Dragon's Lair Fans - Arcade Lifestyle
General Chat => Arcade Lifestyle => Topic started by: ckong on June 18, 2015, 09:15:19 AM
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Like Level42, I also like pictures of our games being built in manufacturing and assembly plants. And sometimes I dream of just walking down those assembly lines! So show us what you've got.
This is a picture of an Atari assembly line where currently Centipede's are being tested, somewhere around 1981
(http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f307/ckong65/Centipede%20Road%20Trip/Refurbishing%20the%20Centipede/Centipede%20assembly%20plant_zpsmbw3rker.jpg) (http://s50.photobucket.com/user/ckong65/media/Centipede%20Road%20Trip/Refurbishing%20the%20Centipede/Centipede%20assembly%20plant_zpsmbw3rker.jpg.html)
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And here we have an assembly line filled with Q*bert's in their end phase of assembly, as some already show gameplay images on the tubes. These are the models without the Gottlieb name plate on the coin door.
(http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f307/ckong65/QBert/Qbert%20manufacturing_zpslbzoqpph.png) (http://s50.photobucket.com/user/ckong65/media/QBert/Qbert%20manufacturing_zpslbzoqpph.png.html)
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Here is a picture of the Atari factury in Ardfinnan, just outside Tipperary, Ireland, 1979. At that time they produced three types of arcade games for mainland Europe (including the UK, I guess), a large stand-up arcade cabinet, a mid-sized stand-up arcade cabinet and a hexagonal sit-down restaurant/bar type “cocktail” cabinet. In total about 150 games per day. (more info in this article: http://riordanco.com/jimsblog/?page_id=594).
(http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f307/ckong65/Centipede%20Road%20Trip/Refurbishing%20the%20Centipede/Atari%20woodwork%20factory%20in%20Ireland_zpsf81kxq3m.jpg) (http://s50.photobucket.com/user/ckong65/media/Centipede%20Road%20Trip/Refurbishing%20the%20Centipede/Atari%20woodwork%20factory%20in%20Ireland_zpsf81kxq3m.jpg.html)
I love the woodgrain cabs, but which game can it be? And what games are there 'shelved' on the right side?
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Donkey Kong, looks like an US location
(http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f307/ckong65/Donkey%20Kong/Donkey%20Kong%20production%201_zpsmzgpec1q.gif) (http://s50.photobucket.com/user/ckong65/media/Donkey%20Kong/Donkey%20Kong%20production%201_zpsmzgpec1q.gif.html)
(http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f307/ckong65/Donkey%20Kong/Donkey%20Kong%20production%202_zpsqlfygfwn.gif) (http://s50.photobucket.com/user/ckong65/media/Donkey%20Kong/Donkey%20Kong%20production%202_zpsqlfygfwn.gif.html)
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Zacc pics from the presentation pdf that is floating around the interwebs ;)
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clone wars! ;D
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ah, the good old days :)
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Great topic idea! :)
(https://www.dragonslairfans.com/smfor/gallery/2_28_10_14_6_57_25.jpeg)
Final test for these HIGHWAY cabinets, in the "Electro-Kicker/Jupiter" French factory. September 1975
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Here is a picture of the Atari factury in Ardfinnan, just outside Tipperary, Ireland, 1979. At that time they produced three types of arcade games for mainland Europe (including the UK, I guess), a large stand-up arcade cabinet, a mid-sized stand-up arcade cabinet and a hexagonal sit-down restaurant/bar type “cocktail” cabinet. In total about 150 games per day. (more info in this article: http://riordanco.com/jimsblog/?page_id=594).
(http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f307/ckong65/Centipede%20Road%20Trip/Refurbishing%20the%20Centipede/Atari%20woodwork%20factory%20in%20Ireland_zpsf81kxq3m.jpg) (http://s50.photobucket.com/user/ckong65/media/Centipede%20Road%20Trip/Refurbishing%20the%20Centipede/Atari%20woodwork%20factory%20in%20Ireland_zpsf81kxq3m.jpg.html)
I love the woodgrain cabs, but which game can it be? And what games are there 'shelved' on the right side?
Check the proto white sided cabs on the racking on the top right. One is a Tempest.
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Next you will tell us that it's in your collection! like other proto's that you have! ;D ;D ;D LOL
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That factory mentioned above......from the outside.....
(https://c3.staticflickr.com/7/6020/5984463709_fdde1820e1_b.jpg)
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Are videos OK too ? Love the thread idea by the way.
Once again (because it never gets boring): 16 minutes in the Bally-Midway factory:
http://www.theverge.com/2012/12/18/3781194/watch-this-ms-pac-man-assembly-line-footage
Compilation, Bally-Midway, Atari, Taito and more ?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOh9HL-dOdQ
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From the time that not only the games were in B/W, but also the pictures ! ;)
http://www.atarigames.com/page9/page8/page8.html
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I remember a picture from the US Nintendo factory with rows of (orange ?) cabs...
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Here is a picture of the Atari factury in Ardfinnan, just outside Tipperary, Ireland, 1979. At that time they produced three types of arcade games for mainland Europe (including the UK, I guess), a large stand-up arcade cabinet, a mid-sized stand-up arcade cabinet and a hexagonal sit-down restaurant/bar type “cocktail” cabinet. In total about 150 games per day. (more info in this article: http://riordanco.com/jimsblog/?page_id=594).
(http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f307/ckong65/Centipede%20Road%20Trip/Refurbishing%20the%20Centipede/Atari%20woodwork%20factory%20in%20Ireland_zpsf81kxq3m.jpg) (http://s50.photobucket.com/user/ckong65/media/Centipede%20Road%20Trip/Refurbishing%20the%20Centipede/Atari%20woodwork%20factory%20in%20Ireland_zpsf81kxq3m.jpg.html)
I love the woodgrain cabs, but which game can it be? And what games are there 'shelved' on the right side?
i will say that when i worked many years ago for atari console division we had the full sized machines come through our work place for uk distribution and some were kept in our rest area for free play pole position.tempest,space duel,centipede,asteroids,missile command, but funnily enough we used to go to the nearest pub for lunch as it had defender :spaceace: happy days
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Are videos OK too ? Love the thread idea by the way.
Sure. :)
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Here is a picture of the Atari factury in Ardfinnan, just outside Tipperary, Ireland, 1979. At that time they produced three types of arcade games for mainland Europe (including the UK, I guess), a large stand-up arcade cabinet, a mid-sized stand-up arcade cabinet and a hexagonal sit-down restaurant/bar type “cocktail” cabinet. In total about 150 games per day. (more info in this article: http://riordanco.com/jimsblog/?page_id=594).
(http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f307/ckong65/Centipede%20Road%20Trip/Refurbishing%20the%20Centipede/Atari%20woodwork%20factory%20in%20Ireland_zpsf81kxq3m.jpg) (http://s50.photobucket.com/user/ckong65/media/Centipede%20Road%20Trip/Refurbishing%20the%20Centipede/Atari%20woodwork%20factory%20in%20Ireland_zpsf81kxq3m.jpg.html)
I love the woodgrain cabs, but which game can it be? And what games are there 'shelved' on the right side?
i will say that when i worked many years ago for atari console division we had the full sized machines come through our work place for uk distribution and some were kept in our rest area for free play pole position.tempest,space duel,centipede,asteroids,missile command, but funnily enough we used to go to the nearest pub for lunch as it had defender :spaceace: happy days
Cool to have an ex-Atari employee here...always a bit jealous :) then again, I was just a kid...
I deliberately quoted that picture again because......do we all agree that the Euro Atari cabarets had much, much nicer woodgrain than the U.S. ones ? This stuff looks pretty chic compared to the rather fake and cheap looking stuff used in the U.S. Factory :)
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i will say that when i worked many years ago for atari console division we had the full sized machines come through our work place for uk distribution and some were kept in our rest area for free play pole position.tempest,space duel,centipede,asteroids,missile command, but funnily enough we used to go to the nearest pub for lunch as it had defender :spaceace: happy days
Cool to have an ex-Atari employee here...always a bit jealous :) then again, I was just a kid...
I deliberately quoted that picture again because......do we all agree that the Euro Atari cabarets had much, much nicer woodgrain than the U.S. ones ? This stuff looks pretty chic compared to the rather fake and cheap looking stuff used in the U.S. Factory :)
man i was a kid 17 years old ::) now 52 :lol: it was fun while it lasted they moved 3 times while i worked for them,first took some room in ingersoll warehouse in new north road london n1,then all the way to cheshunt industrial estate, last place was i think called inter city house across from slough railway station, that was to far to commute so left after doing that for a while.
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Ah, recently saw a 2600 with Ingersoll mentioned on the box on Facebook, they said in the beginning Ingersoll imported Ataris in the UK.
Still cool to be able to have that experience. I was a bit younger, 47 now :)
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Blackie, in return of 'all the hassle and hard work' I went through getting your parts in Worms ;D I'd like to read some stories from that time. This sounds very interesting!!! :)
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Blackie, in return of 'all the hassle and hard work' I went through getting your parts in Worms ;D I'd like to read some stories from that time. This sounds very interesting!!! :)
that would have me searching for long gone hidden memories :lol: we did stick ingersoll stickers on the boxes back in the day ,that didnt last so long, as we moved over to warehouse unit in cheshunt and then nothing to do with ingersoll :lol: maybe i will think on it and post it somewhere ;)
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All pics linked from this amazing site
http://allincolorforaquarter.blogspot.co.uk/ (http://allincolorforaquarter.blogspot.co.uk/)
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(https://www.dragonslairfans.com/smfor/gallery/2_09_03_15_7_08_50.jpeg)
View of an assembly line of generic cabinets, built inside the JEUTEL factory at Toucy/France, during the year 1995.
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Nice topic guys! Always loved those pics.
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/554/18860763068_8bfe979844_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/uJEkL9)294409475_9wbdG-L (https://flic.kr/p/uJEkL9) by barrybuise (https://www.flickr.com/photos/35165513@N04/), on Flickr
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Wow, (New) Astro City CP's in the make, I love it! :)
Oh, more Ninty cab assembly pictures please!
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Yes that's the picture of the orange Nintendo cabs I meant......drool :)
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And here we have an assembly line filled with Q*bert's in their end phase of assembly, as some already show gameplay images on the tubes. These are the models without the Gottlieb name plate on the coin door.
(http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f307/ckong65/QBert/Qbert%20manufacturing_zpslbzoqpph.png) (http://s50.photobucket.com/user/ckong65/media/QBert/Qbert%20manufacturing_zpslbzoqpph.png.html)
Imagine the attract sound of all those Q*bert´s ;D
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Found this video - some great footage of Bally & Tron assembly plants.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3sqUrX83Yg&feature=youtu.be&t=5m13s (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3sqUrX83Yg&feature=youtu.be&t=5m13s)
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Just leeched this from the John's arcade Flickr feed:
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/509/18737963854_5371fd3d30_o.jpg)
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What I find strange about the Nintendo pics is that there seems to be no production line......it's "just" a row of cabs in an otherwise empty hall....strange !
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I think its the packaging department, the backdoors are in the front.
So my guess is; a last inspection and then close them and box them up.
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(https://www.dragonslairfans.com/smfor/gallery/2_09_07_15_10_17_04.jpeg)
View of the assembling line inside the Smirg Flip Matic factory, during the assembling of the 'Fine Line" arcade cabinets @ Turin / Italy 1988