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cbmeeks:

People, I could be wrong but that looks like particle board and not MDF.

Of course, my MDF cab may not last 22 years but I plan on having more by then

cb

Tiger-Heli:


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--- Quote from: Tiger-Heli on June 11, 2004, 02:07:25 pm ---No it doesn't, that was ChazMan, I was thinking of, not ChadTower.  My apologies to ChadTower for the confusion.

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Oh man, I was starting to get a bit pissed there before I saw the confusion clear up.  Heh.

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Sorry again for that . . .

--- Quote ---Basically, if you look at the bottom of that cab, it looks like the MDF is coming apart.  If the MDF is that bad, the guy is claiming its a Frogger cab with no visible evidence... I'm betting the monitor isn't described properly and that the seams on the cab itself are probably crappy too.  IMO, only the monitor for that thing is worth anything at all and I don't believe his description based on the visual evidence and auction title.
That's why I say it's junk.

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Well . . .  Frogger cabinets had a very distinctive shape, which that cab matches, the seller says the monitor came from a Perfect Billiards conversion, and he's only asking 0.01 for it.  Not something I'd buy, but I think it's a fair auction.

MonitorGuru:

This *IS HIGHLY LIKELY* a frogger cab.

As the other poster said, Frogger is a distinctive cabinet. Dont let the monitor orientation fool you.

There were only a handful of Sega/Gremlin cabs that matched this profile:
- Frogger
- Astroblaster
- Carnival
- Space Fire Bird
- Pulsar
- Digger
- Invincio
- HeadOn
- HeadOn2
- DeepScan
- Depthcharge
- Blockade
- Moon Cresta
- Probably a couple other lesser known games as well.

Of which, Frogger, Astroblaster, Space Firebird, Moon Cresta and Blockade had woodgrained sides, the rest were plain white.


Since of that list only Frogger was made in any large numbers and likely to still be around,  there's pretty good money on it being a Frogger.  Also there may be keys inside as to it being a frogger like a certain power board or wiring or something, or perhaps the Sega/Gremlin sticker stating what it was.

Again, the cabinet is FAR from being garbage.  It could be easily fixed to make a nice Frogger (or other Sega game) or converted into Mame for those that like to do that.

RayB:

It could be Frogger but it could just as easily also be Astro Blaster, Time Pilot and any number of other Sega/Gremlin games that used that exact same cab.

As well, there are alot of generic cabinets out there that look EXACLTY like this, except the top corner is a little more rounded (or is it less rounded?) and the fake wood is darker. I have one of these. I could easily turn it into a Frogger and pass it off as original. The only giveaway would be those two things I just mentioned.

~Ray B.

http://images.webmagic.com/klov.com/images/F/cFrogger.jpg



ChadTower:

Well then... the experts have spoken!  Now I know better.   ;)

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