sosage
Well-known member
...and I mean "project".
It's simple arcadeanomics. I have a project coming in, garage is so packed it is likely breaking some sort of fire code, so a project needs to come out.
I picked this up at the legendary "10 cocktails for a buck" San Jose Super Auctions...which was...what? 2004? Operator converted it into a 1943. I love 1943 and, at the time, thought I wanted a Tempest project. Many moons, many jobs and many many many machines coming and going later: I realize this thing is still dead last on my project list. I like Tempest, but I love other games more. So it's gotta go.
Everything in the pics is yours. Coin door. Coin box. Brackets. The cone start buttons. The heavy ass transformer array all Atari's have on the bottom. The speaker/shelf assembly. The marquee plastic. The smoked glass. The backdoor with the Tempest paperwork. The hack jamma harness. Just bring a truck and take the entire thing.
It's a solid cabinet that is begging to be a Tempest again.
I'm really not interested in parting out what is left. I just want it to go to a good home. The last cabinet I parted out I wound up having to toss in a landfill. That sucked. I am ashamed. See these hands of mine? They have a Crystal Castle's blood stained on them.
I'm located in Concord, CA. Far East Bay. PM me if interested.
P.S. I can't get the damn 1943 marquee out of this thing. How the hell do you Tempest owners swap marquees? I've undone everything and still can't get it out of there. I guess if I can't figure the mystery out in time, the marquee is yours as well (damn!).
Pictures
Front
Right Side
Left Side
Back Inside Vertigo Edition
Back Inside Part II
Inside Back Door
The Back Door Sheet (only stapled on bottom)
Control Panel
Inside Control Panel
Coin Door Closed
Coin Door Open: Hand Not Included
Speaker/Light Drawer
Coin Box
Smoked Glass (Black Bezel Behind It)
It's simple arcadeanomics. I have a project coming in, garage is so packed it is likely breaking some sort of fire code, so a project needs to come out.
I picked this up at the legendary "10 cocktails for a buck" San Jose Super Auctions...which was...what? 2004? Operator converted it into a 1943. I love 1943 and, at the time, thought I wanted a Tempest project. Many moons, many jobs and many many many machines coming and going later: I realize this thing is still dead last on my project list. I like Tempest, but I love other games more. So it's gotta go.
Everything in the pics is yours. Coin door. Coin box. Brackets. The cone start buttons. The heavy ass transformer array all Atari's have on the bottom. The speaker/shelf assembly. The marquee plastic. The smoked glass. The backdoor with the Tempest paperwork. The hack jamma harness. Just bring a truck and take the entire thing.
It's a solid cabinet that is begging to be a Tempest again.
I'm really not interested in parting out what is left. I just want it to go to a good home. The last cabinet I parted out I wound up having to toss in a landfill. That sucked. I am ashamed. See these hands of mine? They have a Crystal Castle's blood stained on them.
I'm located in Concord, CA. Far East Bay. PM me if interested.
P.S. I can't get the damn 1943 marquee out of this thing. How the hell do you Tempest owners swap marquees? I've undone everything and still can't get it out of there. I guess if I can't figure the mystery out in time, the marquee is yours as well (damn!).
Pictures
Front
Right Side
Left Side
Back Inside Vertigo Edition
Back Inside Part II
Inside Back Door
The Back Door Sheet (only stapled on bottom)
Control Panel
Inside Control Panel
Coin Door Closed
Coin Door Open: Hand Not Included
Speaker/Light Drawer
Coin Box
Smoked Glass (Black Bezel Behind It)
