I have a gen 1 Tempest cab that came w orange coin lights. My Atari Asteroids came with red coin lights as did my Atari BZ. Should I leave the lights orange or swap over to reds?
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I have a gen 1 Tempest cab that came w orange coin lights. My Atari Asteroids came with red coin lights as did my Atari BZ. Should I leave the lights orange or swap over to reds?
Mine are orange Serial # 2897
My previous Tempest was also been orange Serial # 14242
Wow it's getting interesting to see how many of these games have orange inserts. And btw, the serial num I gave is the one that's on the frt of the machine. Is that full num actually all the serial num or just a portion of it?
I have two Tempest's. One is an Irish cab with a serial # in the 112000's, and has Atari inserts:
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The other is a US cab with a serial number about 19000:
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Look at the nameplate on the back of the machine. The ones made in Atari's Ireland plant will say, "Made in Ireland".
you have raised yet another interesting point Mod, re your Irish cab- on my 112 cab the test switch is in past the coin bucket, not on the coin door. The manual states that if the cab is euro, the switch is inside the game like mine. Could the switch location, orange inserts, and 01 ser num prefix indicate mine's a euro model??
Look at the nameplate on the back of the machine. The ones made in Atari's Ireland plant will say, "Made in Ireland".