Not a tech question really, just need info from guys that would know about older EMs.
I've got a line on some Bally Fun Cruise's, Gay Cruise's and Deluxe Fun Cruise's... I know the PF art on Fun Cruise and Deluxe Fun Cruise is different but cannot find any pictures of the Gay Cruise PF. If GC and FC have the same art, I can make a complete GC from one of the FCs... Anyone know the answer?
Thanks,
-Steve
I've seen and played Fun Cruise and deluxe Fun Cruise which are a remakes of Bally's 1960 Beauty Contest and Beauty Queen,but never heard of Gay Cruise.
I like the Fun Cruise's back glass/playfield artwork better than deluxe.Since Bally only made 60 of the Gay Cruises, i wonder how many are still around today. I looked on IPDB but the game hasn't any pictures under its listing.
If you go look at the games be sure you bring your camera so you can take a picture of the Gay Cruise since its so rare.
The plan is to buy the the GC and maybe a FC too. There is a GC there for sure and multiple FCs. Some of the FCs have playfields, some don't, so it seems that a lot of playfield swapping took place at one time or another. I just want to make sure that if the GC doesn't have a PF that I get one out of an FC to complete the game. Which is why I'm hoping that GC and FC have the same PF art. If not then there's not much incentive to pick it up if I can't restore a 1 of 60 game to original (or as close as possible)... And I don't even think that a restored GC would be all that valuable like a Varkon would be, but since it is a 1 of 60, it deserves to be rescued and restored if at all possible.
-Steve
Honestly, I'd just buy all those games and sort it out latter.
One of those "Pinball Owner" kind of web sites has several owners of Gay Cruise listed.
I'd email those owners for further pictures and details. On such a rare game, you guys may have parts to swap between the group of you.
You may have better backglasses than they do and yours could be scanned and reproduced by BGrestro.com
Good luck and keep us posted!
UPDATE:
I lost out on those games. They were spoken for and paid for before the warehouse sale started today. That's OK though. I looked at them all really close today and they are too far gone. What this old guy wanted with these trashed games is beyond me and he didn't even know when I asked him. I tried rubbing some dirt off of one of the playfields and the art work started crumbling under my finger. They have been set up on their legs for 30+ years with no playfield glass over them. It was actually kind of sad to see how badly they've degraded over all those years. If they had been stored with glass on them they would have stood a better chance of surviving.
There ended up being 2 of the Gay Cruise and 3 of the Fun Cruise games in there and 1 Deluxe Fun Cruise. Wish I could have rescued at least one and brought it back to life. 
-Steve
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