Roadblasters Cockpit on ebay.fr

[Superully]

I didn't know that there was a sitdown version of Roadblasters. This looks funky ...

http://cgi.ebay.fr/jeu-de-cafe-RoadBlasters_W0QQitemZ120471089976QQcmdZViewItemQQptZFR_YO_Jeux_Jeux_JeuxCafes?hash=item1c0ca2f338&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

Perhaps there's a system 1 conversion kit for a sitdown marble madness 

[Muerto]

dear lord, it´s hideous...:

[DarthNuno]

I had in the past several opportunities to buy that cockpit version, but I prefer the upright version 'coz it's the version I used to play in the past 

This cockpit has a particularity : a kind of lens in front of the screen, in order to show the player a greater image size.

[Zorg]

the lens is a "fresnel lens" it enlarges the image giving more consistance to the little screen in such a huge cockpit

[level42]

Played this one at Luc's place and the fresnel lens wasn't as bad looking as i feared. Star blade uses one too IIRC.
World of arcade had an empty one for sale some time ago...

[DarthNuno]

... Star blade uses one too IIRC.

It's not exactly the same system. On this Road Blaster, there is a lens between the monitor and the player.
On Starblade, the picture on the monitor is reflected onto a curved 'screen', which gives a far better result  No lens!

[level42]

Ah, thanks for the explanation Bruno !

[DarthNuno]

Did you see this Roadblasters cockpit on ebay UK, right here!

I've never seen this cockpit model   



The base looks the same, but the top + roof is totally different... maybe it's a normal cockpit with a roof broken, and modified like this?











There's no more lens behind the screen!   



Very strange...