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General Chat => Arcade Lifestyle => Topic started by: Belike on June 22, 2013, 06:24:11 AM

Title: Team spirit and some more Zaccs
Post by: Belike on June 22, 2013, 06:24:11 AM

As title says, this story is another proof, that we have a great and selfless community here. :spaceace:
The first "new" cab was on ebay a few months ago, it was a bit butchered and far away from our members, but Jörg (Digimon) was so kind and offered me to pick it up and deliver it to Ully's Storage.
It was a 1100 km ride. :o
As always, Ully agreed in no time to store it for a while, so finally we can made it. :spaceace:
The cab arrived without keys, I had to drill the locks first, which was a real nightmare, the old beast didn't want me to see what is inside. :D
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-fAs7u5v1h4E/UcM9ti_IhjI/AAAAAAAAHdE/j0T6mj7ZBXo/w974-h647-no/k%25C3%25A9p+002.jpg)
Finally I could remove the back door and check what is inside
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-dfrMHp2h0Js/UcM9xLeMsnI/AAAAAAAAHeM/E9Bu87eEPhc/w974-h647-no/k%25C3%25A9p+020.jpg)
Looks like all oroginal except of the pcb :'(
The good old Hantarex mtc 90
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-GEPM1GH5gdY/UcM9xSJbGuI/AAAAAAAAHeQ/lVUI83M1DHo/w430-h647-no/k%25C3%25A9p+021.jpg)
And if you are curious by now what cab is this, here we go :D
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-3B6llG36iI0/UcM9u--63BI/AAAAAAAAHdQ/3AgP_F2DCmA/w430-h647-no/k%25C3%25A9p+009.jpg)
Yeah, it is a Super Galaxian from 1979. :D

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-M9cAGgyYkxg/UcM9u5sFhZI/AAAAAAAAHdU/1cLTr4fsjKE/w430-h647-no/k%25C3%25A9p+010.jpg)

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-6qJgmqzH2mU/UcM9vTOW74I/AAAAAAAAHdc/IlXPMFFqFJA/w430-h647-no/k%25C3%25A9p+011.jpg)

It has a hacked bezel, I belive I already saw this artwork on a Space Invaders bootleg or something.It is a bit shorter than the original one, they tried to use some wooden strips to cover the missing area.
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-TMytc56jp-E/UcM9v_8fafI/AAAAAAAAHfA/chEZWk2PKx8/w974-h647-no/k%25C3%25A9p+013.jpg)

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-MvexvoX-RKw/UcM9y5l_4JI/AAAAAAAAHew/OMIJjTLvPes/w971-h647-no/k%25C3%25A9p+024.jpg)

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-6efova-wX44/UcM9wVK6mHI/AAAAAAAAHd0/ftXjMLZwAec/w974-h647-no/k%25C3%25A9p+015.jpg)

I started to clean the bottom of the cab and found this, I was really happy first, but there is just a monitor manual and some Donkey Kong and Jungle King stuff there
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-YbpOJnVhhBM/UcM9wjSDAOI/AAAAAAAAHd4/LQDuUB9twXY/w974-h647-no/k%25C3%25A9p+016.jpg)

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-3SjBaDteUDs/UcM9w74cRlI/AAAAAAAAHeE/3obTwEqGLpg/w974-h647-no/k%25C3%25A9p+018.jpg)

The marquee is in great shape
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-V0UrJ4g8jA8/UcM9vqY5x0I/AAAAAAAAHds/Egwsy5Kkkno/w974-h647-no/k%25C3%25A9p+012.jpg)
As you can saw on the pics, the cpo is also missing, but I already have the scans from Paul and an original bezel from Chris also, so it won'T be a problem. ;)
I fired it up and had some neckglow for a minute, but monitor totally died then. :-\
Checked all the caps and replaced a blown fuse, but still not working, will have to repair it later.
I also checked the pcb and realized, that it has a Konami pinout, I tried it out with an adapter on my test bentch, it is a fully working Gyruss. :D
More progress with this later, huge thanks to Joerg and Ully!!! :spaceace: :spaceace: :spaceace:

Title: Re: Team spirit and some more Zaccs
Post by: Belike on June 22, 2013, 06:50:07 AM

The second story started here:
https://www.dragonslairfans.com/smfor/index.php?topic=4413.0
Martin (Nilfisk) pointed me on a strange wall machine, as it was a Zacc, I had to go for it. :D
In this case, our beloved Thorsten (Luigi) was so kind and helped me picking this up and store it for a while. :spaceace:
When he arranged  the pickup, we realized that the seller has 2 of these machines, after a bit of hesitation, we decided to take both. ;D
Let the pics speak
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-0AILLTnfUt0/UcM9YLdlHQI/AAAAAAAAHcg/l1ayGNTafF0/w974-h647-no/k%25C3%25A9p+025.jpg)

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-WWw1C0PH8sg/UcM9UmtL4YI/AAAAAAAAHbI/VpzE_tRGMeA/w430-h647-no/k%25C3%25A9p+002.jpg)

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-f52cAZZ4ls4/UcM9V2ZngNI/AAAAAAAAHbw/ub1WNk7uTTI/w430-h647-no/k%25C3%25A9p+013.jpg)
Both cabs are in great shape and fully working, the inside is really interesting, there are also some EM stuff there
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-bmVNDhpVQO0/UcM9UsVyPfI/AAAAAAAAHbU/358Z0em5YHE/w430-h647-no/k%25C3%25A9p+004.jpg)
If you can reach 1.000.000 points you get these dedicated getons
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-Xw2XVHYrPMI/UcM9VcEYr3I/AAAAAAAAHbg/iDjx6nvEP8w/w974-h647-no/k%25C3%25A9p+009.jpg)
They are in this grey plastic tube with some wood on he top
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-qpe1SZW8-98/UcM9WduWUVI/AAAAAAAAHb4/bJCVm6HsYWc/w430-h647-no/k%25C3%25A9p+016.jpg)

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-UdlQkaIjbCM/UcM9Vtj00-I/AAAAAAAAHbk/jT0h_u0H1eU/w974-h647-no/k%25C3%25A9p+010.jpg)

The EM coil that moves the payout mechanism
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-9jDLfLgYlLg/UcM9WR8ahMI/AAAAAAAAHcA/DLohZesvG9E/w974-h647-no/k%25C3%25A9p+017.jpg)
The pcb was made in 1985 august
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-8YcEl8D1aNU/UcM9W5Y-7wI/AAAAAAAAHcE/5i2se2S15QA/w974-h647-no/k%25C3%25A9p+018.jpg)
The other one 1985 february
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-DDOg1DGdNEc/UcM9XjyDH1I/AAAAAAAAHcY/A9JHKq6Abow/w974-h647-no/k%25C3%25A9p+020.jpg)

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-RM-BEzgsoLM/UcM9XYiG6PI/AAAAAAAAHcM/fofxrqg3f-A/w974-h647-no/k%25C3%25A9p+019.jpg)
Both cabs have the original Schematics
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-ftJfCwW2rmQ/UcM9X9XPanI/AAAAAAAAHfQ/IlZA6V1SrAk/w974-h647-no/k%25C3%25A9p+023.jpg)

It has a cool sound also, I will upload a video later. ;)
Another huge thanks to Thorsten, maybe he will tell us more from the pickup. ;D

Title: Re: Team spirit and some more Zaccs
Post by: Etienne MacGyver on June 22, 2013, 09:26:56 AM

I like them !

Cool, and as a bonus a Konami Gyruss

Is it a Original Konami or a boot ?

Many of the zaccs are standard wired to konami

Title: Re: Team spirit and some more Zaccs
Post by: Belike on June 28, 2013, 10:42:11 AM

Looks like an original, but I will check it again soon ;)

Title: Re: Team spirit and some more Zaccs
Post by: TimePilot on June 29, 2013, 12:07:10 AM

I have a wall machine (star express) they are very similar than your zaccaria super match. it was made in the 1970s from Melchers germany. I think those zaccaria wall machines was a license product of this.

Title: Re: Team spirit and some more Zaccs
Post by: Belike on June 29, 2013, 02:22:33 PM

You must be right, the main pcbs have the Melchers sign here. ;)
Do you have pics from yours?

Title: Re: Team spirit and some more Zaccs
Post by: TimePilot on July 04, 2013, 07:32:31 PM

yes, will post some pics tomorrow or so. unfortunately not earlier, because I have a very painful bruise on my right hand. :-[

Title: Re: Team spirit and some more Zaccs
Post by: nilfisk on July 04, 2013, 08:29:22 PM

Hey Bela,

Good to see the Grand Prix machine came into the right hands ;)

Martin

Title: Re: Team spirit and some more Zaccs
Post by: TimePilot on July 05, 2013, 09:32:07 AM

okay. here are pics from my star express machine. It is unrestored, and another machine (sesamstrasse) i have in storage for parts.

Title: Re: Team spirit and some more Zaccs
Post by: level42 on July 05, 2013, 10:11:09 AM

Cool machines :) Need video ;)