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General Chat => Arcade Lifestyle => Topic started by: kos71 on February 25, 2015, 12:59:38 PM

Title: ostrich under the snow .
Post by: kos71 on February 25, 2015, 12:59:38 PM
Hi guys Long time I did not post a road trip . This weekend I was in the alpes to see my family . It was also the occasion to make a road trip for a friend that live in south of france .

So in  this road trip i made about 1000 km with a lot of traffic jam under the snow and some crazy road in the mountain.

(http://media.rtl.fr/cache/nw2mRz4wlCfCpnaqAyy62Q/795v530-0/online/image/2015/0221/7776696695_000-par8062770.jpg)

(http://gamoovernet.pixhotel.fr/pics_gamoovernet690px/20150224130850-kos71-map.jpg) (http://gamoovernet.pixhotel.fr/pics/20150224130850-kos71-map.jpg)

This time my RT mate will be my wife and it is her first time . She did not knew what she was getting too and for sure she will remember it .  ;D

Itinerary is
chalon sur saone -> Cluses to see my grand parents
Cluses -> Bourg st maurice to get some spare part for a  GORF.



(http://gamoovernet.pixhotel.fr/pics_gamoovernet690px/20150224141654-kos71-P1320903.JPG) (http://gamoovernet.pixhotel.fr/pics/20150224141654-kos71-P1320903.JPG)

(http://gamoovernet.pixhotel.fr/pics_gamoovernet690px/20150224141719-kos71-P1320904.JPG) (http://gamoovernet.pixhotel.fr/pics/20150224141719-kos71-P1320904.JPG)


The itinary on the map look weird as I got some issue with the snow on the road . Some road in the mountain were blocked and I had to change my way . 

After 3 hours and a half of drive instead of 2 I arrived at Bourg st Maurice to get the gorf's parts.

As i was 90 minutes late I did not took many pictures.

Now lets get back to Albertville to pick up a cab this time

We load the cab in the car and 5 minutes later we are on the road again as I promised to my wife that we will go skiiing . (waf point +1 )  :spaceace:



(http://gamoovernet.pixhotel.fr/pics_gamoovernet690px/20150224135938-kos71-4.jpg) (http://gamoovernet.pixhotel.fr/pics/20150224135938-kos71-4.jpg)


The beast is pretty heavy and I will have to unload it as my grandparents place since the road is difficult with the snow .
(http://gamoovernet.pixhotel.fr/pics_gamoovernet690px/20150224141423-kos71-P1320899.JPG) (http://gamoovernet.pixhotel.fr/pics/20150224141423-kos71-P1320899.JPG)

(http://gamoovernet.pixhotel.fr/pics_gamoovernet690px/20150224141447-kos71-P1320898.JPG) (http://gamoovernet.pixhotel.fr/pics/20150224141447-kos71-P1320898.JPG)

My grand parents saw the cab and were desperate (face palm time ) .

(http://gamoovernet.pixhotel.fr/pics_gamoovernet690px/20150224142843-kos71-7.jpg) (http://gamoovernet.pixhotel.fr/pics/20150224142843-kos71-7.jpg)


1 hours later we are in the mountain for this view .

(http://gamoovernet.pixhotel.fr/pics_gamoovernet690px/20150224141949-kos71-panorama.jpg) (http://gamoovernet.pixhotel.fr/pics/20150224141949-kos71-panorama.jpg)


(http://gamoovernet.pixhotel.fr/pics_gamoovernet690px/20150224142135-kos71-village-2.jpeg) (http://gamoovernet.pixhotel.fr/pics/20150224142135-kos71-village-2.jpeg)

After all that job I need some rest and deserve a nice meal. 
(http://gamoovernet.pixhotel.fr/pics_gamoovernet690px/20150224142413-kos71-5.jpg) (http://gamoovernet.pixhotel.fr/pics/20150224142413-kos71-5.jpg)


The next day I have to load  the cab in the trunk again but alone . Damit this cab is damm heavy for an upright .

(http://gamoovernet.pixhotel.fr/pics_gamoovernet690px/20150224142543-kos71-9.jpg) (http://gamoovernet.pixhotel.fr/pics/20150224142543-kos71-9.jpg)


(http://gamoovernet.pixhotel.fr/pics_gamoovernet690px/20150224142728-kos71-8.jpg) (http://gamoovernet.pixhotel.fr/pics/20150224142728-kos71-8.jpg)

As you see we had to play tetris a little bit to fit eerything in it . 

Back at home I put the cab between the kitchen and the WC as I do not have (yet) anymore place free ;D (waf - 1 )


(http://gamoovernet.pixhotel.fr/pics_gamoovernet690px/20150224145044-kos71-12.jpg) (http://gamoovernet.pixhotel.fr/pics/20150224145044-kos71-12.jpg)

likely for me I will deliver the cab in Avignon (south of france ) next weekend . (Waf +1) .
Title: Re: ostrich under the snow .
Post by: anunaki on February 25, 2015, 01:04:00 PM
great snow pics, congrats ont the Joust :spaceace:
Title: Re: ostrich under the snow .
Post by: muddymusic on February 25, 2015, 02:00:34 PM
That's a really cool road trip, what lovely scenery  :)
Title: Re: ostrich under the snow .
Post by: joeks on February 25, 2015, 03:08:45 PM
Indeed, what a lovely scenery! Looks like a christmas card.
I wish we had snow like that in the Netherlands.
Title: Re: ostrich under the snow .
Post by: level42 on February 25, 2015, 03:38:37 PM
Great pics....Nice, you've got the original control panel and joysticks :)

Original hardware still inside ?

I don't find them to be very heavy, they are rather small for uprights. Then again I'm used to Lunar Lander etc.

Anyway, plenty of room in the Oktavia ;)
Title: Re: ostrich under the snow .
Post by: kos71 on February 25, 2015, 04:01:55 PM
I hve a midway  mk and it is a beast but you are aware of it when you see it .
This one look standart when you look at it but when you lift it . You see the difference .;D
System is in an original but no idea if it works .

Title: Re: ostrich under the snow .
Post by: Luigi on February 26, 2015, 10:13:20 AM
Nice roadtrip.....and I love this picture  :-*


(http://www.pixhotel.fr/sites/default/files/gamoovernet/20150224141949-kos71-panorama.jpg)
Title: Re: ostrich under the snow .
Post by: Wurstkopp on February 26, 2015, 11:01:10 AM
Great pics!!!! :)
Title: Re: ostrich under the snow .
Post by: Knaagi on February 26, 2015, 10:23:47 PM
Am i the only one who had to to read the beer bottle label twice?

Those landscape pics look like some scenes from the Skyrim game. I love it!
Is the european Joust so much smaller or are you just one big dude?  :D
Nice score!


Title: Re: ostrich under the snow .
Post by: kos71 on February 27, 2015, 07:59:41 AM
Lol
The beer  is a local one .
I am 1.85 m and indeed the cab look small but i was really surprised that she was that heavy for this size .
It made me remember the first timz i lifted an atari cocktqil ;D .
Title: Re: ostrich under the snow .
Post by: level42 on February 27, 2015, 09:14:36 AM
Yes the European Joust and Robotron are quite a bit smaller.

You can compare it by looking at the side-art, they used the same (sized) stencils.

The only serious drawback that that cab has is that the speaker is on the top. It makes it sound really weird. First time I noticed that when I was playing one in a building with a shed shaped roof.....the sound was "beamed" up and reflected back by the angled side of the roof.....made it sound like it came from somewhere else.

I am a sucker for keeping things original but I am very tempted to find a solution for it.

The problem is that the "overhang" of the marquee areas is also very small.....but I really want to aim the sound over the screen area somehow...