Yeah nice little Hyper Sports cab, someone will be desperate to grab that for sure.
A few small Easter Raids in Wales
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Good lot of MVS goodies. Would love to see some pics of your MVS cart collection Jase
Part 3 – The Last Joystick
Back in the eighties and nineties, Electrocoin made some of the most iconic arcade machines in the UK. I vividly remember rows of Electrocoin jamma cabs in the arcades down the seafront. They also made some of the most memorable dedicated cabs, including Chase H.Q., Darius, Operation Wolf, Street Fighter and Neo Geo MVS multi-slot machines. Today I’m the proud owner of some of their machines, including Chase H.Q. and Chase H.Q.2, a Midi and a licensed Rampage cab.
I got in touch with Electrocoin After Sales and Service Ltd. By the sound of it, I was about five years too late, and I was told all they had left were two eight way joysticks! I was hoping to find some NOS marquees and the elusive English Chase H.Q.2 topper I’ve seen pictures of at trade shows, but it wasn’t to be. Undeterred, we ventured down to their warehouse in Cardiff to collect them.
We had no trouble finding the premises. The fruit machine graveyard outside was a giveaway sign!
Inside it became immediately apparent what Electrocoin have been up to since they stopped making video games – building an army of fruit machines intent on world domination. Possibly.
Fresh off the production line.
It was cool seeing some new models which haven’t yet been released.
The testing rig.
I enjoyed having a look round the factory floor, taking in the arcade history and thinking to myself how awesome the place must have been when they still made video games. One of the employees mentioned that it’s been about ten years since they stopped making games. Chase H.Q.2 was Electrocoin’s last video game, released in 2009, so that would be about right.
I was in for a nice surprise. As well as the joysticks, they had also found two brand new gear shifters. It’s incredible to think that these are Electrocoin’s last NOS video game parts, especially given their massive presence in the arcades back in the day.
jase382019-04-27 20:12:50
Back in the eighties and nineties, Electrocoin made some of the most iconic arcade machines in the UK. I vividly remember rows of Electrocoin jamma cabs in the arcades down the seafront. They also made some of the most memorable dedicated cabs, including Chase H.Q., Darius, Operation Wolf, Street Fighter and Neo Geo MVS multi-slot machines. Today I’m the proud owner of some of their machines, including Chase H.Q. and Chase H.Q.2, a Midi and a licensed Rampage cab.
I got in touch with Electrocoin After Sales and Service Ltd. By the sound of it, I was about five years too late, and I was told all they had left were two eight way joysticks! I was hoping to find some NOS marquees and the elusive English Chase H.Q.2 topper I’ve seen pictures of at trade shows, but it wasn’t to be. Undeterred, we ventured down to their warehouse in Cardiff to collect them.
We had no trouble finding the premises. The fruit machine graveyard outside was a giveaway sign!
Inside it became immediately apparent what Electrocoin have been up to since they stopped making video games – building an army of fruit machines intent on world domination. Possibly.
Fresh off the production line.
It was cool seeing some new models which haven’t yet been released.
The testing rig.
I enjoyed having a look round the factory floor, taking in the arcade history and thinking to myself how awesome the place must have been when they still made video games. One of the employees mentioned that it’s been about ten years since they stopped making games. Chase H.Q.2 was Electrocoin’s last video game, released in 2009, so that would be about right.
I was in for a nice surprise. As well as the joysticks, they had also found two brand new gear shifters. It’s incredible to think that these are Electrocoin’s last NOS video game parts, especially given their massive presence in the arcades back in the day.
jase382019-04-27 20:12:50
Part 4 – PCB Pick Ups and an Afternoon in Barry Island
After leaving Electrocoin, we ventured down to Barry to visit Leisure Solutions UK Ltd.
The company manufactures fruit machines, some of which are made for Electrocoin. They also make replica arcade machines for the home market. Chris gave me the grand tour.
A familiar cab shape, albeit scaled down!
A Nintendo PlayChoice-10 in need of some love.
The area has a lot of arcade history. Chris explained that back in the day, there used to be factories building BAS, Electrocoin and Silverline cabs nearby on Barry Docks, Cardiff and Bridgend. “Did you see Neil, the old man with grey hair when you came in?” Chris asked. “Well his claim to fame is designing the Electrocoin Duet cab.” It seems there is so much UK arcade history undocumented, which is a real shame.
There was a box of PCB’s from arcades on Barry Island.
Here is a list of titles.
1. Blockout – Technos Japan / PZKaren Co. Development Group - 1989
2. LiberoGrande – Namco - 1997
3. Mr. Do! – Universal - 1982
4. New Fantasia – Comrad - 1995
5. Street Fighter II
6. Street Fighter II’ Hyper Bootleg
7. Tecmo World Cup ’90 – Tecmo - 1989
It took me a little while to identify LiberoGrande, a football game running on Namco System 12 hardware. It had been stored in a Street Fighter III kit box. The harness and manual were still present, but sadly there was no sign of the game.
Starting to fill up.
We spent the rest of the afternoon on Barry Island seafront. It was nice to see that they still had some video games in the arcades, including games from the noughties as well as the new Halo: Fireteam Raven.
Released in 2008, Sega Race TV was the last game developed by Yu Suzuki during his time at Sega. I’ve never come across one before, and I was a bit gutted to find both sides of the cab not working.
jase382019-04-30 13:35:44
After leaving Electrocoin, we ventured down to Barry to visit Leisure Solutions UK Ltd.
The company manufactures fruit machines, some of which are made for Electrocoin. They also make replica arcade machines for the home market. Chris gave me the grand tour.
A familiar cab shape, albeit scaled down!
A Nintendo PlayChoice-10 in need of some love.
The area has a lot of arcade history. Chris explained that back in the day, there used to be factories building BAS, Electrocoin and Silverline cabs nearby on Barry Docks, Cardiff and Bridgend. “Did you see Neil, the old man with grey hair when you came in?” Chris asked. “Well his claim to fame is designing the Electrocoin Duet cab.” It seems there is so much UK arcade history undocumented, which is a real shame.
There was a box of PCB’s from arcades on Barry Island.
Here is a list of titles.
1. Blockout – Technos Japan / PZKaren Co. Development Group - 1989
2. LiberoGrande – Namco - 1997
3. Mr. Do! – Universal - 1982
4. New Fantasia – Comrad - 1995
5. Street Fighter II
6. Street Fighter II’ Hyper Bootleg
7. Tecmo World Cup ’90 – Tecmo - 1989
It took me a little while to identify LiberoGrande, a football game running on Namco System 12 hardware. It had been stored in a Street Fighter III kit box. The harness and manual were still present, but sadly there was no sign of the game.
Starting to fill up.
We spent the rest of the afternoon on Barry Island seafront. It was nice to see that they still had some video games in the arcades, including games from the noughties as well as the new Halo: Fireteam Raven.
Released in 2008, Sega Race TV was the last game developed by Yu Suzuki during his time at Sega. I’ve never come across one before, and I was a bit gutted to find both sides of the cab not working.
jase382019-04-30 13:35:44
Tommybiscuit
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Really enjoyed these posts especially as they are local to me! Great Work! Would love that Playchoice!
jengineer said:jase38 said:Yes I remember seeing the pics on Jamma+. I wonder what happened to all that gear?
think he sold a lot of it on ebay or is still selling it on ebay
Julian really got a sh*t load of gear from there. Multiples of pcbs, parts etc. First time I met hom he had literally dozens of electrocoin licensed marques he was giving away free.
Such a shame he took J+ and his electrocoin site down.
Julian sold a lot of the stuff he got to people on J+, too much stuff for one person to store
Had a nice Day at his going through EC Marquee's, Got quite a few for the PCB's I have already, mainly I was there to sort out the Exidy 440 boards to get our Crossbow machines working, There was quite a few of the board sets and some looked NOS, also they worked so I installed the Multi game kit on one for his Crossbow machine so he's got all 9 games in it
For restoring the Electrocoin Crossbow machine, which I bought from him and gave him back restored and working, he gave me the Marquee's, which was a small amount out of the stash, and one of the good boards for my Multi Game setup. also a few other Control Panels and other bits
Lots of people did well out of all that lot buying stuff cheap from him, he could of ebayed the lot and made a fortune on some of the prototype boards and other rare ones, but he's not like that, been selling the marquee's on ebay I think as there was a huge amount, oh he was the only person with the Marquee's for his EC Crossbow too
Had a nice Day at his going through EC Marquee's, Got quite a few for the PCB's I have already, mainly I was there to sort out the Exidy 440 boards to get our Crossbow machines working, There was quite a few of the board sets and some looked NOS, also they worked so I installed the Multi game kit on one for his Crossbow machine so he's got all 9 games in it
For restoring the Electrocoin Crossbow machine, which I bought from him and gave him back restored and working, he gave me the Marquee's, which was a small amount out of the stash, and one of the good boards for my Multi Game setup. also a few other Control Panels and other bits
Lots of people did well out of all that lot buying stuff cheap from him, he could of ebayed the lot and made a fortune on some of the prototype boards and other rare ones, but he's not like that, been selling the marquee's on ebay I think as there was a huge amount, oh he was the only person with the Marquee's for his EC Crossbow too
Interesting pics and stories. Rare to see a Race TV and an OutRun2 twin still with CRTs out in the wild.. they look pretty good too!
I seem to remember seeing that cab when it looked nearly new bitd. Did an arcade report, but along with most of my other arcade reports and useful posts, went down the black hole with dsyde and j+
I seem to remember seeing that cab when it looked nearly new bitd. Did an arcade report, but along with most of my other arcade reports and useful posts, went down the black hole with dsyde and j+
Great write up dude.
Me,vic and alpha met up with John years ago and had a very interesting chat,in fact we still see him every year at EAG
How times have changed.
Me,vic and alpha met up with John years ago and had a very interesting chat,in fact we still see him every year at EAG
How times have changed.