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General Chat => Arcade Lifestyle => Topic started by: DarthNuno on April 18, 2015, 09:01:00 PM

Title: Name these three cabinets?
Post by: DarthNuno on April 18, 2015, 09:01:00 PM
Any idea about these three cabinets (not mine, all located in France):

1) I'm sure I've already seen the logo on the kick/side, but can't name the manufacturer...  :arrow:

(https://www.dragonslairfans.com/forforum3/spectroman1.jpg)

(https://www.dragonslairfans.com/forforum3/spectroman2.jpg)

Could the 'B' stands for Bertolini?

2) Galaxian clone ?  :arrow:

(https://www.dragonslairfans.com/forforum3/spectroman3.jpg)

3) Dedicated Atari Asteroids, french made maybe?  :arrow:

(https://www.dragonslairfans.com/forforum3/spectroman4.jpg)

 ???
Title: Re: Name these three cabinets?
Post by: level42 on April 18, 2015, 09:43:09 PM
Nr. 1 looks very Lunar Lander/Asteroids shaped cab....maybe the Italian version ?
Title: Re: Name these three cabinets?
Post by: Luigi on April 20, 2015, 09:24:57 AM
User Digimon also asked for this cab (no.1).

https://www.dragonslairfans.com/smfor/index.php?topic=5636.msg82050#msg82050

I'm sure I've seen that before as well but can't remember at all  :-\
Title: Re: Name these three cabinets?
Post by: spectroman on April 20, 2015, 04:58:30 PM
Thank you nuno for open this thread.

I was in the place where theses cabinets are located on sunday.

the 2 cabinet is a cosmic invasion convert in an atari europe cabinet :

(http://gamoovernet.pixhotel.fr/pics_gamoovernet690px/20150420170902-spectroman-DSC-0206.JPG) (http://gamoovernet.pixhotel.fr/pics/20150420170902-spectroman-DSC-0206.JPG)

The asteroid cabinets (there was 2 and they are identical) not seems to be a clone or convert, because it came from "europe electronique SA".

(http://gamoovernet.pixhotel.fr/pics_gamoovernet690px/20150420170834-spectroman-DSC-0207.JPG) (http://gamoovernet.pixhotel.fr/pics/20150420170834-spectroman-DSC-0207.JPG)
Title: Re: Name these three cabinets?
Post by: spectroman on April 20, 2015, 08:44:29 PM
I've also found this empty cabinet, but I don't know which is ?

(http://gamoovernet.pixhotel.fr/pics_gamoovernet690px/20150420204142-spectroman-DSC-0215.JPG) (http://gamoovernet.pixhotel.fr/pics/20150420204142-spectroman-DSC-0215.JPG)

(http://gamoovernet.pixhotel.fr/pics_gamoovernet690px/20150420204248-spectroman-DSC-0217.JPG) (http://gamoovernet.pixhotel.fr/pics/20150420204248-spectroman-DSC-0217.JPG)
Title: Re: Name these three cabinets?
Post by: Etienne MacGyver on April 20, 2015, 08:53:44 PM
Looks like a pole position clone or something
Title: Re: Name these three cabinets?
Post by: level42 on April 20, 2015, 09:16:02 PM
(http://gamoovernet.pixhotel.fr/pics_gamoovernet690px/20150420170834-spectroman-DSC-0207.JPG)


HA !

That is the same city where Atari France was !!! Very likely the same factory.
Title: Re: Name these three cabinets?
Post by: spectroman on April 20, 2015, 09:19:47 PM
yes, europe electronique SA bought to atari the juke box factory ;D

at the begining they produce jukebox with the atari logo
Title: Re: Name these three cabinets?
Post by: level42 on April 20, 2015, 09:26:17 PM
Yup:

http://www.jukebox-world.de/Forum/Archiv/Jupiter/Jupiter-Bilder-Uebersicht.htm
Title: Re: Name these three cabinets?
Post by: level42 on April 20, 2015, 09:30:32 PM
Found some interesting stuff about "Atari France" here:

http://www.doubscentral.org/assets/files/tourisme/etude_sites_industriels_annexes.pdf

Here is the google-translated part about Atari....

2. Baumoise industry after war.24 City: Baume-les-Dames
Community of communes: Country Baumois.
Industry Type: jukebox, printing, pan
Type of surviving heritage building for some. History:
- Electro-kicker: the creation in 1950 of the company that manufactures jukebox of Jupiter brand. The company will employ up to 260 workers and 80 people at home. The company is in receivership in 1974 and it was bought by an American giant, which manufactures the Atari video game arcades and also ice machines for bars and bistros. The company will then be called Atari Europe and will produce up to 1982 Atari video games for all of Europe. The company produced 1,500 units per month sold one million five hundred thousand old francs each. Or 15 000 new francs and 2250 € which makes a turnover for video games € 3,375,000 per month and 40 million euros per year. Besides the 200 jukebox made monthly and ice machines. The first video games were table tennis and football for the World Cup. The US manufactured software video games (more than 2,000 engineers in Silicon Valley) and Baume-les-Dames they did all the electronics and assembly. They made color televisions and games were French. In 1982, Atari decided to relocate the company in Ireland as workers costs are cheaper. The buildings were bought by the city of Baume-les-Dames and if a party has burned, another is still a business incubator. All equipment was sold, there is nothing left.
- EFI: Towards 1979, 1980, the company has installed EFI to make plates for offset printing. It employed up to 80 workers, but it failed to make the transition of new technologies and today there are more than 2 or 3 employees.
- Vogalu: employed 40 workers (Haute-Saône company acquired by SEB in 1972). The company manufactured pans.
Title: Re: Name these three cabinets?
Post by: Alpha1 on April 20, 2015, 11:55:46 PM
Holy crap I have the glass for one of these Asteroids! Wondered for years where it came from!
Title: Re: Name these three cabinets?
Post by: kos71 on April 21, 2015, 12:59:58 PM
A found a couple of years ago almost the same cab as the asteroid but it was a sidam .
Title: Re: Name these three cabinets?
Post by: synonym9 on April 26, 2015, 06:02:04 PM
Quote from: Etienne MacGyver on April 20, 2015, 08:53:44 PM
Looks like a pole position clone or something


Yes, that is what it is, I also found some of them in my big raid last august.
Title: Re: Name these three cabinets?
Post by: nilfisk on April 26, 2015, 06:05:45 PM
Quote from: synonym9 on April 26, 2015, 06:02:04 PM
Quote from: Etienne MacGyver on April 20, 2015, 08:53:44 PM
Looks like a pole position clone or something


Yes, that is what it is, I also found some of them in my big raid last august.

Coincidentally, there's one for sale atm in Vienna (see pic below). I've thought about grabbing it just for the pcb, but I was too lazy up to now (it's been listed for weeks now). It's running one of the PP bootleg pcbs without the custom chips.

(http://cache1.willhaben.apa.net/mmo/5/119/249/675_-1785800332.jpg) (http://cache1.willhaben.apa.net/mmo/5/119/249/675_-915944728.jpg)
Title: Re: Name these three cabinets?
Post by: spectroman on April 26, 2015, 06:50:07 PM
nilfisk, thanks for the picture
Title: Re: Name these three cabinets?
Post by: vernimark on April 26, 2015, 11:35:03 PM
the first cab has been made by Bertolino

look at the last one
http://www.itvac.it/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=18
Title: Re: Name these three cabinets?
Post by: Tyrem on April 27, 2015, 08:08:12 AM
that´s not particularly beautiful. :)