent. Pinout is the same of Pong but the board is different.

vernimark
Title: Re: TV COMPETITION (Yet Another Pong Bootleg)
Post by: vernimark on September 21, 2012, 09:59:12 PM: Restoration completed

http://www.vernimark.com/arcade/default.asp?PageMode=3&PageMode2=3&GameID=615&tog=1&PictureID=1567#PictureID1567

vernimark
Title: Re: TV COMPETITION (Yet Another Pong Bootleg)
Post by: Love on September 21, 2012, 11:13:30 PM: Nice! Seriously.
Title: Re: TV COMPETITION (Yet Another Pong Bootleg)
Post by: Belike on September 21, 2012, 11:19:28 PM: Very unique piece, nice job! ;)
Title: Re: TV COMPETITION (Yet Another Pong Bootleg)
Post by: level42 on September 21, 2012, 11:29:33 PM: Molto bello ! The set-up of the controls is in fact much more logical than the original Pong...

I do wonder how that lady on the marquee is actually playing tennis while seemingly laying down......or is she floating in the air ? ;)
Title: Re: TV COMPETITION (Yet Another Pong Bootleg)
Post by: Superully on September 22, 2012, 08:12:25 AM: fabulous job on the resto, marco, those knobs on the control panel are gigantic!!! :shock:
Title: Re: TV COMPETITION (Yet Another Pong Bootleg)
Post by: vernimark on September 23, 2012, 11:44:36 PM: thank you :)
now... the next one !!
Title: Re: TV COMPETITION (Yet Another Pong Bootleg)
Post by: vernimark on October 02, 2012, 05:54:39 AM: Hi there!
I found my TV COMPETITION father into the Pinball Hall of Fame

http://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=8963

now we have more infos about that game even if I'm curious to know where the bootleg came from...

vernimark