I love metal Etienne, cupper, aluminum, gold....the more the better !
Indeed awesome picture Bruno !
SO ....I looked around a bit more in the warehouse. There was now in Indiana Jones pinball which was TOTALLY discolored but the play field was nice, regretfully it was already sold for 1500 Euro's. There was also an Elton John pinball, really old in pretty nice condition, was sold too.
The op also asked if anyone was interested in a 2 player Namco/Atari Final Lap for 200 Euros he claimed the monitors were working (I guess it's fully working...)
(Crappy cell phone pics coming up....)
If I had the space it would be mine......ANY 2 player racer is a great cab to have....
In my excitement that the machine was working I apparently managed to NOT make a pic of it
About the rest of the machines in the warehouse.....nothing really changed....everything still there. Loads of Photoplays that I hadn't seen (or noticed) before...
SO I loaded up the cab....since the flyer mentioned the sizes I wasn't worried if it would fit in my car, but because it will have to be delivered to the UK AND I will have 2 passengers on board....
Now....we ALMOST managed to put it in with 1/3 of the back-bench still up but someone was preventing it to go the last centimeters. Turns out it was the joystick being in the way. There are also 4 wheels under the cab (handy !). So if I remove the CP for the trip to the UK and maybe the casters, it will all JUST fit (mind you.....it won't be roomy in the back Erik and Pieter !
So I drove back to Joeks' place, quickly picked up the camera and gave Robin a call....he agreed to store this baby until 14 april so we unloaded it, had a quick look and MADE SOME PICS !!!
Clearly it was mention to go to mainland Europe from the start....
But it was made in Japan....
Robin have a look at this very rare machine...we like it more and more
Regretfully the machine has no side-art but that's how it is supposed to be.
The best piece of artwork on it is the marquee. I still find it amazing that the SEGA logo is already so old but STILL looking great and not aged....
The bezel had three bombers that light up depending on the bonus level I guess. The one on the right lit up right away...
There's a very weird RGB color overlay over the monitor which is a bit weird since the movement on the screen is horizontal but maybe it has some function in the game I don't know of yet....
Gotta love that CP even thought there is no artwork. Look at these very special buttons and the Japanese instructions....
Wit a bit of black paint this is going to look great again:
English instructions:
I'm sure it's set-up for Belgian Francs now but I love that coin entry...
Close up of the buttons. In my best Japanese I can read "Start game" on the yellow button and "release bomb" on the right one
Seriously if one of the Japanese guys here could give an exact translation that would be great....
The coin door in Japanese style (little crime.....) It's simply a cut out of the front plate with a piano hinge.....
I had a look at the back of the monitor before I left the warehouse (for some weird reason
). That has a separate "door" that can be simply unscrewed. Ther is a NEC b/w monitor in there with a NEC tube, I've never seen this chassis before.
Regretfully I coulnd't credit it so I can't say if the game plays OK but I expect little trouble. The only "issue" I saw is that the picture is slightly jittering horizontally but I bet that that is just a bad pot meter on the monitor....
I never got to see the PCB. All of these require documentation because there is nothing available on the net.
My plan is to do a basic cleaning of the cab and make pics of the inside.
Alpha1: you better make sure you have a brand new UK plug at South Coast Slam so we can have it running there right away.
All in all I'm very happy "we" saved this cab, it may be not the most know machine or a real classic, but it certainly is a very rare piece e of SEGA history and as such a very cool machine.
