Hi All, this is going to be a bit of a slow burner, way back in 2017 I purchased a really lovely condition House of the Dead 1 U/R. Here is a picture of it in my grans garage when I got it. It has obviously been cared for extensively and is in lovely condition. When it left the seller (which I think was a member on here or Jamma, it had a sound fault (went mute), but by the time it got to me that fault had gone! Sadly it has a graphically fault sometimes (could be a voltage issue) and the fan in the boardset cage doesn't seem to move (so it has only been switched on a few times with the full intension to get to these issues).
On closer inspection I think the marquee is a printout as the quality looks quite off to me, thanks to muddy I've managed to purchase a NOS replacement from him - which is still in the carboard sleeve he posted it in - that must of been 2 or 3 years ago!
A few weeks ago I purchased the manual for this machine on eBay and was pleased to see it shows some interesting info on the bit that has really bugged me, the missing Display Card (topper).
I remember as a teen surfing eBay in the mid/late 00s and seeing one for £60/£70 and thinking "Why would anyone pay that for a piece of cardboard!" - I now have serious regrets about not realising some 10 years later I'd own the machine!
I've never seen another go up for sale, I intermittently look and haven't spotted one, has anyone got it?
In the mean time with the help of the manual I can scan in the blurry mess of what it looked like:
and add an even blurrier picture (from google) of it on a machine:
The manual thankfully states the dimensions for the Display Card are W:760 L:100 H:395 (mm) part No. 429-0136. It also shows it as just a piece of board, 2 triangle shape pieces and some double sided tape is all that held it together and to the machine - probably explaining why so many have disappeared. I think if I can't find a real one to copy or buy I will end up making my own based on the knowledge I have from the manual and the accurate if 'low res' example shown in the manual can be used as a guide.
Does anyone know what font they used originally for the 'It feeds on your fear'?
On closer inspection I think the marquee is a printout as the quality looks quite off to me, thanks to muddy I've managed to purchase a NOS replacement from him - which is still in the carboard sleeve he posted it in - that must of been 2 or 3 years ago!
A few weeks ago I purchased the manual for this machine on eBay and was pleased to see it shows some interesting info on the bit that has really bugged me, the missing Display Card (topper).
I remember as a teen surfing eBay in the mid/late 00s and seeing one for £60/£70 and thinking "Why would anyone pay that for a piece of cardboard!" - I now have serious regrets about not realising some 10 years later I'd own the machine!
I've never seen another go up for sale, I intermittently look and haven't spotted one, has anyone got it?
In the mean time with the help of the manual I can scan in the blurry mess of what it looked like:
and add an even blurrier picture (from google) of it on a machine:
The manual thankfully states the dimensions for the Display Card are W:760 L:100 H:395 (mm) part No. 429-0136. It also shows it as just a piece of board, 2 triangle shape pieces and some double sided tape is all that held it together and to the machine - probably explaining why so many have disappeared. I think if I can't find a real one to copy or buy I will end up making my own based on the knowledge I have from the manual and the accurate if 'low res' example shown in the manual can be used as a guide.
Does anyone know what font they used originally for the 'It feeds on your fear'?
