Dragon's Lair Fans - Arcade Lifestyle
General Chat => Arcade Lifestyle => Topic started by: Q*ris on July 07, 2011, 03:25:51 PM
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Tuesday morning I woke up and took a look outside my bedroom window.
"What is that moron doing on my parking spot?" I said out loud to my cats.
I instantly put on my Batman dressing gown and went downstairs to check this closer.
The lady (yes it IS a lady) suddenly started to undress herself when she saw me (that happens all the time).
"Hum... but we barely know each other", I mumbled.
(https://www.dragonslairfans.com/~chrischris/arcade/out_run/1v.jpg) (https://www.dragonslairfans.com/~chrischris/arcade/out_run/2v.jpg)
"No, wait, in fact I know you very well!"
"You're the one who took me all that money back in the 80's!!"
(https://www.dragonslairfans.com/~chrischris/arcade/out_run/3v.jpg) (https://www.dragonslairfans.com/~chrischris/arcade/out_run/4v.jpg)
She didn't answer but I noticed the nice invitation that was taped to the menu of the day.
"Oh, thank you ma'am but I'm not that kind of guy...I'll just use the dip switch and SET YOU ON FREE PLAY! :)"
Yeah baby!
(https://www.dragonslairfans.com/~chrischris/arcade/out_run/5h.jpg)
Allright, enough with the ladycab metaphor otherwise this will definitely get too weird with these pictures...
(https://www.dragonslairfans.com/~chrischris/arcade/out_run/6v.jpg)
(https://www.dragonslairfans.com/~chrischris/arcade/out_run/7h.jpg)
(https://www.dragonslairfans.com/~chrischris/arcade/out_run/8h.jpg)
The only thing I had to do in order to play was changing the plug.
Even I can do that!
(https://www.dragonslairfans.com/~chrischris/arcade/out_run/9h.jpg)
Pedal to the metal, blondie! Splash Waves blasting (a good way to cover that super noisy ventilator).
(https://www.dragonslairfans.com/~chrischris/arcade/out_run/10h.jpg)
On temporary location:
(https://www.dragonslairfans.com/~chrischris/arcade/out_run/11v.jpg)
To do list:
I'll give it a good cleaning and lubricate some mechanical squeaky parts.
I also have to attach a spring inside the wheel because the force feedback only works in one direction atm. (Done thanks to Kroustibat!!!)
I have to find an emblem. (Done thanks to Béla!!!)
Otherwise it works fine.
I'm really thrilled to be a member of the famous Out Run Owner Club.
The game is as hard as I remembered it but I'm really enjoying it.
The best part of it is that it all happened thanks to this forum and more precisely thanks to über-wonder-SuperUlly who worked his ass off to buy and get that cab back from Germany to Belgium for me.
Many thanks to you, for your patience and dedication, man, I owe you big time.
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Great addition chris !
I LOVE OUTRUN ! :spaceace:
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Lol, nice story and beautiful cab, congrats! ;D
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A very good racer from Sega :-*.
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Awesome! And it seems to be in very good condition.. :o
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Thanks DLFers :!:
Condition is quite allright for my standards but it's not awesome.
OK, for all of you that stole that Ferrari emblem in the arcades back in the days (and I know some of you did that) now is the chance to clean yourself from your sins and buy yourself an all access pass to heaven, just slip that emblem in an enveloppe and send it to THE BASE ;)
Absolution guaranteed!
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glad that i could be of help, chris! nice addition to your collection indeed, out run definitely is a classic!
strange that i still don't have a driving game up in my gameroom ... 8)
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strange that i still don't have a driving game up in my gameroom ... 8)
Rather : :-\ .
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Great addition Chris! and welcome in the club! :spaceace:
I miss my Out-Run :-\
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Rather : :-\ .
no, because i'm not such a big fan of driving games, but i know that every gameroom needs to have at least one!
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Outrun is one of my favourites racing games and for sure a must have from my point of view. Even if the cabinet should not be too rare, i had not the opportunity to put my "dirty hands" on one of those beasts since the "arcade virus" infected me :'( :D
great catch !
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Nice Cab, congratulations! :spaceace:
@Ully: was this your former cab?
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@Ully: was this your cab?
nope, it wasn't! mine is still parked here 8)
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you got mail! :)
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Thanks for your warm welcome of the famous red car!
I'm slowly getting better at this game.
I'm not a big driving games fan neither but Out Run has a special place in my heart, I can't explain but I just love it, probably because I could only play it while on holidays. Driving through the vines with blondie is so laid back and thrilling at the same time.
I just opened the front panel using torx keys and one of the steering spring is broken :(
The only one I could find so far are from videogameparts.com (http://www.videogameparts.com/category.sc;jsessionid=406A97735B824BC128F70C820CABA4BB.qscstrfrnt04?categoryId=61) but they cost 20$ a piece + shipping.
Anybody has a clue where I could find another one cheaper?
Ully do you want to remove the springs from your wheel before selling your cab to TimePilot ;) ? just kidding, duh.
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I just opened the front panel using torx keys and one of the steering spring is broken :(
can you post a picture, please? i might have one ...
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will do that tomorrow for sure! thanks for looking already :spaceace: :spaceace:
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i might have some spare with the turbo outrun panel bela gave me. need to check their state
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I have a complete Turbo Outrun wiring harness with the coin door + mech + power brick, etc. it's yours for free. ;)
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I would take out the other and visit the local hardware store and search there for a simular spring.
dont know if they got one, but it might be cheaper this way
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Wow, thanks all for your input and generous offers! :spaceace:
Here's a picture of the working spring:
(https://www.dragonslairfans.com/~chrischris/arcade/out_run/spring1.jpg)
The same in action and you can see a part of the broken one on the left:
(https://www.dragonslairfans.com/~chrischris/arcade/out_run/spring2.jpg)
Zoom on the broken one:
(https://www.dragonslairfans.com/~chrischris/arcade/out_run/spring3.jpg)
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Polite bump, just to know if you guys had time to check your stock for that Out Run spring I'm mising.
Otherwise I'll go to the hardware store and see what they've got.
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sorry, i didn't check yet. i'll do this week for sure !
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i checked but i forgot to report back :-[
unfortunately NEGATIVE!!! :(
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Thank you both! :spaceace:
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Just checked and tatsaaaaaaaaam , it's yours ;)
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Awesome, I'm at your front door atm ;)
MANY thanks!
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Please stop reving the engine of your red sport car in front of our house , you woke up the baby and the neightbors started to complains ;);)