So I get a call a few weeks back from a guy who tells me that he's got a 'bunch' of video games he'd like to sell. He says he's got Pop Man, Space Atari(????) Pac Man, Ms Pac Man, etc.
I get excited. I go over there with some ca$h.

Here's what he ACTUALLY had:
Did some research, and it appears his cabinet is indeed an old Space Demon mini. The control panel's been hacked up though, to add a 2nd joystick. Crudely, I might add. Inside the cab, there's an elaborate mess of wiring including a few double throw switches on the side of the cab to allow the user to 'switch' between the two board sets inside. No use of edge connectors anywhere - wires just soldered right to the boards....*sigh*
Anyway, a pic of the mini, compared to Todd Tuckey's Space Demon cabaret:
I told him I'd see if I could get the cab up and running again. But I'm not sure I want to do it with those boards in there. It would make more sense to see if I can restore this back to Space Demon if I could. It'd be worth more.
When I get time, I'll have a closer look at the unidentified PCB I got from him and see if it's a Space Demon pcb. That will at least get me started. Otherwise I think I'm pretty much dead in the water. Was Space Demon emulated in MAME? Maybe I could set this cab up with proper artwork, controls, etc and then do a clean dosMAME boot straight to SD. I don't know. It's a mess, for sure.
I get excited. I go over there with some ca$h.
Here's what he ACTUALLY had:
- Popeye boardset and power supply
- Ms Pac baordset, in rough shape
- Tutankham boardset, in rough shape
- Unidentified board, OK shape (maybe Space Demon?)
- One Nintendo mini cab, with 2 sets of boards in it: Pop Man, Tutankham.
- A spare 14" Sanyo monitor
- A spare 13" Wells Gardner monitor.
Did some research, and it appears his cabinet is indeed an old Space Demon mini. The control panel's been hacked up though, to add a 2nd joystick. Crudely, I might add. Inside the cab, there's an elaborate mess of wiring including a few double throw switches on the side of the cab to allow the user to 'switch' between the two board sets inside. No use of edge connectors anywhere - wires just soldered right to the boards....*sigh*
Anyway, a pic of the mini, compared to Todd Tuckey's Space Demon cabaret:
I told him I'd see if I could get the cab up and running again. But I'm not sure I want to do it with those boards in there. It would make more sense to see if I can restore this back to Space Demon if I could. It'd be worth more.
When I get time, I'll have a closer look at the unidentified PCB I got from him and see if it's a Space Demon pcb. That will at least get me started. Otherwise I think I'm pretty much dead in the water. Was Space Demon emulated in MAME? Maybe I could set this cab up with proper artwork, controls, etc and then do a clean dosMAME boot straight to SD. I don't know. It's a mess, for sure.
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