Hey all. Now that I'm finally finished (for now anyway) with my switching gun game project (link here for the curious: https://forums.arcade-museum.com/showthread.php?t=413576), I think I'm gonna jump into an actual restoration.
This cabinet is actually not too bad. It's got a few things I'd like to fix. You can't tell from the pics but the back of the cabinet base has been ripped off. Will likely need to completely re cut the back and sides of the base, and then re cover them with black vinyl, since that's what it looks like is on there now.
I have done a bit of searching for info on this cabinet. It looks like this version of Super Hang On is a bit less common. It's a sit down version of the game (I don't have the chair). It resembles the original Hang On cabinet, but it's different in a few ways. At first I assumed it was a conversion, but it looks like it was an official dedicated version of the game.
Haven't opened it up yet to see what's what on the inside. The guy I bought it from forgot to give me the key, and I'd prefer to keep the locks original if I can. He says he'll mail them to me. Hopefully that happens.
Looks like this game normally has a rumble in the handle bars. Mine doesn't rumble. I think there are some lights throughout the cabinet that are normally supposed to light up too that aren't. Marquee doesn't work. Game will randomly reboot. Might just be a loose connection there. Looks like some serious mouse damage around the coin door area. Pretty gross actually. You can't see it with the door closed, but when you open it you get an eye full. Not sure how extensive the mouse infestation was, can't really tell until I get the panel off.
EDIT: What I thought was a mound of mouse pee/poo isn't. No mice were here. Must have been something spilled... maybe more than once. Glad for that.
The side art is kinda torn and worn in some areas (although not too terrible) so I'm hoping that somebody out there might have a lead on some replacement side art for this thing.
I'm also a little crushed that the previous operator drilled through the metal moldings on the front left side to install a lock bar. First and only thing I've really done to this thing was to pull the two bars off the poor coin doors.
Anybody got any leads on art or the metal molding?
Other NOS or great looking pieces?
I'll update this thread as I go, but it won't be overnight. I work on this stuff in between work and 3 kids, so I am slooooooow lol.
A few pics to show you where I am starting! At least on the outside anyway.
This cabinet is actually not too bad. It's got a few things I'd like to fix. You can't tell from the pics but the back of the cabinet base has been ripped off. Will likely need to completely re cut the back and sides of the base, and then re cover them with black vinyl, since that's what it looks like is on there now.
I have done a bit of searching for info on this cabinet. It looks like this version of Super Hang On is a bit less common. It's a sit down version of the game (I don't have the chair). It resembles the original Hang On cabinet, but it's different in a few ways. At first I assumed it was a conversion, but it looks like it was an official dedicated version of the game.
Haven't opened it up yet to see what's what on the inside. The guy I bought it from forgot to give me the key, and I'd prefer to keep the locks original if I can. He says he'll mail them to me. Hopefully that happens.
Looks like this game normally has a rumble in the handle bars. Mine doesn't rumble. I think there are some lights throughout the cabinet that are normally supposed to light up too that aren't. Marquee doesn't work. Game will randomly reboot. Might just be a loose connection there. Looks like some serious mouse damage around the coin door area. Pretty gross actually. You can't see it with the door closed, but when you open it you get an eye full. Not sure how extensive the mouse infestation was, can't really tell until I get the panel off.
EDIT: What I thought was a mound of mouse pee/poo isn't. No mice were here. Must have been something spilled... maybe more than once. Glad for that.
The side art is kinda torn and worn in some areas (although not too terrible) so I'm hoping that somebody out there might have a lead on some replacement side art for this thing.
I'm also a little crushed that the previous operator drilled through the metal moldings on the front left side to install a lock bar. First and only thing I've really done to this thing was to pull the two bars off the poor coin doors.
Anybody got any leads on art or the metal molding?
Other NOS or great looking pieces?
I'll update this thread as I go, but it won't be overnight. I work on this stuff in between work and 3 kids, so I am slooooooow lol.
A few pics to show you where I am starting! At least on the outside anyway.
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