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Man, it's been a good week. Yesterday I see an ad on Craigslist for a FREE 1000 Mile Rally game locally (as in the same city). Of course it was posted 3-4 hours before I noticed it so I figured it was a goner.

Well, here's the email I sent:

Hello,

That's actually a pretty fun game (the 1000 mile rally). I love to tinker with these old machines... I'd happily take the cab off your hands. I have a truck, dolly, and have moved these cabs many times before.

Let me know if you still have it...

Jon - xxx-xxxx

Thanks!

This morning (around 2AM) I find this in my inbox:

We received many replies, but yours was the most promising because it sounds like you have all the gear to move it. We'll give you a call tomorrow after we get up around nine to set up the pick-up. My husband recently had spine surgery, so he won't be able to help you move it, please bring enough manpower to help you move and load.

thanks!
-Shiloh and Michael

SCORE! So Michael calls this morning and I schedule a time to drop by. Expecting the worst I show up to find a rather decent condition Dynamo 25" cut corner cab! Hell, even the side art is in good condition overall (some peeling starting in the corners, easily fixed).

Now it is NON-WORKING. The guy said it stopped working during a move, but I've fiddled with it and I think it's the PCB set as it's getting +5v, +12v and still produces garbage on screen. The 25" monitor is a WG K7000 with remote adjustment board and it appears it's either burn free or VERY VERY low burn. The marquee is actually there...the translite fell in to the cab and it's one of those cabs that are a bitch to fish anything out of, but it's in there... but no plexi.

Big deal.

Now I wonder what a working set of 1000 mile rally boards would cost?

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Holy crap... sometimes things just ... work out.

I pulled the PCB thinking I'd stick my SFII PCB in there to make sure there's no issues with the cab... when I removed the boardset, I noticed that the connectors that keep the two boards sandwiched together had some of the pins exposed...so I pressed and sure enough, they closed in nicely. I replug the boardset back in...

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BTW: I had a chance to pull the back hatch open to see that the monitor is NOT a WGK7000. Not sure what it is yet... but there is a small 1"x1" or so riser board coming off the chassis around the middle left of the board.
 
Holy crap... sometimes things just ... work out.

I pulled the PCB thinking I'd stick my SFII PCB in there to make sure there's no issues with the cab... when I removed the boardset, I noticed that the connectors that keep the two boards sandwiched together had some of the pins exposed...so I pressed and sure enough, they closed in nicely. I replug the boardset back in...

Wow, the lucky get luckier. Looks like a fun game too.
 
Despite being in a Dynamo, this is a dedicated unit. We had a couple identical units at the outfit I used to work for.
 
Despite being in a Dynamo, this is a dedicated unit. We had a couple identical units at the outfit I used to work for.

How is a game dedicated and not dedicated at the same time? Isn't it just a kit meant for a Dynamo cabinet? Kaneko only made kits, right?

Nice find, BTW.

Wade
 
How is a game dedicated and not dedicated at the same time? Isn't it just a kit meant for a Dynamo cabinet? Kaneko only made kits, right?

Nice find, BTW.

Wade

Kind of like the original Street Fighter II (The World Warrior). The kits were made specifically for Dynamo cabinets. The bezel has outlines on the back showing where to cut for an HS-1 or HS-2 (19") and for an HS-5 (25"). I consider kits intended for a specific cabinet, that actually end up in said cabinet, to be quasi-dedicated.
 
"squeeze" beats the hell out of "just a fuse" any day, you don't even have to go to the store for that, great score. :) Hadn't heard of this one before, checked out some vid of it on ytube and it looks like a lot of fun.
 
How is a game dedicated and not dedicated at the same time? Isn't it just a kit meant for a Dynamo cabinet? Kaneko only made kits, right?

Nice find, BTW.

Wade

There were dedicated games from the factory in Dynamo cabs, like Stider for example. Technically it's in a generic Dynamo cab but because it was assembled with that game from the factory I would consider it dedicated.
 
The same cab (Dynamo) shows up on all their flyers for this game. I think that in itself makes it "dedicated"... no?
 
Kind of like the original Street Fighter II (The World Warrior). The kits were made specifically for Dynamo cabinets. The bezel has outlines on the back showing where to cut for an HS-1 or HS-2 (19") and for an HS-5 (25"). I consider kits intended for a specific cabinet, that actually end up in said cabinet, to be quasi-dedicated.

Yeah, but it's still a kit, not a dedicated cabinet. But I can see how it's arguable.

Wade
 
The same cab (Dynamo) shows up on all their flyers for this game. I think that in itself makes it "dedicated"... no?

Atari has flyers of Crystal Castles cabinet conversion kits for Missile Command and Pede/Roo/DigDug... so that means a Crystal Castles conversion in a MC, Pede/roo/DD cabinet is dedicated? Don't think so. Also, anything in a cut corner dynamo is automatically not dedicated IMO. It's a generic kit cabinet. By definition it's not dedicated even if kits are made specifically for it.

I know, it's pedantic to split hairs about this topic... it really has no significance at all... Nice find, really. Totally jealous after the big $800 haul you had a while back. :)

Wade
 
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