FT - Parts: Original Punch Out Cabinet In SF Bay Area

Joined
Feb 6, 2012
Messages
817
Reaction score
14
Location
Antioch, California
Rating - 95%
19   1   0
No longer available - Thxs

You never know what to expect when you buy a game without seeing a photo first, but yesterday I managed to stumble onto a gem as part of a bulk buy. When I first talked to the guy, he told me that he had a heated barrel game with two working monitors, but I thought that he literally had a couple of extra monitors in his shop that he was going to throw in. Turns out, the monitors were stacked on top of each other in the actual game. As soon as I saw how tall it was (probably close to 7 feet), I was glad that I brought the trailer because there was no way I could fit this into my van. It wasn't until I went around to the back of the game that I realized it was an early Nintendo cabinet. With a serial number of 1468, I knew it had to be an early game, but had no idea of what it was until I got it home and started researching it. Apparently, Punch Out, Super Punch out and Arm Wrestling all used this stacked monitor combo and would show statistics on the top screen while the bottom screen was reserved for game play. Normally, I'd try and restore this myself, but I've already got several hard to find restoration projects and have a funny feeling that getting a board and a wiring harness for this game will be impossible given how quickly the Playchoice 10 boards for Punch Out seem to sell when they are listed on KLOV.

Since I know that one of you turkeys is hoarding a huge stack of original Punch Out, Super Punch Out and/or Arm Wrestling PCB right now, I figured I would offer it up for trade to see if I could get a working game that I can put into service, instead of spending hours tracking down an impossible to find board only to let the game end up getting used and abused to death in the field. If you do have a board, here's your chance to score a Punch Out cabinet in fairly good condition. I might be open to selling it, but ideally I'd rather trade for something that would be more useful to me. Shoot me a PM if you've got an arcade that you're itching to get rid of and could use this behemoth. You can view more/higher resolution photos and details on the good and bad parts of it's condition on my website.

http://www.antiochyardsale.com/2012...cabinet-with-stacked-monitors-in-sf-bay-area/

I'll be out for most of today, but will try to respond to any questions when I get home tonight. If you have one of the 3 PCB boards that is working and want to sell it to me, I'll give you $150 cash, no questions asked.
 

Attachments

  • punch out front minus glass.jpg
    punch out front minus glass.jpg
    76.5 KB · Views: 78
Last edited:
So no Punch Out fans in Northern California eh? I'll bump this for the night owls, but I may end up having to restore this one on my own even if it takes years to find the board.
 
good start for someone, but it's going to take $250-$400 to turn that into a $500 game.
main board
sideart
marquee
wiring harness
power supply
rebuild monitors
sand and paint
??????what else
 
good start for someone, but it's going to take $250-$400 to turn that into a $500 game.
main board
sideart
marquee
wiring harness
power supply
rebuild monitors
sand and paint
??????what else

It will need new locks too and will need the control panel rebuilt. It would also probably benefit from new legs if you've got hardwood floors. Mr. Bill is right about the hook uppercut button, it will be impossible to track down. I think it's worth a bit more than $500 restored though.

On the flip side, if someone already has the board, they're more than halfway there and I bet it's a lot harder to find this cabinet then it would be for me to find the board. The files for the sideart and marque are both online, so that's pretty easy to solve. I don't even think you need a wide format printer because of the shape of the sideart. One of the monitors would benefit from a tube swap, but they're actually in pretty good shape, I'll run my cap analyzer over the boards to see if any need replacing, but I don't think a complete rebuild will actually be necessary. As far as sanding and painting goes, I don't think it will need it. The gouge in the side will actually be covered up by sideart once you apply it and the rest of the paint job is pretty solid compared to most of what I see. The guy who did the paint job used to run a route in Indianapolis, so he knew what he was doing. I think I can get around replacing the power supply and the harness by building a Nintendo / Jamma adapter and going that route, but who knows that may be fraught with all kinds of problems . . .

Of course I'm not expecting someone to trade me a perfect game. I don't mind doing restoration work, in fact I enjoy it, I'm just a little disheartened right now by how hard it's been to even find sideart for my GI Joe and the profiteering going on when it comes to finding a monitor for my Tempest restoration. Because of how quick these boards seem to sell, I don't want to have to hit refresh every 10 minutes on KLOV in order to try and score the one punch out board that might pop up once ever 3 months. If I had more faith in my ability to repair them, I'd try and take the broken board off of Mr. Bill's hands, but I've still got lots learn before I get to that level.
 
Back
Top Bottom