Andys80s Xenophobe Adventure

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So I am in this ops back room poking around when I spy this thing sitting in a corner....

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I know right away what it is and ask if it is for sale. The guy says that his tech was going to convert it to a Golden Tee or something of the like. He said that it had been there for 3+ years and if the guy hadnt done anything with it by now that I could have it for 50 bucks! Now I am trying not to show that I am doing cartwheels inside and look it over a bit more.
We agree on the 50 dollars but as it was raining I would have to come back the next day to get it. Well one day of rain has turned into 5 and this afternoon the sky cleared up for a bit so I went to grab it.

Now 5 minutes from my shop it starts to rain! I got the cab in the shop and went to work with towels and a heat gun. Its fine.

I took it apart to dry it as best I could and noticed a bit of its former self coming through....

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This sign was covered with these and a piece of plexi.

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I took apart the cp just to make sure there was no water under the plexi overlay....

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and took a look under...

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Now for a minute I am as happy as can be....Until I realize that Xenophone has no buttons on the cp! Oh well...I have a NOS overlay coming!
 
looks promising...i have a xenophobe cab in really nice shape that was converted to a buster bros., but the kids and i love the game, so i never thought of converting it back...i'm wondering now if the original xenophobe CPO is under my buster bros. CPO...that might become my Christmas project...
i have the original manual with schematics to the xenophobe if you happen to need one
 
The sides of the cabinet are in great shape.

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Someone has painted the top of the cab black.

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It should be easy work for Mostenbocker's lift off. I have already scraped some off with my thumbnail. I can see the Midway\Bally logo under the paint.
 
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and it has the og key! Works all the locks!

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2964 original plays!
 
looks promising...i have a xenophobe cab in really nice shape that was converted to a buster bros., but the kids and i love the game, so i never thought of converting it back...i'm wondering now if the original xenophobe CPO is under my buster bros. CPO...that might become my Christmas project...
i have the original manual with schematics to the xenophobe if you happen to need one

You might check. Those cpo are a bitch to get off and most folks just throw a new overlay right over the old one. (if they have every tried to remove one before ;) ) Thanks for the manual and schematics offer...I might just need a schematic as this thing has been converted to jamma.
 
Got the sticks yesterday.

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Nice! Thanks Shilmover

Just need a bit of a cleaning....no cracks.

I also picked up a new (not full of holes) cp from ebay for 1 dollar! (Thanks for the heads up Tornadoboy ;) )
 
I know what you mean, if you find a machine for cloning yourself let me borrow it, here's what I alone currently have going:

Buck Rogers - Needs a new side, the monitor and PCB fixed, and new artwork.

Boot Hill - Needs the PCB fixed, a new monitor and background art.

Turbo mini - Needs a monitor, shifter and pcb work

Monaco GP - at a minimum needs the cab worked over

IGT Slant Top slot machine - Needs PCB work

Road Blasters - Needs power supply and monitor work

Pengo - Needs pretty much everything

Sente mini - Building it from scratch
 
The dollar CP came today...

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But for one spot I could use it as is (after a good cleaning)!

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The person that did the conversion knocked all the screws off the old one. This one is good to go...

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Im still looking for a monitor bezel, wire harness, and the boards...anyone?
 
and this one continues.....

Had a guy PM me about some parts that he had that I was looking for. He said he had the harness, bezel, marquee, and boards. Turns out he had the whole game and was going to part it!

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BTW...It plays great!

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Wanted 50 for the parts or 100 for the whole game.

What do you think I did..... ;)
 
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Have you had any luck finding side art? Or have you even looked? I just picked one up for $50 too, but mine was complete. My side art is sun faded bad. My cp overlay is clean, but you can see where someone had holes in it too and the indents are there.
 
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