Tempest cabaret in the house!

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So, today I traveled over to Mt. Airy, MD and met gabesdad1981 who was on his way to pick up a Pac-Mania cabinet nearby. He sold me his Tempest cabaret that he recently listed here on KLOV.

Great transaction, great guy, and we had the chance to have a really good conversation over lunch. Let me point out that Matt traveled almost 5 hours to deliver this machine -- I know, he was in the area already for another, but still, this wouldn't have happened if he hadn't been willing to bring it.

The Tempest has a few graphical glitches that show up after its warmed up, and feedback here in the KLOV repair section indicates I should redo the edge connectors and the interconnect cable. Simple enough. I plan to reseat the ROMS too for good measure in case that helps, since the problem definitely seems like a board issue. It also has some substantial water damage at the rear of the cabinet, but it isn't anything I can't handle with some careful cutting and a trip to Home Depot. :) My Centipede cabaret prepared me for this battle.

My buddy and I removed the control panel, plexi, etc. to lighten the load and get it downstairs this evening, so while it's partially disassembled I'm going to clean the individual pieces while also figuring out the other glitches. But, all in all, it's a sweet machine. Thanks again, Matt!

Here are a few pics... can't wait to get it all back together and working 100%!!!
 

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Tempest delivery.....

Kevin is an awesome guy to deal with guys....Don't hesitate to deal with him..

(I'm glad your happy with the game..If I didn't work 60 hrs a wk I probably would have tackled this myself..I'm looking forward to seeing you whip her into shape..)

I will get some pics of the Pacmania on here soon btw...Gotta go to work. Tired as hell from the long day.
 
That's one of my favorite cabarets. I'm not a huge fan of the side art for the UR; I think Atari has done much better on other games. So, full-size monitor + compact size cab = winner on this one. Very nice. Can't wait to see the restore...
 
Thanks -- fortunately an hour or two with Magic Eraser did wonders for the sides and front.

I think it must've been coated with some serious nicotine residue, based on the color that came off of it...
 
Well so far the Pacmania I picked up seems to be a big turd......I swapped out the power supply and have some game sounds now..monitor seems close to dead..managed to see a ramm error once and the ac power chord is all hacked in there....Joystick has a bunch of slop in it....A little pissed so far. On the bright side cab is really nice, marquee, bezel, and control panel all look brand new...and I have a known 100% working boardset. Lets just say my seller won't be getting any business from me again.
 
That sucks, Matt! Sorry to hear it hasn't panned out as you hoped. :(

I just got back from Lowe's buying material to re-do the top and back of the Tempest... I'm planning to try to get the cabinet put back together before tackling the edge connectors, etc. If I get it working 100% again, the temptation would be to just blow off fixing on the cabinet itself... "eh, good enough... it works!"
 
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