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Dragon's Lair / Space Ace / Re: Dragon's Lair II Transcript
« Last post by OldManWinters on May 22, 2025, 03:17:23 AM »
I appreciate all DarthNuno's work trying to work up a transcript of the game's dialogue, which is really hard given the audio tracks constantly playing in the background!

I haven't come across any other take online, but when Dirk throws the Death Ring onto Mordroc, causing him to swell up like a balloon, does he say "Rosebud" a couple of times, an homage to Citizen Kane?

Even with all the advancements in YouTube auto-generated closed captioning and AI, there's still a lot about this game that puzzles me!
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Dragon's Lair / Space Ace / Re: Dragon's Lair 2, the second one... WIP!
« Last post by DarthNuno on May 18, 2025, 09:38:26 AM »
Quote from: Muerto on May 16, 2025, 09:20:33 AM
Great catch Bruno, and nice to see some action on the site.
Hey Michael, happy to see that you still drop by from time to time!  :)

Let's focus on a small detail today: the marquee lighting.
Normally, I quickly replace the lighting system with a modern one, but I'm curious to see if this tube has withstood years of storage as well as outdoor exposure. :roll:  :arrow:





Well, everything is still working fine. :P  Great, we'll keep it as it is.  8)



 :spaceace:
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Dragon's Lair / Space Ace / Re: Dragon's Lair 2, the second one... WIP!
« Last post by Muerto on May 16, 2025, 09:20:33 AM »
Great catch Bruno, and nice to see some action on the site.
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Dragon's Lair / Space Ace / Re: Dragon's Lair 2, the second one... WIP!
« Last post by DarthNuno on May 14, 2025, 11:05:55 AM »
We continue with the marquee, or rather the absence of the glass window that protects the marquee. :ghost:

Not far from my place, a shop offers glass cutting services.
The dimensions I used are 405mm x 695mm, with a thickness of 4mm.
Nice! The employee is available and offers to do the cutting in front of me.  8)  :arrow:



I opted here for simple, inexpensive 'float glass' (this will not be the case for the pane protecting the monitor).

Below, the employee has finished the cutting and is now sanding the edges of the glass to ensure safe handling.



In less than 15 minutes, the job is done. It cost me 25 euro, including packaging to safely bring it home.  :)  :arrow:



Did I take my measurements correctly?  ::) :P We'll find out very soon...  yes  :-* :-* :-*



Cool, things are moving forward  8)
As you can see, I'm also missing the glass window that protects the monitor.  :arrow:



For this one, using 'float glass' is not an option. It needs to be tempered glass for strength and safety reasons.
Since tempered glass cannot be easily cut, I'll have to wait... one month  :shock: to receive my custom cut...
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Dragon's Lair / Space Ace / Re: Dragon's Lair 2, the second one... WIP!
« Last post by DarthNuno on May 14, 2025, 10:35:12 AM »
Quote from: Andreas_AUT on May 07, 2025, 09:45:57 AM
Well done, and yes, derusting takes a lot of time. But dont you have a company near you who do sand blasting?
Im really happy that I bought and sandblasting cabin and a big air compressor for derusting metal parts. But yeah, on the other side it takes some space and I dont need it many times in the year. :-)

Yes, I have used the services of a metalworker once or twice in the past to sandblast a few parts, but unfortunately, the price and waiting time weren?t great.  :-[

Wow, you're lucky to have a sandblaster at home?that's really cool. :spaceace:
I've thought about getting one before, but I kept putting it off? so after all these years, I?ve managed without one... :P
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Dragon's Lair / Space Ace / Re: Dragon's Lair 2, the second one... WIP!
« Last post by Andreas_AUT on May 07, 2025, 09:45:57 AM »
Well done, and yes, derusting takes a lot of time. But dont you have a company near you who do sand blasting?

Im really happy that I bought and sandblasting cabin and a big air compressor for derusting metal parts. But yeah, on the other side it takes some space and I dont need it many times in the year. :-)

Maybe I wouldnt bought it if I had a son ...  ;D
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Dragon's Lair / Space Ace / Re: Dragon's Lair 2, the second one... WIP!
« Last post by DarthNuno on May 04, 2025, 08:37:06 AM »
Now comes the most tedious part : removing the paint and rust from all the metal parts.  :ghost:
Fortunately, I now have a new young apprentice... Darth Nuno Jr.  :)  :arrow:





 8) :arrow:



Usual treatments to restore all these metal parts that have suffered greatly from years spent outdoors...





There you go, this is the best I could do. But as you can see, the rust has really taken hold in some spots.





That's strange, at first I thought the corner of this door was damaged  ???  :arrow:



But no, this cut is present on all four corners of this door. I've never seen such cuts on a coin door before :



Below is the piece that required the most time to work on (the grille that hides the speakers) :

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Galaxian Theater / Re: Galaxian 3 Funworld Update
« Last post by Framed_Niner on May 03, 2025, 07:40:51 PM »
As of now, the game is powered off. Investigation is being done into a solid state solution to the LaserDisc problem.
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Galaxian Theater / Re: Saving Galaxian Theater... in Japan !!!
« Last post by Framed_Niner on May 03, 2025, 07:39:19 PM »
Quote from: DarthNuno on May 01, 2025, 06:52:10 AM
Quote from: Framed_Niner on April 30, 2025, 04:34:06 AM
Hey DarthNuno, they seem to want your help on Twitter. Just letting you know.

Goodness, I'm having a bit of trouble finding my way around using X/Twitter  :-[ . Could you point out what kinds of requests there are?

https://x.com/v9938/status/1917090029337485529
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Dragon's Lair / Space Ace / Re: Now I got an Atari Space Ace (Project)
« Last post by DarthNuno on May 01, 2025, 09:34:54 PM »
Quote from: Digimon on May 01, 2025, 08:35:07 PM
https://arcadeartrepro.com/product/space-ace-cpo/

Wow, the EURO Space Ace marquee is also available, I didn't know...  :shock: :-* ... cool! I need one too (mine didn't have the ATARI logo)

Barry, add this to the bill  ;D  :spaceace:

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