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Picked up a couple rare and unique pieces this weekend...

On my quest to find a new home for the extra Asteroids I had and fill space left from the sold Computer Space Ball, I worked out a trade for this Mappy in a DECO mini cabinet. Sort of a strange combination I know, but I dig the cabinet with the included stand, and I dig Mappy more than Astro Fighter, so I'll likely leave it as it is. It does have a legit Mappy board with some homebrew wiring and connector going to what I am guessing is the original DECO power supply. It works, but the board is only getting 4.7v, so I might put in a switcher. The game did have the original monitor plexi when I picked it up, but it mysteriously disappeared during the trek home. Although that sucks, it's more reason for me to have some custom artwork printed up sometime in the near future. Will also be adding some short legs to the base just to raise this up a few inches more for a more proper height.

While there, I took a look at other games and noticed this tiny little cocktail with some sort of space shooting game. Turns out the game is called Mars and is pretty rare. The game is like Scramble, Vanguard and Robotron all rolled into one. I'm usually not a fan of cocktails, but this was the smallest one I have ever seen and yet still somehow houses a 19" monitor. Also turns out the table was manufactured by a company in the same town this was in. The seller was pretty attached to this game because of that, but we started talking numbers and in the end I bought it for $300 with the promise that if I ever sold it he would be the first to know. Probably more than I would have liked to have paid especially considering the tube is pretty weak, but I just thought it was too neat.

Both of these are in decent condition. The Mars cocktail had some wear on the bottom, so I trimmed off about 2" and added casters to it, so it's super easy to move around and should prevent more damage in the future. I am debating making a removable base for it (much like the DECO has) and having the cocktail at stand-up height.

Anyway here's the photos...
 

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my friend drove 5 hrs to pick up that mappy on Saturday that guy was sapose too save mars and mappy for him from what it sounds the guy is a real piece of work not calling to cancel I'm not knocking on you great pick ups.
 
He never mentioned to me that anyone else was coming to get these. We had the trade for Mappy worked out a few days in advance. Mars however was an impulse buy.
 
Wow that's incredible the story gets better. My friend he was most upset that he wouldn't let him use the restroom either. It's really hard to justify iffy picks far from home we had a bad feeling about it before he left.
Also I pick up a Mars upright earlier in the month but the cab was trashed I saved the cool plastic bezel and cut the sides down and hung them on the wall. So it's a win some lose some kinda of a hobby
 
Mars was an Artic/ATW title. The mars cocktail is also from Artic so its safe to assume that its all original.

They don't garner much money but its still a very rare sight to see.

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Mars was an Artic/ATW title. The mars cocktail is also from Artic so its safe to assume that its all original.

They don't garner much money but its still a very rare sight to see.

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I have a Crazy Kong in a cab that looks exactly like the Sinbad in the second row, I wonder if that's what it used to be
 
I have a Crazy Kong in a cab that looks exactly like the Sinbad in the second row, I wonder if that's what it used to be

They put a bunch of games into that cabaret shape. That was arguably their most popular cab design.

Been wanting one of those for a while...
 
Mars was an Artic/ATW title. The mars cocktail is also from Artic so its safe to assume that its all original.

They don't garner much money but its still a very rare sight to see.

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Interesting. I guess it is indeed original. Both panels have stickers indicating it was manufactured by Fun Games Inc. in Eldon. I'll snap some pics once I get the game back from the TV shop I took it to. It's in for a tube rejuvenation.
 
Here's what the panels look like. Game looks a million times better with a freshly rejuvenated tube.
 

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