A mini-garage raid - help me price this deal please

[paulliadis]

Well Nintendo is all I know cause that's all I've got.
Should be easy to convert to a dk.

Pop out that control panel sell it and pop in a DK. Then get a dk board of course.

Good luck!

Yeah, I've done edumacated myself now on Nintendo stuff.

Apparently, the VS system was a kit install that you retrofitted into a Nintendo cab back in the day. This one must have been done in a DK.

With the exception of the kick plate missing, I believe that cab is in good shape. It would be a good candidate for restoration.

I could move the VS Hogan's Alley over to the other cab, and get a decent DK resto going next winter.

Whatcha yall think?

 

[Atari Force]

The more I look at that black cabinet, the more it looks like a VS Unisystem cabinet. I had a dedicated Unisystem and it was an identical shape to that. Are the sides of the cabinet formica? I believe the Unisystem cabinet finish was very different from the playchoice. My Unisystem was a gray formica... if you can check what's under that black paint, it might reveal a few more clues.

I'd have to agree. Plus no operator would have converted a Playchoice to Lee Travino. Playchoice was a hot item when Lee Travino was released.

Brian

 

[sosage]

I'd have to agree. Plus no operator would have converted a Playchoice to Lee Travino. Playchoice was a hot item when Lee Travino was released.

Brian

Would make sense, except this is a bar owner/route we're talking about. I could easily see the appeal of putting a golf game in there over Super Mario Bros. back in the mid to late 80's. Hell...look at Golden Tee.

 

[smalltownguy2]

Would make sense, except this is a bar owner/route we're talking about. I could easily see the appeal of putting a golf game in there over Super Mario Bros. back in the mid to late 80's. Hell...look at Golden Tee.

Yep, that's what I'm thinking happened.

Seller is getting itchy. I think it's time for a lowball offer.

 

[nerdygrrl]

Yup, the Nintendo VS were conversion kits designed for the original Nintendo three: DK, Popeye and Mario Bros. I just bought 3 DK sets from an operator that had converted them from the hairy ape to various VS titles (Duck Hunt, SMB, etc). The conversions are a pretty common site.

The original VS bezels are just a plain smoked/tinted bezel. Some op just flipped around the original bezel.

With a DK harness, and CP you could bring it back to life as a DK. I was foolish enough to convert a Popeye to a DK on my first go. What a god damn nightmare. The PS and the wiring was not compatible at all.

 

[Mupes]

I'm on the verge of scoring an empty Nintendo cab that I'd love to turn into a Hogan's Alley. If you score this and want to unload a Hogan's kit, lemme know...

 

[smalltownguy2]

Aaaaaaaaand...................




THEY'RE MINE

Shot the seller a lowball offer, and he bit. Looks like I've got some nice restoration candidates now for this winter

The Donkey Kong cab's tag on the back says it's model number TPP2-UP-US with serial number 94955. The cab's color tells me it was actually originally a Donkey Kong, but the serial number tab tells me that it was maybe converted to Popeye at some point, right?

The Playchoice cab is model number MGS-UP-US with serial number 13495.

Is the metal serial tag still on the back of the Hogan's Alley? That would be an easy way to tell.

 

[Les Manley]

Aaaaaaaaand...................




THEY'RE MINE

Shot the seller a lowball offer, and he bit. Looks like I've got some nice restoration candidates now for this winter

The Donkey Kong cab's tag on the back says it's model number TPP2-UP-US with serial number 94955. The cab's color tells me it was actually originally a Donkey Kong, but the serial number tab tells me that it was maybe converted to Popeye at some point, right?

The Playchoice cab is model number MGS-UP-US with serial number 13495.

That is a Popeye serial # so it must have started life as the old sailor. Can you tell if the monitor has been rotated from the horizontal Popeye to the vertical DK?

 

[smalltownguy2]

It's still horizontal, with Hogan's Alley in it. Is it possible that it went straight from Popeye to Hogan's Alley? Did they make a Popeye cab in blue?

 

[OregonPacman]

The DK I had started out as a Popeye. It still had the tag. It also had a DK3 tag and a Vs. tag as well. Then at some point it was converted to DK. Certainly went around the block. It was still a DK when I sold it.

If this had been my buy, I would have left the Fighting Golf there and got the Hogan's Alley. For $100 it sounds like an easy fix to get the monitor looking right and sound working. I would ditch the DK bezel and put a piece of tinted plex in there (what is usually found in Vs games, or sometimes tinted glass). I would keep the gun on there and put Duck Hunt in it. I love that game. Haven't played it in years but I remember seeing a Vs. Duck Hunt in a bar as a kid (yeah, kids can legally be in bars in Nebraska). Then, of course, I played it on my NES (no longer have the cartridge or gun, though). However, the Vs. version is better because you can shoot that f*cking dog!

At any rate, paying less than $100 for each of those isn't too shabby at all.

 

[Les Manley]

It's still horizontal, with Hogan's Alley in it. Is it possible that it went straight from Popeye to Hogan's Alley? Did they make a Popeye cab in blue?

Popeye cabs were blue.

 

[Dr Zero]

Cool beans!

You have some of the best luck with games! Last time you wound up with free pizza wonder what you will parlay these into

Congrats!

 

[smalltownguy2]

Popeye cabs were blue.

Ok, which cabs were orange then?

 

[Les Manley]

Ok, which cabs were orange then?

DK Jr. was orange.