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Last night I picked up an original Pac-Man machine, #6599 to be exact, with painted black sides, some basic Ms. Pac-Man stickers crudely placed at the tops of the side panels, Jr. Pac-Man CPO and kick plate art, running a Ms. Pac-Man fast chip PCB with filter board.
Inside of the cabinet wasn't too bad, a Busch Light traveled far with it I'm sure. The board was literally hanging with a single screw securing the daughter card to the wood. Oof. It was kept by a couple for 15 years in the upstairs loft of their nice house. They never opened the back door and somehow never needed to. Before that a similar, climate controlled environment at another owner's house.
This was definitely a machine that provided a lot of fun for a lot of people through multiple Midway conversions. 72,730 quarters at least on the coin counter. Operator(s) must've kept squeezing every quarter out with the new Midway releases. I'm not quite sure the history of how it ended up with the Ms. Pac-Man daughter card before ending up at the seller's house but history for another time I suppose.
Looking under the pulled stickers reveals what looks to be Jr. Pac-Man conversion art. Additionally the 4600 monitor and tube are heavily Pac burned dominated by the Jr. Pac-Man attract mode. Game works but that board, oowee, needs some cleaning. Coin door looks nice actually and works. Cash box is there. Nice feeling joystick. I already took the Pac-Man glass bezel out before the pics. My daughter was also surveying the project as you can see, providing her views. She's the trusted advisor.
Since I have a Pac cabaret coming with the parts to convert it to a Jr. Pac, my plan for this one is to run a 96-in-1 Pac with Pac-Man Plus primarily and put a Pac-Man Plus marquee in. I want to track down the instruction decal and serial sticker that came with the conversion kit to complete the look. I already have dedicated Pac, Ms. Pac, and Pac-Mania cabinets and no room upstairs so this'll be the front door attraction perhaps lol.
First step will be to reveal the side art underneath and what we're working with!





Inside of the cabinet wasn't too bad, a Busch Light traveled far with it I'm sure. The board was literally hanging with a single screw securing the daughter card to the wood. Oof. It was kept by a couple for 15 years in the upstairs loft of their nice house. They never opened the back door and somehow never needed to. Before that a similar, climate controlled environment at another owner's house.
This was definitely a machine that provided a lot of fun for a lot of people through multiple Midway conversions. 72,730 quarters at least on the coin counter. Operator(s) must've kept squeezing every quarter out with the new Midway releases. I'm not quite sure the history of how it ended up with the Ms. Pac-Man daughter card before ending up at the seller's house but history for another time I suppose.
Looking under the pulled stickers reveals what looks to be Jr. Pac-Man conversion art. Additionally the 4600 monitor and tube are heavily Pac burned dominated by the Jr. Pac-Man attract mode. Game works but that board, oowee, needs some cleaning. Coin door looks nice actually and works. Cash box is there. Nice feeling joystick. I already took the Pac-Man glass bezel out before the pics. My daughter was also surveying the project as you can see, providing her views. She's the trusted advisor.
Since I have a Pac cabaret coming with the parts to convert it to a Jr. Pac, my plan for this one is to run a 96-in-1 Pac with Pac-Man Plus primarily and put a Pac-Man Plus marquee in. I want to track down the instruction decal and serial sticker that came with the conversion kit to complete the look. I already have dedicated Pac, Ms. Pac, and Pac-Mania cabinets and no room upstairs so this'll be the front door attraction perhaps lol.
First step will be to reveal the side art underneath and what we're working with!










































