Hello,
I am brand new to the arcade scene. I have been looking for a working excitebike in the Chicagoland area for years, because I loved this game when I was younger. I purchased this unit like you see it for 175bucks. It is a 1984 Excitebike not VS. whats cool is 1984 is the year I was born. I think it is in a donkey kong cabinet, after doing research on this forum I understand that they never made a excitebike cabinet. That was my intentions, making this original. As of lately I may lean towards black cab with an excitebike guy on the side.
Here are my questions.
1. What is the difference between my 1984 excitebike and the VSexcitebike?
If I buy the VSexcitebike board will i be able to play head to head and use both controls?
2. Where can I get the plexiglass that keeps the player from the monitor, its all scratched!?
3. Did they ever make a excitebike marquee? I only see VS?
4. Where can I purchase a light for my marquee? Is it hard to install?
5. I see no on/off switch on the back of this unit, just a junky piece of plywood. I have to unplug when im done, and it erases my high scores, will a switch fix that?
6. How do I go about repainting cabinet? sand, fill and spray paint, roll paint, re-laminate??
7. What do you guys suggest, I have yet to find a nice looking excitebike cabinet full blown restore.
I am brand new to the arcade scene. I have been looking for a working excitebike in the Chicagoland area for years, because I loved this game when I was younger. I purchased this unit like you see it for 175bucks. It is a 1984 Excitebike not VS. whats cool is 1984 is the year I was born. I think it is in a donkey kong cabinet, after doing research on this forum I understand that they never made a excitebike cabinet. That was my intentions, making this original. As of lately I may lean towards black cab with an excitebike guy on the side.
Here are my questions.
1. What is the difference between my 1984 excitebike and the VSexcitebike?
If I buy the VSexcitebike board will i be able to play head to head and use both controls?
2. Where can I get the plexiglass that keeps the player from the monitor, its all scratched!?
3. Did they ever make a excitebike marquee? I only see VS?
4. Where can I purchase a light for my marquee? Is it hard to install?
5. I see no on/off switch on the back of this unit, just a junky piece of plywood. I have to unplug when im done, and it erases my high scores, will a switch fix that?
6. How do I go about repainting cabinet? sand, fill and spray paint, roll paint, re-laminate??
7. What do you guys suggest, I have yet to find a nice looking excitebike cabinet full blown restore.

