nerdygrrl
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I wrote yesterday about my most awesome weekend pickup, A Galaga 88 and a new test kit http://forums.arcade-museum.com/showthread.php?t=212434
I was unsure if the Galaga was a dedicated version or not. It is the right shape, color, and there appeared to be side art in the right places. Alas, I found some Pac Mania Schematics as well as a Pac Mania door sheet, so it looks like my new acquisition was a conversion
My favorite part of picking up a game is cracking it open. You never know what you may find. As much as I love playing the games, I value and respect their history and you can often find out a lot by what is left inside.
As I had mentioned in my previous post the game had two different manufacturer stickers on it. One was a basic UR with serial number and the other was stamped Galxxx.
http://s1209.photobucket.com/albums/cc399/nerdygrrl/GalaMania/?action=view¤t=IMG_4009.jpg
Believe it or not the keys were still inside it so I opened her up and the Galaga 88 schematics as well as the first printing of the Pac Mania schematics (1st edition BABY!), and the Sanyo EZ20 manual were in there. Oh and I made a couple of bucks in quarters too, hello free laundry.
Pac Mania Door Sheet.
The other neat thing about this cabinet is that it appears to use the Sanyo EZ20 monitors that are found in Nintendos
Dedicated or not I am pretty stoked about the pickup. I can't wait to fire it up (hopefully tomorrow) and get cracking on removing the black paint.
The game is super clean and looks like it was extremely well taken care of.
I was unsure if the Galaga was a dedicated version or not. It is the right shape, color, and there appeared to be side art in the right places. Alas, I found some Pac Mania Schematics as well as a Pac Mania door sheet, so it looks like my new acquisition was a conversion
My favorite part of picking up a game is cracking it open. You never know what you may find. As much as I love playing the games, I value and respect their history and you can often find out a lot by what is left inside.
As I had mentioned in my previous post the game had two different manufacturer stickers on it. One was a basic UR with serial number and the other was stamped Galxxx.
http://s1209.photobucket.com/albums/cc399/nerdygrrl/GalaMania/?action=view¤t=IMG_4009.jpg
Believe it or not the keys were still inside it so I opened her up and the Galaga 88 schematics as well as the first printing of the Pac Mania schematics (1st edition BABY!), and the Sanyo EZ20 manual were in there. Oh and I made a couple of bucks in quarters too, hello free laundry.
Pac Mania Door Sheet.
The other neat thing about this cabinet is that it appears to use the Sanyo EZ20 monitors that are found in Nintendos
Dedicated or not I am pretty stoked about the pickup. I can't wait to fire it up (hopefully tomorrow) and get cracking on removing the black paint.
The game is super clean and looks like it was extremely well taken care of.
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