AllenBomber
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Picked up a new cab tonight... I know the photo looks rough, but I assure you that it did come with a 25" monitor and Marquee as well. I got a non-functioning Surf Planet off ebay. Seller said it's a power supply issue, but I think if he actually knew what the problem was, he would have fixed it by now. Oh well, I'm really just interested in the cab for a Neo Geo board I picked up.
I was iffy on this one (especially since there weren't any pics), but hey, There hasn't been much selling reasonably lately, and I won it for $49. I also drove about 100 miles to pick it up, so call that 20 bucks in gas on top of that. I got it home and the first thing I did was recover $4 in quarters from the bowels of it. Now I have only $65 invested in it!
The next fun discovery was that it had a dollar acceptor. I've yet to own a machine with a bill mech, so that should be fun to figure out. Next, I saw a midway sticker on the back. Strange considering Surf Planet was a Gaelco game. I started poking around a little more and discovered that it was originally an NBA Jam cabinet that had the 4-player control panel replaced with a standard width, hence the clipped wings. The Midway sticker said NBA Basketball, but after taking a good long look at it, there's no denying that this was originally an NBA Jam. It still has all the harness work for the 4-player setup too. I thought this is a weird conversion considering NBA Jam was one of the most moneymaking games where as Surf Planet is just some BS Generic snowboarding game... Kinda like taking a Mercedes and slapping a Ford badge on it.
So on to the bad... It's non-functional, and nothing is tested yet. Could be a power supply, could be the whole pcb; who knows? I just got home from a few hours of driving and don't feel like really getting into it now. It came with a 25" monitor (which he claims works, but who ever trusts a seller?) so that would be great for a Neo cab providing it works. It has no burn and the chassis doesn't look fried, so fingers crossed. The cab is also a little rough. I want to strip it down, paint it red and do the graffiti-style NEO GEO stencil job anyway. I know I've seen it pictured before, but I can't find it now. If anyone knows what I'm talking about, I'd appreciate a link. The biggest issue is that the staples in the speaker panel under the marquee have half-way let go. Any suggestions on how to re-construct this? Do you guys generally try to staple cabs back together like the factory, wood glue, or just move straight to wood screws?
I was iffy on this one (especially since there weren't any pics), but hey, There hasn't been much selling reasonably lately, and I won it for $49. I also drove about 100 miles to pick it up, so call that 20 bucks in gas on top of that. I got it home and the first thing I did was recover $4 in quarters from the bowels of it. Now I have only $65 invested in it!
The next fun discovery was that it had a dollar acceptor. I've yet to own a machine with a bill mech, so that should be fun to figure out. Next, I saw a midway sticker on the back. Strange considering Surf Planet was a Gaelco game. I started poking around a little more and discovered that it was originally an NBA Jam cabinet that had the 4-player control panel replaced with a standard width, hence the clipped wings. The Midway sticker said NBA Basketball, but after taking a good long look at it, there's no denying that this was originally an NBA Jam. It still has all the harness work for the 4-player setup too. I thought this is a weird conversion considering NBA Jam was one of the most moneymaking games where as Surf Planet is just some BS Generic snowboarding game... Kinda like taking a Mercedes and slapping a Ford badge on it.
So on to the bad... It's non-functional, and nothing is tested yet. Could be a power supply, could be the whole pcb; who knows? I just got home from a few hours of driving and don't feel like really getting into it now. It came with a 25" monitor (which he claims works, but who ever trusts a seller?) so that would be great for a Neo cab providing it works. It has no burn and the chassis doesn't look fried, so fingers crossed. The cab is also a little rough. I want to strip it down, paint it red and do the graffiti-style NEO GEO stencil job anyway. I know I've seen it pictured before, but I can't find it now. If anyone knows what I'm talking about, I'd appreciate a link. The biggest issue is that the staples in the speaker panel under the marquee have half-way let go. Any suggestions on how to re-construct this? Do you guys generally try to staple cabs back together like the factory, wood glue, or just move straight to wood screws?
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