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[RoadTrip] Klash of the Spikes
« on: July 11, 2010, 02:13:19 AM »
I have been looking at some of the roadtrips over the last couple of months, and now i decided that it was my turn...

Nothing big and fancy, but we all gotta start somewhere :)

I bought a non working Generic cab at a Danish buy/trade/sell website...

The first arrangement was to pick it up Sunday 11/07/2010 but the weather looked like Rain and Thunder, so i called the seller and asked if he had a half a hour today when the weather was 30* outside...

The seller agreed if i could be there around 14:30

I took off pretty quick to make it... and here is the whole trip in Picture :)


Gotta' remember the basics :) (Mobile Phone with TomTom, Sunglases, Music and of course a sandwich)


12:44 and 144km to go...


Quick Stop, gonna need some cash for the cab...


Damn first Red light, and first red sports car of the day :)


It's 30+ outside today so i saw a lot of cars dealing with the heat...


And tires :(


Halfway at the "Lillebælts Broen"


This Town name always seems to make people from other countries laugh :)


Phew, the TomTom says i'm gonna make it in time :)


Getting closer, the roads seems to get a lot smaller.


The destination town


Isn't it idyllic?


here it it, the generic cab from Compu-Game Denmark...


Just waiting to get loaded into my Stretch Limo (It long and White, so it must be true) :)


Locked And Loaded


With the 2 Neo-Geo Games (Power Spikes II) and (Kabuki Klash)

After the Pick up i desitet to take a 10min break at a local supermarket, to get come cold water and some diesel for the car...
just 10sec before i was going home, my mobile phone rang... it was, ****** (nahhh you can figure it out later down the page) ;)

Instead of driving home, i was now driving further north on "Fyn" following the coast...










Could it be?


These two greeted me at the entrance.


If you guessed "The Shed" (Muerto Place) you got it right!





God dammit, i want that Nintendo Row... ;)






Ohhh yes, the Red Beauty, I Like ;)

Great time and great guys, talked for a couple of hours...



Going home i was wondering if one of the massive power lines, was going directly into "The Shed" ;)



Followed Muerto's advise, and took a small MacAttack trip...


Come on, Come on, you call this Fast Food....? huh?


Finally on my was back home with a little snack to keep me going, (thanks for the beverage Muerto)



Had to make it home quick (got 3 af my nephew's on holiday) and we were gonna make a fire and roast bread (some more burned than others) :)


It's now around 23:30 and i was taking my friend Brian with me to help me unload the cab in my house...


Uhhh Corvette (Homer drooling*)


Cab unloaded...


Testing the Cab...

The Seller said that there was a Ticking sound when he turned it on, (common problem with some of the screen boards)
Well i fired it up, no ticking sound, but wait, SMOKE, damn... turned it off.. the time is now over midnight so the problem must wait to another day...
But the 2 Neo Geo games worked 100% :)

Thanks again to Muerto for the drinks, and fun times, hope to see you irl soon again :)

Hope you all enjoyed the pictures...

/Jonas
« Last Edit: July 11, 2010, 11:40:16 AM by Reinhold »

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Re: [RoadTrip] Klash of the Spikes
« Reply #1 on: July 11, 2010, 09:28:49 AM »
great story !

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« Reply #2 on: July 11, 2010, 02:35:08 PM »
Thanks for sharing! - and you´re welcome in The Shed anytime!

lol... some non danish people must think this city is a joke....

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Re: [RoadTrip] Klash of the Spikes
« Reply #3 on: July 11, 2010, 02:53:50 PM »
thx for sharing, reinhold, some nice pictures on there! what are ypu going to do with that generic cab?

note to myself: must visit THE SHED one day  ;)
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Re: [RoadTrip] Klash of the Spikes
« Reply #4 on: July 11, 2010, 03:23:34 PM »
Are you gonna gut it and do a makeshift Neo-Geo with it?

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Re: [RoadTrip] Klash of the Spikes
« Reply #5 on: July 11, 2010, 06:40:25 PM »
Thanks for this *first* story in picture here, Reinhold  :-*

Very courageous to do road trip with this hot weather!
Your 'reward' for this  ;D  :arrow:



Nice bonus, the visit of ... "The Shed(tm)"  :P Hope this place will give you the desire to own dedicated 'classics' games too  :P
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« Reply #6 on: July 11, 2010, 08:38:46 PM »
thx for sharing, reinhold, some nice pictures on there! what are ypu going to do with that generic cab?

note to myself: must visit THE SHED one day  ;)

Thx...  :D

Well, first off i'm gonna find out where the smoke i coming from  ::) ;D

The Wood on this cab is not that bad... so i think it's gonna run one of the pcb's i don't have in a cab already... (maybe keep the 2slot Neo Geo in it...)

And it's also way to "pretty" to paint and make a Mame out of... (got several other trashed generic cabs for that)

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Re: [RoadTrip] Klash of the Spikes
« Reply #7 on: July 11, 2010, 08:47:01 PM »
Thanks for this *first* story in picture here, Reinhold  :-*

Very courageous to do road trip with this hot weather!
Your 'reward' for this  ;D  :arrow:



Nice bonus, the visit of ... "The Shed(tm)"  :P Hope this place will give you the desire to own dedicated 'classics' games too  :P
 :spaceace: :spaceace: :spaceace:


thx, and right back at ya' for the great forum :)

Ohh yeah it was soooo hot... There is no climate control in my VW T4 Transporter from 97'... :( but with both windows down is not that bad...

Yeah... Muerto has a great collection of "the classics"

The only real "classic" i have is my Centipede Cabaret under restoration (burn-in) (pcb broken) (water damage) :(

and then i got some "newer" arcades...
Cyber Cycles
Virtua Striker 50"
and a couple others...

But yes i definitely need more "classics"  :D

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« Reply #8 on: July 12, 2010, 05:54:29 AM »
Welcome aboard!!  Thanks for sharing your roadtrip!  :D

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« Reply #9 on: July 12, 2010, 09:26:04 AM »
Thanks for the report! That generic cab feels so 80's...   ;)
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