Top Skater Mini (Cabaret?)
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Amazing. As a young skateboard kid in the 90s, this was my game.
To get the surfer you do 3 left, 3 right and then like 10 left in the select screen right?
F&&k I miss this game. Coinop had a working one for $250 a few years ago but I didn't have any space
To get the surfer you do 3 left, 3 right and then like 10 left in the select screen right?
F&&k I miss this game. Coinop had a working one for $250 a few years ago but I didn't have any space
evileye
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My God, if I only had any sort of space left at all...
This was one of my favorite games of that era. Sega ruled the 3D arcade arena.
This was one of my favorite games of that era. Sega ruled the 3D arcade arena.
kspiff
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I really don't like this game that much, but it would be pretty dope to have a functional scale model with a fingerboard deck.
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DogP
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Between Sega and games with 3DFX (SF Rush, Hydro Thunder, etc)... that's where my 3D arcade era $$$ went to.
BTW, attached are pics of the inside. I think the answer to your question is yes, without the monitor, you don't need that large transformer. I kinda remember that transformer... IIRC it was an isolation transformer w/ multiple taps to run the original monitor from US or JP power.
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DogP
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Oh, and I realized I never posted pics of the lighted marquee. I mounted the marquee to a couple small black plastic pipes attached to the back of the monitor, then simply mounted an LED strip to it, shining at the back of the marquee. It was very easy (didn't have to make any sort of box/shroud), and I'm really happy with how it turned out (well diffused, not too much light bleed, etc).
DogP
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Thank you.. this is exactly what will help me.
I like the pics of the dual board with AirTrix!!
Now i have to track one down haha. Wife will be so happy with me.
I like the pics of the dual board with AirTrix!!
Now i have to track one down haha. Wife will be so happy with me.
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DogP
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Note that Air Trix has one of the skateboard pots (lean I think) reversed from Top Skater (so leaning left makes Air Trix lean right). One of the chips on my board is an op amp to invert that. I think the other chips are just buffer chips for isolating some signals (like the start button) - I planned to switch the skateboard light signals, but never got around to it.
I also have my own board that I'm using to switch games by holding buttons, and I used a cheap KVM to switch the video and audio (I used a VGA converter on Top Skater and Air Trix is natively VGA, and I switched the line level audio and reused the Top Skater amp board).
DogP
I also have my own board that I'm using to switch games by holding buttons, and I used a cheap KVM to switch the video and audio (I used a VGA converter on Top Skater and Air Trix is natively VGA, and I switched the line level audio and reused the Top Skater amp board).
DogP
