my first cab was a space invaders part 2 that i totaly payed far too much on (yes i made the same old mistake that most make with the first cab) and i totaly trashed it,i still regret what i did to this day (well its now 1 year+ on) after that i got a jamma and 60in1'd it,i still got it,its in my front room and i then bougth some other cabs,fobt i mamed,couple taito style table tops,i sold all these 3 cabs,mame just didnt cut it for me and i couldnt look at the table tops as i thought they was ugly.
well my first dedictaed was a star castle (yes i know what a buy) but,the only thing original is the cab and the gameboards,the power supply from the transformer/linear board is not original,the monitor is running some stellar sound/vid board and its got a (whatever) vector in it,was supposed to be keltron originaly (i think).well i think the sound/vid board went,so now it plays blind and obviously it needs attention.
after that i bought a bit tatty space zap,its pretty much fully restored (just some art touch ups,i got some other projects but,i seemed to be always getting bogged down with more cabs so the current ones were always getting crammed behind latest buys.so now i currently have running,nice condition space zap and a nice missile command cocktail:
although these are not my first cabs,cos i have jamma and a nonworker star castle i will consider them my first working cabs restores.
i also have a asteroids upright,am just trying to sort it out,its working,in fact it works great,it just needs the cp sorting,i sanded the art off it and primed it today,so needs a top coat and art,i cant buy the full wrap (arcadeshop) as i dont have credit card and am in uk so i got to settle for the overlay art for the button area.
so hopefully within next couple of weeks the lineup will expand with another cab,asteroids,then theres loads of cabs waiting in the workshop/bedroom.
i live 7 floors up in a tower block in a 1 bedroomed flat!
sorry for stretching the post out as some of you will see me posting and i only ever showed 1 cab but,yes i am enthusiast although not a rich one and especialy so when i am in uk where cabs are scarce and expensive.
