MJ Moonwalker Cabinet Plans

[CMIVXX]

Anyone got access to a moonwalker machine that could provide me with the "plans"?  The cabinet seems t have the overall basic dimensions that I would like to start with for my cab.  

Anychance someone nice could help me out?  

[the3eyedblindman]

Just wanna say that moonwalker is the best game ever, i dont care what anyone else thinks! Ive put alll my money in that machine at a full arcade, its the best! If i find the plans ill post them for you.

[paigeoliver]

Not sure if there are any actual dedicated 3 player moonwalkers left, I haven't seen one in over a decade.

[the3eyedblindman]

about 6 months ago they had one in an arcade by me, but they got rid of it, i think they sold it on ebay, so u know atleast one exists. Its kinda sad how cabinets fade away like that.

[originalself]

I hear their fading away because they have suicide batteries that are at the end of their life thease days and suposidly cant be revived. Most originals are going to be tough to find as they will prolly be converted. but who knows, i'll keep an eye open for specs on that cab.

[the3eyedblindman]

Couldnt they just repower them somehow? like take the boards and rewire them? its sad to just see them be converted.

[Kremmit]

Never saw that game "in the wild".  When this thread come up, I looked it up on KLOV- I cannot believe this was a real game:

"Michael has to rescue the children, kidnapped by Mr. BIG, using Bubbles the chimp and his moonwalking and dancing (smartbomb) skills."

"If Michael uses his Dance Magic, all the enemies on the screen will dance along with him and then they will all be eliminated."

"During each round, as Michael fight off the enemies, he will find some of the children who are held captive. He must touch each of them in order to free them. Some children give Michael special items such as a Dance Magic or some extra life-energy. Michael has to rescue all children in each and every round."

"Later in each round, Michael's pet chimpanzee Bubbles will be seen moving about and if he touches Bubbles, he will turn into a powerful robot called Moonwalker. After Michael has become Moonwalker, he will be able to shoot lasers and fire missles."

"After that, Michael will turn himself into a spaceship and escape from the Evil Fortress as it explodes."

Holy Crap!

[Jakobud]

Yeah its quite comical... and Mr Big is actually played by Danny DeVito too!

[Howard_Casto]

You are getting your type-cast italian actors mixed up.  It was Joe Pesci.  Btw... this game was based on a big deal made-for-tv movie that took over television one weekend in 86-88 which was promoted for months ahead of time.  The only explaination for not hearing of it I can think of is you don't watch television or you weren't born when the movie came out.  

Remember, this was pre cable concert specials and pre creepy jackson, so if it was a big deal and he did it, it took over prime time.  

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095655/

[danny_galaga]

Couldnt they just repower them somehow? like take the boards and rewire them? its sad to just see them be converted.

paigeoliver will be one of the guys to ask about this. but from what i understand, the battery keeps alive essential info for the game. info that isnt ROM, but more RAM i guess. so when the battery dies so does the essentil info. however, thanks to the good work of the emulators i reckon there would be a way of restoring that info in an original machine and maybe making it permanent. certainly the MAME version seems to work fine...

[paigeoliver]

Moonwalker does have that issue, but so do a lot of games. I just think all the dedicated Moonwalkers got  converted to fighting games.