Hi all,
After 6 or so years on this fun, life sucking website, I've finally figured out how to post pix, heh. Yes that means I'm a doofus. Anyways here is the Fonz arcade cab I picked up from my friend Keith Mitchell last year. It was the main attraction at Keith's parties and I know the game had special meaning to him, so I am honored he sold it to me. Its a pretty rare cab, especially in the condition its in and fully working + its signed by the Fonz himself and Keith went to great lengths to have it done...The other Fonz cabs I've seen on ebay have been pretty beat. It's a BW game made by Sega in 1976, one of their first. Sound is handled by an 8 track tape and currently it plays Waylon Jennings. The original game tape has been removed and stored for safety. There is a timer and the game is played for score. The handlebar has a throttle that makes the Fonz ride higher on the screen. The higher the Fonz is on screen, the faster your points accumulate. There are riders to avoid while trying to stay on the road which twists and turns. If you hit anything, there is a solenoid that violently slams the handlebars and your score stalls. There is a timer extend to hit to increase your score. Unfortunately the score maxes out at 1999 with time remaining, which is a killer for score competition. However, my good friend Xray2 is working on a score modification. He's already made it so the score rolls over when 1999 is hit and starts over. The current record holder is Stuffmonger with 236 after flipping past 1999. We have a bunch of mod ideas to implement and hopefully we may have it ready in time for this years CAX
In the meantime, please enjoy pix of when I first received the game, sorry for the dust
Tom
After 6 or so years on this fun, life sucking website, I've finally figured out how to post pix, heh. Yes that means I'm a doofus. Anyways here is the Fonz arcade cab I picked up from my friend Keith Mitchell last year. It was the main attraction at Keith's parties and I know the game had special meaning to him, so I am honored he sold it to me. Its a pretty rare cab, especially in the condition its in and fully working + its signed by the Fonz himself and Keith went to great lengths to have it done...The other Fonz cabs I've seen on ebay have been pretty beat. It's a BW game made by Sega in 1976, one of their first. Sound is handled by an 8 track tape and currently it plays Waylon Jennings. The original game tape has been removed and stored for safety. There is a timer and the game is played for score. The handlebar has a throttle that makes the Fonz ride higher on the screen. The higher the Fonz is on screen, the faster your points accumulate. There are riders to avoid while trying to stay on the road which twists and turns. If you hit anything, there is a solenoid that violently slams the handlebars and your score stalls. There is a timer extend to hit to increase your score. Unfortunately the score maxes out at 1999 with time remaining, which is a killer for score competition. However, my good friend Xray2 is working on a score modification. He's already made it so the score rolls over when 1999 is hit and starts over. The current record holder is Stuffmonger with 236 after flipping past 1999. We have a bunch of mod ideas to implement and hopefully we may have it ready in time for this years CAX
In the meantime, please enjoy pix of when I first received the game, sorry for the dust
Tom
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