Dragon's Lair Fans - Arcade Lifestyle
General Chat => Arcade Lifestyle => Topic started by: Superully on May 04, 2013, 04:45:44 PM
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ever since i missed out on a nice ice cold beer on ebay a few years ago, i had always wanted one even more badly. when a good arcade buddy of mine, ingmar, came into possession of quite a few cabs, there was also an ice cold beer in the lot and to my own excitement he offered it up to me for grabs - of course i couldn't resist. the only downside: ingmar's living up north, i'm living down south, but since there was no urgency in getting the game to my place, we just let it rest there until opportunity would arise ...
switch to something different: at the end of last year, joerg aka punkrockcaveman had bought two of my black & white machines, but he had the same north and south problem like i did. when the year began, we started mapping out a plan where he would go to ingmar, grab my ICB, drop it off at my place and return with his two games back home. we were basically ready to go (just one week away) when something came up on ebay which changed everything entirely. now it was me going up north, delivering joerg's games, picking up the ICB myself and continuing on to something i'm calling GARAGE RAID!
here's what's coming up - this is going to be a hell of a ride and a totally cool adventure :arrow:
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although this is going to be a long (and winding) roadtrip, i don't have to start too early because it's a weekend
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impossible to do this trip with my own car (you'll find out why later ;D), i'm turning to my favorite rental agency. doesn't this car look familiar by now?
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first stop is going to be ingmar's place, which doesn't seem to be too far off, but you can easily add at least half an hour when travelling with a van
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a few days ago, when i was doing my cruis'n ully roadtrip (https://www.dragonslairfans.com/smfor/index.php?topic=4473.0), this is what the weather looked like 8) :arrow:
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and here's the weather as of today - damn! :evil: :arrow:
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driving in heavy rain all the time makes me somewhat tired, ...
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... therefore i need a shot of my favorite energy drink: relentless!
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much better, especially since the rain has almost stopped! the last 100 kilometers are on country roads only
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after more than 4 hours, i'm arriving at my first stopover ...
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... where ingmar is already waiting for me - ready to guide me in!
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and here we are: the galaga is going to joerg later on (but that's a different story told on a different forum) and behind it my ice cold beer :)
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moving games with a forklift is so much easier
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after being stowed away in the garage for quite a while, the arcade machine finally has its coming out ;)
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i've decided to trade in my rampage machine for the ice cold beer, so let's start the trade!
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good-bye rampage, hello ice cold beer!!!
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laying the machine to rest - doesn't it look cozy?
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ingmar has a nice collection of pinballs, but unfortunately i'm on a tight schedule and can't "waste" too much time, because - as i've said before - ingmar's place was only a short stopover, the real deal is coming up ...
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the second part of my trip is starting off slowly with some "nice machines" on the road
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honestly, thinking about what's coming up i'd much rather be in the sauna promoted on the sign on the right
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of course the inevitable has to happen: speed restriction first, ...
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... then an almost complete standstill >:(
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ouch, this must have hurt badly!
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because of the traffic jam, i'm losing almost an hour, but then i have open roads ahead of me!
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time for some windmill pics
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my final destination almost in sight
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here we go, this is the exit i have to take
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bremen is the 10th largest city of germany with about 550,000 inhabitants, but this part of the city looks more like my hometown lauda :P
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a familiar face is already waiting for me at the seller's address: joerg aka mr punkrockcaveman himself!
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let's park the car and do some investigations first: a narrow staircase leading downwards and a sign saying "danger of suffocation"! luckily, we don't have to go down there :ghost:
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we are here for this :arrow:
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time for the story behind the upcoming garage raid: a guy had started an auction on ebay which showed 10+ games (videogames, slot machines and more) in an abandoned garage saying "buyer has to take everything". due to the picture limitation on ebay, he couldn't show all the games in their entirety, but there were some gems hidden in there and because joerg thankfully agreed to drive over from oldenburg to bremen and help me out with the raid, i decided to jump on it - i simply can't pass pass on an adventure like that! 8)
of the three garages you could see on the picture above , the one on the left with the garbage can as a "key" is "ours" - get ready to raid a garage full of games! :spaceace:
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to be continued ...
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not the rampage!!!
damn i d have a ice cold beer now ;)
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Cliffhanger... Now..... Seriously!!!!!!
Get those raid pics up!!! :D
Great catch Ully, who bought the ICB you almost got on ebay... :roll: ;D
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Great, so you finally got one ICB !! :)
It's bad to waste time in a traffic jam.....but it's better to pass the damaged cars than to be part of an accident!
Can#t wait to see what was inside the garage :spaceace:
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Great, so you finally got one ICB !! :)
It's bad to waste time in a traffic jam.....but it's better to pass the damaged cars than to be part of an accident!
Can#t wait to see what was inside the garage :spaceace:
me tooooooo. damn ully... you are doing this to freak me out, don't you?! ;)
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I sense great games inside...Argh, open that garage now! 8)
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Cliffhanger... Now..... Seriously!!!!!!
isn't that how you tell an exciting story? :P
Great catch Ully, who bought the ICB you almost got on ebay... :roll: ;D
can't remember the name of the guy who got it, i think it was someone from norway or sweden or some other scandinavian country - and he now has two ;)
Can#t wait to see what was inside the garage
don't worry guys, the wait is almost over, the garage will be opened (and raided) TODAY!!! 8)
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ok guys, time to open the garage! but before we can do that, let's remove the "key" first :arrow:
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(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5229/5676583954_30302ec558_t_d.jpg) click on the following picture to see the opening of the garage "live" :arrow: abrakadabra simsalabim open sesame!!!
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let's quickly take a first snapshot!!! oh my god, i can't believe it, another rampage - what a coincidence :P
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looks like i've traded in a rampage for an ice cold beer but will be returning home with both machines anyway 8)
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joerg is not only here to help me with the hauling, but also to inspect the games and make a first rating
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i'll show you more detailed pics later, but the rampage is in really good condition and gets joerg's full approval! :)
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up next on the inspection list is the wonderful em game bonanza. joerg tells me that he played the exact same game back in the days and totally fell in love with it :-*. unfortunately, he's almost out of space in THE CAVE and therefore can't take it! if i remember correctly, joerg told me that there was a coil missing underneath the rifle, but once again more on that later when i inspect the individual games closer!
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go away, that bonanza em game is mine and i'll shoot everyone who comes one step closer! (on a side note: i love that picture)
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is joerg trying to come up with a plan on how to steal the machine without me noticing? ;D
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up next i wanna show you a picture from the original ebay auction. clearly you can see a nice b/w midway clowns game, but who can identidy the other game on the right which you can barely see? the entire auction description and the rest of the pictures didn't mention / show anything about it, but ...
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... i knew what it was: another uber-rare nichibutsu crazy climber deluxe cabinet!!! "another?", you might ask. yes, i already picked one up during my Crazy Drivin' eh Climbin' Roadtrip (https://www.dragonslairfans.com/smfor/index.php?topic=3783.0) last year, so this one will definitely be for sale (like most of the other cabs, but more on that later)!
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to the left of the clowns cabinet is another midway b/w game, a pong-clone called winner. although it is in really great shape, i'm not planning on starting a collection of pong ripoffs. i'm extremely happy with my unique rally machine, but (apart from an original pong) imho one is more than enough. because i knew that getting everything from the garage into my rental van would be a problem, i had sold three machines in advance to a german forum member: the winner and two generic universal cabinets (which i had no interest in) are going to stay in the garage for the time being - waiting to be picked up later!
nevertheless, nice looking lineup, don't you think?
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the crazy climber deluxe out in the open
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inspection time: really clean inside, everything where it should be! thumbs up!!!
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four games loaded: ice cold beer, rampage, bonanza and crazy climber!
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up next, we transport the clowns into the van, but while doing so realize that the cabinet is extremely light, almost a featherweight! there is supposed to be a 23'' b/w monitor in there, but since the machine is so incredible light, both joerg and i suspect that the monitor is missing. unfortunately, the keys to the cabinet are missing as well and although joerg is trying as hard as he can, you can see zip through the tinted bezel! i'll have to drill it open when i get home and see if we were right ...
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unfortunately, we can not only take the good stuff, but we also have to load crap like fruit machines - and there isn't even money in the coin box >:(
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slowly but surely, space is getting an issue, therefore we have the idea of stacking the fruit machines on top of each other, but that would require being able to put them in horizontally. however, we don't know if they fit in like that and we don't have a meter with us, therefore we have to use a "human meter" to measure the size. ok, for future references: one fruit machine is as tall as one superully :D :P
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now let's lay that human meter on the van's bottom (btw, planking rocks) to find out if it fits. as you can see, the answer is NO!!!
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vertically it has to be then
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we manage to get everything in eventually, but since i have to unload everything tonight alone (i can't expect someone to come over to the storage in the middle of the night to move around games), i'm a little bit worried that getting the crappy games out by myself is going to be a problem, because i can't lay them down. best option would probably be to simply toss them out on the ground, but then the neighbours would call the possible - and i don't want that to happen! let's see ...
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loaded to the max
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here's what we left behind in the garage. we weren't supposed to take the tables and the fruit machine standees - fortunately!
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it's somewhat sad to leave the winner behind, but i'm happy with the decision i made
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we also had to leave behind this monster of a table game
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"what is it?", you might be wondering. let's remove some of the dust :arrow:
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in case you don't know what that is, it's an em soccer table from 1968. seems to be pretty cool, if you're interested checked out some videos here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pe10JW5UXeU) and here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9f7hgaqKut8)! hopefully, joerg is going to pick that up later. it deserves to be saved!
now that the garage has been raided, let's turn our attention to something different: FOOD!!! i haven't had anything to eat all day long and for me there's only one place to go :arrow:
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los wochos at mcdonald's - just wonderful
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now that i'm well (?) fed, i can start the long journey home down south
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unfortunately, i miss the cutoff for an autobahn night construction sight by a mere 10 minutes, which means the autobahn gets closed off completey and i have to travel for about 80 kilometers on country roads - damn!!! :evil:
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flipping the "score" over ...
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... until my final score is in :arrow:
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i was a little bit afraid of unloading all that stuff myself, but i'm having on problems doing (sorry guys, no pics). i'm returning the rental van the same night and when i finally arrive back home, the stats are in :arrow:
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one country, five counties, 1196 kilometers, 19 hours 12 minutes on the road - this roadtrip is OFFICIALLY OVER!
but stay tuned for a closer inspection of the games from the garage raid ...
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thanks for the trip story Ully. And that garage (whorehouse) was indeed a nice find. So that was it last weekend - my view of the garage today was a bit more vacant :-)
I would like to thank you for leaving the WINNER and some of the rest to us Northern guys. Appreciate that and they will be lovely placed inside the collection and hopefully exhibited later the year in Hamburg.
As to say with Wayne: We're not worthy! We're not worthy! ;-)
Next time you need help in the northern hemisphere, feel free to give me a call.
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great story - and a long trip.
congrats to the new cabs!
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Simply awesome, nice teamwork guys!!! :spaceace:
It is nice to see, that places like this exists and we can save more and more games every year.
That Bonanza looks really nice, if something is missing, I can help comparing with mine. ;)
The Bally soccer game has a weird gameplay, but definitely has to be saved!
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click on the following picture to see the opening of the garage "live" :arrow: abrakadabra simsalabim open sesame!!!
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8400/8709763680_62dfa034cc_z_d.jpg) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjvpiQMXA68&feature=youtu.be)
Cannot open that video because it's set on 'private' ? :?
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Cannot open that video because it's set on 'private' ? :?
try it now! i thought "private" means that everyone who has the link can open it, that's how it works with the flickr pictures.
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Cannot open that video because it's set on 'private' ? :?
try it now! i thought "private" means that everyone who has the link can open it, that's how it works with the flickr pictures.
ohhh lucky boy! great stuff in there!!!
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ohhh lucky boy! great stuff in there!!!
almost everything will be for sale! :) more on that later ...
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Great story Ully and Jörg !
Great find that Crazy Climber. Very rare indeed but it's also a dead ugly cabinet IMHO....
The woodgrain, the shape (esp. the control panel seems to almost fall down from the cab....because of it's position and shape...) no....not my cup of tea. I also have no "bond" with the game, I have never played it BITD.
But it is STILL a great find of course...
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investigation time - let's see what we've got and where we stand (functionwise)!
starting with the ice cold beer, the cabinet has some dings here and there, but overall is in ok shape
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the sidearts seem to be nice, but they do have their scratches and battle marks, but i'm still not sure whether to replace them or not
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what definitely needs to be replaced is the control panel, because it's not original. i already have a replacement here with me and the repro control panel overlays are readily available
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nice and clean inside! as you can see, the cabinet has the ticket dispenser installed which is a great bonus. and even greater than that is the fact that the game is fully operational! :)
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last shot: the serial plate
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up next, my new rampage
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it is going to need some paint touchups here and there, but apart from that the cabinet is in great condition
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on most rampage machines i've seen so far the red on the bezel and the marquee is completely faded (my old rampage was a good example for that), but here the colors are still vibrant!
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even better is the control panel overlay (for which no good reproductions are available at the moment) - apart from some dirt which mr magic eraser will remove easily it seems to be immaculate
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and it has the correct monroe joystick installed as well
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cabinet's inside is clean und unhacked (could use some vacuuming but then it should be fine)
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original rampage cabinet ...
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... with all the original documentation stapled to the back door
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but the biggest question of them all is: does the game work after sitting in the garage for i-don't-know-how-many years? let's plug it in :arrow:
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hell ya, fully operational!!! i'd call that a great catch :spaceace:
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some nice games i've picked up recently!!!
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while (of course) i'm going to keep the ice cold beer and the rampage in my collection, everything onwards from now on is up for grabs. so if you're interested in any of the upcoming games, shoot my an email with an offer and we'll talk about it. if i don't have any takers by thursday, the following machines (along with two others) will be auctioned off on ebay or offered on other forums, but i'd rather see them go to someone on this forum. i need space!!!
the first game up for grabs is also my first em game i brought home
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some shots of the cabinet - all in nice original condition
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the rifle could use a night in an anti-rust bath
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i love the simplicity of the artwork and the color scheme
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a peek inside through the coin door. while inspecting the cabinet, joerg said that there was clearly a coil missing, but i don't know where - however, i'm no expert, so someone else might chime in here
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the mechanics of the game - impressive!!! (note that the lower back door is missing, but it's only a small piece of wood and in case you needed the exact dimensions and photos, i'm sure that bela would help you out 8))
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the original 8-track player is there ...
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... and so is the tape!
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now let's see what happens when we plug the game in :arrow:
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(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5229/5676583954_30302ec558_t_d.jpg) click on the following picture to see some gaming action - or not? :arrow:
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as you can see, the targets are moving, the lights are working, BUT the game doesn't register any shots with the rifle (and the remaining shots are not counting down). perhaps it is related to the "mystery of the missing coil"? nevertheless, for a game not having been serviced for such a long time, i'm thrilled about where we are at the moment. hopefully, someone will be able to fix that in no time!
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we're "staying old" with the following game - also for sale :arrow:
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the game is in PERFECT condition (and that means a lot coming from my lips)
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check out the sideart - almost flawless
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the other side is not PERFECT, but still in great condition considering its age (clowns turns 35 this year)!
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i'm sure the control panel will clean up nicely
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now to the problem mentioned earlier: remember, the cabinet is sooo light that both joerg and i came to the conclusion that the 23'' monitor has to be missing. the bezel itself is "impenetrable" :arrow:
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when you don't have any keys, there's only one way in
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i can't tell you how excited i am to find out the truth
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OH - MY - GOD!!! the monitor is there, i can't freaking believe it! this has to be the lightest cabinet EVER!!!
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well, there's not a lot at the bottom, perhaps that explains it somehow
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i've said this many times today, but the cabinet looks nice and clean on the inside - that garage obviously was a good place to store the games!
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of course i have to find out whether the game is working! nice neckglow on the monitor so far ...
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... but unfortunately only garbagge on the screen :(. i'm pretty sure andreas "speleo" could fix that in a heartbeat though, he's an expert when it comes to fixing old stuff!
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now on to the last game for now - crazy climber deluxe. and YES, this one's also up for grabs!
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some scratches here and there ... (sorry, picture is out of focus)
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... but nothing major!
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man, don't we just love that artwork? :-*
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but i have to be honest and don't want to hold anything back: there is a crack in the control panel plexi, the joysticks are not the original ones (although imho very good replacements) which have been drilled into / screwed onto the control panel AND the player 1 / 2 start buttons aren't original either, although i like the color choice they have made here! over the course of the last weekend, i had the control panel here with me at home, fixed the crack in the plexi as good as possible (it looked much worse when i got it, you can ask joerg), had the metal pieces in my anti-rust bath and cleaned everything inside out. i'd say the panel is probably as good as it gets!
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but as always, where's bad news there's also good news and you can see that here :arrow:
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another working game!!! the picture is somewhat out of focus at first, but it gets much better with time. i've had it on today for about 15 minutes and after that it was totally fine!
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the inside is perfect, serial numbers match and it even came with a manual :)
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of course i have to seize the opportunity and put the two crazy climber deluxe cabinets side by side - something you don't see every day! to the (potential) buyer: note that i will remove the small white coin door board on the left cabinet and screw it on my cabinet to the right, because it was missing when i got my game. the seller of my cabinet told me that he still had it, but hasn't come around to look for it though. if it shows up, you can have it of course. in the meantime, i can give you exact measures to build a replacement - that's a piece of cake!
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more pictures of the two cabinets. contrary to what andré thinks, i love the cabinet design because it's something different - and i even love the dark woodgrain :-*
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the sideart sticker on mine is long gone (meaning: unusable), but i have the artwork vector file here on my computer, so when my cabinet has moved to the front of the restoration line and i'm printing replacement stickers for it, i can print a second set for the owner of the second crazy climber as well!
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one last shot which allows you to compare the two crazy climbers (and especially the control panels) side by side!!!
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well guys, that's it for the garage raid and the games i brought back home - hope you enjoyed the show. the fruit machines are long gone by now! hopefully, the bonanza, the clowns and the crazy climber will soon find a new home with someone else - preferably from this forum. once again, in case you are interested, shot me a pm or an email with your offer(s)!
all in all, it was a hell of a ride (which cost some serious money), but totally worth it if you ask me. not only did i get 1 1/2 new games, it was also a nice adventure raiding that garage with joerg - thx. opportunities like that get rarer and rarer, so you have to seize them whenever they present themselves! it's nice to see that places like that still exist, it's only a matter of finding them ...
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Finding a working game (but 3? :D) is priceless, congrats Ully!!! :spaceace:
That Bonanza is a real rare beast, I think there is not too much in Europe and that one looks really nice.
Believe me, EM rifle games are highly addictive, somebody please take it, it has to remain in our community. ;)
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ok, here's a short update:
- clowns has been sold (ad already picked up)
- bonanza has (most likely) found a very good home as well
- crazy climber is still up for grabs, but (hopefully) not for long because i have two guys interested in it