Atari Time Pilot

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Was this style cabinet only made for the European market? I noticed that it is NOT an exact match to a Gyruss cab.

 
That's the "experimental" cab. Food Fight and Millipede were also produced in that cabinet.
 
That's the "experimental" cab. Food Fight and Millipede were also produced in that cabinet.

No - that was the European cabinet for Time Pilot; Millipede was also released in the same style of cabinet in Europe (Irish Millipede restoration thread). There was nothing experimental about it.

From the European flyer for Time Pilot:

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Interesting. Then, why we're so few Atari titles released in this cab style? I probably just haven't seen any others. The reference to experimental came I believe from some Atari internal docs that Scott Evans had.

Also, aside from Dig Dug, Kangaroo, and Gravitar which had their own cab styles for the European market, the other Atari titles seem to have been released in the US type cabs, with minimally different artwork. I'm curious to know what other titles may have had special cabs.
 
Interesting. Then, why we're so few Atari titles released in this cab style? I probably just haven't seen any others. The reference to experimental came I believe from some Atari internal docs that Scott Evans had.

Also, aside from Dig Dug, Kangaroo, and Gravitar which had their own cab styles for the European market, the other Atari titles seem to have been released in the US type cabs, with minimally different artwork. I'm curious to know what other titles may have had special cabs.
Atari released the following games in the "Euro" cabinet:

Atari Euro (Ireland) cabarets
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- Liberator
- Gravitar
- Red Baron
- Black Widow
- Dig Dug
- Fast Freddie
- Millipede
- Kangaroo
- Pole Position II

BTW, there is rumored to also be a Major Havoc Euro, but have not been able to find any pictures, flyers, etc. showing it.

Scott C.
 
All I know is I love the cab, and would love to repro with a custom metal Atari badge for the coin door, maybe one of our European KLOV brothers can get measurements or heavy pics. Would look great next to a Gyruss in the line up.

I also think there was one of these at CAX designated as a "proto" Time Pilot.
 
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All I know is I love the cab, and would love to repro with a custom metal Atari badge for the coin door, maybe one of our European KLOV brothers can get measurements or heavy pics. Would look great next to a Gyruss in the line up.

I also think there was one of these at CAX designated as a "proto" Time Pilot.
A small number of these have made it to the U.S. and Canada, so perhaps someone closer can assist with the pictures and measurements.

I agree that it's a cool cabinet.

Scott C.
 
Also, aside from Dig Dug, Kangaroo, and Gravitar which had their own cab styles for the European market, the other Atari titles seem to have been released in the US type cabs, with minimally different artwork. I'm curious to know what other titles may have had special cabs.

There's something worth keeping in mind about European releases: a single game may have been manufactured in multiple countries in multiple unique cabinet styles.

Prior to 1992 (when the EC became the EU and import duties between member states were effectively abolished), the sale price in one country of a game manufactured in another country may have priced the game out of the market that it was being sold in due to transport costs, import duties, and/or other taxes. To keep costs down, manufacturing rights for the cabinets, PCBs, etc. were sometimes licensed to third parties in different countries by the original developer.

Now, while a given third-party manufacturer may have had a licence to build the game, that didn't necessarily mean that they had specific design requirements to follow. This led to a lot of local variations, Italy's Zaccaria and Olympia being particularly notable in this regard. PCBs were typically very similar or the same since they would have been more expensive to redesign, but variations on the originals have also been found.

What all of this boils down to is that for every European release by an original developer that paralleled the US cabinet designs, there could easily be a half-dozen more (including those possibly manufactured by third parties) that didn't but that are also equally-legitimate. Additionally, it's something that needs to be evaluated on a case-by-case basis since there weren't really any hard-and-fast rules for which games may or may not receive this kind of treatment.
 
All I know is I love the cab, and would love to repro with a custom metal Atari badge for the coin door, maybe one of our European KLOV brothers can get measurements or heavy pics. Would look great next to a Gyruss in the line up.

I also think there was one of these at CAX designated as a "proto" Time Pilot.

yeah, its scotts. Occasionally he will take it. I think he has two or three other titles in the style. I want to say liberator and crystal castles or millipede.
 
Anyone have pics of Liberator in this cab? The manual shows the cab but never seen one.

Brian
 
There's something worth keeping in mind about European releases: a single game may have been manufactured in multiple countries in multiple unique cabinet styles.

I know I own a Sega Turbo built in Wales that is completely different than every other Turbo I ever saw.
 
Anyone in EU that can scan their sideart? The CPO and Marquee are already archived, just need the sideart.
 
Please post pictures for us to see. Thanks.

Scott C.

Cabinet is shaped like the Japanese home market version (as seen in the Japanese fliers), but it is laminated particle instead of plywood, thicker too. The sideart is stickers, not silk screened.

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There doesn't seem to be any gameplay differences.
 
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