Updated 8-18-11 - RESTORE DONE!!!
More than a year later I finished my Frogger. Crap, that took forever!
Got it all back together and the flyback blew! UGH.
So, after the monitor is fixed, this bad boy is ready for the basement.
I basically ended up with four cabinets. One was complete/original but the cab was falling apart/swollen/water-logged, one was jamma'd but complete and the cabinet was all botched and modified, one was a gutted trivia game in a frogger cab, and one was an ikari warriors in a space firebird cab. So, I took the best of what I had to make the best one and have enough to make one more which a fellow collector is picking up.
Things I did:
Repainted all black
Bondo'd as needed
Sanded and painted coin doors
Sanded chrome coin mech plates
sanded and painted black every carriage bolt/screw on the game
New CPO x 2!! (I totally screwed up the CPO the first time I put it on. I had to restrip the CP AGAIN and order a new one. This is the trickiest CPO I have done to date. It's still not perfect, but it's damn close)
New sidearm
New T-Molding
New light fixture
Disassembled and reassembled into new cabinet
It was actually a major pain in the ass. So glad to be done.
Here's a few random photos from the restore:
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Original post below, from when I got it.
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Wow! I got me some Frogger! This game has eluded me for some time. I know it's not a rare game, but for whatever reason it never comes up on the east coast, I just never see them. Is everyone keeping theirs? Thanks to a local collector pal, Frogger is home. Thanks!
Cabinet is overall solid but a little rough here and there. Just a lot of little dings, etc. on the sides. Black could use a touch up. And, I might throw a kickplate on to cover up the bottom. Overall, it'll look great in the row.
Does anyone make a high-score save for this game??
And, why is it that all of the Frogger's I have ever seen are missing the side art - completely. It's like it was never there. Did they ship a lot of these from the factory without side art? I'm gonna need to order some from Arcade Shop. Is their art good?
Anyways, on the surface, it's such a simple game. An easy concept to grasp but a hard as hell game. An absolute classic, I love me some FROGGER!!
Check it!
VIDEO:
HD DIRECT LINK:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJco0CsIZ7s
More than a year later I finished my Frogger. Crap, that took forever!
Got it all back together and the flyback blew! UGH.
So, after the monitor is fixed, this bad boy is ready for the basement.
I basically ended up with four cabinets. One was complete/original but the cab was falling apart/swollen/water-logged, one was jamma'd but complete and the cabinet was all botched and modified, one was a gutted trivia game in a frogger cab, and one was an ikari warriors in a space firebird cab. So, I took the best of what I had to make the best one and have enough to make one more which a fellow collector is picking up.
Things I did:
Repainted all black
Bondo'd as needed
Sanded and painted coin doors
Sanded chrome coin mech plates
sanded and painted black every carriage bolt/screw on the game
New CPO x 2!! (I totally screwed up the CPO the first time I put it on. I had to restrip the CP AGAIN and order a new one. This is the trickiest CPO I have done to date. It's still not perfect, but it's damn close)
New sidearm
New T-Molding
New light fixture
Disassembled and reassembled into new cabinet
It was actually a major pain in the ass. So glad to be done.
Here's a few random photos from the restore:
========================================
Original post below, from when I got it.
========================================
Wow! I got me some Frogger! This game has eluded me for some time. I know it's not a rare game, but for whatever reason it never comes up on the east coast, I just never see them. Is everyone keeping theirs? Thanks to a local collector pal, Frogger is home. Thanks!
Cabinet is overall solid but a little rough here and there. Just a lot of little dings, etc. on the sides. Black could use a touch up. And, I might throw a kickplate on to cover up the bottom. Overall, it'll look great in the row.
Does anyone make a high-score save for this game??
And, why is it that all of the Frogger's I have ever seen are missing the side art - completely. It's like it was never there. Did they ship a lot of these from the factory without side art? I'm gonna need to order some from Arcade Shop. Is their art good?
Anyways, on the surface, it's such a simple game. An easy concept to grasp but a hard as hell game. An absolute classic, I love me some FROGGER!!
Check it!
VIDEO:
HD DIRECT LINK:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJco0CsIZ7s
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