Here we are, as promised here : shots from my Euro Joust!
 
Let start with some external view of the machine









It's in very good shape considering it's 30 years old. The biggest damage is in the T molding here and there (and the cut wires, obviously  )  



Let check the identity of this machine:



There are stickers with this number on the external part of the machine and on the monitor:





Different is instead the number on the PCB's







Green label?



As you can see, almost all the cables have been cut  , so it will not be easy to resto the functionality of the machine... anyhow, we are not in a hurry  

Let see the Control Panel: player one side detail



player two side



control panel overview



The Marquee:



Under the marquee; i didnt expect to find a neon but a bulb light system: maybe the previous owner made some modification (in addition to the cables cut  )



Thats all folks for now, now it's time to disassemble as much as possible and cleaning

Hi all,

i have the opportunity to buy a joust, here... in Italy 

I only have three photoes taken by the seller, but i cannot state if the machine is original or a good copy...

 







The only things i can state ATM are:

- the cab is in good shape
- the CPO artwork is a little used (is it original? it looks different from the images i can find on the net  )
- some wood work has been done internally
- at some point in it's life, it was converted to a joust 2 (the monitor is vertical, but it should be horizontal)

The cab doesn't work, but the seller says that only the wirnig and the power supply should be changed...

This started at 300 euros and now is at 200 euros... not my favourite game (nor one of my 100 favourites) but the price is good so i think it should be put to the attention of the community 

http://cgi.ebay.it/Videogiochi-e-Console___Cabinato-OFF-ROAD-Fantastico-gioco-Jamma_W0QQitemZ130378608148QQddiZ7471QQddnZVideogiochiQ20eQ20ConsoleQQcmdZViewItemQQptZGiochi_da_Bar_Flipper_Jamma?hash=item1e5b2bae14

Hi all, there's a seller in Italy (in Modena, to be more precise) of this cabinet

http://www.pict.com/view/2956326/0/spaceinvaders002

he is asking for 1.800 euros (too much for my pokets )

Hi all,

as recently stated with the topic "an arcade quiz", i am the proud owner of an Atari badlands cab. Now the machine is in my house, then here some photo of the "beast" and some additional  

Ok, the trip was planned for saturday the 19th of dicember, but adverse meteo conditions made me quit the idea  



Fortunately, i was able to reschedule the (veeeery short) trip for the 24th of december in the morning. It was a rainy day when my bottom sit in the station wagon my fried gave me...    anyhow, after 10 minutes it stopped... pfiu!

I didn't made photoes of the trip because there was a lot of fog, and in addition i was scared by the possibility that the machine could not fit into the car i was using.... but my prayes where listen to (by the god of metal!)



i had to use some trick in order to let the machine enter the car



Very slowly, but inesorably, the amusement machine arrived in my city and is now in a hospitable room  

the whole "thing"


One side



The other side



Let check the identity of this machine



As you can see, the machine is really good aestetics conditions (internally and externally)  but it doesnt work, and now let see how to repair it.

First of all, i inspected the powers: the monitor (a Wells Gardner 19k7901) is black, and makes no noise. Considering that 130V ac arrives, maibe it doesn't receive a video signal, then it doesnt start. The controls are ok. The PCB receive the voltages needeed (i checked the alimentation) and a coulple of red lights are turned on. There's a third light that doesn't turn on and i dont know if it could be a signal of malfunctioning...

Shouldnt the orange circled light turn on when the PCB is on?


So, i thought that the problem was the PCB. I made the additional test to see if the problem was the montor or the PCB: when everithing is on, if i give a credit i should hear some sound (even if the monitor is black): yes, the sound is there so the problem lies in the monitor
any help would be appreciated to face the problem an let this machine work like in the 90's  

Hi all, trying to figure how to connect my generic drive cab to a PC, i saw that a tutorial was cited by DarthNuno here

https://www.dragonslairfans.com/smfor/index.php?topic=74.0

but the site cited is down. Is there another similar tutorial?

I do think that the "thing" is easy: just place the pot of your cab (in my case a 5K pot with "central zero") to the PCB of a PC analog pad with the same pot value and characteristic(for example, i saw that a PS2 dual shock pad could be ok, but not a Xbox360 pad... what about PC pads? We cannot know this before buying and "sectioning" the pad  ... this approach could be expensive)... or, change the pot of your cab with a pot with the same characteristics of the pot used in the joypad

Any other idea? Is this the right approach?

thanks!

Hi all guys, this is my first post here. Let me say that your roadtrips are very entertaining (and sometimes incredible adventures) and reading those is very relaxing for me.

Anyhow, my name is Marco, i come from Italy and i am an arcade fan. I own 3 (generic) cabs, two of them working, the latest waiting for some repair. Any cab was a different adventure but, my bad, i did not took photoes of my roadtrips in Italy.

nice to be here!