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You mean this part of the bezel? lol Yeah, that bezel artwork never made sense to me. Still one of my favorite arcade shooters from back in the day...
Quoted from robotron:scramble has that nice colorful "porn bezel" . I do so much driving in real life commuting, I cant play driving games!!
Love that cabaret row. What is that on the far right?
Quoted from robotron:thats how i started. then i added nos robotron cabaret, nos make trax, nos crush roller, bubbles #1 prototype in cabaret.
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Quoted from j_m_:hehe. it's amazing how good we were at these games back in the '80s and now, 30 years later, are getting our butts kicked by the very same titles
I'm crossing my fingers that the tempest board set works and will soon be back in a cabaret. and fortunate appears to have smiled upon me with the guy in australia who has reproduced the pc board sets, allowing you to convert tv tubes to color x-y monitors
both q*bert sets that I picked up work 100%, so its just a matter of find the correct cabinets for those guys as well
Whoa... who is this guy you speak of who has repro'd board sets that allow you to convert to tv tubes to color x-y monitors??? And how good does it actually look next to a real vector monitor?
Quoted from albummydavis:Man, I just love Scramble. Nothing brings back late childhood Jersey Shore memories for me more than that game. The game had just come out that year, and my dad and I just couldn't believe how cool it was when we found it in an mini-golf arcade on Long Beach Island. Great memories.
My only arcade video is Assault. Never bores me---probably cuz it's tough and I suck at it.
Yeah Scramble is one I used to play with my Dad as well when I was a kid. It's one of the main reasons I have it in my colleciton.
1 week later
Nice pickup! This one is on my top 5 want list. I'm slowly putting one together myself. Picked up a daughterboard and control panel so far. Just need to find a System 1 cab and marquee.
Quoted from SilverUnicorn:Marble Madness added to the mix tonight!! Needs a little love but boots up and plays
Already have side art and a new CPO for it.
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WHOA... I had no idea about this whatsoever! Based on that thread it looks like Roadblasters may be the only other main board with the required LETA chip required to plug in the MM board, yes?
Thanks for the heads-up. I'll have to keep this in mind as I put the pieces together.../
Quoted from SilverUnicorn:Very nice! If you get a cabinet, there is something with the main board that need to be present in order to run Marble Madness, but I forget what it is. I read that over on KLOV a while back. Marble Madness main board can run any Atari System 1 daughter card, but not the other way around. I will see if I can fin the thread for you. Don't want you to get one and have it not work
System 1 Atari games to me are like the William's System 11 pins. I used to have Roadblasters, Indiana Jones, Peter Packrat - I love them all! Now with Marble Madness in the mix I might re-visit getting some of the others again.
Chris
Edit:
http://forums.arcade-museum.com/showthread.php?t=251637&highlight=marble+madness+main+board
http://forums.arcade-museum.com/showthread.php?t=211501&highlight=marble+madness+main+board
There are others too, but this should be what you need to know.
1 year later
Quoted from Reality_Studio:Hey guys, just finished my Road Blasters restore with custom side art. Figured I'd post pics here in case people were wondering what a Road Blasters with yellow t-moulding and custom side art looks like. I think it came out nice overall. The side art was bought from This Old Game.
Just when I was getting ready to put my Roadblasters/Marble Madness cab up for sale, you just HAD to post this. Having 2nd thoughts now. This is damn beautiful! Props.
Quoted from Reality_Studio:Thanks I had a restored Marble Madness as well which I did sell and partly regret, I attached some pictures of it. I had gone stock art with it, although if I get another one I'll go with the custom art from This Old Game, they make killer side art for Marble Madness as well now.
Road Blasters is a keeper though, it's such a fun game! Just play it without continues for more of a challenge. I made a let's play video of my arcade Road Blasters here:
» YouTube video
It's funny that back in the day I had no idea about the drive into the turrets trick to get a ton of points.
Yeah you know I spoke to the owner of This Old Game a couple months ago on FB, and he was willing to sell both side-art to me - Roadblasters on one side, Marble Madness on the other. I held off on it because I was thinking about selling it, but those plans may need to be scrapped now. Really like how yours turned out.
And yes, I agree, Road Blasters is so under-rated. It's shocking to me how cheap that game is, compared to Marble Madness and the other System 1 games.
To be honest with you, the only reason I bought my Road Blasters System 1 cabinet was because I wanted to put a Marble Madness in it. Little did I know I would end up playing Road Blasters more.
Quoted from Diane_Sauer:Current line up:
Donkey Kong
Arcade Legends
Star Wars
Arkanoid
Tron
Circus (Exidy)
Star Castle (own the board/panels for Armor Attack and Rip-Off and change games every so often)
Red Baron
Gauntlet 2
Battlezone
Marble Madness (Atari Sys 1. also have Roadblasters and Temple of Doom and will switch out)
Demolition Derby (4 player)
Mame Cabinet with lots of games like all of the Pacman versions
Game not Working:
Joust
Star Trek
Kickman
I've had many others, but after the Arcade Legends and mame I got rid of the ones that were duplicated by them for space reasons. Most of note, I had a super nice original Berzerk and a Major Havoc.
Killer lineup. I want an IJ to add to my System 1 cabinet as well.
6 months later
Quoted from animesuperj:My wife and I moved this past December, so my arcades have been in storage for about a year now. I've been working on the basement remodel to get it finished and ready for my home arcade; almost done, maybe a few more weeks. I'm going to start bringing these back home slowly, getting them tested and cleaned; so once the basement is finished I can start bringing stuff down right away. I also still have a few games at friends houses and in my garage as well. In total I put 24 in storage. I have around 12 in my garage currently, and a few more placed around at friends places. I should really keep better track of what I have, lol.
Great vector collection! Tac Scan is on my want list, but the rumors and horror stories I hear of keeping that alive, scare me.
Quoted from PACMAN:Working on my TailGunner. Cosmetics are done, just need to get the stupid thing to fire up.
That CPO is awesome. Would look good next to a TNA.
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