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on his
roadtrip to the abandoned warehouse in hungary, bela discovered - amongst others - a shinobi-converted taito jungle king. although it seemed to be in rough shape and it would take a lot of time and money to get all the jungle king parts together, i
needed to have this cabinet in my collection, because i had played the game like a madman on my commodore 64. we managed to figure out a
german - hungarian trade and so the cabinet made its way across the german border into my storage, where i did some first inspections!
everything about its shape screams
TAITO, but (almost) nothing else suggests that this was once an original jungle king cabinet - i still don't understand why a Sega game ended up in a Taito shell
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the right side - grey on grey
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the left side - you can clearly see the original green jungle king colors underneath that layer of grey!
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a more detailed shot of the hidden artwork
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as usual, the corners are rough, but the material that taito used on their cabs doesn't deserve to be called "wood" - i'll post more pics of that "crime" later on
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shinobi identification plaque on the back of the cab
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shinobi control panel
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the front of the cabinet will also need an overhaul
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with the coin door removed, parts of the original art come to light
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a sneak peek inside the cabinet (photo courtesy of bela
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)
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as you can see, a switcher has been installed (although it's falling apart) and an original shinobi pcb is present. if anyone is interested in the shinobi conversion kit, just let me know!
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behind the generic marquee hides an original taito lighting system - completely different from the usual tube stuff!
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because the cabinet needs a complete makeover, i've decided to dismantle it entirely which gives me better control over the individual pieces. fortunately, those taito games come apart easily: just a couple of L-brackets and some nails to be removed. let's start at the very top!
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looking dangerous, doesn't it?
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halfway there ...
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the sad remains of the on/off switch at the bottom of the cabinet - and an itsy-bitsy spider. can you spot it?
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nothing left but the very bottom
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the bottom viewed from the bottom
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- a lot of work is going to be needed there as well!
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just a couple of screws and nails i removed from the cabinet. i guess they need to be replaced
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in order to repaint the cabinet in its original color scheme, i need to have the colors scanned first. because the "scanner guys" need a large enough area to work with, i'm carefully removing parts of the grey top layer!
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i can spot some interesting details at the lower left corner, so i'm once again using the exacto knife to "dig" for what lies underneath ...
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i L-O-V-E
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stuff like that!
to be continued ...