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Original Tempest spinner in wood panel?
paigeoliver:
dude, from what I have heard through the grapevine a lot of Tempest owners have actually been replacing their original spinners with the Oscar one.
foomench:
--- Quote from: Martoon on August 20, 2004, 09:16:33 pm ---It's just that the idea of knowing it's a "real" Tempest spinner appeals to me (guess it's a karma thing or something). And it has some NOS parts in it, so it's not in bad shape.
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Were you looking at that Tempest spinner on eBay? Just curious. BTW, a Tempest cabinet sans board and monitor (and power supply?) went for about $105 the other day. I almost bought it just for the parts (spinner, cone buttons, marquee, coin door, etc), but I didn't want to spend more than $75 plus shipping.
-foomench
NoOne=NBA=:
I'm all for authenticity on my cab--until it interferes with gameplay.
My reverse button is much closer to the joystick for Defender on my cab, Moon Patrol uses buttons for fwd/rev, and Tempest has the spinner on the left where it SHOULD have been.
I do have real Tron sticks on my cab though.
Not for authenticity, but because there is nothing I've ever seen that can replace them effectively.
Martoon:
--- Quote from: foomench on August 21, 2004, 12:02:44 am ---Were you looking at that Tempest spinner on eBay? Just curious.
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Yup, this one here:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6113236779
I decided against it (I think I'll go with Oscar's).