Atari Centipede

[Morty]

Something arrived this Easter Monday.. eggs and.. a Centipede

It came from Belgium, the seller Chris did a great job of packing, nice and safe

After USA -> Germany -> Belgium -> UK

Finally in my back garden for a quick clean up, this is it upon arrival

Damage to the wood (done along time ago, it came in from the USA like this)

But I am happy, i'm better at woodwork than electronics..

USA serial stickers all intact, great for Atari fan like me ;D

I've been searching for an upright US version for a while now, plenty of Irish ones around but this was what I wanted

Front/rear/PSU/ARII/monitor serials all match, only the game board has been changed

Ready for some resto work, screen printed CPO on its way from the USA now

All present and correct.. really clean metalwork, this cab has never been near water, not seen one this good before, very original

"Coin-Op Division" routing tag

 

[Morty]

Time to give it a try..

No pictures i'm afraid but I plugged it in (making sure 110V !!) and checked the voltages on the game board, all look ok

Screen is all white, so tried a Millipede pcb i bought many years ago, still the same

So I have a G07 waiting for me to restore my Missile Command so I give that a try

Amazing.. the game board that was in it works.. WOW!!!!

So i think.. hey, lets just get this working for some gaming fun before I restore it, so monitor swap..

G07 in

Connect up the G07 and test

Original PCB does have a slight issue with the player, it does not seem to move up and down completely and a bit of the graphic appears near the top of the screen, will investigate later

For now i plug in and "Test" the Millipede pcb until 3am..

 

[tb lilley]

What a great cab. Love to see unmolested Atari. Not too many around.

 

[Milky]

+1 on that. A very Nice cab! Do you need to make room for it? If so, I can help

Milky2014-04-26 18:17:10

 

[Alpha1]

You can change them to 240 really easily.

 

[Morty]

Do you mean swapping the power block plug, this only came with the yellow plug. Is the wiring of the "voltage selection" blocks the same across the atari range?

Or do you mean swapping pins over in the current yellow block to make it a 230v one?

 

[Alpha1]

Either works.

 

[Nintendo Arcade]

Best side art of any cab in my opinion
Great game to
A true classic
Fantastic pick up

 

[DanP]

Nice score. I was after a nice original Centipede for years and never found one. There's lots of rough ones or totally restored ones but not many like this.

Dan

 

[Morty]

Thanks for the comments, looks like changes to this cab consist of swapping the board at some point (as you would expect), nothing else seems to have been touched at all

 

[IDCHAPPY]

She's a beauty dude

 

[aeroflott]

Fabulous. Your CPO will come up lovely with hot soapy water.

 

[guddler]

Thinking about it, I've not seen a Centipede about for quite some time now. Was a time they were all over the place.

That one seems really nice too.