:: SEGA ASTRO CITY :: Road Trip for a new Asian babe @ home ^_^

[joeks]

+1 for Ronnie. I got two (out of three) of my Sega candy cabinets from him, an Astro City (same as Bruno) and a Blast City.
And now that I am seeing this thread and pics, It itches to get yet another one from him .
Nothing beats the look of a Sega Astro Cabinet, except a ROW of Astro Cities.

For me it's a 2,5 hour drive to Apeldoorn btw.

[caincan]

I guess one will be enough. But I agree two will be perfect to cover both setup (horizontal and 'tate' mode).
I've no experience in 'modern' vertical shooters, except Ikaruga and Under Defeat on Dreamcast. Any suggestion about a nice one to try/play?

it's harder to find good modern vertical shooters.    Ikaruga  is "Tate" display.  


for vertical display & gaming !,   Progear &  Akai katana   are Cave choices by excellence.    Rtype2, Rtype leo, Rtype  are the great classics.

loads more choices in "Tate" display...     Dodonpachi,  Ketsui, Batrider, Battle garegga, Ibara, 19XX, 1941,  etccccccc

[DarthNuno]

Does the Xbox360 (or even XBox) has games that can be set in 'tate' (vertical) mode by the way?

[joeks]

All of Cave's Xbox360 releases have that option.
And you can make or buy an adapter to connect your Xbox360 to your Astro City.
Will need some padhacks too, but then you have a nice setup going.

Does the Xbox360 (or even XBox) has games that can be set in 'tate' (vertical) mode by the way?

[ckong]

Does the Xbox360 (or even XBox) has games that can be set in 'tate' (vertical) mode by the way?

Microsoft XBOX
Shikigami No Shiro
Shikigami No Shiro II
Psyvaria 2

Microsoft XBOX 360
Shikigami No Shiro III
Raiden Fighters Aces (J)
Raiden IV (J)
DoDonPachi Daioujou Black Label Extra (J)
Espgaluda 2 (RF)
Ketsui (J)
Muhishi Sama Futari 1.5 (RF)
DoDonPachi Daifukkatsu Ver 1.5
Guwange (16:9 ratio in Tate, not 4:3)
Triggerheart Excelia
KOF Sky Stage
Mushihime Sama HD
Ikaruga
Bullet Soul
Muchi Muchi Pork
Pink Sweets


Better is it to make Playstation 2 (PS 2) controller adapters and then use PS 2 to 'all kind of console' adapters, which you can buy everywhere.

[DarthNuno]

Wow, theXB360 has an impressive list of games! 

[DarthNuno]

More pictures. This need a good wash 



What is the best way to clean that white plastic by the way?

...otherwise, the cabinet is in very good condition : no hit, no cigarette burns... cool! 





Labels, stickers & serial ...





Now regarding the monitor ...



...what is the connector to inverse in order to fix my Y mirrored picture?

[ckong]

That is an easy one. I noticed you have the Nanao MS8 chassis (of course, Astro city's are standard equipped with them, a great chassis, just like the MS9 in the New Astro's). On the last picture you see two connectors side by side, and a plug (with yellow, orange, red, brown wiring) in one of them. Just put the plug in the other, free connector and you are good to go. Oh, and your image is nor mirrored, it is flipped.

By the way, i'm sure that you are aware of the Arcadeotaku forum, lots and lots of information about all kind of Candy stuff.  

Your cab looks great and the chassis is very clean. A really good purchase you made!    Are you planning to get a marqueeholder with marquee for it? if so, you can buy them newly made through Arcadeotaku forum. I did a few times, great quality.

The 360 tate games are great, I imported most of them from Hong Kong and some of them are XBLA games. Unfortunately they don't get enough playtime, but I will soon be able to play them in my Blast city in 31Khz (640 x 480). That will be fun!  

[leonk]

Some more info for you Bruno:

- any good automotive polish or even mr clean magic eraser will do a good job cleaning up that white
- consider replacing the coin insert slot. They typically yellow like that.  For a few bucks you can get white NOS or chrome!
- I would look into a replacement CP or punch holes for remaining buttons to make it 6 per player for maximum flexibility.  But if you go that route, you'll also need to get more kick harness wire under the cp.

[ckong]

+1

And you might consider this monitor treatment:

http://forum.arcadeotaku.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=1251

Don´t know if it is necessary for your monitor, but I never regretted doing it and I will soon give my other NAC the same treatment.

[Etienne MacGyver]

What is the best way to clean that white plastic by the way?

Once i gave Gyruss a spray can of cleaner foam

Maybe he can tell you what it exactly is called, i dont have any bottles anymore here

I belieft it was called "JT Special" from a company called "de groene olifant" (green elephant)

Gyruss ??

[gyruss]

What is the best way to clean that white plastic by the way?

Once i gave Gyruss a spray can of cleaner foam
Maybe he can tell you what it exactly is called, i dont have any bottles anymore here

i have to take a look, don't know if i still got it... 

Man, i must say i totally love my candy cab and especially ESP Ra.De. that Erik lent me.. what a amazing game, so addicting!!

[ckong]

Man, i must say i totally love my candy cab and especially ESP Ra.De. that Erik lent me.. what a amazing game, so addicting!!

 

[gyruss]

and everybody's reaction is the same, at first they complain about the game being to hectic/hard, but after playing for a while and understandig the mechanics, they all (even my girlfriend) think it's great..  

[ckong]

and everybody's reaction is the same, at first they complain about the game being to hectic/hard, but after playing for a while and understandig the mechanics, they all (even my girlfriend) think it's great..  

Again your girlfriend!  I'm really getting jealous now.  My wife only loves one game, and just a little bit, which is Tetris. We once played it on a cab together, against each other of course, and I let her win (OK, she beated the crap out of me) just in the hope that she would catch the arcade lifestyle vibes. Unfortunately she didn't.