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My son has wanted a Q*bert since I took my kids up to Flynn's Retrocede here in Utah https://flynnsretrocade.com. At an auction last January I spied a Q*bert operating incognito as a Strikers 1945. I scored the converted cabinet for $25 (if you can believe that)—and then sold the Strikers 1945 PCB to my buddy for $10.
I rebuilt the K4900 chassis, while my buddy (Rogaaron) did body work and repainted everything. I had found a bezel from a local operator, and a marquee from a local collector. I purchased new artwork for everything else, as well as a reproduction control panel. The Strikers must've been a conversion kit because the control panel was identical in size/shape but missing the button/joystick hole layout that would make it Q*bert. Luckily I had a joystick on my Dig Dug that fit perfectly in the Q*bert so I swapped in a red ball top Wico into the Dig Dug. I kept missing out on Q*bert PCB sets and harness listings. My son's birthday was coming up fast followed by Christmas. We straight-up missed his birthday, so I decided to pick up an Mylstar FPGA Q*Bert board and use the JAMMA setup that was already in the cabinet. The knocker was still intact, but I swapped out the solenoid with a 12V to match the power coming off the JAMMA harness. With a little rewiring we got the knocker and control panel hooked up about a week before Christmas. Phew!
Needless to say, my son was ecstatic to finally get a Q*bert.
I rebuilt the K4900 chassis, while my buddy (Rogaaron) did body work and repainted everything. I had found a bezel from a local operator, and a marquee from a local collector. I purchased new artwork for everything else, as well as a reproduction control panel. The Strikers must've been a conversion kit because the control panel was identical in size/shape but missing the button/joystick hole layout that would make it Q*bert. Luckily I had a joystick on my Dig Dug that fit perfectly in the Q*bert so I swapped in a red ball top Wico into the Dig Dug. I kept missing out on Q*bert PCB sets and harness listings. My son's birthday was coming up fast followed by Christmas. We straight-up missed his birthday, so I decided to pick up an Mylstar FPGA Q*Bert board and use the JAMMA setup that was already in the cabinet. The knocker was still intact, but I swapped out the solenoid with a 12V to match the power coming off the JAMMA harness. With a little rewiring we got the knocker and control panel hooked up about a week before Christmas. Phew!
Needless to say, my son was ecstatic to finally get a Q*bert.
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