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How to ID what cabinet i have brought?
pommie2000:
Thanks for the info.
I would love to keep it in the original state it was created. Is there any way to be 100% sure what the PCB is?
I have posted more picture of the cabinet but they are in Japanese if anyone can translate?
Thanks again
Malenko:
1st says "attention...cut...something...avoid electricity source...something about switch parts"
2nd is just the stamps on when the machine was inspected.
3rd is kinda cut off...i can't really make out much but the same attention note from the first one about the electricity source...and something about make sure that the setting is normal
bleh i need to work on my japanese
4th pic said it's for indoor use and the other little button, don't know what that says
the pic with the inspection stamps is where the serial number would've been
as translated by my GF Bonnie, who is fluent in Chinese but not so much in japanese =)
pommie2000:
Thanks guys for all your help, fantastic community.
One last picture, which states the cabinet is manufactured by Konami, but from what i read, the original space invaders was made my Midway.
Still a little confused.
pommie2000:
OK well, i took the PCB out and sure enough this machine has been frankenstined at some point. The wiring loom had been chopped up in places and there was an unused edge connector.
The PCB has "GY-B2-2" Could that be a code for Gyruss?
More pics attached.
Jigenjuke:
OK Pommie here we go,
The first pic you posted in Japanese is basically a service warning. Before replacing parts in this unit make sure that it is unplugged.
The second is a cabinet inspection stamp. Showa 54 is the 54th year of the Showa era which means that this CABINET was last inspected in 1979 before it left the factory. It could not have left the factory as Gyruss as Gyruss was released in 1983.
The third indeed does refer back to the first pic you posted, however this is also telling the tech to make sure the power is connected after the switch settings have been applied (maybe dip-switch settings?)
The forth picture top sticker refers as Malenko says to this unit being for indoor use only, the second sticker is marking a main ground connection.
The Konami sticker is a little of a mystery. Konami entered the video game business in early 1979. This being said with the inspection sticker being from 1979 the only game this cabinet could have contained when it shipped from the factory would have been a game called Space Wars. A link to screen shots and cabinet shots is below.
http://www.konami.co.jp/ja/corporate/history/product.html
I also found a little better pic of an original Konami Space War cabinet.
Don't be futzed about the control panel being different. I don't think that the control panel you have there is an original Space War controller. I think that the controller you have is from a Japanese Space Invaders machine Many of the original cocktail cabinets here in Japan were Frankensteined in order to fit games from other manufacturers here in Japan. It's really sad. Arcade machines here in Japan also started as upright stand up cabinets but soon went to sit-down cocktails and finally the Candy Cabs and Viewlix you see today. It is virtually impossible to find an original stand up Arcade Cabinet here in Japan.
Anyway, I hope the info helps. I can't tell you if the PCB is a Japanese Gyruss with out more pics. If there is any writing in Japanese at all on the PCB I think that I may be able to help you.
Jigenjuke
Anyway here is another pic.