I'll have to copy in some pics, but this has been an interesting project to date. I originally picked up a Tempest cab (early January 2010) that had been converted to Shinobi, and the Shinobi game board and CP were there. It powered up, but the screen is just a mess, no sound for the game, nothing. Orig thread post:
http://forums.arcade-museum.com/showthread.php?t=118322
I did the citristrip thing to find that there was nothing under the black paint but particle board. So, either someone wasted alot of their life peeling/stripping away the Tempest sideart, or simply took it all away with a DA sander.
The cab had a Shinobi marquee, but the speaker and light from Tempest were still in tact. There were no other remnants of the Tempest present.
2 months ago, I purchased a complete Tempest wire harness from kmitche34.
2 weeks ago, Bungy invited me up to his place for some gaming and to "pass on" to me some Tempest parts. He provided a piece of smoked plexi, and the upper speaker "drawer" with many OEM Tempest parts in tact. He also provided the metal spacer that goes in between the marquee and the smoked glass.
Last weekend, I acquired another Tempest cab that was provided FREE by sohchx (and transported via Gader77- many thanks to both KLOVERs!). The side art isn't perfect but it's 1000% better than the "no sideart" version I had prior. This cab also included the complete upper drawer, as well as the grille for the speaker. It even included a coin box that I believe is actually for a pinball machine, so that went into my Williams Sorcerer pin (it had no coin box at all). Orig thread w/pics:
http://forums.arcade-museum.com/showthread.php?t=133628&highlight=tempest+free
I spent some time on Sunday consolidating all of the parts from both cabs to make a "best of both worlds" version. Just thought everyone would like to hear how this is coming along. I will post pics when I can.
Remaining parts list needed (more as a checklist for me than anything):
1. populated control panel
2. PCB, ARII board, vector generating board
3. monitor
-VG-
http://forums.arcade-museum.com/showthread.php?t=118322
I did the citristrip thing to find that there was nothing under the black paint but particle board. So, either someone wasted alot of their life peeling/stripping away the Tempest sideart, or simply took it all away with a DA sander.
The cab had a Shinobi marquee, but the speaker and light from Tempest were still in tact. There were no other remnants of the Tempest present.
2 months ago, I purchased a complete Tempest wire harness from kmitche34.
2 weeks ago, Bungy invited me up to his place for some gaming and to "pass on" to me some Tempest parts. He provided a piece of smoked plexi, and the upper speaker "drawer" with many OEM Tempest parts in tact. He also provided the metal spacer that goes in between the marquee and the smoked glass.
Last weekend, I acquired another Tempest cab that was provided FREE by sohchx (and transported via Gader77- many thanks to both KLOVERs!). The side art isn't perfect but it's 1000% better than the "no sideart" version I had prior. This cab also included the complete upper drawer, as well as the grille for the speaker. It even included a coin box that I believe is actually for a pinball machine, so that went into my Williams Sorcerer pin (it had no coin box at all). Orig thread w/pics:
http://forums.arcade-museum.com/showthread.php?t=133628&highlight=tempest+free
I spent some time on Sunday consolidating all of the parts from both cabs to make a "best of both worlds" version. Just thought everyone would like to hear how this is coming along. I will post pics when I can.
Remaining parts list needed (more as a checklist for me than anything):
1. populated control panel
2. PCB, ARII board, vector generating board
3. monitor
-VG-
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