My Grail

[Russ J]

Got a nice visit from Martin yesterday and he dropped off my Holy Grail,

I'm one very chuffed guy atm,its my first cab and like i said my Holy Grail of cabs...

Thank you Martin for doing the pick-drop off for me,thank you to hatster (Kev) for selling me the cab and thank you Rav for storing it at yours until Martin got down to collect it for me

I'm gonna be slowly restoring the cosmetic work on it,eg..coin doors re-powdered etc replacing the CPO as the original as a good few cigs burns on it etc...

Then once all this has been done i'm gonna clock this when i get a spare day or so

 

[saleem]

although desirable by a select few,overpriced and over rated game.

 

[tb lilley]

You're a miserable bugger sometimes Saleem! Each to their own etc .... Congrats Russ.

 

[DanP]

Disagree with the above on all counts. Have you actually played the game recently?

 

[virtvic]

Starwars is a wicked game, but I'd be scared to have one of my own because of the cost and always being scared it'd stop working.

Nice get, though, Russ!

 

[chubsta]

Well done on getting such a nice example, in my opinion it is one of the best games ever and one of the few that never, ever, gets boring, even though i cannot for the life of me get past the 9th wave

In fact, i may just fire mine up for a while to celebrate another happy owner finally getting one

 

[forcefulfil]

I recognise that machine

did it ever leave england?
forcefulfil2012-06-03 23:15:30

 

[saleem]

Disagree with the above on all counts. Have you actually played the game recently?

yes on my minty cockpit,you can have it for 7.5k.

i would rather own 5 jamma cabs,coming from.someone who thinks all jamma cabs should die thats saying something.but hey,i am miserable and dont have a right to an opinion.

omfgaorm that means omfg an oven ready meal you got a star wars upright!

saleem2012-06-04 00:22:45

 

[DanP]

Think maybe you should put the crack pipe down

Seriously have you actually played it recently? They aren't that expensive anymore, there was one going recently in the 700/800 region. Keeping them running isnt any more difficult than any other classic era game. The monitors are easier to fix than raster monitors with a much simpler design (IMO). This nonsense about vector games being difficult to keep going is just plain wrong.

Dan

 

[stevebm1]

mine has fag burns on the black plastic as well,although not as bad as yours,I love the game,my kids take the p$$$ out of me because I always duck my head down when im in the death star trench avoiding the obstacles on the later levels

 

[dannyboy]

Glad you're pleased with Russ. Nice when you finally get your grail cab isn't it?

 

[chubsta]

I always duck my head down when im in the death star trench avoiding the obstacles on the later levels

Same here - if i could move that ship around as quickly and smoothly as i move myself i would be the best player in the world!

 

[P-Man]

I recognise that machine

did it ever leave england?

Looks like my old machine, it once played Konami GT and had a steering wheel on it... i thought i had a photo online of it, but it seems my alternate hosting has dissapeared...

 

[IDCHAPPY]

Great machine Russ

, i dont think i've played one in 25 years

 

[Russ J]

cheers for the great comments you guys and saleem.....no probs matey like you say Starwars ain't everyones cup of tea i respect everyone's opinion matey

@Phil...yes it does look strangley familier don't it

...yes it did leave England but like a good homing pigeon found its way back

I was like a kid on christmas morning when Martin turned up with it (until i felt the weight of the beast and it nearly toppled over onto me whilst getting it into the house,thought i were a gonna,ask Martin

) then my heart sank when Martin said it would'nt go upstairs that easy cause of the way my stairwell is but me and my mate (who is also called Martin) stripped a lot of the heavy weight out of it,eg...moniter,power brick etc... so it would be easier to manouver up stairs....

I'm gonna be slowly restoring parts of this eg...sorting the coin doors,replacing the CPO...bits and bobs like that....

Russ J2012-06-04 22:37:53

 

[uberpixel]

Congrats mate - it's one of my 'grail' cabs too but I'm spending all my money on candys at the moment so nice to see someone grab one - and as their first cab too!

 

[retroshaun]

Congrats. I am forever kicking myself for selling my cab to a mate which since went to Archer (for an extended period) and then, sadly, overseas Need to replace it one day.

 

[saleem]

cheers for the great comments you guys and saleem.....no probs matey like you say Starwars ain't everyones cup of tea i respect everyone's opinion matey

@Phil...yes it does look strangley familier don't it

...yes it did leave England but like a good homing pigeon found its way back

I was like a kid on christmas morning when Martin turned up with it (until i felt the weight of the beast and it nearly toppled over onto me whilst getting it into the house,thought i were a gonna,ask Martin

) then my heart sank when Martin said it would'nt go upstairs that easy cause of the way my stairwell is but me and my mate (who is also called Martin) stripped a lot of the heavy weight out of it,eg...moniter,power brick etc... so it would be easier to manouver up stairs....

I'm gonna be slowly restoring parts of this eg...sorting the coin doors,replacing the CPO...bits and bobs like that....

as long as YOUR happy with it thats what realy matters,you seem to be happy.

i am a star wars buff but i just aint keen on the arcade game,i wouldnt say no to one but i certainly wouldnt pay a lot for one,theres sooo many other games i would rather have instead.

have fun doing the trench run.

 

[the-hat]

Hey,

yeh it left the uk and came here. I thought (for some reason) that it was an important game to add to my collection as I seem to have mostly Atari cabs, and everyone says how great it is, however, tbh, once i got it running i thought it *really* sucked as a game. didnt enjoy it, maybe im missing something.
I know Russ was desperately looking for one so decided to pass it on to someone who would appreciate it. no point in it sitting here switched off collecting dust.

I have to say after everyone raving about this forever i was really disappointed, expecting it to be the best game ever, hey ho...!

 

[Alpha1]

One of the best games EVAR! Congrats dude!