amco_pirate
New member
Hello, I'm new to the hobby and going through some growing pains...
Here's my story:
After years of thinking about it, I finally took the plunge and bought my first machine to add to my basement game room... an NFL Blitz '99 cabinet, 4 player in great condition. We loaded it up onto my friend's truck with a forklift and away we went.
Once we got to my house, we realized how tough it was going to be to get this sucker down my winding staircase to the basement. The machine is 37" wide and the staircase is 37.5" wide... in to the garage it went to figure out our next move!
We noticed that the cabinet itself is actually only 26" wide without the 4 player control box (since it hangs over the sides of the unit) so we should remove it for transporting it down the stairs. This being our first box, and having no idea how to do this, we started doing our homework and figured out how to open up the control box. We saw all the wires going from the controller box to the main board itself that would need to be disconnected to remove the box.
We're planning to remove it this weekend and complete the move. Does anyone have any tips, suggestions or things to look out for that could help us?
Finding this process really fun and interesting... already starting to dream of my next game
Here's my story:
After years of thinking about it, I finally took the plunge and bought my first machine to add to my basement game room... an NFL Blitz '99 cabinet, 4 player in great condition. We loaded it up onto my friend's truck with a forklift and away we went.
Once we got to my house, we realized how tough it was going to be to get this sucker down my winding staircase to the basement. The machine is 37" wide and the staircase is 37.5" wide... in to the garage it went to figure out our next move!
We noticed that the cabinet itself is actually only 26" wide without the 4 player control box (since it hangs over the sides of the unit) so we should remove it for transporting it down the stairs. This being our first box, and having no idea how to do this, we started doing our homework and figured out how to open up the control box. We saw all the wires going from the controller box to the main board itself that would need to be disconnected to remove the box.
We're planning to remove it this weekend and complete the move. Does anyone have any tips, suggestions or things to look out for that could help us?
Finding this process really fun and interesting... already starting to dream of my next game

