Nintendo sky hawk and battle shark arrive today.

[Chuckie egg]

So finally I get to inspect my two games I brought at the begining  of 2014
I was amazed to see that I has both films sky hawk and battle shark this is incredible.
Sky hawk is even earlier than battle Shark and was a big hit in Japan on there bigger projectors in the arcade.
Both games are complete and internals are in fantastic condition.
With both film intact I can't wait to restore these games .
I am so excited 

[kos71]

nice catch and some cabs that we do not see often .

When i saw the rust i was fearing some bad news for ya but the inside is really good . a really nice and interresting wip to come .

be brave

[Luigi]

Holy sh]t...amazing technology 

Good luck with the resto....it seems the left side needs some good TLC

[Etienne MacGyver]

Nice !

you should do something simular like Bruno did with "The Driver" Footage, to save it for the future..

https://www.dragonslairfans.com/smfor/index.php?topic=5826.msg86195#msg86195

[gyruss]

i could always ask in a couple of months, atm we are way to busy with other stuff. 

[Chuckie egg]

Nice !

you should do something simular like Bruno did with "The Driver" Footage, to save it for the future..

https://www.dragonslairfans.com/smfor/index.php?topic=5826.msg86195#msg86195

Thanks for the link I never saw this.
Saving the film is my first step in the preservation of both games,I think the rust and metal work is not a problem I can get that fixed with any one who is good at spot welding.
Then i will have to paint with red oxide and find a colour match and paint them.
But inside they are immaculate So Iam hoping that they both will work.
But any help or advice with the film would be much appreciated

[gyruss]

Send me a PM in a couple of months and i'll ask if the company i work at has time to do this. 

[level42]

That would be awesome if it could be digitized !

It's amazing that those films are still intact IMHO...but could we recreate them in the future if needed ?

There is footage of this game being played in the AVRO Driester episode about arcade games. I think that is now off-line. Can't do it today but remind me to re-upload that somewhere, it's awesome anyway.

Probably said it before here but Battle Shark is one of the games I played in my first "arcade days". Together with EM and B/W videogames this was in one of the camping-site arcades in Zeeland in the late 70s.
So I think it's awesome to see some of these still being around and getting the love they need !!!!

I must say I remember that hitting a target was either crazy hard OR the machine was poorly aliged


Congrats and hope to see them up and one day

[Etienne MacGyver]

It is online but marked hidden on my YouTube.

EDIT:

Footage is now offline on request.

[level42]

Ah, thought Pieter/B&G/AVRO didn't want it on youtube at all ?

[Etienne MacGyver]

AFAIK only on these terms, if its a problem (pieter) just let me know, and i'll take it down.

[Chuckie egg]

Thanks for posting the video it well help enormously with reference to this game.
Any of you guys know how many of these are in existence?I believe there are five.
But I've never seen a Skyhawk before.

[Chuckie egg]

Is it ok if I post this link to the footage on my Facebook page Ninty Arcade ?

[Etienne MacGyver]

Maybe (if i have the permission of Pieter) i can cut out the battle shark part (19 seconds of footage)

[gyruss]

@Etienne: Please take it down (om verder misverstanden te voorkomen), it's called a private video for a reason, posting the link on a public forum doesn't make it private anymore.

@Chuckie: I'll ask the right holders if i can send you the small part about the game, please don't post this video (yet).

Thanks guys.