Griffin
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Bomb Jack (1984) - Restoring the cab that never was - Arcade Icons
Growing up I used to play Bomb Jack a lot on my ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64 home computers. The game holds a lot of great memories for me, although I can't remember if I ever played it in the arcades or not.
It seems that the game was much more popular in Europe, Asia and Australia than the US, although it was certainly around here and there.
As far as I know Bomb Jack never shipped in dedicated cabinets, I am 90% sure it was simply a conversion kit. For me this is one game that I think warrants a dedicated cab, or at least a cabaret so I thought I'd take a stab at 'restoring' a game from my childhood that seemed just as common as Paperboy or Gauntlet in my memory.
Initial Mockup Idea
My original idea was to use something like a Centipede cabaret cab as the base for the project, but I may just scratch build a cab to my own design. I really want this project to look period correct.
Growing up I used to play Bomb Jack a lot on my ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64 home computers. The game holds a lot of great memories for me, although I can't remember if I ever played it in the arcades or not.
It seems that the game was much more popular in Europe, Asia and Australia than the US, although it was certainly around here and there.
As far as I know Bomb Jack never shipped in dedicated cabinets, I am 90% sure it was simply a conversion kit. For me this is one game that I think warrants a dedicated cab, or at least a cabaret so I thought I'd take a stab at 'restoring' a game from my childhood that seemed just as common as Paperboy or Gauntlet in my memory.
Initial Mockup Idea
My original idea was to use something like a Centipede cabaret cab as the base for the project, but I may just scratch build a cab to my own design. I really want this project to look period correct.
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