I've managed to get so far with restoring my SW upright....
I
bought this a few mths back from 'Hatster' (Kevin).It came from sunny
Spain via a friend of his,to which he dropped it at Rav's place ready
for collection by Martin.
The cab was owned by Forcefulfil before
Kevin bought it from him,but Kevin wasn't that keen on the cab so
decided to sell it on to me
...
The
cab is my Holy Grail of Video games,i were a big fan of the films as a
kid (hence all my Starwars toys as well) and also a big arcade gaming
fan,so when Starwars got released in 83',well it was just a natural
thing that i were drawn to the game.The first arcade i saw and played
this in was The Starlight Rooms on Lower Briggate in Leeds (sadly the
arcade is no longer there) and after a few games i were hooked
The
Starlight wasn't the only arcade to have the machine in,there was
another arcade that had the cockpit version in and this was called 'The
Original Penny Arcade' this was situated just off 'Eastgate' in Leeds
and that version just blew me away,climbing into the seat and just
feeling 'engulfed' in the whole cab was a fantastic experience for me
,so i did end up playing the cockpit version far more than the upright version....
Anyway
jump forward some 29 years and i stumbled upon Jamma+ and UKVAC (after reading
about it on a BMX forum i go on) and i saw a couple of Starwars cabs
that were either up for sale or had been sold some mths previous (me
looking through old threads on here and Jamma+) and i said to
myself i just had to have one (a cockpit would have been awesome but
sadly i just didn't have the room for such a beast) so an upright was
the one to hunt for.I sold a few of my restored BMX bikes to raise the
cash (the only way i could have afforded one)....
A few mths
later i'd raised enough cash to be able to afford one so i made room in
my bedroom for it (with the blessing from my wife as well
) and i put up a wanted on all the arcade forums i go on....
I
ended up with a nice PM from Kevin saying he had one but the game just
wasn't to his taste so a few pm's back & forth and a deal was struck
The cab as i got it from Kevin,
The
cab wasn't in the mintiest of condition but it was in working order
which for me was the important thing as i'm not the best at electric
work,saying that when i first got it delievered by Martin the cab
wouldn't 'fire up' properly,to say i were gutted was an understatement
,anyway
after a few pm's to Kevin i got it working (the Vector board had come
loose from the 'inter connecting' board so there were all signs of power
up but no life on screen).Once the beast fired up to life i were 12
years of age all over again
....
So i slowly started to strip down and clean up what i could without causing too much fuss....
To
my delight i found out that it had the Amplifone deflection board still
there but sadly not a proper Vector moniter,but it was an Amplifone
'set up' (so i've been told anyway and you guys know more about that
than me)
The rear door was buggered so i made another one out of
Birch Ply and also i fitted better 1"x1" pieces for the door to go
against...
I also replaced a few of the 'skeleton' for want of a better word pieces including the piece that the speakers are attached to,
Around the moniter as well,
The coin doors and surround were quiet rusty and battered also the coin reject flaps were as well,
So i had them powder coated in Satin black,
The coin box,Yoke controller,test switch panel and CPO i had powder coated in Satin black as well,
In
the meantime whilst all these were at the powdercoaters i bought a
repop 'Kick plate' decal,CPO decal and Yoke controller decal,
Also i when i took the Yoke apart i broke the Anchor Pin and the large plastic 'spacer washer' needed replacing,
I did replace the 'bumpers' as well but i forgot to take any photos of them
Originally
where i got the anchor pin/nut from didn't have any instock at the time
of me ordering them so i did have a friend of mine fabricate one for me
from the original one,
When
i got the fabricated one from my mate 'video game parts' that i'd
originally ordered one from managed to find me one so i have 2 of the
bloody things now
,still its a spare i suppose...
I stared to build up the Yoke controller once all the bits were back from powdercoating,
Looks brand new and minty fresh now
I
did replace the 'front' panel as well as it was ballaxed on the bottom
with water damage.I weren't gonna put a fresh new decal on a piece of
buggered board,
After
rewiring the Yoke (which was a bit of a nightmare tbh as like i say i
ain't that good with electrical work) but it came all good in the end
(whilst rebuilding the Yoke i did put the 'X POT' and 'Y POT' on the
wrong way round so when i pulled up on the controller the 'crosshairs'
went left and vica versa DOH....
)
Also i applied both the Yoke and CPO decals and tbh it did look a 1000 times better than before
also when the coin doors and coin mechs (which do still work spot on
BTW) all fitted back i stood back and the whole cab for me looks super
clean and 100% better than when i got the machine originally (ps i did
buy some new barrel locks as well as the keys to the original locks
disappeared years ago)
Originally the main PCB cage was missing from the cab when i bought it so i managed to source one to replace it,
It
did come with an 'EMI shield PCB' as i bought them from the States but i
read that cabs made in Ireland (mines Irish BTW) didn't come with them
fitted,so its surplus to requirements....
The cab after all decals were fitted,
I
also bought an original Atari coin box for it as well (i know its gonna
be on 'Free Play' majority of the time but it was only cheap so i
though what the hell i'll have it
)
I also managed to get a few old 10p pieces from my old man (for some reason he's got a few older coins),
There are a few bits to still restore but i'm happy with my Starwars atm,its playable and it looks super cool in my bedroom
Bits to still sort,
The side art is in good condition so i'll not be replacing that,
The bits that do stand out are the cig burns on the plastic 'shroud' (think that's what i heard it called)
If i could get a better replacement shroud i would but the one i have is ok for now.....
I
did buy one of Vector Labs Starwars/Empire Strikes Back kits but tbh i
fitted the kit and i've just hardly played ESB on it so i took it back
out and replaced the original chips...
So this is surplus to requirements and will be sold on soon.
That's
about it guys an gals,sorry for the long drawn out thread but i've
tried to get as much detail out about this as i can,there are still like
i say the odd bit of resto to do on it but i'll do that when i have
more spare cash to throw at it
Russ...
Russ J2012-09-16 18:42:16
I
bought this a few mths back from 'Hatster' (Kevin).It came from sunny
Spain via a friend of his,to which he dropped it at Rav's place ready
for collection by Martin.
The cab was owned by Forcefulfil before
Kevin bought it from him,but Kevin wasn't that keen on the cab so
decided to sell it on to me
The
cab is my Holy Grail of Video games,i were a big fan of the films as a
kid (hence all my Starwars toys as well) and also a big arcade gaming
fan,so when Starwars got released in 83',well it was just a natural
thing that i were drawn to the game.The first arcade i saw and played
this in was The Starlight Rooms on Lower Briggate in Leeds (sadly the
arcade is no longer there) and after a few games i were hooked
The
Starlight wasn't the only arcade to have the machine in,there was
another arcade that had the cockpit version in and this was called 'The
Original Penny Arcade' this was situated just off 'Eastgate' in Leeds
and that version just blew me away,climbing into the seat and just
feeling 'engulfed' in the whole cab was a fantastic experience for me
Anyway
jump forward some 29 years and i stumbled upon Jamma+ and UKVAC (after reading
about it on a BMX forum i go on) and i saw a couple of Starwars cabs
that were either up for sale or had been sold some mths previous (me
looking through old threads on here and Jamma+) and i said to
myself i just had to have one (a cockpit would have been awesome but
sadly i just didn't have the room for such a beast) so an upright was
the one to hunt for.I sold a few of my restored BMX bikes to raise the
cash (the only way i could have afforded one)....
A few mths
later i'd raised enough cash to be able to afford one so i made room in
my bedroom for it (with the blessing from my wife as well
I
ended up with a nice PM from Kevin saying he had one but the game just
wasn't to his taste so a few pm's back & forth and a deal was struck
The cab as i got it from Kevin,
The
cab wasn't in the mintiest of condition but it was in working order
which for me was the important thing as i'm not the best at electric
work,saying that when i first got it delievered by Martin the cab
wouldn't 'fire up' properly,to say i were gutted was an understatement
after a few pm's to Kevin i got it working (the Vector board had come
loose from the 'inter connecting' board so there were all signs of power
up but no life on screen).Once the beast fired up to life i were 12
years of age all over again
So i slowly started to strip down and clean up what i could without causing too much fuss....
To
my delight i found out that it had the Amplifone deflection board still
there but sadly not a proper Vector moniter,but it was an Amplifone
'set up' (so i've been told anyway and you guys know more about that
than me)
The rear door was buggered so i made another one out of
Birch Ply and also i fitted better 1"x1" pieces for the door to go
against...
I also replaced a few of the 'skeleton' for want of a better word pieces including the piece that the speakers are attached to,
Around the moniter as well,
The coin doors and surround were quiet rusty and battered also the coin reject flaps were as well,
So i had them powder coated in Satin black,
The coin box,Yoke controller,test switch panel and CPO i had powder coated in Satin black as well,
In
the meantime whilst all these were at the powdercoaters i bought a
repop 'Kick plate' decal,CPO decal and Yoke controller decal,
Also i when i took the Yoke apart i broke the Anchor Pin and the large plastic 'spacer washer' needed replacing,
I did replace the 'bumpers' as well but i forgot to take any photos of them
Originally
where i got the anchor pin/nut from didn't have any instock at the time
of me ordering them so i did have a friend of mine fabricate one for me
from the original one,
When
i got the fabricated one from my mate 'video game parts' that i'd
originally ordered one from managed to find me one so i have 2 of the
bloody things now
I stared to build up the Yoke controller once all the bits were back from powdercoating,
Looks brand new and minty fresh now
I
did replace the 'front' panel as well as it was ballaxed on the bottom
with water damage.I weren't gonna put a fresh new decal on a piece of
buggered board,
After
rewiring the Yoke (which was a bit of a nightmare tbh as like i say i
ain't that good with electrical work) but it came all good in the end
(whilst rebuilding the Yoke i did put the 'X POT' and 'Y POT' on the
wrong way round so when i pulled up on the controller the 'crosshairs'
went left and vica versa DOH....
Also i applied both the Yoke and CPO decals and tbh it did look a 1000 times better than before
also when the coin doors and coin mechs (which do still work spot on
BTW) all fitted back i stood back and the whole cab for me looks super
clean and 100% better than when i got the machine originally (ps i did
buy some new barrel locks as well as the keys to the original locks
disappeared years ago)
Originally the main PCB cage was missing from the cab when i bought it so i managed to source one to replace it,
It
did come with an 'EMI shield PCB' as i bought them from the States but i
read that cabs made in Ireland (mines Irish BTW) didn't come with them
fitted,so its surplus to requirements....
The cab after all decals were fitted,
I
also bought an original Atari coin box for it as well (i know its gonna
be on 'Free Play' majority of the time but it was only cheap so i
though what the hell i'll have it
I also managed to get a few old 10p pieces from my old man (for some reason he's got a few older coins),
There are a few bits to still restore but i'm happy with my Starwars atm,its playable and it looks super cool in my bedroom
Bits to still sort,
The side art is in good condition so i'll not be replacing that,
The bits that do stand out are the cig burns on the plastic 'shroud' (think that's what i heard it called)
If i could get a better replacement shroud i would but the one i have is ok for now.....
I
did buy one of Vector Labs Starwars/Empire Strikes Back kits but tbh i
fitted the kit and i've just hardly played ESB on it so i took it back
out and replaced the original chips...
So this is surplus to requirements and will be sold on soon.
That's
about it guys an gals,sorry for the long drawn out thread but i've
tried to get as much detail out about this as i can,there are still like
i say the odd bit of resto to do on it but i'll do that when i have
more spare cash to throw at it
Russ...
Russ J2012-09-16 18:42:16
