DEFENDER PROTO restoration finished!

Wow TIE Fighters! No wonder the release cabinet looks different:

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Its not a Defender proto, its the Italian release of the game.
A Defender proto is in the same cab as a normal USA Defender.

yes and no, in south europe williams cabinets were made by "elettronolo". they received the sidearts from US and never changed when williams began mass production with new ones.
in other words italian version uses proto sidearts and if you find cabinets with usual side art it means it comes from another country...

@GaryMcT: it is exactly the DEFENDER you could find in italy in early '80s; ALL OF THEM were then jammed
 
The ones in Italy (this machine) were made by a company called Geltronics I think.
Yes this uses the same art from a defender proto, but its not a proto, just the Italy version. (still cool and rare)
Completely different shape from the USA proto.

yes and no, in south europe williams cabinets were made by "elettronolo". they received the sidearts from US and never changed when williams began mass production with new ones.
in other words italian version uses proto sidearts and if you find cabinets with usual side art it means it comes from another country...

@GaryMcT: it is exactly the DEFENDER you could find in italy in early '80s; ALL OF THEM were then jammed
 
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