Hi guys,

first of all, like I mentioned in the other thread, sadly I deleted my pictures which I made with my smartphone I try to recover them on the weekend at work.

The story:
In an local online market place, some guy posted a few parts from games. I contacted him and told him if he has cabs and games, im interested to show up.
He phoned me, told me he has a few things and I should come over and visit him ( --> look here: https://www.dragonslairfans.com/smfor/index.php?topic=7171.0 )

And today, I rented a transport vehicle and started my journey, which took me 1 hour each way ( like its in the neighbourhood when I compare that roadtrip to nuno´s roadtrips  ).

As you already know, he has insane prices on some parts/things. He also had pcb´s over and over ( most of them are bootlegs ). And then there was 1 cabinet which took my interest. And yes, I didnt had much hope when he told me his price wishes for the other cabs, but he asked me what I would pay for it. I said some numbers, today he raised it a bit but it was still ok for me. And here it is:



It was locked and no keys there. I asked if we can open it and he tried to open it with a screwdriver but in gangsta style mode ( trying to wiggle the lock door out ). I told him to stop, its ok, just dont damage it. So it was a bit of gambling for me, I didnt know what was inside. We knew, it wasnt working.
At home I drilled the locks, but sadly, only the board, manuals and austrian Schilling coins where in, but no game modules ( and in my fantasy, I thought which game would be in )



110,- ATS = about € 8,-



But look, that game cab was really popular!



So, I also purchased most original game pcb´s, a lot of them from Konami ( since he was the main importeur in austria for Konami ), the games are in unknown condition.



He also put that 2 famicom boards on top of it, like 5 bundles of wire and that asteroids marquee, which I found under plenty of cash gambler marquee´s. Ah and that PCB holder plus that SNK 1 cartridge board with viewpoint ( which is a great game ).


So, downpoint of this trip is off course no games at my mega tech, but on the other side, I have a mega tech now ( which is also in the states something rare if im correct ).

Next step:

- testing board
- put them into my inventory list
- fix mega tech ( or buy games )
- play

Andreas

Sidenote: all my games are from europe 

Unknown painted this 12m Pacman on an austrian Autobahn  

Hi guys,

look what I got:

https://plus.google.com/111405771528766091084/posts/hMLv5PZCpEm

Ok, its just the cabinet, wrong monitor, no pcb, no power supply and the wire harness got partly cut. But it hurts to see that great game rotting away, so I had to purchase it 
It will be a long time project in the past, because I have more important projects still up to finish.

I already saw the thread from ckong but I dont want to hijack it.

I hope I can ask you some details about tempest, like if it has the same power supply as missile command ( because I already found a guy selling his power supply from missile command ).

The former owner of the cab still packed a 2nd monitor to the cab, but because they didnt pack it up correct, the neck on the tube broke and the 2nd monitor is now junk. ( and I hoped the 2nd monitor would be the vector monitor, but... ).

I already put my fingers out on a nice player control board 

mfg
Andi

Hi guys,

I got a cab in England but the seller cant pack it on an euro pallet for transport - so do you know a company or some1 who could transport it to me ( austria )??
Im thankfull for every hint.

Andi

Hi guys,

how much would you pay for a dedicated missile command in working condition ( normal use, not like new )??

Thx
Andi

Greetings, ladies and gentlemen

I just saw that I didnt wrote an introduction for myself, shame on me  

Ok, as you can imagine, my name is Andreas and I live in the beautifull country of austria. My age, close to 40.
I started to get closer with arcades about 2 years ago - well I mean when I was a child with an age about 6, I spent some spare coins on games like Ghost n Goblins, 1942, Mission Elevator, Choplifter and so on. For us kids, italy with his arcades were heaven and there we got some more coins from the  parents.

Im a gamer since 6, started then with C64, video games ( Super NES, N64, ... ) and still love playing games on my PC ( doing simulator ).
My first arcade was a dedicated Tank Battalion Cocktail Table. Only fix is that the wood was soaked up from some water, so I already remanufactured a new one, ready to install.

Well 2 years ago I bought 2 arcade machines from my neighbourtown, a Moon Patrol and a Phoenix. You guys have to know that most arcades in austria were universal cabs from TAB. So the Moonpatrol is a TAB arcade too, the Phoenix is some german minicab.
So I made a mistake and didnt read much about TAB arcades because at home I realized, there is no PCB in the moon patrol chassis. On the other side, the broken Phoenix had just a sync problem which was fixed in 5 minutes ( after some help from the german forum ^^ ).

About a year later, I bought an outrun arcade which was, off course, a universal cab too. When I bought it, the price was ok for me - but I would buy it for this amount nowadays. The condition of this universal outrun was horrible, so I plan to rebuild that machine with joystick to play all my vertical games because I bought a few pcb´s from ebay.

Ok, since I love outrun from C64 days, I found an red arrow arcade. At an closer look, it was a bootleg version of outrun. Ok, the machine doesnt run like the first one, but its the same pcb in there like the first out run. And the cabinet and the control board looks like the original outrun game.
I also picked up an universal 4 player cocktail table arcade with an football game in. I fixed the monitor, the game ran for 5 minutes, but something is damaged again - I have to search for the error again.

This was also the point for me to think about my goals, what do I want. At the beginning, I thought ill buy 2 arcade machines, one with horizontal monitor, other one with vertical to play the pcb games. But I changed my mind and now im looking for dedicated arcades ( and maybe get rid of the universal ones ).

So I picked up an original House of the Dead arcade where - off course - I have to fix something. But its only some minor dmg at the cables for the light gun which is an easy fix. Ah yeah, the sideart isnt in best shape, but the game runs really nice and the guns work well when you hold the cables in the right direction.

So I already have a LOT to fix at home, but well, I guess you know it when you just look at ebay - just for information and you find a Sega Hang on for almost no money. Yes, the seller  wrote that the arcade doesnt work, so I just stored it at my garage. After a few weeks, I gave it a try and wow, the game starts and I could hear the sound. After about 2 minutes, I had a picture too and played 2 credits on Hang On, but suddenly, the picture was gone. So it could be only some small problem, like an old lose soldering point and in this case, this was the problem. Resoldered the monitor chassis, soldered some cable over damaged conection and the Hang on is back to play. Ah yeah, the chassis is/was in horrible condition, like someone kicked it sideways. I tried to fix it as good as possible, but my goal wasnt to do a complete rebuild to new condition.
So now it works and man, I love Hang On. Its difficult but awesome.

So long story short, my games:

Dedicated:

Tank Battalion, Cocktail
Sega Hang On, Standup
House of the Dead
Taito Trimline Phoenix
Rampage
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Style 2

Universal:

Red Arrow
2x TAB cabinets ( Moon Patrol and Outrun )
1x 4 Player Cocktail Table

PCB:

Tiger Heli ( graphic error )
Bomberman ( control 1 doesnt work )
Growl
Mr. Do
Time Pilot 84
Galaga
Silk Worm
Dragon Breed
Euro League
Wonderboy bootleg ( no sound )
Raiden 2
Gun Bird 94

MVS:

4 in 1 Board
1x Board
King of Monsters
Ninja Commando
Art of Fighting
Puzzle Bobble
Puzzled

Pinball

TX Sector ( its an amazing pinball )

I hope I dont miss anything, pictures should be found here:

https://www.flickr.com/gp/137286104@N07/7cLfp0

Ah yeah, a Cruisin World should be here in january.
And at the end, I think I have the same problem like the most guys here ( except DarthNino ): space! So the only possibility would be to upgrade my unused loft/attic but then I have to build an elevator to the house. Because yesterday I tried to bring the Sega Hang On from basement to 1st floor - its a pita.

greetings
Andi