Dragon's Lair Fans - Arcade Lifestyle
General Chat => Arcade Lifestyle => Topic started by: level42 on April 30, 2013, 12:21:38 AM
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Well ever since I found my Jap Namco Galaxian I'm interested in how many of this type of cabinet is known to still exist and who has them.
I'll start with a simple list, would be great to ad pics a bit later.
Tank Battalion:
- Alpha1
- Zorg (2x AFAIK)
- there were 4 for sale in a huge cab lot a year or two ago in Germany. Anyone know what happened to them ?
Puckman:
- Namco HQ Tokyo Japan
- Japanese arcade museum
Galaxian:
- Japanese arcade museum
- Level42-found in Amsterdam, 2013
- Synonym9-found in Austria, August 2014
Galaga:
- AtariToobin
Galaxian Namco Bertolino (Italy) version:
- Belike
- Muerto
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There's another Galaxian at sort of Nostalgia museum in Japan (not the UGSF one, different joystick). Another one aside from the UGSF one, but I'm not entirely sure of its location.
(http://flashpass.redirectme.net/steve/ArcadePics/Galaxian2.JPG) (http://flashpass.redirectme.net/steve/ArcadePics/Galaxian1.JPG)
There was an upright Puckman at the Hatoya Game Center as of 2003 in Japan.
There's a Namco cab converted to Ring King in the movie Big :( (no clue if it still exists, but in the U.S.)
(http://flashpass.redirectme.net/steve/ArcadePics/NamcoBig.jpg)
Arch here has a Rally-X. There's another one somewhere in the U.S. There's at least one more converted to Puck-Man in another museum type setup in Japan. Sounds like there may be yet another one in the UK :)
(http://flashpass.redirectme.net/steve/ArcadePics/Rallyx.jpg)
Dazza1 has (had?) a Xevious in the UK. White T-moulding.
(http://flashpass.redirectme.net/steve/ArcadePics/Xevious.jpg)
There's a Mappy in an abandoned hotel in Japan. Appears to have orange/chrome molding not unlike Nichibutsu cabinets.
(http://flashpass.redirectme.net/steve/ArcadePics/Mappy1.JPG)
I heard of another upright Galaga in Florida, U.S.A. somewhere. There's a pic of one that keeps making the rounds on the internet with a black coin door and a screenshot in place of the instruction card. No idea of the origin of this/where it's located.
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Are all those games in the same shape upright ? Because that was kind of my goal with this thread :)
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Are all those games in the same shape upright ? Because that was kind of my goal with this thread :)
Yes, Gee Bee isn't. I'll remove that 8)
I've seen a Namco Dig Dug upright marquee, but never the cabinet. I suspect since Mappy (later game) was in this cab that Dig Dug was as well (as well as that little Tehkan upright cab).
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- there were 4 for sale in a huge cab lot a year or two ago in Germany. Anyone know what happened to them ?
i remember that lot! actually, there were two of them for sale within weeks, but these were the days when i wasn't thinking big back then, being ready to go "all in" ;). i also remember you saying, andré, that the buttons alone are worth a fortune!!! never know who bought the stuff though.
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i was supposed to get the tank battalions together with Rob, but then he decided to not answer my calls anymore. >:(
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I've just picked up a converted Rally X. Lucky for me it just has Xevious in there, and it still has the original harness and boardset still in it! The monitor was rotated, but the bezel marquee and other parts are all still Rally X.
I remember the auction with the 4 Namco Tank Batallions also. Was in some crazy old building with a few other cabinets.
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i was supposed to get the tank battalions together with Rob, but then he decided to not answer my calls anymore. >:(
Pic from that lot:
(https://www.dragonslairfans.com/forforum/ebay/midlike.png)
Thread about it here:
https://www.dragonslairfans.com/smfor/index.php?topic=906.0
I see only 2 now, but I thought there were 4 of them ....
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i was supposed to get the tank battalions together with Rob, but then he decided to not answer my calls anymore. >:(
Pic from that lot:
(https://www.dragonslairfans.com/forforum/ebay/midlike.png)
Thread about it here:
https://www.dragonslairfans.com/smfor/index.php?topic=906.0
I see only 2 now, but I thought there were 4 of them ....
Looks like one is hiding in the other pic, so that's 3.
(https://www.dragonslairfans.com/forforum/ebay/joust.png)
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such a shame that we missed that back then! if something like that showed up today, i'd hit rent a van and hit the road in a heartbeat!
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I'd love to see you put 34 machines in a van :)
The only option would have been a truck for the good stuff and a garbage truck for the junk......:-)
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(http://flashpass.redirectme.net/steve/ArcadePics/Galaxian2.JPG)
and
(http://flashpass.redirectme.net/steve/ArcadePics/Galaxian1.JPG)
seem to be two different cabs.
- different coin-mechs
- one has the coin door label one doesn't
- one has a very faded instruction sheet, the other in quite red condition still
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never mind
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Yep, the top one is from 怪しい少年少女博物館 (Peculiar/Odd? Boys and Girls Museum) in Shizuoka and I'm not sure where the second one is located. It's definitely not the UGSF one.
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I read a lot about that japanese Galaxian Cabinet and wonder what it is all about?
From what I understood the difference to the italian Bortolino is the bigger, greenish coindoor, the joystick-control rather than left/right-buttons and of course that rectangular player 1/2-buttons...is that correct?
There are only 2 units that are known to exist, the one from Level42 (great band) and the japanese arcade-museum?
What would such a cab worth if it is so rare and such saught after-piece?
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Are you referring to your mysterious machines? Another rare game to be unveiled? ???
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pssssssssst :-X
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Are you referring to your mysterious machines? Another rare game to be unveiled? ???
Now we know about 3
https://www.dragonslairfans.com/smfor/index.php?topic=5637.90 :)
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I read a lot about that japanese Galaxian Cabinet and wonder what it is all about?
From what I understood the difference to the italian Bortolino is the bigger, greenish coindoor, the joystick-control rather than left/right-buttons and of course that rectangular player 1/2-buttons...is that correct?
There are only 2 units that are known to exist, the one from Level42 (great band) and the japanese arcade-museum?
What would such a cab worth if it is so rare and such saught after-piece?
Yes that is correct but there are more differences:
- Japanese has (at least) one more color in the side art, which IMHO makes it even more beautiful
- the process of the side art seems very different
- the bezel has a silver color in it, where the Betrolino has white
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+ best looking cab EVER! :)
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Is the Artwork of the japanese cabinet and the bezel vectorized.....if not we have duty, Level42.
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I agree Gyruss :)
The Bertolino version is vectorized but The Japanese is not.
I -think- they are quite similar but I'm not sure if the sizes are exactly the same. at least the colors are different and as mentioned, I think the Japanese one has one extra color.
Indeed we have a duty there.....I was hoping Mr. McGyver would bring his magic scanner one day but there is no hurry. I have not the right scanner nor the skills.
For the colors, there are Pantone numbers on the original peace of artwork that is on that Japanese website.....not sure if all colors are listed there.
(http://ugsf-series.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/CA391194.jpg)
Side art to compare colors....note that this was in direct evening sunlight so colors look a bit more yellow:
(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8543/8690010802_961b311b2a_b.jpg) (https://www.flickr.com/photos/level_42/8690010802/)
Untitled (https://www.flickr.com/photos/level_42/8690010802/) by Level_42 (https://www.flickr.com/people/level_42/), on Flickr
They clearly didn't use the blue color for the outline of the space ship. However judging by the Galaxian logo on that Japanese picture the other colors are spot on !
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Well, it's pretty clear they didn't use that blue on the outer rims of the alien spaceship but a different tone of green.
The lacking color in the Euro Galaxians is the green inside the wings as you can see here:
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Would be great if Béla or Muerto could make a straight picture if the side art of their cabs and maybe the kick plate too, to make some better comparing possible.
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Indeed we have a duty there.....I was hoping Mr. McGyver would bring his magic scanner one day but there is no hurry. I have not the right scanner nor the skills.
Mr MacGyver will bring his scanner one day, but first i will put that to use to a certain bezel... ;)
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Yep......no hurry for me :):):)
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Yep......no hurry for me :):):)
yeah, i figured you will not sell this any day soon :D
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LOL, you got that right sir !!! ;D
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I am a graphic designer (now industrial designer)
I can get the sideart scanned and the fractals mated together.....but vectorizing is not my stuff.
What is the best see-through scanner for performing that work nowadys and how much is it?
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I have and love the HP 4670:
(http://www.dcviews.com/press/images/HP-Scanjet-4670.jpg)
there is also a hp4600 model, i dont know about that, but i guess its the same for the way we use them.
(http://www.chip.de/ii/19088663_bbc28dd863.jpg)
to me the only difference i can spot is that one is horizontal and the other vertical if you use the stand.
HP 4600 and 4670 series
(http://h20565.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/template.PAGE/public/kb/docDisplay?javax.portlet.begCacheTok=com.vignette.cachetoken&javax.portlet.endCacheTok=com.vignette.cachetoken&javax.portlet.prp_ba847bafb2a2d782fcbb0710b053ce01=wsrp-navigationalState%3DdocId%253Demr_na-c01087192-4%257CdocLocale%253D%257CcalledBy%253D&javax.portlet.tpst=ba847bafb2a2d782fcbb0710b053ce01&sp4ts.oid=303640&ac.admitted=1409159009059.876444892.492883150)
do use a guide when scanning, i can tell you that from experience ;D 8) ::)
https://www.dragonslairfans.com/smfor/index.php?topic=2779.msg42478#msg42478 (https://www.dragonslairfans.com/smfor/index.php?topic=2779.msg42478#msg42478)
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Ok, I will look if I can find such a scanner in the local classifieds....
The link is very cool.....I have to go into it.
I also can scan my N.O.S. Hang-On gauges (2 pieces) but I think no vectorizing is needed here.