Friday 18th of May 2012... ready for an other road trip...
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Enough Dr Pepper Zero?
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Ok, 5:52am, 379mk to go... I call this a 'small' trip! Here we go!
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At the border of my village, I recognize that cow... wondering if she can recognize me?
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The advert says : "What's the worse that could happen!". Well, now the worse for me is my navigation car system who leads me in Liege downtown!
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Next exit, 18 arcades? Does this mean 18 Wheelers by any chance?
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As I said... Liege downtown! What the hell I'm doing here!
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At last I can see the 'mother base' of one of the most famous Belgian Beer ... 'les hommes savent pourquoi'
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This time, it will happen in the Netherlands...
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Ouch, this 'place' is depressing...
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...so depressing!
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Road trip is always a good opportunity to eat 'something different'
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So you may think I'm gonna stop here & now...
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...but not this time! Because I need something else I can find here in the Netherlands, 'la fricadelle'!
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I use to eat that in Belgium of course, but not inside that 'bread' & that delicious sauce
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Let's continue our way into that country... Hey, I didn't know their school bus was similar than the US one? Cool! Forest?
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Arriving in the destination town... bikes everywhere!
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Everywhere!
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Ok, I'm on destination. The seller is waiting for me. Let's open the door please :
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The seller manager has a business, specialized in the Japanese cabinets importation. Interesting stuff in his desk/office :
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Special item for Barry
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Here's the reason why I'm here
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a
SEGA ASTRO CITY
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Here's the technical data :
Sega Astro City - Type: Sitdown
- Japanese Name: ASUTOROSHITI
- Release: February-1993
- Dimensions: 750 x 905 x 1445 mm
- Wiring: JAMMA
- Monitor: Nanao MS8, 29 in, 15/24 kHz
- Rotatable: Yes (no rotate mechanism)
- Weight: 93 kg
- Power: 140 W
I'm not a crazy fan of 'generic' Japanese cabinet, but I'm admit I really love this model! I love its 'pure' shapes, with gorgeous curves, the possibility to play sitting on a small stool, the giant screen in front of you, who can be rotated, jamma set up, easy access to everything (jamma boards, monitor pot' buttons)...oh, and it's not a generic cabinet, it's a SEGA one! Hell Yeah
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It was love at first sight! I remember I discovered that model during my first meeting with mame-univers (now gamoover) members 7 or 8 years ago, especially Kaneda ...it's your fault man!
I agree It's not a cabinet that match my dedicated collection, but I always wanted one to play 'more modern' games, like vertical shooters. And I didn't have a generic jamma cabinet anymore, so it was the one to get now.
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I was only waiting for one to sell with a nice price and not too far... the wait is over!
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I asked to the seller I wanted the vertical orientation for the monitor! He was setting it that when I came... this is why the cabinet is open on the picture.
The seller has a lot of Japanese cabinets, for example the previous model : the Aero City (released in 1988)
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OK, my cabinet is now ready.... loading time :
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The sexy curve of her back perfectly fits the trunk
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Let's bring back that Asian girl in Belgium...
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...leaving the town ...
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It's time to eat... sorry but 'road trip mandatory'
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...Burger King this time!
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Did you expect a new package delivery today?
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Oh no...back on the depressive & ugly area?
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...it doesn't affect me at all, I'm even quite happy 'coz I'm bringing new stuff at home, HELL YEEAHHH!
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It's time to buy a new TOM TOM I guess... back in Liege down town
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My navigation car system doesn't like to operate in the Netherlands. Few time I missed exists on highway because of bad/wrong indication! Ok it's maybe because the map has never been updated since many years...but I never had such problems anywhere else!
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An other 'road trip mandatory' picture I guess...
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Two km to go... fortunately because I'm almost out of fuel...
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And here we are, with a new Asian girl at home
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Here's for my ALS statistics
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2 country - 806 km / 9h58min on the road.
Next pictures : unloading the 'washing machine'.
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