Yesterday was a very happy day. Jochen Hippel came by to deliver the Sprint 2 cab he had loaded into his car in Hilversum because we couldn't fit it into ours due to the three Eurocade-cabs. I had bought it from Oliver (Cebulba, the guy with the countless concoles, homecomputers and TVs
) who brought it to Hilversum.
Though I had never seen nor played a Sprint before, I totally fell in love with the game and the cab. And so I was looking forward to get one.
OK, here are pics.
This (obviously) is the bottom of the cab. Two feet are completeley gone, we removed the remaining two so we didn't damage the floor in Dirk's hall (because on one the foot itself was missing and the other one was crumbled).
Here it is in full beauty.....we decided to let it rest for a while so it can get comfortable with the temperature
The back of the cab. Easy access to (almost) all parts.
Meanwhile Dirk arrived and we talked a little about repairing Space Zap-PCBs (esp. about finding a working custom chip on GORF-boards) and this and that. And while the guys kept talking I soldered an adapter for the Shuffleshot-cab so I could hook up the speakers to that single 4pin connector in the cab. The adapter worked and we played two rounds of Shuffleshot. A great party game, I'm really looking forward to the next party where it can be played
Before Jochen left we switched on Sprint 2 to see if/how far it works. To my very surprise it almost worked perfectly. The screen still has a crisp (given the age it is coming from and it has) picture, the burns are almost invisible. The monitor artwork (both, the bezel/marquee and the cardboard) are perfect. The lit cone switches work. Gameplay: the white car (Player 1 on the right) runs perfectly. Player 2 (the black car, player 2 on the left) steers to the right, no matter in which direction the wheel is turned. Guess it's one of the optos, should be an easy fix.
So what can I say? I'm totally happy I bought this cab. Thanks to everyone who was involved
Pics:Sprint 2 running.....I love it
Dirk and Jochen playing....
A little detail....the sticker in perfect condition in front of real scanlines
To do:
* clean the cab
* repair the left steering wheel for the black car
* check if there is separate sound for player 2 and if it works
* repair the wood on the bottom of the sides
* is the marquee area supposed to be lit?
