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I have a Circus Charlie cab turned Tiger-Heli (no side art). The cab is in excellent shape and really just needs some paint.

This cab is built like a brick shithouse and weighs much more than my pc-10 with both monitors installed.

Do I try and restore to Circus Charlie? I have read that the sideart is no go for that game. I personally think the game sucks ass, but thats just me.

In my readings it seems Circus Charlie is somewhat rare. I noticed a board for sale on sleez-bay and I guess the marquee and CPO isn't hard to find. It's just that damn sideart.

Or can it easily be one of those multi-game machines 65-1? I would rather go for that if it's an easy install.

Thanks
 
Load the cab up into a truck, drive it down here, give it to me, I'll give you a generic cab to convert, we'll drink some beers and shoot the shit, you sleep it off, then drive back home with your project cab. Then I'll convert it back to Circus Charlie...
 
Load the cab up into a truck, drive it down here, give it to me, I'll give you a generic cab to convert, we'll drink some beers and shoot the shit, you sleep it off, then drive back home with your project cab. Then I'll convert it back to Circus Charlie...

I like your style!
 
Do I try and restore to Circus Charlie? I have read that the sideart is no go for that game. I personally think the game sucks ass, but thats just me.

The game is fantastic quite honestly, aside from the fact that score maxes out at 999,999
 
Guess I'll start looking for that sideart...
 
I say we take up a collection to pay for shipping this to Modessitt!

If everyone he helped on these boards threw in $10, we could easily cover the cost to replace this cab with a generic jamma cab and cover shipping cost?
 
Load the cab up into a truck, drive it down here, give it to me, I'll give you a generic cab to convert, we'll drink some beers and shoot the shit, you sleep it off, then drive back home with your project cab. Then I'll convert it back to Circus Charlie...

For that drive, you better include a blowjob...
 
Can someone please fill me in on what makes Circus Charlie so "great". I'm new, sorry. Don't let my join date fool you. I joined to make contact with a childhood friend a few years ago. Now, I've got the arcade bug.

I just need a little "arcade 101"
 
we'll drink some beers and shoot the shit, you sleep it off

I strongly caution you on the last part. It's what happens while you 'sleep it off' that has caused Mod to become a level 3 Sex Offender in 7 counties. If you were his neighbor, he'd legally have to warn you. As you are not, the law requires him to pay you no such courtesy. Just a warning, before you consider making the drive, kind sir.
 
Can someone please fill me in on what makes Circus Charlie so "great". I'm new, sorry. Don't let my join date fool you. I joined to make contact with a childhood friend a few years ago. Now, I've got the arcade bug.

I just need a little "arcade 101"

It's an excellent platformer IMO. I play it in MAME and am trying to get to the point where I can max it out. I'm at around 450k - 500k on average now.
 
Can someone please fill me in on what makes Circus Charlie so "great". I'm new, sorry. Don't let my join date fool you. I joined to make contact with a childhood friend a few years ago. Now, I've got the arcade bug.

I just need a little "arcade 101"

Don't know myself. I've never cared for the game but, it is a favorite of Mod's and it would be fitting for him to have it. I'd be willing to donate $10 to the cause of getting Mod this cab.

I guess we'd have to raise enough to ship it to Mod plus buy jaymax another cab. Unless someone local wants to donate a nice cab. Of course assuming jaymax was open to all this.
 
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I'm in for $10 assuming that we hit critical mass and it happens.
 
I say we take up a collection to pay for shipping this to Modessitt!

While I appreciate the thought (and would love the game to death), this is not necessary. If I don't find one someday, I already have a beat-up Gyruss that will be converted for this game...
 
Can someone please fill me in on what makes Circus Charlie so "great". I'm new, sorry. Don't let my join date fool you. I joined to make contact with a childhood friend a few years ago. Now, I've got the arcade bug.

I just need a little "arcade 101"

Circus Charlie will only appeal to those who like that campy, cheesy type of game. We tend to like the games that others don't, because they are a bit more difficult than others may realize, despite the seeming simplicity of the game to the casual player. We end up with Circus Charlie's, Kangaroo's, Mappy's, etc, and we enjoy the hell out of them.

I've already got a Circus Charlie pcb and 2-way Monroe joystick, and play the game often in my good Gyruss.

Hell, I even have a Circus Charlie clock, a gift from Frizzlefried in exchange for a quick 6100 repair...
 
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