PLEASE! Help me identify THIS MACHINE(SOLVED)

[Chris John Hunter]

Hello friends and fellow Retroheads. I have just stumbled apon an arcade cab on Ebay


which is being listed as Bubble Bobble. Being a massive fan of BB it is not a variant I have seen or know of.

Its buttons are big multi buttons which I have only seen copies of recently.

It has a big bubbly bezel and has an interesting shape to the cab.

If anyone can help identify it please I would be grateful. Its really annoying me now because I want to know. It looks so unusual. I know someone has put Bubble Bobble artwork on it but is this an ORIGINAL MACHINE, a put in another cab jamma job or what?

Opinions much appreciated

Many thanks

CJ Hunter

[Malenko]

Looks like an Atari System 2 cab to me.

Reference:
http://forums.arcade-museum.com/showthread.php?t=185114

[PL1]

Sounds good -- other than the footrests and the forward angle by the marquee.



All the System 2 cabs I found with a similar base had the angled footrests and the top angle on the side leaned back instead of forward. 


Scott

[Chris John Hunter]

I don't think its one of those either. The buttons are weird.

[PL1]

I don't think its one of those either. The buttons are weird.

Hence my pointing out that the footrest and marquee bend being different from most System 2 cabs, but there are several variations of System 2 cabs.

Can you get a better shot of the serial number plates on the back, especially the black+white one on the upper left?

An Atari System 2 cab probably would have the Atari logo like the serial number plate on Joel's Paperboy.



Check on the inside, especially on the back door, for other identifying marks as well.

This cab has probably been converted several times.

The 3-in-one buttons are often used so operators don't have to drill more button holes in the CP when converting to a game that needs more buttons than the CP has holes.


Scott

[Chris John Hunter]

This one's got BV on it. And I know that is Dutch for Limited Company. Then its got another name saying UK.

I think its some kind of mashup. Someones ripped out the internals and created something I would say new but bloody odd. Not an attractive cab by any means.

Just wondering what it was/original game etc. The guy has it down as Bubble Bobble but none i've seen

[opt2not]

Looks pretty similar to the generic BAS (or Brent Leisure videoplay), Silverline or AMR Jamma Cabinets that were released all over in Europe. Perhaps it's a variant on those cabs:

[Chris John Hunter]

Good shout Bryan, it probably is. But it just bugs me the guys offering it as a Bubble Bobble but its not. Grrrr

[Malenko]

Good shout Bryan, it probably is. But it just bugs me the guys offering it as a Bubble Bobble but its not. Grrrr

thats something youre gonna just have to deal with. People here sell converted Xenophobes as "dedicated" Mortal Kombats

[chopperthedog]

I thought bubble bobble was only a conversion kit, so that would be the dedicated cab.



good day.

[Chris John Hunter]

Thank you Good Day. But no. I love Bubble Bobble.  ! That's probably why I've thrown a   hissy.
Malenko yeah fair point.