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27-05-2019 8:41pm

I’d gladly take a 4 if one was located this side of the pond .. the 1 slot looks tiny in here

geotrig · 27-05-2019 8:48pm

Untested they are worth 50 at most.

beejee · 27-05-2019 9:06pm

Deleted User wrote: »

I’d gladly take a 4 if one was located this side of the pond .. the 1 slot looks tiny in here

Is this you going into the cabinet?

27-05-2019 9:11pm

Yeah actually it’s handy because I can crawl inside to adjust the monitor when needs be lol.. careful for high voltage power lines though

beejee · 27-05-2019 9:29pm

geotrig wrote: »

Untested they are worth 50 at most.

yeah, maximum. I'll give them the aul x-ray vision stare and make a decision on the spot if its worth the gamble or not

04-07-2019 8:27pm

Finally the sega aero art arrived from gateninty so was able to complete the cab, really nice quality stuff.. also some taito tokens and some stickers for the Astro doors too.. Also replaced the tatty panel with a really nice repro from a french guy on fb (thanks to Kev for the heads up) with all the cabs finished now I can finally finish up the room and get some lighting installed.

TechnoFreek · 13-07-2019 9:15pm

guy over on AO has a complete MVS cart set

Old post but cool nonetheless

https://forum.arcadeotaku.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=18571&p=237425#p237425

eddhorse · 14-07-2019 10:53am

Only 300 :O

o1s1n · 14-07-2019 7:27pm

Those poor carts at the bottom :eek:

Kidchameleon · 14-07-2019 9:29pm

I'm about an 8th of the way there

CiDeRmAn · 17-07-2019 2:25pm

This looks lovely
http://www.adverts.ie/18391323

o1s1n · 17-07-2019 2:47pm

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

This looks lovely
http://www.adverts.ie/18391323

Gotta love the first comment 'does it work?' :pac:

Needs a bit of work but not bad for the price, would clean up nicely.

BGOllie · 17-07-2019 3:18pm

looks like a Juno first looking by the upside down sticker. would be worth it just for the pcb if it's original

CiDeRmAn · 17-07-2019 4:11pm

Watched a video of that running, looked very nice indeed

beejee · 17-07-2019 4:14pm

A good few people contacted me about arcade boards, Im planning on getting through a bunch later and will put them up in the for sale section. Just so people have a heads up :P

About the west german commando/space invasion...somethings gone wrong with it. I first tested it out and I was getting some glitchy graphics, but playing fine. Took it apart, cleaned it up a bit, now im just getting scrambled graphics that goes nowhere. The intro jingle plays. I'll have another look at it later and if its going nowhere I'll be throwing that up for sale too, swimming in circuitry!

CiDeRmAn · 17-07-2019 4:15pm

Do we know what it might need to run?

beejee · 17-07-2019 4:37pm

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Do we know what it might need to run?

I noticed some of the pal chips had what looked like black paint on the upper legs (but not on the actual connecting part) . Reseated everything and got the scrambled screen.

Other than that, which is probably nothing, I don't have the foggiest, I'm afraid. I'll take pictures this evening as I'm going through stuff.

beejee · 17-07-2019 7:28pm

stuff is going up for sale now, one by one. I'll get a few more done before im sick of solder scratching the hands off me :P

beejee · 17-07-2019 9:33pm

I know some might be waiting on the other few boards, I'll be putting them up one after another now, got pictures all together this time

L1m1tless · 18-07-2019 11:30am

BGOllie wrote: »

looks like a Juno first looking by the upside down sticker. would be worth it just for the pcb if it's original

By some fluke I was lucky enough to get this. It does appear to be an original Juno First. One of my favourites. Going to make a dedicated cab for it if I can get it going.

geotrig · 18-07-2019 11:57am

Kidchameleon wrote: »

I'm about an 8th of the way there

as someone who loves neo stuff ,dont do it ,collect what you want there is a lot a crap to take up shelf space in some of those ....unless you get real bargains on joblots !
a lot of those who attempted to get the full sets picked up loads of joblots where carts would have cost about a 5er at most for the fodder.

geotrig · 18-07-2019 11:58am

L1m1tless wrote: »

By some fluke I was lucky enough to get this. It does appear to be an original Juno First. One of my favourites. Going to make a dedicated cab for it if I can get it going.

nice get wouldn't mind a cocktail like that

L1m1tless · 18-07-2019 12:06pm

geotrig wrote: »

nice get wouldn't mind a cocktail like that

Thanks, Its a nice cocktail, should clean up nice, Not my thing though, my friend is going to restore it. It needs a lot of work.

18-07-2019 12:09pm

L1m1tless wrote: »

By some fluke I was lucky enough to get this. It does appear to be an original Juno First. One of my favourites. Going to make a dedicated cab for it if I can get it going.

Sweet,
if you ever want to sell the cabinet (the cocktail) hit me up.
Always wanted one but never had space but now I do so (half heartedly) keeping an eye out for one.

L1m1tless · 18-07-2019 12:25pm

BrownFinger wrote: »

Sweet,
if you ever want to sell the cabinet (the cocktail) hit me up.
Always wanted one but never had space but now I do so (half heartedly) keeping an eye out for one.

Sorry man, giving it to my friend, He has been looking for a TAITO Cocktail for a long time.

18-07-2019 12:31pm

I actually know where there is a very very nice one that has been sitting a long,long time so I might look into it.

L1m1tless · 18-07-2019 12:32pm

you might as well, they are small so space is no excuse :P

o1s1n · 18-07-2019 2:33pm

Sure you need something to pile all that washing on :pac:

18-07-2019 3:48pm

o1s1n wrote: »

Sure you need something to pile all that washing on :pac:

Thats my biggest fear!
my new house has a second sitting room with room for my games,a bar and a couch so a cocktail cab might work .

Jack burton · 18-07-2019 3:51pm

BrownFinger wrote: »

Thats my biggest fear!
my new house has a second sitting room with room for my games,a bar and a couch so a cocktail cab might work .

Only 1 kind of bar that belongs in that room

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o1s1n · 18-07-2019 4:28pm

BrownFinger wrote: »

Thats my biggest fear!
my new house has a second sitting room with room for my games,a bar and a couch so a cocktail cab might work .

There's definitely a mathematical equation showing the relativity between arcade cabinet screen angle and amount of clothes which accumulate on top.

Nothing ever ends up on my SNK, the Pony on the other hand...

The new place has a second sitting room? Amazing! Living the dream! a front 'show room' to make you look civilised and then a backroom you can hide from Joe Public.

kevin2me · 18-07-2019 7:44pm

Cant Beat a second living room to finally have Arcade Cabs in a new place, I should know I built an extension due to the Machines!

Congrads on the new place / Otaku slice of heaven Oisin.

Taito Cabs are lovely little cabs to restore. My one took months but it was a great learning experience. They dont make them like that anymore.

beejee · 19-07-2019 6:16pm

All stuff posted, bar optimus's mega box. That will take a bit more effort :P

Thanks all

L1m1tless · 19-07-2019 6:25pm

Hi Beejee what that setup you are using for testing the boards?

beejee · 19-07-2019 6:35pm

L1m1tless wrote: »

Hi Beejee what that setup you are using for testing the boards?

Its what you call a "supergun"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SuperGun

If youre going to get one, don't go for the cheapest and you'll have more options. Plus, if youre getting a power supply, make damn sure its a variable power supply, because tweaking the 5v supply is a necessity for different boards (a 4 stack versus a single board will need lots more juice, for instance)

L1m1tless · 19-07-2019 6:39pm

Cool thanks. I will look them up. Hope I can get my new Juno first board going.

Limpy · 19-07-2019 7:03pm

Hi lads.

Is there some warehouse around with dusty old games cabinets?

I mean there were thousands, what happened at the end of the 90s with these when arcades were closing.

If I had to pick one to get I'd love the Mortal Kombat 2 one with raiden on the side IIRC.

beejee · 19-07-2019 7:31pm

Limpy wrote: »

Hi lads.

Is there some warehouse around with dusty old games cabinets?

I mean there were thousands, what happened at the end of the 90s with these when arcades were closing.

If I had to pick one to get I'd love the Mortal Kombat 2 one with raiden on the side IIRC.

A dusty old warehouse? We have top people working on it right now...

Basically, no...not easy to get. Mortal kombat 2 is a great one though!

Limpy · 19-07-2019 8:29pm

beejee wrote: »

A dusty old warehouse? We have top people working on it right now...

Basically, no...not easy to get. Mortal kombat 2 is a great one though!

You would wonder what the owners of the arcades did with them. Some of them would of went bankrupt and just left or the owner just closed up shop.

I suppose the warehouse would be downgraded to some closed pub in rural Ireland.

o1s1n · 19-07-2019 8:51pm

Limpy wrote: »

You would wonder what the owners of the arcades did with them.

Unfortunately the answer to that question tends to be 'skips and dumps'.

Lots of stuff has been saved thankfully but I'd imagine many times more than that has been destroyed.

BGOllie · 19-07-2019 9:53pm

& that pinball I got recently is a prime example of stuff , STILL, being thrown in skips.
Another friend in Bundoran approached me with 2 cabs going in the skip recently too (jamma and a driver) . I haven't the space so I passed them on to another collector but so much of it has been dumped .. not to mention gone overseas ...

safetyboy · 20-07-2019 2:26pm

Try the casino's in town, they have basments of old stuff. mostly just rotting away, I worked in a casino and some of the slots are over 20K in price so the old machines mean nothing to them, I got 2 astros from one that I passed to mitch as i'd no room etc.

beejee · 20-07-2019 2:57pm

safetyboy wrote: »

Try the casino's in town, they have basments of old stuff. mostly just rotting away, I worked in a casino and some of the slots are over 20K in price so the old machines mean nothing to them, I got 2 astros from one that I passed to mitch as i'd no room etc.

Tried that in a few places, might as well have been speaking to a brick wall. Asking some Russian or Chinese bloke about arcade games... Not a breeze of a clue. And considering they treat everyone like an enemy combatant, good luck!

Nothing to lose though, beyond being on the receiving end of a spinning pile driver from some zangief look-a-like

80s Synth Pop · 20-07-2019 3:11pm

Broadway amusements on O'Connell street. Ciara is the manager and all old arcade games are gone.

Barneys amusements on Talbot street. Gerry is the owner and said all games are gone.

Empire amusements across from O'Connell bridge. This has changed hands several times since I did a mini raid 20 years ago. The original owner Edddie is long gone along with all the arcade kit.

D2 casino / automated amusements. Owner Billy skipped/dumped all arcades. These guys had a lot of cabs for rent out in the likes of leisureplex and all were skipped (we salvaged a few from the skips 20 years ago)

Optimus Prime · 20-07-2019 3:24pm

I looked in the door of the bowling alley in bray last week , they still have the two electrocoin duets. There was a space invaders cab in there too and not the new giant yolk.

I bought a few bits recently of a guy and was chatting and he told me this .. he knows an arcade/club locally to where he is, that when it was originally built they had to put the cabs in through the unfinished windows upstairs. It’s been closed for 15/20 years I think he said and there is no way at the minute to get the cabs out. Now I dunno how true it is , he seemed sincere, but imagine what’s in there !

Jack burton · 20-07-2019 4:38pm

Optimus Prime wrote: »

I looked in the door of the bowling alley in bray last week , they still have the two electrocoin duets. There was a space invaders cab in there too and not the new giant yolk.

I bought a few bits recently of a guy and was chatting and he told me this .. he knows an arcade/club locally to where he is, that when it was originally built they had to put the cabs in through the unfinished windows upstairs. It’s been closed for 15/20 years I think he said and there is no way at the minute to get the cabs out. Now I dunno how true it is , he seemed sincere, but imagine what’s in there !

I'm on the way with the van and a few high vis vests

Limpy · 20-07-2019 9:57pm

It's probably worth a try alright. My uncle used to work in a casino years ago. I was always in helping out, sweeping fag buts of the floors ect in the snooker Hall, turning on and off the coin ops. Back in the smoking days of course. I'd get paid with free credits to the games lol. I was happy and he didn't have to get off his arse. Win win

I always remember the sound Mortal Kombat 1 made when it was plugged in and loaded up.

eddhorse · 20-07-2019 10:29pm

safetyboy wrote: »

Try the casino's in town, they have basments of old stuff. mostly just rotting away, I worked in a casino and some of the slots are over 20K in price so the old machines mean nothing to them, I got 2 astros from one that I passed to mitch as i'd no room etc.

I think I got one of these, which casino was it?

Kidchameleon · 21-07-2019 2:08pm

Tried my hand at putting a CP overlay on. It turned out pretty well. I got the bulb for the coin reject button in Halfords

Before...

After...

CiDeRmAn · 21-07-2019 3:54pm

Nice job, looks fantastic!

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