Dragon's Lair Fans - Arcade Lifestyle
General Chat => Arcade Lifestyle => Topic started by: Superully on February 12, 2014, 06:47:35 PM
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because there haven't been a lot of roadtrips lately (or because most of them consisted of picking up cabinets from storage locations), i decided it's time for a real roadtrip again: hit the road for an arcade adventure!!!
however, this roadtrip hasn't happened yet, but the weekend isn't too far away and i'm already extremely excited not only because of what i'm about to pick up, but also because chances are i might come back empty-handed. why? well, i made a template from spare wood i had lying around and as you can see, this is going to be a close call! :o :o :o
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enough said, here's a teaser of what's coming up in case anyone wanna guess ... be my guest! 8)
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and because i'm in such a good mood, why not put on some nice disco music (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8kdt_alcazar-crying-at-the-discotheque_music)? start shaking those legs and hips, guys ...
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My guess is that you found your grail jukebox ???
Correct? Exciting!!!
(Can't see the link for your video outside of Germany... frustration!!)
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(Can't see the link for your video outside of Germany... frustration!!)
video working now?
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Yes! Is it you behind the horse mask?
Do you know the original? It features lightsabers and Sheila was still hot!
http://youtu.be/lrKjawtXY3s (http://youtu.be/lrKjawtXY3s)
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Hmm., nice teaser. ;D
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Ully, you know that teasing is forbidden here! :D
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Ully, you know that teasing is forbidden here! :D
eh ... NO!!! ;D
so i'm back from today's trip! there were literally two moments where i thought "ok, this is it, you'll be stuck here for a while!" luckily, i made it back (alive), but i'm afraid you'll have to wait a little while longer for my roadtrip report. for now, here's a few teaser pics of superully's adventure today ... ;)
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I miss the snow here in the Netherlands, i don't feel like its wintertime :'(
Can't wait for the report on your adventure today :D
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This looks like a 1979 Seeburg Modell Disco SMC2 road trip? ;-)
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TEASING IS BAD !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So, what is it? ;D
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I sense...a jukebox... and possibly two? ::)
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Two jukebox? I don't think that they can fit in the car ;D
The template looks like a jukebox :)
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ok guys, you've waited long enough, let's get this roadtrip on the road ;)
early start, the sun hasn't really come out yet
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like a clockwork: 8 o'clock - let's go!
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i've been on longer roadtrips in the past, this one seems like a piece of cake
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however, it's EXTREMELY windy outside ...
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... even those benches weren't strong enough to withstand those gusts of wind! :P
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fortunately, my car is heavy enough and so i make it to weimar, city of the world-famous poets goethe and schiller
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after a little more than two hours on the road, i reach my first destination
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before i reveal my find, a short explanation: ever since i came across those beautiful seeburg smc1 disco jukeboxes it was on top of my wanted list. the color scheme and the design are simply unbeatable - at least almost!
(http://www.aiconversions.com/images/Jukeboxes/smc150.jpg)
however, i haven't been able to find one AND there is one thing this model is missing: the disco ball that its successor, the seeburg smc2 phoenix has! why would you call a jukebox "disco" and not include a disco ball? anyway, for the last 2 - 3 years i've been searching sporadically for a nice seeburg jukebox when suddenly one popped up on ebay. not the smc 1, but the model with the disco ball :-*! here's the original picture from the auction :arrow:
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fully working and in ok shape! i contacted the seller immediately, made my reasonable offer which was accepted and set a pickup date for saturday. the seller, a woman, was really friendly and we had a nice chitchat going on via whatsapp. the only thing i was concerned about was the fact that the machine might not fit in my car. i asked her for measures: 102 cm wide. width of my car's trunk: 102 cm :shock:. therefore, i made a template to see whether i would be able to squeeze it in and it looked alright.
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unfortunately, when the seller turned it on to demonstrate that it was working (although she had sent me some videos to my mobile before), the slide that selects the singles always got stuck in the middle. she called one of her employers who fixed the problem which was caused by an uneven setup of the entire machine.
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the downside of a roadtrip without a companion is the fact that you can't take a lot of pictures, especially when you're loading the "object of your affection". let me tell you this: it was a really close call, but we got the machine in my car eventually!!!
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i'll post a lot more pics when the jukebox is up in my apartment, but for now we'll leave "the scene of the crime". because i didn't want this roadtrip to be over already, i set my gps to my next location which meant crawling up some winding roads ...
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... to a place which was almost 600 meters higher than from where i started the second part of my adventure. the temperature had dropped from nice comfy 12° celsius to almost zero - something that i hadn't expected. suddenly, there was snow all around me, something i hadn't seen all winter long in my hometown. of course, i was not at all prepared for that!!!
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because of the nature of the umcoming "event", i had to disguise myself as best as i could :D 8)
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while trying to reach my second destination, i got stuck stuck in the snow with my car and barely made it out, it really was a close call. but i made it eventually!!! and here we are :arrow:
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this is the so-called "sprungschanzenhaus" which translates to "ski jump house", a former recreation home in eastern germany which is now a favorite location of urban explorers. i had wanted to visit it for a long time now, but never got around to doing so, but today i seized the opportunity of being in the neighbourhood
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imho it's an architectural masterpiece
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suddenly, i spot a couch in the middle of a field :o
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someone must have dragged it here! pretty sure it's a cool place to hang out in summer and just enjoy the view 8)
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of course, vandalism hasn't stopped at this place either, but it's even worse than anything i have ever encountered on one of my former lost place exploration tours!
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inside, the destruction continues! this place has also become an arena for paintball and geocaching
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basically everything of value has been ripped out of the walls and the ceilings
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the former indoor swimming pool
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the corridor of doom :twisted:
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going down? :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:
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ok, i think i've seen enough for today and i want to return here anyway with my urban exploration buddy. besides, my feet (and my whole body) are damn cold, because i'm poorly equipped for this kind of weather. back at the car, my converse chucks are soaking wet!
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i'm looking forward to a cosy warm ride home, when disaster girl strikes: MY CAR KEYS ARE GONE AND NOWHERE TO BE FOUND!!! i must have lost them while exploring the lost place :o
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ok, let me sum it up: it has started to rain, i'm freaking cold in the middle of nowhere without my car keys. can it get worse than that? but what can i do? the only option i have at the moment is trying to retrace my steps in the hopes of finding that damn key. so i start walking back to the sprungschanzenhaus, looking closely at every single step i took. after wondering around for about half an hour and with my hopes dwindeling, i suddenly spot something in the snow :arrow:
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:spaceace: :spaceace: :spaceace:
jesus christ and maria - i can't believe it: MY CAR KEYS!!! honestly guys, i almost cried!!!
i literally fly back to my car, start the engine, pump up the jam heat and head home. no more pictures of the trip, i'm done for today and so are the stats
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one country, three counties, 556 kilometers, 6 hours 50 minutes on the road - this roadtrip is OFFICIALLY OVER!
hope you guys enjoyed my little adventure on the road and i hope you don't mind my lost place derailing from the arcade stuff!!! who knows, since this was a recreation home for youths back then, there might be some arcade games and parts hidden away in a locked up room deep down in the the cellar somewhere ... :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:
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Wow, never saw this version with the disco ball, definitely the best option for a 80's arcade gameroom. :D
That skihouse is a typical east-european structure, you can find lots of these in Slovakia, etc..
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/84/Lake_of_Strbske_pleso.jpg)
(http://www.alpesitravel.hu/tel/a-d-m-i-n/ajanlatok/ajanlat_427/normal/htl_fis1.jpg)
Nice report, thanks for sharing. ;)
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Cool roadtrip :D
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i've just realized i forgot to mention something: the jukebox also came with tons of singles (95% crap though), but amongst them was the "centipede single" i've already shown above. but just because it is so cool, let me repost that pic :arrow:
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I can imagine how you felt when you lost those keys !
Anyway, that model jukebox is totally badass !! I love the looks of that one :spaceace: :spaceace:
Goodluck by the way on getting that beast 4 stories up to your appartment.....
It sure looks heavy :o
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Uh-oh.......
You transported it on it's back................. PLEASE tell me you rigged it up for that way of transport !
https://www.flippers.com/JukePinShipping.html
Great roadtrip story, love the "derailed pics" and congrats on getting your dream jukebox. It is a great Seeburg but personally I still prefer the USC1 :)
You were very right to get the one with the disco ball, that is one cool effect on this baby :):):)
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Great Jukebox and cool trip :spaceace:
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Looks very cool in the dark, brilliant for a gameroom:
http://youtu.be/aiWJfMOcB0o
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I was very lucky in two ways with transport: we never put it on it's back because we used a van (simply lucky).
And also: the mechanism bolts (not the transport bolts) were at least screwed tight. I also didn't know about that until I put up a video of it playing and somebody told me I had to loosen those bolts/nuts....sound improved dramatically after that and it sets the mechanism on it's spring so it can move freely a bit, which also drastically reduced the movement sounds of the mechanism.
If the machine is not on Freeplay and you want it to be Freeplay, you can simply pull out the pricing module (with power off of course), at least that is how it goes on the USC1.
The previous owner obviously never knew about the mechanism bolts and he had rigged some external switch to credit the machine which looked terrible....
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Hehe - I was right ;-)
spotted the same jukebox way back at the asshole warehouse in the netherlands months ago, but he asked too much for a broken one (1000+).
Pauls50 has also one on offer (2000+)
Hope you paid a fair price for this beauty. I own two Atari Jukeboxes but if I ever need another one, that baby is (and has been since the spotting) on my list.
I have some Rod Stewart vinyls left from my box, if you want to exchange some discs ;-)
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That is one very cool jukebox mister, perfect for a gameroom.... Love this road trip... Loosing your carkeys in the snow :shock: :shock:
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Never seen a jukebox with a disco ball inside...great effect 8)
And wow, very lucky to find the keys in the snow....you could have lost them elsewhere :-\
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Happy for you Ully!
This cool record means that this jukebox was still used and fed with new records at least 10years ago!
Now good luck carrying that monsters in the stairs ;)
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nice report ully, love the hotel pictures..
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I can only repeat the Echo that is all ready going here...
Great report Ully - as all ways!!, and nice catch! :spaceace:
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thx for all your nice words, guys, i'm extremely happy myself that i got this wonderful beauty :-*
You transported it on it's back................. PLEASE tell me you rigged it up for that way of transport !
uh oh, not really, we secured the slide with a blanket, hopefully that was good enough. i'll know by the weekend ...
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Now good luck carrying that monsters in the stairs ;)
hopefully two guys will show up at the weekend and help me carry it up. (@tyrem: don't tell your guys WHAT they are supposed to carry, otherwise they won't show up ;))
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Hahaha.....
1) I know the weight of these beasts
2) I know the stairs to Ully's place
I want a video of that !!!! With ALL the cursing, sweat and more cursing ;D ;D ;D ;D
Seriously.....You need 4 guys.....I am not kidding...... alternatively you can fully disassemble the mechanism and move them up separately.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZMjbqRDl6E
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I love urban exploration, and that ski-house thing is awesome! Such a shame to see these beautiful designs going to ruin. But there is beauty also in decay ;)
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Beautiful ??
I'd say it's another example of the brilliant DDR/Soviet building style: ugly as hell !
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Beautiful ??
I'd say it's another example of the brilliant DDR/Soviet building style: ugly as hell !
Philistine!!! :D
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the sofa setup in the snow is so WTF awesome :D
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What's with all the bags of heroin?
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No heroin, thats briquettes made from compressed sawdust, which is used in an oven/stove...
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Yeah, that's what he said to the customs, while the yellow man was stuffing his discocaïne jukebox with "some sweet sugar for his mommy" ;D
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What I want to know is: is it upstairs already ? Where is the video of that happening and does it still work ?
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Beautiful ??
I'd say it's another example of the brilliant DDR/Soviet building style: ugly as hell !
Don't we have the modern version of that, in Rotterdam? The one Jackie Chan went down.
:lol:
(http://www.math4all.nl/MathAdoreOpgaven/Images/hb-d1-willemswerf.jpg)
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