Alien Syndrome - A Fizgig Restoration

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Alien Syndrome


Cabinet and Hardware:

Brand new freshly cut black melamine cabinet
Stripped and powder coated: brackets, coin door, speaker mesh
Internal metal parts - cleaned and painted as needed
Bolts - polished
New T-molding
New Locks
New Vinyl Levelers
New Speakers
New 8-way microswitch Joysticks

New Buttons - with LEDS added


Cosmetics:

Control Panel Overlay - NOS

Side Art - Scanned NOS side art, cleaned up and restored in photoshop, solvent inkjet print with plotter cut edges to match original

Bezel - Customized: added logo and copyright, added interior mouth to upper left monster, changed SUN logo to SEGA, replaced magenta walls with grey, added outlines on monsters.

Marquee - beautiful original shape

Topper, fantastic shape, a few scuffs

New Monitor Glass

Custom SEGA coin inserts


Electronics:

WG 19" monitor - zero burn
Restored power supply
Cleaned boards and wire harness
New Power Cord
New Marquee Light Fixture/Bulb
LED's behind marquee and coin bezels
New light fixture and bulb inside/behind control panel (replaced old fashioned light bulb)
Zip tied wires


Skip to page 2 to see final product...



some before pix:

Overall cabinet condition looks OK but not close up, corner protectors, water damage, rusty coin door

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Control Panel is nasty, broken button, broken plexiglass, spray painted silver. No rust though which is nice. Check out the fancy light bulb! Will replace that with a fluorescent tube probably.

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CP is pealing, don't like the joysticks or the buttons, need to replace all that. Maybe back lit buttons too? Will replace CPO with a NOS one. Its cool how the instructions and SEGA logo are back lit.

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Topper is in great shape, a few minor scratches

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The inside is gross, rust sucks!

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Probably my second favorite game of all time. Are you planning on selling this fizgig? I may be interested in it...
 
Played this game a ton in the 90s at my childhood campground arcade. Was wedged between Mat Mania and 1942. It's amazing how I still remember the layout of my childhood arcades but need to program my wife and kids birthdays into my phones calendar.
 
Played this game a ton in the 90s at my childhood campground arcade. Was wedged between Mat Mania and 1942. It's amazing how I still remember the layout of my childhood arcades but need to program my wife and kids birthdays into my phones calendar.

What campground do you remember? Your kinda in my stomping ground...
 
Hey let me know if you don't need that topper. phet has one like that on his wacko and it looks awesome, I"m thinking of doing the same. :)
 
Glad to see some Sega games getting some love. One of my favorites on the system 16b platform.
 
Control Panel close up:

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Will replace with this NOS CPO: scanned in at 600 dpi to preserve artwork (would be tricky to reproduce - originally printed with metallic silver ink)

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NOS side art: Thanks Broken Token for lending me your side art!!

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Side art: cleaned up/repaired, color adjusted, bleeds and plotter cut added. Ready to print:

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Looking good! That side art turned out great.

I may have an extra set of the original joysticks somewhere in my collection if you need them. They'll probably have to be rebuilt.
 
What campground do you remember? Your kinda in my stomping ground...

Jellystone in Bagley WI. They had a nice 20 game arcade. Stopped by there the first time in 15 years. Got the ops info when I was there to hunt down games. Here is a pic of the ops card for any WI/IA/MN collectors. I talked to the owner and he ha a showroom in La Crosse.
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I think im going to go with black joysticks, but thanks for the offer.

Looking good! That side art turned out great.

I may have an extra set of the original joysticks somewhere in my collection if you need them. They'll probably have to be rebuilt.
 
I can't wait to see this finished. Was that the color t-molding that came with it? Mine came with purple but haven't seen any other cabs to compare.
 
Two applications of Citristrip®, a lot of razor blade scraping and some sanding and STILL not clean. This is my LEAST favorite part of the restoration process.

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