Author Topic: I now haz Moon Patrol!!! (Read 2151 times)

yotsuya · « **on:** December 31, 2012, 01:15:30 am »

First of all, many, many props to our own GriffinDodd for assisting me with getting this machine. It's one of my all-time favorites, and he was good enough to sell it to me. All I had to do was give my wife a weekend in San Digeo in order to get it. Drove 6 hours each way, spent two and a half relaxing days in one of my favorite cities, and had the pleasure of meeting one of our own and his family. I also got to see the Revolution and the WeeTail in person. The photos do neither justice. Both are excellent examples of true BYOACing.

I plan to do a full restore this spring/summer, but in the mean time, the game works, the nostalgia is flowing, and I owe GriffinDodd a ton of gratitude. That's why this hobby is such a great one.

CoryBee · « **Reply #1 on:** December 31, 2012, 01:20:21 am »

+1 for California builders

PL1 · « **Reply #2 on:** December 31, 2012, 01:31:43 am »

You beat Frank to the deal.

Bet you paid better than his offer of a few cheezburgers, too.

Scott

Jumpman64 · « **Reply #3 on:** December 31, 2012, 08:41:32 am »

Sweet!

Le Chuck · « **Reply #4 on:** December 31, 2012, 08:51:39 am »

Sweet score!

wp34 · « **Reply #5 on:** December 31, 2012, 02:04:18 pm »

Nice score! Moon Patrol is awesome.

Nice that you could have a little vacation around your road trip. Good idea.

paigeoliver · « **Reply #6 on:** December 31, 2012, 04:09:39 pm »

Granted I can't see the whole thing, but that looks so nice that it may not even need much.

Congratulations. Moon Patrol is definitely high up on the list of games I want that I have never owned.

Le Chuck · « **Reply #7 on:** December 31, 2012, 04:32:45 pm »

It's nice to see somebody greying gracefully too, that is, unless you're just between your "Just for Men" hair treatments...

yotsuya · « **Reply #8 on:** December 31, 2012, 05:16:44 pm »

Quote from: Le Chuck on December 31, 2012, 04:32:45 pm

It's nice to see somebody greying gracefully too, that is, unless you're just between your "Just for Men" hair treatments...

I'm in Education, bro. Been greying since I was 23.

The cab itself would be fine in a dark row with other machines. It needs a good once over, like GriffinDodd posted, but it's not falling apart or anything like that. And the game works, which was most important on the list. No way my wife would go with me 700 miles round trip for something that didn't work.

yotsuya · « **Reply #9 on:** December 31, 2012, 07:23:37 pm »

Ok, first thing I did today was change the plug to a grounded one, since it didn't have one. Did all my crimping and splicing and ... nothing. Check my connections... nothing. Look up, see the interlock switch....

Pulled it out to on, it fires right up!

I've been woodgluing internal wood strips that came apart. So far, so good!

Automark · « **Reply #10 on:** December 31, 2012, 10:23:19 pm »

where is the "i am jealous icon"¿

cw · « **Reply #11 on:** January 01, 2013, 01:26:25 pm »

Great game!

http://www.wimp.com/moonsurface/

yotsuya · « **Reply #12 on:** January 01, 2013, 01:35:40 pm »

I'm going to have to rebuild the back doors on this can. I meant, I don't need to, but I think it would be fun. It currently has one long door that works well, but I would like to look into rebuilding it to be originalish.

Le Chuck · « **Reply #13 on:** January 01, 2013, 01:55:34 pm »

Quote from: yotsuya on January 01, 2013, 01:35:40 pm

I'm going to have to rebuild the back doors on this can. I meant, I don't need to, but I think it would be fun. It currently has one long door that works well, but I would like to look into rebuilding it to be originalish.

My can has one back door too. Not sure what I'd do with a second one but I've had plenty of folks offer to tear me a new one over the years

yotsuya · « **Reply #14 on:** January 01, 2013, 04:23:00 pm »

Althought it's a pretty sweet can that I have, I meant to type cab.

Well Fed Games · « **Reply #15 on:** January 01, 2013, 09:19:21 pm »

Love love love this game. Awesome music, background scrolling, and "personality" of the rover (like how it tucks its wheels up when it jumps). Congrats Yotsuya!

yotsuya · « **Reply #16 on:** January 01, 2013, 09:34:50 pm »

Yeah, I played the crap out of this on the 2600 as a kid. I love this game and I'm so happy to add it to my burgeoning collection.

yotsuya · « **Reply #17 on:** January 02, 2013, 11:53:02 pm »

So apparently my cat is getting into this "I Can Haz" meme...

PL1 · « **Reply #18 on:** January 03, 2013, 01:18:57 am »

Your kitteh looks like he's telling Frank, "U no can haz--iz Yotsuya's score and I guardz it."

Scott

Louis Tully · « **Reply #19 on:** January 03, 2013, 06:54:25 am »

Gray_Area · « **Reply #20 on:** January 04, 2013, 10:55:00 pm »

KI-TTEH!


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