Arcade Collecting > Restorations & repair
"Fighter Pilots Needed In Sector Wars... Play Astro Blaster Restoration"
yotsuya:
--- Quote from: harveybirdman on November 22, 2016, 02:34:21 pm ---I've been getting spoiled with 8bit's restores, but sometimes you gotta bathe in the authenticity.
Incidentally, with the exception of Star Castles, I really hate no joystick games.
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Yeah, if the sides were totally trashed I would have probably gone full restore, but there's an inherent beauty in a wood cab that gets lost if you add Full Griff it.
yotsuya:
Thanks for all the kind words. I initially toyed with the idea of replacing all the wood sides, but ultimately this is just a game that I love to play. What's interesting about this cabinet is that it has the teal-colored marquee and bezel which I think was only found on the white factory cabinets. Almost all the wood grain Astro Blaster cabinets I've seen pictures of or in real life have been the dark Blue Bezel and Marquee.
I know this cabinet spent time on the Arizona, Mexico border in a small town called Douglas. That in itself I find fascinating.
harveybirdman:
How is attract mode? Do you get the voice? The ambiance in Casa de Yotsuya is palpable already, I imagine this would only add to it.
yotsuya:
--- Quote from: harveybirdman on November 22, 2016, 05:57:14 pm ---How is attract mode? Do you get the voice? The ambiance in Casa de Yotsuya is palpable already, I imagine this would only add to it.
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Yes! It rocks to hear the synthetic voice call out every few minutes in the game room. It's like I'm back at the drugstore with my grandmother and the game wants me to play it.
harveybirdman:
:cheers:
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