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Jigenjuke:
Well Pommie, If you want to restore it to it's original glory then I would suggest going for a Space War board set and control panel. I am pretty sure that one can be found on the Japanese Yahoo Auction site. Most Japanese would look at your cabinet before powering up they would say that it is a Space Invaders cabinet. Thus the bootleg Space Invaders control panel overlay currently proudly displayed on your cabinet. I say go for the gold and install a SI board set. Cabinets like yours often go for more than $2500 plus here in Japan even if they are not an original Taito cabinet just because the board set is so rare here in Japan.
Have fun with it, take it apart sand blast the crap out of it repaint and refurbish it to mint condition and play it till your fingers bleed. ;D
Jigenjuke
pommie2000:
Hi Jigenjuke,
If i thought there was any chance of getting a working Space Invaders PCB i would definitely restore it as a SI cab.
Ill keep my eye open for a space war PCB , but to be honest that wasn't one of the games i used to play and it doeskin really appeal.
( i only just realised that the wooden control panel can be taken out and replaced with a protruding one like that from Space Wars)
One thing i will definitely be doing is restoring everything in as much detail as i can!
Thanks again for you advice.
Jigenjuke:
Yeah, I hear you. The SI board sets are becoming more and more rare. I find that every once in a while one will pop up on ebay. If you are interested I can look here in Japan and see what I can come up with. While working cabinets are quite expensive the board sets are not too much so (go figure).
Hmmm I take that back. I found quite a few just by doind a web search but they seem to be in the 45,000 to 55,000 yen rank which is about $500-580 US dollars. Hmmmm that kind of make things a little spendy. I have seen quite a few of these cabinets with a Scramble board set installed. I quite enjoy playing scramble. There is a board set on Ebay now.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Stern-Scramble-Arcade-Circuit-Board-PCB-1981-Works-/320636978361?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4aa77404b9
I think that would make a great restoration project, as your cabinet held the game at one time. I agree with you about Space War. It just wasn't very exciting. If you want put a Konami game into the cabinet you might think about these...
http://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=9883
There is one on ebay now
http://cgi.ebay.com/SUPER-COBRA-arcade-video-game-board-59-/150543888512?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item230d1d7080
Actually after looking for a little bit I found your exact cabinet. It was not Frankened out. It was originally a SPACE KING released by Konami in 1978. Pretty cool. Follow the link and scroll down. You will see your exact cabinet. If you could find a board set for that it would be pretty cool.
http://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=9671
Jigenjuke
pommie2000:
Woooow You found it :applaud:
That's awesome mate, thanks a million.
Ill dig around now to see the probability of getting a PCB.
KLOV Quote "Very Rare - There are no known instances of this game owned by one of our members." :o
Failing that, my own personal favourites which would suit would be Moon Cresta, Phoenix or Dig Dug but yeah i gotta hold out to see if i can restore it back to the original format.
You know the cab still has the original joystick and buttons too ;D
Jigenjuke:
Yep all original hardware except the boards. If you want me too I will see if I can find the board here in Japan. I think that the bootleg SI clones should not be too expensive. 8)