About that Fix it Felix Jr on Ebay

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http://www.ebay.com/itm/Fix-it-Feli...391?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item460aab49a7


I really want an actual board for this game. I know there have been a few threads about this game already, but I still have not seen an answer to what is actually in the cabs that Disney made. Just speculation.

So, has anyone called the number on the Ebay auction? I called it and talked to some guy. He didnt have any answers for me and told me to call back tomorrow so I can talk to Billy Mitchell about it. I asked him if it was "Thee Billy Mitchell" and he paused and said "Yes it is"....then there was awkward silence on the phone.

So, I was going to ask them what was running the game. Of course, I would be asking it, like I'm curious because if I'm going to buy the thing, I want to know the details first. But yeah. Has anyone else called? Maybe if someone did, I dont have to call back and act like a detective. LOL. The guy said everyone has been calling about this machine like crazy, but he couldnt give me any answers.
 
http://forums.arcade-museum.com/showthread.php?t=252797&highlight=felix&page=3

All we know is that there is an HP computer running it.

The cabinet is a bulletproof replica of a nintendo cabinet, but if you look towards the bezel you can see that they re-engineered that area. They probably wanted to make sure that the cabinet could handle being trasported to multiple locations without damage.

The cabinet is worn as if it is 30 years old. In some spots it appears as if they put original nintendo side art down, then removed it, to make their game look like a conversion. The fix-it-felix side art is torn, gauged, and worn. They also made the control panel overlay appear as if it dates back to the 80's as well.

The coin door area appears as if it can accept coins, but the slots are sealed from the back of the door.

Unfortunately the cabinet is "Locked Shut", and there is no way to access it without having to deal with the wrath of Disney.

Hopefully we can get this cabinet back for The Kong Off 2.
 
In another thread someone says their buddy saw inside one and it's running on a modified Sega Genesis. And on another forum someone said someone almost got inside one but it had such anti-piracy measures that the hard drive corrupted itself. Still don't get why Disney is content to put a subpar game online/on iPhone when they HAVE a legitimate, authentic-to-movie FIF Jr. game already programmed.
 
I'm fairly certain it's a PC running a custom operating system. CloneHD would work, if you could somehow get in and out of the cab without leaving any trace of being there.

Disney is considered a raging bull when it comes to protecting its IP, so I doubt anyone's getting their hands on that game without risking legal action.

I'm still not certain if the operators who have this game were made to sign a non-disclosure agreement or not, but I'm gonna go out on a limb and say yes they were.
 
I think it's a clever tactic to keep the game locked tight without everyone being able to look in. It sounds like it's 'just a computer' in there, but not having that info out in the open adds to the mystique.

Given that this is Disney we are talking about here, if there is money to be made on something, they will do it. I'm guessing that at some point down the line you'll see some mass produced particleboard 'Fix it Felix Jr' cabs with 13 inch monitors available all over the place, just like those multi-midway atrocities that came out a few years back. I'm surprised there isn't a JAKKS TV plug in game out for this already.

I just checked the auction--the crate is no longer included! What an outrage!
 
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surprised disney isn't taking it off the auction block and protecting it's ipt. you'd think if they were so secret with the anti-piracy stuff before, that they wouldn't let someone just sell it.
 
Maybe Disney only cared about that during the first month after the movie was released. The buzz has really died down, so maybe after a month they said you can do what you want with them.

I kind doubt that being Disney and all, but you never know.
 
Has anyone seen the machine get powered on? Be curious to see if it goes through a boot up procedure or if it's instant on like an actual game board.
 
well its a computer that most likely is running linux and booting straight to a shell so you dont see the operating system kick in. it will also boot faster that way because it does not have to launch any of the operating system other than the game and what is needed to run it.
 
Yeah, it's totally Windows XP.

What a completely craptastic job they did hiding windows. Really? I've been on the BYOAC forums for over 5 years and I can tell you even the newbies over there do a better job hiding XP than that.

My last Dig Dug project was even better at hiding Windows XP than that. At least I was able to hide most of the BIOS post screen.

 
it should be, the days of discrete hardware are long over. unless, you consider some of the last cave stuff, etc.

who ever bids on that is crazy.

I don't think it's crazy at all. It's practically a movie prop. It's a true collector's piece created by Disney. I so wish I could swing it.
 
who ever bids on that is crazy.

It'd be quite a draw if you owned a public arcade.

As of today, you can't build one - not one that will play the version of the game featured in the film, anyhow. And there's no timetable currently for releasing that version.
 
...and here I thought it was common knowledge that the machine ran on an HP PC running XP?

Common knowledge is in the eye of the bee holder.

Just a matter of time before this source code becomes available. Not even disney can keep this thing under wraps forever. The choice for them is do they want to make a few bucks on it first before it gets out.
 
Why would there care about hiding the windows boot? Real arcade games that run on windows don't bother doing that. The customer isn't supposed to be in front of the machine when it gets turned on anyway.

Yeah, it's totally Windows XP.

What a completely craptastic job they did hiding windows. Really? I've been on the BYOAC forums for over 5 years and I can tell you even the newbies over there do a better job hiding XP than that.

My last Dig Dug project was even better at hiding Windows XP than that. At least I was able to hide most of the BIOS post screen.

 
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