Dragon's Lair Fans - Arcade Lifestyle
General Chat => Arcade Lifestyle => Topic started by: Superully on January 21, 2010, 10:36:43 PM
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i just got back from playing some rounds of xevious and i have to admit: THIS GAME ROCKSZZZ (although the background music doesn't). the game is for sale right now and fortunately - for the first time - the seller's location is really nearby - only 35 kilometers one way. so i took the opportunity to check out the game in person and not to rely on photos. here's the machine upon arrival :arrow:
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2804/4294021180_4a00d67a7d_b.jpg)
the control panel has got cigarette burns, the vinyl is peeling off / cracking up in some places and the cone buttons have seen better days.
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2787/4293278981_c1fbdd1d73_b.jpg)
the lower part of the marquee is destroyed over the entire width of the cabinet - you can see the wood underneath! :'(
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2723/4293278693_b0a6130178_b.jpg)
let's check the inside and turn on the test switch
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4066/4293279269_e315e5ac8b_b.jpg)
everything's working properly
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4040/4294021494_7b20848347_b.jpg)
all in all, the condition of the cab is ok. marquee, control panel overlay and buttons would have to be replaced, sidearts are in so-and-so condition (some holes), edges are as one would expect from such an old game.
not sure what to do yet ...
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Typical problem of those marquees. SW uprights have the same problem.
Nice to get a working game now and then ;)
I'm not too crazy about Xevious, probably because I just never played it as a kid....
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not sure what to do yet ...
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Take it !!! :spaceace: :spaceace:
CPO available on Arcadeshop.com, the only problem is the marquee :P .... There is a repro around? ???
In any case, another great found Ully !!!
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Depends on the price of course, but you like the game and the cab is in damn good shape, despite the little marquee damages. You know that you can repair that.
So take it. 8)
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The shape of this cab is very nice! It looks like a spaceship!
Anyhow, take it if the price is good enought
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I really dig this cabinet, great artwork and gameplay! If the price is right I would go for it, otherwise pass it on to somebody on this forum ;)
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Game gets boring after 3 minutes and the background 'music' (and i use the term music loosely) is the most annoying ever. Always loved the cabinet though!!
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Yes! Take it!
Xevious is a mega classic. One the best vertical scroll shooters.
BTW I kinda like the music (small tjielps bursts). Very hypnotic.
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Such a beauty, you should take it Ully :-* !
Well, it depends of the price for sure, but Xevious is a rare cab to find in my opinion.
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The game may be a bit repetitive, but I would buy that cab for the art alone ;D
I like cabinet artworks 8)
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My God! DO NOT MISS THIS! The game is fantastic... the best vertical shooter game ever made... and that cabinet looks very nice :P
It's one of my all time three best games : Pac Man / Galaxian / Xevious!
The game play is perfect! (normal, it's a NAMCO game ;)) The music is so 'hypnothic' ... don't miss this 'classic' of 'classic'!
All the reproduction parts are available ... except the BEZEL, but according the pictures, you won't need to change it!
I hope the price will be low, and you'll catch it! A MUST HAVE! A MUST HAVE ! A MUST HAVE !!!
SOLVALOU POWWAAAA!!!!! :-* :-* :-*
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i'm afraid it's going to cost A LOT :o
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My God! DO NOT MISS THIS! The game is fantastic... the best vertical shooter game ever made... and that cabinet looks very nice :P
It's one of my all time three best games : Pac Man / Galaxian / Xevious!
The game play is perfect! (normal, it's a NAMCO game ;)) The music is so 'hypnothic' ... don't miss this 'classic' of 'classic'!
All the reproduction parts are available ... except the BEZEL, but according the pictures, you won't need to change it!
I hope the price will be low, and you'll catch it! A MUST HAVE! A MUST HAVE ! A MUST HAVE !!!
SOLVALOU POWWAAAA!!!!! :-* :-* :-*
+1 :-* :-*
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I used to own one but I sold it.
Contrary to most people I loved the music :) just didn't love the game as much.
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great looking ully!
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great looking ully!
look who's talking there from thailand ;)
btw, i DIDN'T get the cab, because for more than 500 euros it simply was too rich for my blood. who knows what's coming around the corner next where i might need the money ;D. a couple of weeks ago i would have taken it in a heartbeat, but with all the restorations going on right now (parts coming in for championship sprint, death race and a very rare system 1 game) the budget is a little bit tight. it hurts to let it go though ...
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the rare S1 game?? Road Runner? :wink:
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the rare S1 game?? Road Runner? :wink:
yeah, a complete kit (including the original atari system 1 packing box). let's hope that the hall effects joystick is working properly. oh, and by the way: to further my atari system 1 collection i also have an indiana jones kit coming in. now all i need is peter packrat and a couple of system 1 cabinets - more on the latter hopefully later ;)
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btw, i DIDN'T get the cab, because for more than 500 euros it simply was too rich for my blood. who knows what's coming around the corner next where i might need the money ;D. a couple of weeks ago i would have taken it in a heartbeat, but with all the restorations going on right now (parts coming in for championship sprint, death race and a very rare system 1 game) the budget is a little bit tight. it hurts to let it go though ...
Regarding the cab, it's cool looking, but the game.... got it myself, and it's quite boreing....
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Regarding the cab, it's cool looking, but the game.... got it myself, and it's quite boreing....
I can understand that many who not played and lived Xevious in the arcade in 82 when it came out
it can seems "asectic" and extremely minimal if compared to others shooters of that time
But,
as said before Xevious reveal itself only when you play it further
it is more in the game play (and its difficulty) that makes you go crazy for it than for his graphic or music
Maybe seeing it when it came out did not had lot of difference its music (That IMHO it is really japanese: minimal and repetitive (as all jap shooters style) that hang your attention and mind to the game with its hypnotic loop - when I play, it makes feel anxious)
since the gameplay in those days was the first thing to look at
even dragon buster (who implemented for the first time the level bar exploited then on Street Fighter I & II instead of the "usual" 3 life/death) was a innovative for that time in the gameplay
Today it would make a newbie smile..
That's how story goes
Xevious anyway is a great game, and I add extremely diffucult to finish as in the Japan tradition as Sega's Zaxxon
Mav