I essentially got this machine for free.
It's got working coin mechs, and a working monitor. That's about it. Oh, the grounding braid! LOL.
As you can see, someone was using it to play Gauntlet.
I believe I have the original linear power supply as well, but I don't think it works anymore.
Here's what I know I'm gonna do:
1. Restore the outside of the cab to Defender
- Scored a Defender marquee on eBay
- Got stencils from gamestencils.com
- need a new bezel
After that, I dunno. I had originally thought to make it a stealth multi-williams, using the defender mw cpo from TOG, and long term I think that's what I'd like to do the most. But until JROK puts out some new boards, I'm kinda stuck as I don't like the 19in1 option the more I read about it.
I'm basically asking for the best advice. Knowing that ultimately I'd love to have a mw, but I'm not opposed to having a dedicated defender either, what should I do? My arcade space is small, and I'll never likely have room for more than 8 of these things, so as nice as having a dedicated defender + a MW in a joust cab or something like that is, I don't think it's super realistic.
Do you think it's worth the trouble (read: cost) to restore it to a full defender, or should I just put in a jamma harness and switching power supply and get the 19in1 until such time as I can get a JROK board?
Other options include:
1. getting an original williams game board and doing some hacks ala sean riddle
2. mame for the mw until I can get a jrok (same as 19in1 really, but saves me money)
Other options? Thoughts?
My final (somewhat limiting) factor in this is cost. I'm prepared to spend a little bit on this (already have $100 in stencils and marquee), and I know I'll need to spend at least a couple hundred more, but I would like to keep costs down as much as possible, b/c the wife will hurt me otherwise!
It's got working coin mechs, and a working monitor. That's about it. Oh, the grounding braid! LOL.
As you can see, someone was using it to play Gauntlet.
I believe I have the original linear power supply as well, but I don't think it works anymore.
Here's what I know I'm gonna do:
1. Restore the outside of the cab to Defender
- Scored a Defender marquee on eBay
- Got stencils from gamestencils.com
- need a new bezel
After that, I dunno. I had originally thought to make it a stealth multi-williams, using the defender mw cpo from TOG, and long term I think that's what I'd like to do the most. But until JROK puts out some new boards, I'm kinda stuck as I don't like the 19in1 option the more I read about it.
I'm basically asking for the best advice. Knowing that ultimately I'd love to have a mw, but I'm not opposed to having a dedicated defender either, what should I do? My arcade space is small, and I'll never likely have room for more than 8 of these things, so as nice as having a dedicated defender + a MW in a joust cab or something like that is, I don't think it's super realistic.
Do you think it's worth the trouble (read: cost) to restore it to a full defender, or should I just put in a jamma harness and switching power supply and get the 19in1 until such time as I can get a JROK board?
Other options include:
1. getting an original williams game board and doing some hacks ala sean riddle
2. mame for the mw until I can get a jrok (same as 19in1 really, but saves me money)
Other options? Thoughts?
My final (somewhat limiting) factor in this is cost. I'm prepared to spend a little bit on this (already have $100 in stencils and marquee), and I know I'll need to spend at least a couple hundred more, but I would like to keep costs down as much as possible, b/c the wife will hurt me otherwise!

