Arcade Operator Retirement Raid

[bonehead]

I know what cabs they are. Spoke to the op but couldn’t make the day I arranged.

Looks like I missed out.??

 

[Chopper79]

How do people find all these op's?

 

[neo-geo-mvs]

How do people find all these op's?

This!!

I would like a ton of pcbs and mvs carts for £100

 

[jengineer]

awesome raid Jase, well done

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[mysticmonk]

Very nice! Fingers crossed they're mostly workers

 

[Shinydaz]

Great score !

 

[stevebm1]

nice find,just goes to show stuff is still out there,even in the uk if you hunt around

 

[Bensonrad]

Well done dude, fab haul of great titles there. So you got cabs too? super

 

[Hurray Banana]

Nice set of pickups

 

[jase38]

Cheers for all the comments. Once I’ve tested everything and decided what I’m keeping, I’ll eventually put stuff up for sale here at forum friendly prices.



The Op manufactured his own generic Jamma cabs back in the day and some were sited in pubs. We had a chat about how pubs used to have games rooms, where kids were relegated with a bottle of coke, a packet of crisps and some ten pence pieces, whilst the parents enjoyed a drink in peace. Indeed I was one of those kids!








The Op told me he still has a couple of these machines on site. There were four up for grabs, two fully working and two with monitor faults. He switched on the two working machines to reveal two awesome games, Pang! 3 and Dragon Breed. The cabinets are a nice size, extremely well built and look in great condition for their age. “This is a posh one”, he said as he wheeled one out to the van. “It has an on/off switch”.








I also picked up Pole Position II and Turbo OutRun.








The Atari Ireland made Pole Position II looks nice and solid, but is missing the original monitor. That’s another great thing about Raids. You end up with cool games you wouldn’t have normally gone for, discovering new games and making new favourites.









I love the side art on this.








Despite looking a bit rough round the edges, the Turbo OutRun was working, but has a sound fault.








The pinball machines were being refurbished and going back on site.








This eighties jukebox looked pretty cool.








The Op was well stocked with spare monitors and chassis. I managed to grab a couple, as well as power supplies, and a few other random parts he had.













A few pick ups in the front of the van.








As I was strapping the cabs in the van, wondering which games I’ll put in the machines, the Op handed me this control panel, which I thought was pretty awesome.








He said he made it years ago and that there should be an Arkanoid PCB amongst the boards. The controller still spins nice and smoothly. One of these cabs will definitely become a dedicated Arkanoid in the near future!



I really like the look of these Mirage cabinets. With some custom marquees, I think they will look great lined up.







Cabs secured and ready to go.

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jase382018-11-04 22:04:32

 

[prof peach]

Immense work!

 

[dj_yt]

Lovely write up and history behind some of the parts you uncovered. I expect the op would be delighted to see some pics of the cabs if they eventually get restored!

 

[big10p]

Well done! PPII looks in pretty nice shape.

 

[Brettster]

This is how you Raid!!

 

[channel27]

Great write up and nice cabs Loving the PP2

 

[penrhos]

Did you take the blue unisafe/leisure2000 next to the turbo outrun?

They're great cabs and the loom has a jumper on for mono / mvs stereo.

 

[clarkey]

Very nice, great finds.

 

[jase38]

Did you take the blue unisafe/leisure2000 next to the turbo outrun?

They're great cabs and the loom has a jumper on for mono / mvs stereo.

No, I enquired but he wouldn't sell that one. I think it was going back out on site.

 

[Isgoed]

Nice read, and nice find!

 

[jase38]

“You’re welcome to come down,” the Op told me over the phone. “I’ve found a couple more bits.” That’s all the information I was given, and I had no idea what these bits were. Given the success of my last visit, having finally tracked down my most wanted PCB, I was excited about making another trip. I wasn’t disappointed!






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As with most Raids, you never really know what there is until you get there.





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On arrival I saw a stack of PCB’s and spare monitors in the workshop.





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These boards and parts are from his old business partner and ones he had stored in the garage.















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Another box of MVS, including one of my favourite games ever, the awesome Viewpoint! There were more titles under these carts as well!





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Here is a list of titles.
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PCB
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1. Ashura Blaster – Taito / Visco Corporation - 1990
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2. Badlands – Atari Games - 1989
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3. Final Fight – Capcom - 1989
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4. Football Champ – Taito / Team Dogyan - 1990
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5. Gals Panic – Taito / Kaneko – 1990
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6. Golden Tee Golf – Strata Group, Inc. / Incredible Technologies - 1990
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7. Golden Tee Golf II – Strata Group, Inc. / Incredible Technologies - 1991
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8. Golfing Greats – Konami - 1990
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9. Jackal – Konami - 1986
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10. RoboCop – Data East - 1988
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11. Section Z – Capcom - 1985
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12. Spider-Man: The Video Game – Sega - 1991
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13. Tetris – Atari Games - 1988
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14. The Newzealand Story – Taito - 1988
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15. The Simpsons – Konami - 1991
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16. Ultimate Tennis – Art & Magic - 1993
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17. Zing Zing Zip – Tecmo / Allumer, Ltd. - 1992
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Neo Geo MVS
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1. Baseball Stars Professional x2
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2. Breakers
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3. Magician Lord
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4. Mutation Nation
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5. Riding Hero
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6. The King of Fighters ‘94
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7. The King of Fighters ‘98
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8. Viewpoint
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9. Voltage Fighter Gowcaizer
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A nice, varied selection of games I thought. Spider-man: The Video Game on the Sega System 32 was an especially awesome surprise! I played this at Leisureland, Great Yarmouth many years ago on an Electrocoin Duet cab. The game is great mix of scrolling beat-em-up and platform action game. It features impressive scaling, with sprites and backgrounds zooming in and out to mark the shift in gameplay.
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Other PCB highlights include Final Fight, The Newzealand Story and two obscure vertical shooters which I haven’t played before, Ashura Blaster and Zing Zing Zip.





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Regarding the MVS, I’ve picked up a lot of the usual suspects from Ops over the last few months, such as Puzzle Bobble and Super Sidekicks, and it was great to see some more uncommon titles. I sell my duplicates and was pleased to see quite a few titles I don’t already own. Also quite often the labels are worn and the serials cut, but these carts look in great condition.





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I also picked up another Mirage cab, my fifth one! The Op told me he had two hundred machines on site back in the day, mostly in pubs.





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There were also some MVS motherboards and Continental Circus parts.





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No Fear and Who Dunnit. The Op mentioned that he will be selling these when he retires this year.





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The “couple more bits” loaded up in the boot!






jase382019-03-09 22:07:43