So.... As is tradition, one project leaves the workshop, another enters.
As Food Fight has left, Today's entrant is....
Williams' INFERNO
Never expected to find this one in the wild. Let alone an actual, factual cabinet. Hell, the only one I've ever played was the one at Galloping Ghost which is in a Joust cab, but man I love the game. It's the perfect vibe for the kind of things I like. Spooky, interesting to play, fast paced, twinstick.... This will be something rewarding to work on.
Here's how I first saw it, as a listing on FB Marketplace.
I was just scrolling by and saw this thing, and in idle passing of the listing, I didn't think much of it. I saw the Turtles in Time CPO and assumed it was some weird fucked up Joust (again, who expects to see an Inferno in the wild?). Being the dumbass that I am, I actually
posted a link to the listing in the Overtime Arcade discord server, thinking someone might want to grab it for the TMNT PCB. In the split second after I hit the enter key, I did a double take and realized what I'd done. Instead of
unsending said post, I made the
second mistake. I publicly identified it in the server.
"wait"
"WAIT"
"
THAT IS A MOTHER FUCKING INFERNO!"
Thankfully, the community in that server are awesome people, and they actually helped me get the machine!
@Dillweed in particular grabbed it for me and sent it on over (So special thanks to him!). I am grateful for all of them though, and I am hopeful that'll be the last journey this machine takes, as I feel it's definitely saveable.
Now, onto the condition! (There will definitely be a pickup video coming, but I'm too hype to wait)
Unfortunately there's really not a lot left of Inferno in here. Both back doors are present, but the top one is nailed in place. There is a Williams Power supply in the correct position for Inferno. The original (numbers matching) power brick is present, as is the original matching 4900 monitor (which is working). The coin bucket (and lid labelled INFERNO) is present. The rest is gone or hacked up. No CPO art under the TMNT. No sideart under the black paint. I checked
As for numbers matching though, the number on this machine is particularly interesting!
This is the second Inferno to roll off the Williams Assembly Line!!! I guess with such a low production number, it's more "likely" to find a lower number, but it's still super cool to see. I wonder what the story of this machine is. And to any of you out there with loose Inferno PCBs... Got the PCB for my cabinet?? Given the low run of cabs, the odds could be as high as 1 in 12!
I'm hopeful I'll be able to find most of the parts for this eventually. Probably a Joust 2 PCB for sure. I'm so excited to do this. I really hope I don't fuck it up.
Here are a few extra pics:
