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General Chat => Arcade Lifestyle => Topic started by: DarthNuno on May 12, 2008, 09:42:25 AM

Title: :: ROADTRIP - "Quest For Time Pilot" ::
Post by: DarthNuno on May 12, 2008, 09:42:25 AM
(https://www.dragonslairfans.com/news/timepilot.jpg)


It's the first of may 2008... Day off  :-*

The target today is a dedicated TIME PILOT cab... by Atari Ireland... very hard to find  :)

Ready for departure :

(https://www.dragonslairfans.com/timepilot/tp1.jpg)

This time, it won't go to UK... but just to France... approx 350 to drive...

(https://www.dragonslairfans.com/timepilot/tp2.jpg)

It's very early... but as usual... hey... it's a roadtrip day isn't it ?  ;D

(https://www.dragonslairfans.com/timepilot/tp3.jpg)

For my stat :

(https://www.dragonslairfans.com/timepilot/tp4.jpg)

Let's go... on the road again... again  :P

(https://www.dragonslairfans.com/timepilot/tp5.jpg)

At the border... ready to stole arcade heritage from an other country...

(https://www.dragonslairfans.com/timepilot/tp6.jpg)

...no remorse... no regret  8)

(https://www.dragonslairfans.com/timepilot/tp7.jpg)

After approx 2h30 of driving... a touch & go for a quick breakfast...

(https://www.dragonslairfans.com/timepilot/tp8.jpg)

I'm arriving at Paris...

(https://www.dragonslairfans.com/timepilot/tp9.jpg)

... and here I am. The cabinet is in a very good condition  :)

(https://www.dragonslairfans.com/timepilot/tp10.jpg)

There is no more the Time Pilot pcb inside... it's now playing Arkanoid, and so... no more joystick but a spinner  :roll:But the rest seems fine  8)

(https://www.dragonslairfans.com/timepilot/tp11.jpg)

OK, time to go now... the official picture  ;D  :arrow:

(https://www.dragonslairfans.com/timepilot/tp12.jpg)

Hey... at this point, I got a phone call from a collector/friend, living at 50 minutes from here : Misteriddler (see his french ArcadeBlog right here (http://www.invaded.fr) ... so it's time for a improvised visit  :-* :-* :-*

(https://www.dragonslairfans.com/timepilot/tp13.jpg)

Yeahh... that's what I call : "Arcalde Life Style"  ;D

(https://www.dragonslairfans.com/timepilot/tp14.jpg)

(https://www.dragonslairfans.com/timepilot/tp15.jpg)

...and here's the man  :-* A die hard - extreme Arcade Lover... injured by pinballs and other arcade roadtrips  :? But I'm happy to see him... and now he is in good spirits  :-*

(https://www.dragonslairfans.com/timepilot/tp16.jpg)

He has a fully working Star Wars Arcade... yeah...  :arrow:

(https://www.dragonslairfans.com/timepilot/tp17.jpg)

We went more than one years in UK to get that game. here's an old picture of us, on the game, when it was not running just at the end of the roadtrip  :arrow:

(https://www.dragonslairfans.com/forforum/titan/titan16.jpg)

(Oppss... I didn't related this UK roadtrip on the website  :oops: I'll do it soon  :wink: )

It was really great to meet him again, but it's time for me to go back to Belgium  :-\

(https://www.dragonslairfans.com/timepilot/tp19.jpg)

...driving in Paris...

(https://www.dragonslairfans.com/timepilot/tp20.jpg)

What a day my friends  :D An Atari Time Pilot in the car, and an arcade meeting with a friend  :-*

(https://www.dragonslairfans.com/timepilot/tp21.jpg)

Arriving at my place...

(https://www.dragonslairfans.com/timepilot/tp22.jpg)

...755km on the road today  :P

(https://www.dragonslairfans.com/timepilot/tp23.jpg)

I'm alone to unload to cab... but for this one, it won't be a problem :

(https://www.dragonslairfans.com/timepilot/tp24.jpg)

No more free space in the Nuno's Lair... no more free place in my workshop at the first floor... so this one will be fixed here, in the corridor  :arrow:

(https://www.dragonslairfans.com/timepilot/tp25.jpg)

Stay Tuned for a new 'Da Renovation' story  ;)
Title: Re: :: ROADTRIP - "Quest For Time Pilot" ::
Post by: Ghost Soldier on May 12, 2008, 03:57:28 PM
Congrats on another great find.
Title: Re: :: ROADTRIP - "Quest For Time Pilot" ::
Post by: Sonic 1992 on May 12, 2008, 05:40:01 PM
Another Great Trip!! 

I see you had a little fun with photoshop with this picture story!!   ;D
Title: Re: :: ROADTRIP - "Quest For Time Pilot" ::
Post by: scr33n on May 12, 2008, 08:59:25 PM
I love this game  :-* :-*

Great cab, congratulations .... I'm sure - very soon we can see your cab like this:

(http://img391.imageshack.us/img391/4161/timepilothd5.jpg) (http://imageshack.us)

 :-* :-* :-*
Title: Re: :: ROADTRIP - "Quest For Time Pilot" ::
Post by: atarikid on May 13, 2008, 03:32:27 PM
Shame of the ugly 'photoshoped' pictures.  :'(
Next time ... just plain clear pictures will do. :)

Title: Re: :: ROADTRIP - "Quest For Time Pilot" ::
Post by: DarthNuno on October 27, 2008, 09:00:49 PM
...and the restoration of this game is now finished  :)

Have a look right here  :arrow:

(https://www.dragonslairfans.com/news/timepilotvideo.jpg) (https://www.dragonslairfans.com/smfor/index.php?topic=417.0)

 :spaceace: