alright guys, before i get into details, let me point out first that this is going to be a
long-time project, because there's so much to do and so many parts to design / create / buy ... but i will get there eventually - that's a promise!!!

as i've already stated in another topic (
https://www.dragonslairfans.com/smfor/index.php?topic=716.0), bubble bobble is one of my most beloved games. but since there is no such thing as an original dedicated bb cab and bubble bobble was only sold as a conversion kit, I will have to create one myself. i had been on the lookout for a taito cab (the company "responsible" for that perfect game) for quite a while and finally i was lucky enough to score ...
an old taito cab with almost nothing inside - but taito it is

here's the damn expensive ebay auction


besides the fabulous fact that i only paid 1 euro for the cab, the location of the seller was also close to perfect, because a good friend of mine lives pretty close to the game's destination. so i combined the pickup of the cab with a visit to my friend - nice roadtrip all around.
time to get started, what a horrible weather it was on that day ...

driving in HEAVY rain on german autobahns

the seller didn't want to appear on the pictures or take photos himself, so there's no picture of the actual loading process. only two of the cab already inside my car

at the end of a perfect day ...

once again, after carrying it up around 1000 stairs (at least it seems that way), the cabinet now rests in one of my "service rooms"

although the marquee says "crazy kong", there's no game inside. the game that originally was inside that cab was this:
http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?letter=&game_id=9799
stratovox control panel with a "not so original" joystick

a beautiful taito coin door

one side of the cab: i love that taito logo


a lot of scratches on the sides


no monitor inside

the only thing inside is a chaos of wires and
DIRT 


but behold! what kind of currency is that?

