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WIP : Badly shaped Galaxian
« on: March 24, 2011, 07:16:59 PM »
Hello
Just got my hand on a Galaxian in poor condition last WE
Here is the cabinet and the list of identified work to be done
The cab stayed in water.... all the bottom is rotten and rusty :



All the bottom (side, front) is dead


The rear bottom panel is missing (quotes?)
Rear panel is present and in quite good shape but the keys are missing. I Expected to see a Midway plate or sticker on top rear but it is missing. Serial number is there thoo and the same than the one found inside (1424)



Sides and kick plate arts are whitening, scratched, pierced and starting to peel
Tmolding is scratched and dying





Screen is burnt, and i don't know if it's working


Coin door is rusty and painted in black. I though upright galaxian coin doors where supposed to be dark grey?
Coin mechanism is almost non existent. I don't have the door key (need to change key mechanism). Good news, the coin box is present and in perfect shape  ;D




CP and CPO : it's a butchery! Joystick has been changed and riveted thru the CP
Bezel and smoked screen are missing



Marquee : Quite good shape but some paint missing (it's plexiglas tho, I expected the marquee to be made of glass on the original)
All metal parts are rusty and need to be repainted




CPB and electronic...the most shady part for me. PCB N° is like on the user manual, but can't tell anything else
Some wires are welded to the PCB and the coin door



On the left above the PCB : ???? (not connected to anything)


On the right (sreen settings and )



Here is for the presentation. Any information and advise will be taken with great pleasure
I'm starting on the CP and coin door since the rest of the cabinet is staying in a friends garage

My urging questions for the moment : Where can a find the best CPO (in terms of material and vectorization quality), a NOS joystick (red ball), a coin mechanism and the paint ref for the coin door

Thank you :)

Lone
« Last Edit: March 24, 2011, 08:03:26 PM by Lonewolf »

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Re: WIP : Badly shaped Galaxian
« Reply #1 on: March 24, 2011, 07:25:39 PM »
uh, that looks really really bad :'(
all i need is ... PONG - and a select few others: TOUCH ME, DRAGON'S LAIR, JOUST, ROBOTRON, MR DO, SAN FRANCISCO RUSH THE ROCK!!!

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Re: WIP : Badly shaped Galaxian
« Reply #2 on: March 24, 2011, 07:40:10 PM »
Now thats a challenge !

sjeezz  that cab is beat up !

it has a good brand joystick though  ;D (ofcourse not original, but its a Suzo (STC Rotterdam - netherlands)

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Re: WIP : Badly shaped Galaxian
« Reply #3 on: March 24, 2011, 08:02:13 PM »
The joystick is indeed from a netherland brand. I think i'll keep it.  ;)

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Re: WIP : Badly shaped Galaxian
« Reply #4 on: March 24, 2011, 08:58:49 PM »
Ssshhhh, the worst thing Suzo ever built.....and compared to their usual stuff it's a crying shame.


Poor, poor Galaxian......glad you plan on restoring it !!!

CPO ? Without a single doubt in my mind:

http://www.thisoldgame.com/products/galaxian-control-panel-overlay

I actually helped improving it...SILKSCREEN printed !!

You can also get all the other art there, but the downside is that the vinyl doesn't have the original structure. However, in your case, I would definitly go for it.

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Re: WIP : Badly shaped Galaxian
« Reply #5 on: March 24, 2011, 09:04:09 PM »
The PCB has a hack on it. Probably one of the many games that was made to run on Galaxian hardware. I wonder what game it is ! (Any notes on the EPROMS ?)

At least be very careful, it might be worth something. I'd love it if it were a Hunchback (but that doesn't require a 4 way joystick, so it's probably something else).
Here you can see a number of the games running on Galaxian hardware....again, be very careful, it looks pretty fragile !

Galaxian joysticks are not that easy to find I'm afraid. Try the US forums... (maybe someone has a complete CP).


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Re: WIP : Badly shaped Galaxian
« Reply #6 on: March 24, 2011, 09:11:41 PM »
Here's a pic of the first version of TOG's CPO:



This still has some errors that have been eliminated on the most recent version.

Detail shot:


Here's the thread about my Galaxian restoration, but my job was a LOT easier than yours !!!

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=62784.0

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Re: WIP : Badly shaped Galaxian
« Reply #7 on: March 25, 2011, 09:43:53 AM »
I think Ive got some NOS galaxian CPOs, will have to check


I definately have a few of the repro Galaxian Marquees I had done left if your interested.

Good luck with the project :) :)

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Re: WIP : Badly shaped Galaxian
« Reply #8 on: March 25, 2011, 12:35:09 PM »
I guess a repro would be cheaper to make. This is one hell of a restoration projects.
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Re: WIP : Badly shaped Galaxian
« Reply #9 on: March 25, 2011, 04:38:54 PM »
I guess a repro would be cheaper to make.

Maybe true, but resto /= repro.

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Re: WIP : Badly shaped Galaxian
« Reply #10 on: March 25, 2011, 09:30:30 PM »
Please, go resto for those painted side arts, Lonewolf!
They survived more than 30 years, the whole soul of the cab is in them  ;)
(says the guy who never dared starting the small touch up of his asteroids side arts).

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Re: WIP : Badly shaped Galaxian
« Reply #11 on: March 26, 2011, 08:01:08 AM »
The artworks on your Galaxian side arts are in better shape than to one on mine. If I were you, I would just touch up the paint.

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Re: WIP : Badly shaped Galaxian
« Reply #12 on: March 29, 2011, 09:20:22 PM »
Hello, and first of all, thanks for all your answers  ;)
Level42, i've already read you whole galaxian resto many, many times  ;D
For the CPO, I indeed planed to get the one from thisoldgame since the reviews from forums say it's one of the best available
For the joystick, I may have found the right one on quarterarcade.com
Original Bezel and marquee have been bought on ebay.com and i'm awaiting arrival. Bought the Tmolding has well
The sides are not painted on the wood but on the white vinyl. Since it's in such a bad shape, i don't think i'll have much of the choice : Paint job seems really difficult, I'm no artist and know nothing about painting on such materials --> i'll probably have to replace them eventually (but it's not the priority)
For the PCB, i don't know much where to look to give you informations, i can just tell that the number is indeed a Galaxian  
Here some closer pics if it helps

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Re: WIP : Badly shaped Galaxian
« Reply #13 on: March 29, 2011, 09:25:48 PM »
big issue for the moment : find the right color for the midway coin door  :ghost:

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Re: WIP : Badly shaped Galaxian
« Reply #14 on: March 29, 2011, 11:32:15 PM »
Well the RAL color I used turned out a bit too light so that won't be much help...