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General Chat => Arcade Lifestyle => Topic started by: xadhoom on August 11, 2015, 11:25:07 AM

Title: Road Trip to France - meet spectroman's crew
Post by: xadhoom on August 11, 2015, 11:25:07 AM
Hi this is my first long road trip ;-).
Start from Italy near 22.00 and drive for 550Km to digne les bains.
Title: Re: Road Trip to France - meet spectroman's crew
Post by: xadhoom on August 11, 2015, 11:43:27 AM
During the trip @ arount 2 am with after drinking a lot of redbull and italian coffe we start to see strange things
Title: Re: Road Trip to France - meet spectroman's crew
Post by: xadhoom on August 11, 2015, 11:47:02 AM
Then we arrived @ France and at around 4.00 take a rest......... truck is not so comfortable and we sleep @ 12 Degrees.
Title: Re: Road Trip to France - meet spectroman's crew
Post by: xadhoom on August 11, 2015, 11:49:15 AM
after 2h of heavy sleep .......... we bring back to the route and call spectroman ;-)
Title: Re: Road Trip to France - meet spectroman's crew
Post by: xadhoom on August 11, 2015, 11:53:44 AM
We just arrived and start working !!!
Title: Re: Road Trip to France - meet spectroman's crew
Post by: xadhoom on August 11, 2015, 11:59:27 AM
Looking around
Title: Re: Road Trip to France - meet spectroman's crew
Post by: xadhoom on August 11, 2015, 12:02:20 PM
just keep going........ tho we find out somthing for Vernimark ;-)
Title: Re: Road Trip to France - meet spectroman's crew
Post by: xadhoom on August 11, 2015, 12:05:51 PM
Thanks to the French boys !!! and we finally have lunch ( aaarrrggh no sleep and no breakfast ) !
Title: Re: Road Trip to France - meet spectroman's crew
Post by: xadhoom on August 11, 2015, 12:09:47 PM
Thank we back home and arrived at 23.00 of 8/8/2015
Very good trip and we meet great people, hope to program new trip and exchange.
Thanks to all very much.
Title: Re: Road Trip to France - meet spectroman's crew
Post by: spectroman on August 11, 2015, 12:16:35 PM
Nice, that's a cool road trip.

I was very happy to meet you and andreas.

I hope that we can take some cabs and some beers soon
Title: Re: Road Trip to France - meet spectroman's crew
Post by: anunaki on August 11, 2015, 12:53:25 PM
great trip and pics  :spaceace:

I can't see the last couple of pics though. I'm at work so it could be blocked
Title: Re: Road Trip to France - meet spectroman's crew
Post by: Arch on August 11, 2015, 01:11:54 PM
Cool post! Can you tell us a bit about the backstory? Is it a raid or a cab exchange?
Title: Re: Road Trip to France - meet spectroman's crew
Post by: xadhoom on August 11, 2015, 01:36:40 PM
It was a scheduled raid. Thanks to spectroman look at his posts
Title: Re: Road Trip to France - meet spectroman's crew
Post by: kos71 on August 11, 2015, 02:28:32 PM
nice road trip indeed and it is great that you saved thoses cabs . My after burner also came from to that place .
I see that Jean pierre also came to help ;D .
I am still surprise that you did not made any joke about the haircut of spectroman ;D .

A lot of wip to come ;D
Title: Re: Road Trip to France - meet spectroman's crew
Post by: Belike on August 11, 2015, 02:59:48 PM
Cool trip, thanks for sharing. ;)
Some closer pics from the Zacc Dodgem would be great, especially from the inside. ;)
Title: Re: Road Trip to France - meet spectroman's crew
Post by: DarthNuno on August 11, 2015, 07:52:15 PM
A nice arcade fans crossover ... When Italy and France unites!   :)
That's the spirit, well done guys!
:spaceace:
Title: Re: Road Trip to France - meet spectroman's crew
Post by: Laszo on August 12, 2015, 12:54:08 AM
Thanks for sharing, love these road trips.
Title: Re: Road Trip to France - meet spectroman's crew
Post by: level42 on August 12, 2015, 05:56:18 PM
Awesome road trip/ raid with lots of Atari France machines !

I do wonder, did you take those pics with a Nokia from 1998 ? :D

Is that a French Atari Basketball ?
The bezel looks different from what I remember....

No offence but Atari France didnt actually make The most beautiful looking machines.......that Asteroids......mmmmmm...and always those naked control panels.....but still....I love all Euro machines !!!
Title: Re: Road Trip to France - meet spectroman's crew
Post by: level42 on August 12, 2015, 06:08:28 PM
I also spot an awesome Atari Destroyer...a Nice variation on the usual sub games !!!
Lovely cab and game looks kinda challenging too:

http://youtu.be/SfNy7uFdZus


And.......I see a Seeburg USC-1 Bandshell.......did you take that ?
Title: Re: Road Trip to France - meet spectroman's crew
Post by: spectroman on August 12, 2015, 09:58:26 PM
No, my contact think that his jukebox was a treasure.
He wants 700€/piece "as is" and dust is free  :shock:

Title: Re: Road Trip to France - meet spectroman's crew
Post by: xadhoom on August 12, 2015, 10:32:51 PM
 ;D
Nokia .... The problem is how to upload picture on this forum... I have picture of too big size and I 'll resize in a quick and dirt way.
the jukebox are too expensive for us.
French game are not so nice as other but it's a piece of Atari story and I can't miss them ;-)
The basketball was the Atari Ireland but tomorrow I'll double check.
Title: Re: Road Trip to France - meet spectroman's crew
Post by: xadhoom on August 13, 2015, 02:05:43 PM
The basketball
Title: Re: Road Trip to France - meet spectroman's crew
Post by: level42 on August 13, 2015, 06:26:43 PM
No, my contact think that his jukebox was a treasure.
He wants 700€/piece "as is" and dust is free  :shock:



Hah, there are always crazy folks like that:

http://www.marktplaats.nl/a/verzamelen/automaten-jukeboxen/m937662138-jukebox-seeburg-1000-euro.html?c=dc19031229f6638c93974e145c5889d4&previousPage=lr

LOL !

IIRC i paid 300 Euro for my Bandshell, in working condition.
Title: Re: Road Trip to France - meet spectroman's crew
Post by: level42 on August 13, 2015, 06:31:51 PM
OK so Basketball is the Irish one....mmmm.

I remember the bezel to be like this on the one I saw at a Belgian warehouse, but I have no clue if it was an Irish or US machine.

(http://gamesdbase.com/Media/SYSTEM/Arcade/Artwork_Preview/big/Basketball_-_1979_-_Atari.jpg)

The bezel on the one the picture you posted looks like this one I guess:

(http://gamesdbase.com/Media/SYSTEM/Arcade/Cabinet/big/Basketball_-_1979_-_Atari.jpg)

So, maybe a US bezel on an Irish cab ? IMHO the US bezel is cooler in this case....


Yes DEFINITLY Atari history and LOVE to see them rescued !  :spaceace: :spaceace: :spaceace:
Title: Re: Road Trip to France - meet spectroman's crew
Post by: vernimark on August 13, 2015, 07:22:06 PM
Bela, dodgem is mine. Be sure i ll shot tons of pics  ::) :P