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Re: WTB - Frogger
« Reply #15 on: June 04, 2013, 11:23:01 AM »
Good choice! Frogger is a "pure classic"

I prefer the original version... If you want less wood grain you can add a side-art on it ;)

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Re: WTB - Frogger
« Reply #16 on: June 04, 2013, 12:33:12 PM »
Quote from: chrischris on June 04, 2013, 11:21:25 AM
Besides that wood grain IS the 80's.
Don't you remember that everything was woodgrain back then? the sidewalks, your lunch sandwiches, the swimtrunks, etc...

Maybe in the US or Belgium but not in my country. Woodgrain was considered bad taste all over the place even in the 80s'. I still hate it. It is so fake.

@Atarimania: still too much woodgrain. PLUS I don't like the shape of the cab. Just MHO :)

Maybe the Italians overdid the artwork on the Zacc, but at least they TRIED :P

The ONLY thing I like about the US version is that tyre track. HOWEVER, instead of doing it properly they only did it partly. It should have gone over the woodgrain too of course. I mean, what the hell happened at the point between the CP and the kickplate ? Did the car suddenly take off there ? Or did it land from the sky there if you want to believe the track is running from the down-side up ??

In fact, it should have been all over the woodgrain so we wouldn't see the woodgrain ! :P

That's why I really like Ully's Frogger. It's the best mod to a cab I've ever seen IMHO.
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Re: WTB - Frogger
« Reply #17 on: June 04, 2013, 01:02:13 PM »
Yeah, the Zacc looks much better and it would be really nice next to your Moon Crest. ;)
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Re: WTB - Frogger
« Reply #18 on: June 04, 2013, 01:03:22 PM »
The truth is that it was originally designed to be a bartop machine.
The lower all woodgrain part was a last minute addition  ::)

To me the 80's are a lot about "fake" and "bad taste", that's why that cheesy woodgrain is iconic of this period.
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Re: WTB - Frogger
« Reply #19 on: June 04, 2013, 01:23:07 PM »
Quote from: chrischris on June 04, 2013, 01:03:22 PM
The truth is that it was originally designed to be a bartop machine.
The lower all woodgrain part was a last minute addition  ::)

AHA!!!  LOL :P


Quote from: chrischris on June 04, 2013, 01:03:22 PM
To me the 80's are a lot about "fake" and "bad taste", that's why that cheesy woodgrain is iconic of this period.
Really ? They were very real for me  ;D

It's just that Sega/Gremin cabs seem to be designed with so little love. I mean, compare it to Atari's and Bally-Midways from the same era....all the cabs have the same (dull) shape and artwork is quickly and cheaply done...

O well no point in discussing taste  ;D ;D
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Re: WTB - Frogger
« Reply #20 on: June 04, 2013, 01:38:50 PM »
Quote from: Level42 on June 04, 2013, 01:23:07 PM
O well no point in discussing taste  ;D ;D
Of course, it was just for the fun, now let's go catch some frogs for Erik  ;)
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Re: WTB - Frogger
« Reply #21 on: June 04, 2013, 02:09:07 PM »
Kinda agree with Chris, it's so ugly that it gets cool again..  ;D
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Re: WTB - Frogger
« Reply #22 on: June 04, 2013, 04:30:40 PM »
Eric,

A Zaccaria Frogger has just been listet on eBay in the UK.

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Re: WTB - Frogger
« Reply #23 on: June 04, 2013, 07:29:43 PM »

Thanks Olly, but besides that it is way overpriced, I am really after this great looking woodgrain US version:




Although I do remember that I always hated woodgrain in those days, it is typically a sign of that time. But let´s not discuss taste and originallity in this WTB topic, I want the US version and that´s it.





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Re: WTB - Frogger
« Reply #24 on: June 04, 2013, 09:49:03 PM »
Quote from: Level42 on June 04, 2013, 12:33:12 PM
Quote from: chrischris on June 04, 2013, 11:21:25 AM
Besides that wood grain IS the 80's.
Don't you remember that everything was woodgrain back then? the sidewalks, your lunch sandwiches, the swimtrunks, etc...

Maybe in the US or Belgium but not in my country. Woodgrain was considered bad taste all over the place even in the 80s'. I still hate it. It is so fake.

@Atarimania: still too much woodgrain. PLUS I don't like the shape of the cab. Just MHO :)

Maybe the Italians overdid the artwork on the Zacc, but at least they TRIED :P

The ONLY thing I like about the US version is that tyre track. HOWEVER, instead of doing it properly they only did it partly. It should have gone over the woodgrain too of course. I mean, what the hell happened at the point between the CP and the kickplate ? Did the car suddenly take off there ? Or did it land from the sky there if you want to believe the track is running from the down-side up ??

In fact, it should have been all over the woodgrain so we wouldn't see the woodgrain ! :P

That's why I really like Ully's Frogger. It's the best mod to a cab I've ever seen IMHO.

"It is so fake."

The Ataris are real fake as they PRETEND not to be made from plywood. The Gremlin cabs don't, they SHOW what they are: A cheap box made to get your money :)


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Re: WTB - Frogger
« Reply #25 on: June 06, 2013, 10:15:09 AM »
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Re: WTB - Frogger
« Reply #26 on: June 06, 2013, 10:54:51 AM »
Quote from: Level42 on June 06, 2013, 10:15:09 AM
Love You're a great guy but sometimes I don't follow you....

Defintion of fake: "Something that isn't real."

All arcade games are fake by definition. They are made out of plywood/wood!

Fancy graphics cover that up. Ugly woodgrain shows it somehow. So, whats more fake, a nice Atari cab or a ugly woodgrain Gremlin Frogger.
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Re: WTB - Frogger
« Reply #27 on: June 06, 2013, 01:03:56 PM »
Well, those 12 or so arcade games I have in my gameroom are pretty real to me..... ;D

OK, lets get a Frogger for Erik now :):)
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Re: WTB - Frogger
« Reply #28 on: June 06, 2013, 05:37:10 PM »
12 or so arcade games in your gameroom, andré! have you extended without letting anyone know about it?
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Re: WTB - Frogger
« Reply #29 on: June 07, 2013, 02:42:05 PM »
Quote from: Superully on June 06, 2013, 05:37:10 PM
12 or so arcade games in your gameroom, andré! have you extended without letting anyone know about it?
? no...I just put more in there ;)

I lost count to be honest...

1 SW cockpit
2 Galaxian Bally-Midway
3 Galaxian Namco
4 Berzerk
5 Centipede
6 Mario Bros.
7 Mame-thing
8 Asterock
9 Asteroids
10 Joust
11 Ms.Pac-Man
12 Lunar Lander

Yup, 12 it is...
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