Griffin
Well-known member
Hi all,
I'm a pretty new collector and have just started to branch away from building my own cab to hunting down some of my favorite classics with the goal of restoring them and building up my own collection of fun memories.
Recently I was scanning CL and found someone selling one of my all-time favorites Paperboy. I was so excited that I was literally jumping up and down in the living room telling my wife how I used to spend all of my pocket money on that game at the local arcade. She started laughing at me and said 'well I haven't seen you this excited in a long time, I guess you better go and get it'. (I love my wife!!!)
The cab was in really nice shape for it's age, very clean and just minor wear and tear. The monitor had recently stopped powering on and the seller didn't know why, so I offered him $250 for it and he agreed.
It wasn't until later that I realized that the serial on the cab was #UR00034, yup she was a really early cab, sitting here in California where she was built all those years ago. Unfortunately the CPU board isn't matching, it's #UR01120, but still it's nice to find such an early cab in great condition.
Everything else works on the cab, I can fire up the game, insert coins, hear the audio and fire newspapers with the controller buttons, just no power to the screen. I'm really going to need some help troubleshooting the monitor as this is my first venture into cab restoration.
Anyway, here are the pics for you all to see...
I'm a pretty new collector and have just started to branch away from building my own cab to hunting down some of my favorite classics with the goal of restoring them and building up my own collection of fun memories.
Recently I was scanning CL and found someone selling one of my all-time favorites Paperboy. I was so excited that I was literally jumping up and down in the living room telling my wife how I used to spend all of my pocket money on that game at the local arcade. She started laughing at me and said 'well I haven't seen you this excited in a long time, I guess you better go and get it'. (I love my wife!!!)
The cab was in really nice shape for it's age, very clean and just minor wear and tear. The monitor had recently stopped powering on and the seller didn't know why, so I offered him $250 for it and he agreed.
It wasn't until later that I realized that the serial on the cab was #UR00034, yup she was a really early cab, sitting here in California where she was built all those years ago. Unfortunately the CPU board isn't matching, it's #UR01120, but still it's nice to find such an early cab in great condition.
Everything else works on the cab, I can fire up the game, insert coins, hear the audio and fire newspapers with the controller buttons, just no power to the screen. I'm really going to need some help troubleshooting the monitor as this is my first venture into cab restoration.
Anyway, here are the pics for you all to see...
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