Star Castles Repro Stuff?

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Alright... I am considering a trade for a Star Castles... but the SC needs some help. It will need side art... a new bezel (this is especially bad)... new paint... new t-molding... and POSSIBLY a new marquee (the one on it was unlit so I don't know if it's good or not).

The game works... controls work... cabinet is in OK shape overall... but will need some restoration.

What is the availability of the following:

Bezel
Side Art
High Score Kit (does SC save high scores normally?)
Marquee

The CPO appears to be in decent enough shape...

Thanks!
 
Thanks Kev... unfortunately quarterarcade's marquee isn't good for backlighting (though you are in the position to tell me if I even need one (it wasn't lit when I saw the game so i couldn't tell).... and the biltronix bezel is the Rock-Ola version likely in no better condition than the one on the cab.

I'm looking for 9/10 or better bezel... the best I've been able to find thus far would be an inkjet repro stuffed between plexi... I'd MUCH rather find a silked repro/nos marquee.

Did they EVER come in glass?
 
star marquee

Id say the marquee is good to go as it, it cleaned up nice. A couple spots of black paint for touch up on the backside and your good to go. The bulb was out of it, I put it in and the light came on for a second then went out. the bulb dont look too good and I dont have any spares to try. I just go to walmart and for $6 put more modern florecent lights in them and they come with a new bulb.
 
Id say the marquee is good to go as it, it cleaned up nice. A couple spots of black paint for touch up on the backside and your good to go. The bulb was out of it, I put it in and the light came on for a second then went out. the bulb dont look too good and I dont have any spares to try. I just go to walmart and for $6 put more modern florecent lights in them and they come with a new bulb.

The ballast is likely bad... don't stick another one in there or you'll blow that one too... :)

I try to stick with the original equipment whenever possible. I'll likely replace the ballast if I end up with the game.
 
High Score Kit (does SC save high scores normally?)

I'm pretty sure none of that group of games (star castle, ripoff, armor attack) have any circuitry for HS saves.

I would LOVE for a HS kit for ripoff/star castle.
 
What is the availability of the following:

Bezel
Side Art
High Score Kit (does SC save high scores normally?)
Marquee

The CPO appears to be in decent enough shape...


You might want to try contacting Rich over at This Old Game and see what he has available since not everything is up on his web site. He does list a CPO (which you don't need at the moment) so I tend to believe he has more.

http://www.thisoldgame.com/products/star-castles-cpo


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I'm pretty sure none of that group of games (star castle, ripoff, armor attack) have any circuitry for HS saves.

I would LOVE for a HS kit for ripoff/star castle.

Agreed. A high score save kit for Rip Off would be killer. Unfortunately the early Cinematronics games did not have a discrete CPU so you can't just build a daughter card, patch the roms and slap it in there. Anything is possible but I doubt the demand is really there to justify the work. I would be more of a labor of love than a commercially viable upgrade. :-(


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you wont get aide art for the cab thats for surte.

whether it will be available some time in the futuire is debatable.would suggest you keep what is there for now if it is pretty much intact in case it NEVER is avalable,better to have something than nothing.

i just masked mine off and primed and sprayed the cab.
:)
 
Agreed. A high score save kit for Rip Off would be killer. Unfortunately the early Cinematronics games did not have a discrete CPU so you can't just build a daughter card, patch the roms and slap it in there. Anything is possible but I doubt the demand is really there to justify the work. I would be more of a labor of love than a commercially viable upgrade. :-(

I think a lot of the stuff some people produce around here are a labor of love!
 
I think a lot of the stuff some people produce around here are a labor of love!

Totally... Like the Journey sound board.
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you wont get aide art for the cab thats for surte.

whether it will be available some time in the futuire is debatable.would suggest you keep what is there for now if it is pretty much intact in case it NEVER is avalable,better to have something than nothing.

i just masked mine off and primed and sprayed the cab.
:)

If it doesn't become available, then I guess it will become on of my vectoring projects...
 
Also, you may or may not know this, but there really isn't any paint on a Star Castle (other then the metal pieces). The black is a textured vinyl and the the white on the sides is also a vinyl with a slight texture, kind of like the subtle 'woodgrain' type texture that Galaxian used.
 
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