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General Chat => Arcade Lifestyle => Topic started by: subzero1970 on November 24, 2014, 12:34:00 PM

Title: Can anyone name what this cabinet was??
Post by: subzero1970 on November 24, 2014, 12:34:00 PM
someone posted this on a facebook group claiming it to be an original USA version galaga  :roll: :lol:

im now trying to figure out what cab it was originally???
Title: Re: Can anyone name what this cabinet was??
Post by: Luigi on November 24, 2014, 01:30:12 PM
I really doubt it's an original. It looks like a german generic cab. They were called 'Big Screen' from 'Nova Apparate'...I'll try to find some pictures.

for example: http://wiki.arcadezentrum.com/doku.php?id=universal_nova_big_screen (http://wiki.arcadezentrum.com/doku.php?id=universal_nova_big_screen)

But there were a few other designs.

Google search (https://www.google.de/search?q=arcade+big+screen&channel=sb&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=HSNzVILaAavSygOyl4DgDA&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAQ&biw=1920&bih=909#rls=org.mozilla:de:official&channel=sb&tbm=isch&q=arcade+nova+big+screen)

Title: Re: Can anyone name what this cabinet was??
Post by: Wurstkopp on November 24, 2014, 01:51:44 PM
@Luigi: That was my old machine! :lol:

(http://wiki.arcadezentrum.com/lib/exe/fetch.php?cache=&media=nova_3.jpg)
Title: Re: Can anyone name what this cabinet was??
Post by: Luigi on November 24, 2014, 02:33:32 PM
You mean the one in the AZ wiki....I know ;)


Meanwhile I think there was a dedicated machine with that shape, but I'm sure it wasn't a Galaga
Title: Re: Can anyone name what this cabinet was??
Post by: subzero1970 on November 24, 2014, 02:38:07 PM
The joystick and buttons layout on the 'galaga' are exactly the same as the pic above....so it must be....theyre even the same buttons!
Title: Re: Can anyone name what this cabinet was??
Post by: Wurstkopp on November 24, 2014, 02:43:32 PM
In Germany it's a very common cab, you can always get them for around 100 to 200 Euros. It has a rotateable 25" screen (Hantarex MTC 9110), imo a little too big for the old games. There are two models, a standup and a sitdown version, the only difference is the height.
Title: Re: Can anyone name what this cabinet was??
Post by: Luigi on November 24, 2014, 03:27:49 PM
I'm not sure if it is really a Big Screen. Big Screens have a drawer for the power supply and the PCB. You can see that the drawer is separated from the sides. The 'Galaga' seems to be in once piece.
Title: Re: Can anyone name what this cabinet was??
Post by: Tyrem on November 24, 2014, 04:08:19 PM
I'm not sure if it is really a Big Screen. Big Screens have a drawer for the power supply and the PCB. You can see that the drawer is separated from the sides. The 'Galaga' seems to be in once piece.

somehow they modded the wood on the sides. you can clearly see a cut in the sides.
this is not a dedicated machine.. but a pretty well done mod.
Title: Re: Can anyone name what this cabinet was??
Post by: Thwocker on November 24, 2014, 04:47:40 PM
I like the frontplate with the Galaga monster!   :o
Title: Re: Can anyone name what this cabinet was??
Post by: Wurstkopp on November 24, 2014, 06:25:23 PM
There were different layouts of these "things". Here's my very first arcade cabinet from - jesus! - 2008! :D
The marqee section differs has the coin stuff built in.

(http://picload.org/image/cooicwr/1.jpg)
Title: Re: Can anyone name what this cabinet was??
Post by: level42 on November 24, 2014, 08:45:13 PM
Ugly cab + Galaga = Epic Fail








 ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

This is the only Galaga I would get.....:
(http://www.ukvac.com/forum/uploads/1050/galaga_namco.jpg)


 ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Can anyone name what this cabinet was??
Post by: Belike on November 24, 2014, 08:47:46 PM
Nova Big Screen. ;)
Title: Re: Can anyone name what this cabinet was??
Post by: Alpha1 on November 28, 2014, 12:22:55 AM
Mmmm Namco Galaga
Title: Re: Can anyone name what this cabinet was??
Post by: Frame on December 28, 2014, 10:26:22 PM
...I'd like to know something about this cab... It's tag from Pauls like Universal..

It's looks like the shape of Zaccaria "mini" (the one with flat marquee...I say common in Germany and Europe but not in Italy, like the curved marquee and "full size")... the glass is Zaccaria stars...and probably if  it's fit, I think have the same measure of the rest.

...I remeber somewhere a similar cab was called "the fake Zaccaria"...

... Side art are not so bad, anyway...


---EDIT---

Now I remeber:  "FAKE ZACC" (by Etienne) here: http://www.zzzaccaria.com/SuperCobraRestoration.htm