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A neighbor that has seen games in my garage stopped by last night about 1930 and mentioned he had seen a "Star Wars by Atari" at the curb of a house a few blocks away ( Sunday night is when people put out trash for pickup in my neighborhood). I was in the middle of fixing dinner so off goes the flame for the stuff on the stove (I couldn't get out of the house quick enough after hearing "Star Wars Curb"). We hopped in my truck and drove down to the house and there it was.
The guy who put it at the curb was outside so we spoke with him a bit. Story is it was a former roommate's machine and the RM moved out and now this guy is having to relocate so the machine had to go. He said the monitor went out and they looked for a replacement and were quoted $3,000.00
. I told him they were available for much less. He said they then gutted the machine and tossed the board set because it was so heavy in the cage. I was disappointed they tossed the boardset/cage. They then put in an LCD and used the cabinet for a MAME machine. You can see the touch pad installed below the flight control yoke. The art work is in amazing condition (right side as well). The pics are rather bad - it was dark. I have not looked inside with the back door off yet. Looking from the coin door I can see the inside back door sheet appears intact. There are still some remnants of the game inside and some harness connectors.
Depending on what I find inside, I may install an LCD (they already have a bracket system installed) and just play SW with MAME. I have a friend locally that has done that to an SW and it looks great once the graphics settings have been tweaked. Odds of locating all the parts is small - without spending a small fortune.
Looks like I need to start cruising the neighborhood on the eve before garbage day. I have found some computers at the curb in the neighborhood before. Just need to keep looking. I would have never expected to find an SW cabinet at the curb.
Also, I realized after I got home and unloaded the cabinet I was wearing this shirt:
Guess I could make a chair out of it and drop in a phone.
The guy who put it at the curb was outside so we spoke with him a bit. Story is it was a former roommate's machine and the RM moved out and now this guy is having to relocate so the machine had to go. He said the monitor went out and they looked for a replacement and were quoted $3,000.00
Depending on what I find inside, I may install an LCD (they already have a bracket system installed) and just play SW with MAME. I have a friend locally that has done that to an SW and it looks great once the graphics settings have been tweaked. Odds of locating all the parts is small - without spending a small fortune.
Looks like I need to start cruising the neighborhood on the eve before garbage day. I have found some computers at the curb in the neighborhood before. Just need to keep looking. I would have never expected to find an SW cabinet at the curb.
Also, I realized after I got home and unloaded the cabinet I was wearing this shirt:
Guess I could make a chair out of it and drop in a phone.
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