Great find! I own a M.A.C.H. 3 myself, and love it. This is the only arcade game I do not keep on free play. While the game is on free play it does not have an attract mode. The game starts and keeps playing until all the ships are destroyed.

A great thing about the cabinet is you can play other laser disc games in it. Us vs Them is a game by Warren (Q*Bert) Davis. It is a parody of 1950's sci-fi movies. It is a lot of fun to play. The Us vs Them disc can be hard to find.

You can also play Cobra Command in the M.A.C.H. 3 cabinet. That is what is currently in my cabinet right now.

Was your cabinet heavy? When i was trying to get it in my house it felt like the bottom was filled with bricks!

Arcana Comics has picked up the rights to the Space Ace comics that came out in 2003.

Issues 1, 2, and 3 are being re-released today, October 14. They can be purchased here:

http://www.mycomicshop.com/search?TID=19325033

Issue 4, the first new issue in 6 years, will be out October 28. Issues 5 and 6 will then be released in November and December, respectively.

That is great news. Anyone near the area in 2011 should stop by and meet Don and Gary. They are both very nice guys and are great to talk to. When I glanced at the topic I thought it said Gary Coleman will be opening Finny's Lair. That would have been...strange.

That is great! I listened to the audio file on the way to work this morning. I remember watching this episode when it came on in 1983 and have been hunting for it online and could never find it.  That is amazing someone posted the video to it days after you posted the audio.

Thanks for posting the pics. I would not use the place you rented that trailer from again. I cannot believe they wanted that much money from you for being late with a trailer. Those late fees were insane.

Have you decided what to do with DL2? I know a standard door size is 30" and DL2 width is around 29.75" so that would be a tight fit. I am buying a house next month and will have a finished den to move my games into. I plan on getting a DL2 at some point and may have the same  problem you are having.

Congrats again for this great find.! Remember to check the
http://www.d-l-p.com for Dave Hallock's Space Ace enhanced roms. If you get bored playing the original way the roms change a few moves up and the scenes are changed to make the scene sequences fit together better.

That will be a long drive!  The first thing I would do is take the laser discs out of the players. The DL and SA players are probably wired into the machines so they will have to be powered on to open them. Bring some album covers to store them in on the trip. If you have any laser disc covers laying around that would be even better.

I would also take the players out of the machines. The DL2 probably uses a Sony LDP-1450 whic is pretty reliable . DL and SA use either a PR-7820 or a LD-V1000.  The PR-7820 was used in earlier machines and is not very reliable. The LD-V1000 was used in later machines and is not as durable as the LDP-1450 but is better thatn the PR-7820. Either case I would not transport them in the machines. My DL had the LD-V1000 bolted into the laser disc drawer and was shipped  in the machine and it was fine. The machine still plays great. I still would have preferred the shipper to ship my player separately.

I had a truck and of course when I went to pick it up at the Overnite terminal it started to rain! Carry a tarp and some rope (of course).

Most people I know transport the games upright. The games are old and laying them down can cause parts to slide around and create new problems. But when I got a MACH 3 (very heavy) we had to lay it down and push it in my living room. When we stood it up and hooked the player back in the machine it worked fine.

Good luck!  Everything should be fine. You are going to have a lot of fun!
You might be able to find a Thayer's Quest kit which plugs into either DL or SA. I pieced one together a few years ago and played TQ in my DL for quite awhile.

I got to meet Don Bluth 3 times. Twice at the Classic Gamin Expo (2001-2002) and at DragonCon in 2001. I got him and Gary Goldman, Rick Dyer and John Pomeroy to sign my Dragon's Lair marquee and my Dragon's Lair and Space Ace posters. At DragonCon I bought a Dragon's Lair cel from them and Don drew a sketch of Dirk, Daphne and Singe for me and Mrs. Brisby and Littlefoot for my wife.  The picture below is from DragonCon and is of Don Bluth, Gary Goldman and myself. They are really great guys and could not have been nicer. The last time I saw them Gary rememberd me and we talked about his house and other things. It was like we were old friends.