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General Chat => Arcade Lifestyle => Topic started by: TimePilot on October 20, 2011, 02:01:13 AM

Title: [Road Trip] Captain Ace Gunn & Major Rock Hardy -vs- XYBOTS
Post by: TimePilot on October 20, 2011, 02:01:13 AM
(https://www.dragonslairfans.com/news/xybots.jpg)

I´m very happy to had made a nice catch. I had found this cab already in 2010, but not planning a road trip at this time. I don´t know exactly why, but in this summer i had thinking about it and contact the seller. and yes, it was still available, and for a good price.  :arrow: DEAL!

so what i am talking about?
it´s a Atari Xybots, located in the Netherland, very close to the german border.
I like that cab very much, because of it´s very special design. and the game, mmmh, no idea at this point, because i had never play this in arcade...

so here are the route:
(http://www.electromance.de/xyb00.JPG)


Title: Re: [Road Trip] Captain Ace Gunn & Major Rock Hardy -vs- XYBOTS
Post by: TimePilot on October 20, 2011, 02:49:53 AM
I had start early 4AM.
(http://www.electromance.de/xyb01.JPG)

arrived the autobahn
(http://www.electromance.de/xyb02.JPG)

hamburg in sight :D
(http://www.electromance.de/xyb03.JPG)
(http://www.electromance.de/xyb05.JPG)

police attack...but not about me ;D
(http://www.electromance.de/xyb04.JPG)

traffic jam, fortunately on the other side... :P
(http://www.electromance.de/xyb07.JPG)

vitakraft POOOOWWEERR
(http://www.electromance.de/xyb08.JPG)

a nice old french car :-*
(http://www.electromance.de/xyb09.JPG)

yeah, unlimited speed... i like it ;D
(http://www.electromance.de/xyb10.JPG)

so lets play gambling in casino? unfortunately no time for it... but i had anyway no luck.
(http://www.electromance.de/xyb11.JPG)

ok, this is my departure
(http://www.electromance.de/xyb12.JPG)

border to NETHERLANDS
(http://www.electromance.de/xyb13.JPG)

arrived at sellers location :arrow:
(http://www.electromance.de/xyb14.JPG)
nice older cars...
(http://www.electromance.de/xyb15.JPG)

Ladies and Gentleman, the object of desire :arrow:
(http://www.electromance.de/xyb16.JPG)

yeah, ATARI XYBOTS, a real beauty. and a monster in size! a quick technical check - everythings working fine.
so put it in my car, fortunately no problems with space in car.
(http://www.electromance.de/xyb17.JPG)

MAGIC LIGHTS on XYBOTS  :shock:
(http://www.electromance.de/xyb18.JPG)

so, it´s time to go home...
mmmh, netherlands  = windmills!
(http://www.electromance.de/xyb19.JPG)

german border
(http://www.electromance.de/xyb20.JPG)

anybody knows this little swedish company, ikea? :P ;D
(http://www.electromance.de/xyb21.JPG)

hamburg- a nice porsche, who´s inside, dieter bohlen? ;D fortunately no!
(http://www.electromance.de/xyb22.JPG)

poor pigs :shock: :'(
(http://www.electromance.de/xyb23.JPG)

back in my hometown, the skyline of neubrandenburg  ;D
(http://www.electromance.de/xyb24.JPG)
(http://www.electromance.de/xyb25.JPG)

almost at home: a very nice east german oldtimer called Wartburg, a traditional car was seen very often in the GDR, like trabant. now it´s a rarity. i like it, it brinbs back nice memories from my childhood. :-*
(http://www.electromance.de/xyb26.JPG)

Finally at home at 6PM, after 14 hours and 1328 km. wow, what a distance in total... but a good driving time for it. ;)
(http://www.electromance.de/xyb27.JPG)
Title: Re: [Road Trip] Captain Ace Gunn & Major Rock Hardy -vs- XYBOTS
Post by: TimePilot on October 20, 2011, 03:14:01 AM
OK, it´s time to unloading that beast and bring it to his new home :arrow:
(http://www.electromance.de/xyb28.JPG)

and on location :arrow:
(http://www.electromance.de/xyb29.JPG)

(http://www.electromance.de/xyb30.JPG)


as you can seen on these pics, my son likes this game very well, and yes i like i too. shooter are not my favourite style but xybots has a very nice gameplay and the characters are very funny.
now i`m very happy with this add! :spaceace: :spaceace: :spaceace:
Title: Re: [Road Trip] Captain Ace Gunn & Major Rock Hardy -vs- XYBOTS
Post by: Etienne MacGyver on October 20, 2011, 07:19:18 AM
Very nice ! i always mix them up , xybots and vindicators

Love the cabinet design of both of them !

Congrats !
Title: Re: [Road Trip] Captain Ace Gunn & Major Rock Hardy -vs- XYBOTS
Post by: Q*ris on October 20, 2011, 12:49:29 PM
Superb condition too!
What's the story behind the cab, do you know why or where the seller got it from?
I always love the background stories  ;)
Title: Re: [Road Trip] Captain Ace Gunn & Major Rock Hardy -vs- XYBOTS
Post by: Muerto on October 20, 2011, 01:14:25 PM
Thanks for the roadtrip pictures, quite a distance you drove there!!!
That is a nice looking cab, and a killer design!! - never tried the game myself, yet.
And the best part - it works!!!! :spaceace:
Title: Re: [Road Trip] Captain Ace Gunn & Major Rock Hardy -vs- XYBOTS
Post by: DarthNuno on October 20, 2011, 01:57:48 PM
I don´t know exactly why, but in this summer i had thinking about it and contact the seller...

I know exactly why! it happens to all of us... a terrible disease...owning as much as possible 'games from the past'! You know it's not the right time... you know you don't have free space ... you even don't really played that game... but you must take the opportunity to own it!
[Emperor voice=ON]One more cabinet and your journey towards the dark side will be complete! [Emperor voice=OFF]  ;D

Well Done TimePilot!  :)

Thanks for sharing this story with us  :) Of course, homepage (+facebook) right now!  :arrow:

(https://www.dragonslairfans.com/news/xybots.jpg)

What's the story behind the cab, do you know why or where the seller got it from?
I always love the background stories  ;)

+1
Title: Re: [Road Trip] Captain Ace Gunn & Major Rock Hardy -vs- XYBOTS
Post by: Belike on October 20, 2011, 02:30:43 PM
Long distance travelled for a rare beauty, nice catch, congrats Toralf. :spaceace:
Title: Re: [Road Trip] Captain Ace Gunn & Major Rock Hardy -vs- XYBOTS
Post by: Superully on October 20, 2011, 09:02:20 PM
i already knew this was coming, so i had been looking forward to this report. thx a lot for sharing, toralf, next week another xybots will enter the mainland 8)
Title: Re: [Road Trip] Captain Ace Gunn & Major Rock Hardy -vs- XYBOTS
Post by: TimePilot on October 20, 2011, 10:44:26 PM
thanks for nice comments guys and bruno for the nice banner. :spaceace:

as i written, i like xybots very much. it was one of the first 3-D shooters ever made. the gameplay is nice, you can play with 2 players at the same time. but very special is the joystick, he has a nice feature. up and down, left and right, like ever. but you can rotate the knob and with this rotation you are able to change perspectives on the fly.

the story behind this buy is not spectacular. this seller has a business for trading with coinop machines and more. i don´t know him personally, because his firm are not my destination, it was his home and he was not there. his wife was so nice and had gave me the xybots... a business sticker on bezel cardboard had shows me that this cab came from belgium. no more infos about it.

@Ully: GO FOR IT!!! You will not be disappointed. :pac:
Title: Re: [Road Trip] Captain Ace Gunn & Major Rock Hardy -vs- XYBOTS
Post by: Belike on October 20, 2011, 10:46:55 PM
Tried this game out in mame today, it is a great one, a lot of sound effects are similar with Vindicators.
Title: Re: [Road Trip] Captain Ace Gunn & Major Rock Hardy -vs- XYBOTS
Post by: TimePilot on October 20, 2011, 10:53:26 PM
yes bela, xybots rocks and the sound is amazing. i like the synths... :lol:

unfortunately i don´t know something about vindicators.
Title: Re: [Road Trip] Captain Ace Gunn & Major Rock Hardy -vs- XYBOTS
Post by: level42 on October 24, 2011, 09:09:38 PM
I bet the sellers' name is Hans :)

(http://www.electromance.de/xyb14.JPG)

Yeah, Dutch history. The fastest car on the face of the earth.......that is ....... in reverse :D  Long live the variomatic :) I prefer the real Daf's though, not the one's with the Volvo brand...

I never played Xybots well enough to judge the game.

There's also still one in the business where I found the Zaccaria cockpit.
Title: Re: [Road Trip] Captain Ace Gunn & Major Rock Hardy -vs- XYBOTS
Post by: Wil2000 on October 25, 2011, 04:28:21 PM
Xybots, I have nice remembers about this game at my local luna park!
This cab looks in very great condition, do you plan to do something on it or will you let it like that?
Title: Re: [Road Trip] Captain Ace Gunn & Major Rock Hardy -vs- XYBOTS
Post by: TimePilot on October 26, 2011, 01:13:40 PM
I bet the sellers' name is Hans :)
sorry, thats wrong...   :)

Xybots, I have nice remembers about this game at my local luna park!
This cab looks in very great condition, do you plan to do something on it or will you let it like that?

the cab is overall in good original condition. the coin door mech is missing (runs on free play) and it has some drilled holes in the wooden front. I'll fix these things, and then it´s playing time. I will never sell this cab, because i´m very happy with it...  :-*