My collection comes full circle with dedicated WWF Superstars
I'm a bit younger than probably the average KLOVer and so I grew up on a lot of JAMMA games, one of which was WWF Superstars. I used to go to a local party store nearly everyday after school to play it. It was only fitting that my first ever arcade machine was a WWF Superstars in a Berzerk cabinet. I actually found that particular machine on location at a Wal*Mart and called the operator's number which was on a sticker attached to the marquee. I had the game for a number of years and enjoyed playing it, but it wasn't until I got into collecting more seriously that I realized my Superstars was in a Berzerk cabinet. I had an idea to try and restore it and ended up gutting the cab to start turning it back to Berzerk, but I didn't get very far with no original parts to work with so I ended up getting rid of the cabinet. Now as much as I like the game I too will cringe seeing it in a classic cab and I wouldn't have wanted one like that. For a number of years I always thought that the game was only available as a kit and that's what everyone seems to claim. However I'm convinced now that they do exist in dedicated form and I was able to find one locally. You can see the flyer below says a kit or dedicated cab are available, plus the manual I have (courtesy of mudmantim) gives measurements for a "Technos cabinet" which also match my cab. Unfortunately there are no id tags on the cabinet so who knows who made this cabinet for Technos unless they made it themselves, but based on what I know, I have to believe this is a "dedicated" cab. Anyway, here are a few pics.
You can see that there are some mods done to the wiring. According to the manual the game should have a K7000 or Hantarax model monitor originally, but this one has had an Orion model monitor installed. Oddly enough it has some mild burn in from the game so I wonder how long the machine has been without its factory monitor. You can see they bypassed the original monitor video connector with those taps. They also ended up doing that to the power input to the monitor as well. At the very least I'm going to put new connectors for the monitor power and remove the splice they did to the original power wires. You can see the classic electrical tape used for the monitor power on the far left. This pic was taken after a Simple Green washdown and dry. Other than the mods done because the monitor was changed, the wiring is all nearly dressed and bundled, certainly not like a conversion at all.
Also a shot of the flyer from the game and you can see the cabinets match, although mine has that extra WWF logo sticker at the top. My side art has been abused through the years as well.
I'm a bit younger than probably the average KLOVer and so I grew up on a lot of JAMMA games, one of which was WWF Superstars. I used to go to a local party store nearly everyday after school to play it. It was only fitting that my first ever arcade machine was a WWF Superstars in a Berzerk cabinet. I actually found that particular machine on location at a Wal*Mart and called the operator's number which was on a sticker attached to the marquee. I had the game for a number of years and enjoyed playing it, but it wasn't until I got into collecting more seriously that I realized my Superstars was in a Berzerk cabinet. I had an idea to try and restore it and ended up gutting the cab to start turning it back to Berzerk, but I didn't get very far with no original parts to work with so I ended up getting rid of the cabinet. Now as much as I like the game I too will cringe seeing it in a classic cab and I wouldn't have wanted one like that. For a number of years I always thought that the game was only available as a kit and that's what everyone seems to claim. However I'm convinced now that they do exist in dedicated form and I was able to find one locally. You can see the flyer below says a kit or dedicated cab are available, plus the manual I have (courtesy of mudmantim) gives measurements for a "Technos cabinet" which also match my cab. Unfortunately there are no id tags on the cabinet so who knows who made this cabinet for Technos unless they made it themselves, but based on what I know, I have to believe this is a "dedicated" cab. Anyway, here are a few pics.
You can see that there are some mods done to the wiring. According to the manual the game should have a K7000 or Hantarax model monitor originally, but this one has had an Orion model monitor installed. Oddly enough it has some mild burn in from the game so I wonder how long the machine has been without its factory monitor. You can see they bypassed the original monitor video connector with those taps. They also ended up doing that to the power input to the monitor as well. At the very least I'm going to put new connectors for the monitor power and remove the splice they did to the original power wires. You can see the classic electrical tape used for the monitor power on the far left. This pic was taken after a Simple Green washdown and dry. Other than the mods done because the monitor was changed, the wiring is all nearly dressed and bundled, certainly not like a conversion at all.
Also a shot of the flyer from the game and you can see the cabinets match, although mine has that extra WWF logo sticker at the top. My side art has been abused through the years as well.



