Today's pickup (and only the 2nd of 2012)...

jow

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Picked this little beauty up this AM (totally unexpectedly). Its a game I have been looking for forever (and I'm only posting these pics because it decided to work for the time being, ha).

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What a cool looking cocktail. Does anyone know how many of these are around or were made? Seems like I haven't seen very many but that doesn't mean anything. The glass is in decent shape (it does have wear for sure) and the sticks are nice and tight. The monitor is beautiful but does have Q*bert burn. I've got no sound, and 9 times out of 10 the monitor will have a slow scroll, and show a scrambled pic but the game will always play. Not sure if its the monitor that needs looked at or the hardware. Any ideas? I know these are notorious for being pains in the ass, so I'm hoping I can get this thing going 100%.

Time will tell, I guess.
 
I gotta say, I don't think I have ever seen a dedicated Q*bert cocktail EVER. That thing is pretty sweet. LOVE the art. Too bad the monitor is sooo teeny tiny. :D

Nice score, JOW! VERY cool!
 
Nice score jow! To me the scrambling of the monitor suggests a loose chip. Otherwise if it was a monitor problem I think it would just remain scrambled? Aren't these notorious for burning up the sound chip?
 
The glass appears to be in nice shape for a Qbert cocktail glass, usually they're real beat. Nice score!
 
Todd Tuckey had one a few years ago, that's the only one I've ever seen even a picture of, and it wasn't working. Pretty cool find there.
 
Yeah, the 13" monitor looks a lot smaller in the pics than in person (if that makes sense). After messing/cleaning/reseating the game is working now (still no sound though). Knocker works :D

The boys are pumped :)

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Nice score, I picked one up last summer :), and still till this day have not seen one with mint glass. Enjoy.... great game!!
 
What a very cool game! I haven't seen one of those cocktails before. Sure a tiny screen on it! Great find!! :)
 
I don't know how many there are, but they're quite rare, and definitely one of the nicer looking cocktails out there. There was a pretty beat one that sold in Vancouver recently. This is the only other one I'd be seen.
 
What I love about a Q cocktail that the monitor isn't centered.you could actually have your pizza and play at the same time.

Tempest cocktails are like that too.

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Both are my favorite cocktails.
 
Ever since adjusting the monitor and reseating the chips on the PCB its been working fine. No sound still, but I don't even hear a hum from the speakers. I wonder whats up. I'll post in the help section.

BTW - when you are sitting at a 13" monitor, its plenty big.
 
Every one I have seen the glass is at least 10x worse than yours. Great game no matter what cab it is in but the art is some of the best cocktail glass ever.
 
BTW - I suck at this game. My 4 year old has almost as good a score (12K) as my highest so far (21K).

Should I start a "Q*Bert High Scores and Strategies" thread? :rolleyes:
 
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