What is Nintendo TKS 03307?

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A few days ago, I picked up a Pandora's Palace in what appears to be a generic cabinet.

A sticker on the inside portion of the coin door says the following.

"This product is manufactured under the license of Nintendo TKS 03307"

What does this mean? Could my cabinet have been a Falcon Crazy Kong, which as I understand it, was actually cleared by Nintendo? The cabinet certainly is not a standard Nintendo cab...

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Kyle :cool:
 
Looks like a Falcon cab to me. I wonder if the cab was imported, or if they just added the "licensed" so it looked more legit? I didn't think Falcon was licensed to sell them in the US. Anyway, here's a Falcon cab. Everything matches up, the control panel bolts and button layout, the speaker cover, the marquee area, etc.
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Thanks CrazyKongFan!

I guess that about sums it up, it's clear that my Pandora's Palace had been a Falcon Crazy Kong. :)

Last night I dismantled the control panel to fully clean it, and found that I could make out words beneath the Pandora's Palace overlay. I saw the boxes with "JUMP", "PLAYERS", and "ONE" and "TWO", and instructions along the bottom that read:

"Jump up and grab sledge hammer to destroy objects and score points"
"Highest scorer can register name on screen"

The biggest smoking gun was the unmistakable outline of the face and chest of a cartoon ape on the left hand side. That, and the "manufactured under license from Nintendo" sticker inside the coin door. I hadn't seen your reply post yet when I was "conversion sleuthing".

Growing up in Maryland, I never saw Crazy Kong, but I saw several Congorilla machines... I love the art on that version.

Kyle :cool:
 
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