Dragon's Lair Fans - Arcade Lifestyle
General Chat => Arcade Lifestyle => Topic started by: gyruss on May 09, 2011, 03:47:55 PM
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Okay, time for another (short) road trip story. A couple of weeks ago there was a German wall machine for sale at marktplaats. On first sight it seemed to be another fake ad, but i decided to give the seller a call nevertheless. After communicating with 3 different people i finally spoke to the guy who owns the machine and we made a deal. ;D
The machine was located in Groningen, about 2 hours driving from my home.
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No need for a big van this time, let's use something smaller. ;D
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The usual road trip stuff.
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And off we go.
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I won't bother you guys with lame freeway photo's like the one below.
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So after 1.5 hours driving i reach the city of Groningen.
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It's really nice weather today, lot's of people are enjoying the park.
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And after 2 hours driving i enter the street where the cab is located.
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It's a sun tanning studio owned by the seller.
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He's isn't there at the moment so i "enjoy" the inside of his place. ;)
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After 15 minutes waiting the owner (who just got a new bird) showed up and took me to the living section of his studio.
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I didn't take any pictures inside so after a short talk i loaded the machine in the back and started driving home.
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And here it is: a Cosmic Zero Hour Wall Machine.
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There is a nice 3d effect below the monitor, it isn't really visible on this photo.
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As you can see the cab is quite deep.
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The inside of the machine.
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And the back, where you can excess the monitor
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The monitor is in good condition, very bright colors. Too bad the machine is equipped with a Terra Cresta pcb.
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Time to celebrate and play the machine with a couple of friends. ;D
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You should have grabbed that Betty Boop, it would fit nicely in your gameroom... NOT!
Nice addition to your collection, anyway!
I enjoyed playing Terra Cresta back in the days but haven't played it for ages, should try it again in MAME just tor refresh my memories.
...and of course :spaceace: for Al Green on a sunny roadtrip!
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nice catch, somehow those wall machines are pretty cool and help you fill up space where others would normally put beers signs or similar stuff :P
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That was one of the main reasons i bought it. It fits perfectly in a corner of my game room which is too small for a full cab. ;D
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Nice catch.
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I seem to remember that game ;)
Love it ! Look how easy it fits in that not too big car.....
If I turn 60 I will trade in all my cabs for those wall machines ;)
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The more i see these wall machines, the more i fall in love them!!! Would love to have a row of these in my future gameroom!!
And _very_ nice catch indeed!!!!!
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Nice looking cab, congrats!
Did you get that pcb from WOA?
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No not yet, still thinking about putting mame inside.
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No not yet, still thinking about putting mame inside.
Nooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!! ;D
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MAME it , MAME is perfect !
It's better than 60 in 1 !
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Yes, you told me so before. I already have all the parts accept a jpac.
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MAME it , MAME is perfect !
It's better than 60 in 1 !
+1 :)
Another nice addition to the collection ...and a very special 'machine' 8) Thanks for the story :)
Of course :arrow:
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:spaceace:
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Cool banner Bruno, thanks!
And if i decide to use any emulation it will definitely be mame. Would kinda suck not to be able to play the original game! And i just sold my 60in1 cabinet.
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Offer 60 eur for that pcb at Woa, it will be much cheaper than the whole mame stuff if he accepts it and you will have an ORIGINAL machine.! ;)
I'm waiting for your +1 marks, comeon guys! ;D ;D
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It will be the same because i have all the parts, only the j-pac is missing. ;D
But i understand where you coming from, i prefer all my cab's with the original pcb. But on the other hand, how original is this cabinet? ADP bought the license and converted a slot machine. Plus the joystick and buttons aren't original and i kinda miss playing vertical shooters like 1942, this machine is perfect for it. ;D ;)
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It will be the same because i have all the parts, only the j-pac is missing. ;D
Who needs a J-Pac as he (who is also a crewmember of eurocade) can have this as a gift: ;)
https://www.dragonslairfans.com/smfor/index.php?topic=787.0 (https://www.dragonslairfans.com/smfor/index.php?topic=787.0)
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Offer 60 eur for that pcb at Woa, it will be much cheaper than the whole mame stuff if he accepts it and you will have an ORIGINAL machine.! ;)
I'm waiting for your +1 marks, comeon guys! ;D ;D
+1! :spaceace: ;)
with just one remark, still mame it, but keep the original pcb so you can revert your mame-ing if you want to ;)
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http://www.arcadiabay.de/source/item.aspx?id=1812
;D ;D ;D
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Very kind of you Etienne!
But doesn't the J-pac also has something to do with the video signal? I always thought an I-pac was only for the controls?
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ah yeah, true
that is if you want to use the arcademonitor that is inside ofcourse..
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Okay, i followed your advice and made WOA an offer for the original pcb.
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Wohoooooo, fingers crossed! ;D
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He didn't go for it! And i'm not paying more then €50,-. >:(