Restoration project: Bought a Galaga cocktail

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Rasta-ration project: Bought an original pac to galaga cocktail

I wanted a Galaga cocktail for a long time, got one, converted Pac..
So I just bought this one that's just plain sick, if not deceased, here she is...
I'm gonna need a lot of help from you guys bringing back this dead beetle.
Any advice, parts and help appreciated.
 

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Please allow me to be the first to say, "that'll buff right out!".

Don't see it as it is now. Look at it as to how it will be! The nice thing is that I think there is almost everything you need in the world of repro parts.

Enjoy that project. I know I would. :)

, Bill
 
needs a lil work

lol! thank you! Jah Rastafari. That Gunstock laminate isn't made any more, its unobtainium.
This ones going back all original, it wont be maimed, , uh I mean MAMEd, lol
 
I bet you can find a laminate that will be very close. Lowes and Home Depot - go back to the cabinetry section and they have samples of the Formica and Wilsonart laminate.. they may have these in drawers and you have to ask, but there are chains with tons of different woodgrain samples of patterns they can order.
 
That is an original PACMAN cocktail....much different than an original Galaga. But still a great cabinet and one of my favorite. You can even see the original PACMAN joystick hole in the control panel.
 
I was going to ask if it was a Pac or Galaxian because of the transformers in the bottom but there do appear to be joystick holes on the CPs. Pretty hard core screen burn. Is there no top glass? Does anything work?
 
wow , so many of these started out as something else...thanks..any chance it was a Galaxian? Top glass is long gone..
I want to rebuild it as its current setup -Galaga, even though it started out as a Pac.
Can anybody tell me if the screen burn matches Galaga? looks like I gotta get a new monitor, right?
 
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What are the differences between a pac and a galaga cocktail? Besides the obvious control panel, were the cabinets slightly different sizes?
 
Galaga and Ms Pac cocktails are very similar....the main difference is the Pacman has rounded black corners and a base under the cab. They also have 11" wide control panels as opposed to 9" Ms. Pac/Galaga. Ms. Pac/Galagas have square corners and the front and back panels go almost to the ground.....meaning the players sides are about 2" shorter than the front and back.

Pacman had a smaller coin door...where Ms. pac/galaga has the normal size midway door.

Galaxian cocktails are very similar to Pacman with the exception of a flatter and 9" control panel.

The tops are also a little different...on a Pacman the top area above the control panel is wider and more square where a ms. pac/galaga are kind of trapezoid.


Your burn looks like galaga to me.
 
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Thanks! thats interesting about the variations, make me want to collect em all, if only I had the money!
 
It is an original pac-man. Darin has the screened glass new. Just restore it to an original pac-man and get the correct cabinet for galaga. I think galaga has different speaker cutouts than ms. pac and super pac. It maybe the same as tron or satan's hollow as far as the speaker cutouts are concerned. Anyway, pac-man is a better game.
 
What about putting it back together as a Tron, would that be the same dimensions?
since it spent a good part of its life as a Galaga, maybe just regalaga it and call it a day, because of the screen burn..or satan's hollow? hmm devil made me do it?
I still haven't ruled out going back to pac. just weighing my options seeing how thrashed it is.
 
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options..

Which machines are correct for this cab with the 11 inch control, Pac for sure, but what else?
also thinking of building it as a Galaxian with nine inch control panels, would that be a non-invasive mod?
I appreciate the help from the klov people..welcome back noice
 
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Only original pac-man as far as I know.
Which machines are correct for this cab with the 11 inch control, Pac for sure, but what else?
also thinking of building it as a Galaxian with nine inch control panels, would that be a non-invasive mod?
I appreciate the help from the klov people..welcome back noice
 
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