cparsonsuk
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Evening,
I'm not actually new, new here... just returning... along with ccnuk I was also on ukvac way back in the day of it being an email list... still lots of names I remember on here.
I have a few PCBs but no longer the JAMMA cab they were played on (Hyper Sports, Track N Field, Commando, Bomb Jack, Tetris, New Zealand Story, Xevious/Galaga/Mappy 3in1).
I bought the Jamma cab with NZS for £50 quid from a guy with a lockup full of stuff in Reading... I think some others from here/ccnuk went along the same evening as news had got out... he had a LOT of cabs.
Later saw the guy at a car boot and he said he had a tabletop Asteroids so I was round there quick sharp and, I think, paid £300 for it (this was 8 or 9 years ago)... he couldn't find the legs and never did but finally I've sourced a pair from this forum (cheers Craig)!
It's in pretty good nick, I bought new glass (still have the scratched up original) and got repro underlay, repro screen bezel, and sprayed the glass clips in Hammerite. A guy on here or ccnuk took my monitor away and replaced all the caps. Oh yeah, and I bought a high score kit from the US so it retains score.
I also bought a load of T-moulding but neeed some advice on one section where the wood is really cut up and the slot for the moulding is too large to make it stay in... a question for the main board I guess.
I started a page 8 years ago to track the progress... guess when I get the legs I should update it:
http://www.blockygraphics.co.uk/asteroids/asteroids.html
A pic taken at the time (consoles in the background date it... as does the 1.3mp photo!):
http://www.blockygraphics.co.uk/asteroids/monkey_asteroids.jpg
I'd like a really nice condition Hyper Sports or Track N Field some day... as a kid my mate's dad owned the local cafe/arcade which always had about 10 videos in; we used to cycle down on Sunday mornings and let ourselves in (remember when stuff was closed on Sundays?!) we had keys to all the games and endless coke and crisps, halcyon days! Those 2 machines stand out in my memory as well as Wonderboy, 1942, Arkanoid and Bomb Jack.
Other than that it was checking out the more expensive, newer machines in the arcades in Mablethorpe... the first time we saw Space Harrier!!
Anyway... hello!
cNp (Chris)
I'm not actually new, new here... just returning... along with ccnuk I was also on ukvac way back in the day of it being an email list... still lots of names I remember on here.
I have a few PCBs but no longer the JAMMA cab they were played on (Hyper Sports, Track N Field, Commando, Bomb Jack, Tetris, New Zealand Story, Xevious/Galaga/Mappy 3in1).
I bought the Jamma cab with NZS for £50 quid from a guy with a lockup full of stuff in Reading... I think some others from here/ccnuk went along the same evening as news had got out... he had a LOT of cabs.
Later saw the guy at a car boot and he said he had a tabletop Asteroids so I was round there quick sharp and, I think, paid £300 for it (this was 8 or 9 years ago)... he couldn't find the legs and never did but finally I've sourced a pair from this forum (cheers Craig)!
It's in pretty good nick, I bought new glass (still have the scratched up original) and got repro underlay, repro screen bezel, and sprayed the glass clips in Hammerite. A guy on here or ccnuk took my monitor away and replaced all the caps. Oh yeah, and I bought a high score kit from the US so it retains score.
I also bought a load of T-moulding but neeed some advice on one section where the wood is really cut up and the slot for the moulding is too large to make it stay in... a question for the main board I guess.
I started a page 8 years ago to track the progress... guess when I get the legs I should update it:
http://www.blockygraphics.co.uk/asteroids/asteroids.html
A pic taken at the time (consoles in the background date it... as does the 1.3mp photo!):
http://www.blockygraphics.co.uk/asteroids/monkey_asteroids.jpg
I'd like a really nice condition Hyper Sports or Track N Field some day... as a kid my mate's dad owned the local cafe/arcade which always had about 10 videos in; we used to cycle down on Sunday mornings and let ourselves in (remember when stuff was closed on Sundays?!) we had keys to all the games and endless coke and crisps, halcyon days! Those 2 machines stand out in my memory as well as Wonderboy, 1942, Arkanoid and Bomb Jack.
Other than that it was checking out the more expensive, newer machines in the arcades in Mablethorpe... the first time we saw Space Harrier!!
Anyway... hello!
cNp (Chris)
