Author Topic: Dirt Cheap Space Invaders Cocktail [Chicago] (Read 4083 times)

Crazy Cooter · « **on:** September 06, 2005, 05:12:55 pm »

Not mine. Anyone able to pick it up?

Ninja Supremacist · « **Reply #1 on:** September 06, 2005, 06:46:43 pm »

My neighbor's car... anybody able to pick it up?

Did you inherit the table?

Crazy Cooter · « **Reply #2 on:** September 06, 2005, 08:13:00 pm »

Nope, I've only seen a picture of it.

Stingray · « **Reply #3 on:** September 07, 2005, 10:50:55 am »

Good lord man, don't let them throw it out! I'll pay shipping if it's just going to get dumped, and I already have a Space Invaders cocktail!

-S

AmericanDemon · « **Reply #4 on:** September 07, 2005, 01:02:40 pm »

Is it IN Chicago or near to it? Also can you post that pic?

I would be up for the trip for the free cabinet, I believe. It would have to be on Sunday though!

Stingray · « **Reply #5 on:** September 07, 2005, 02:42:00 pm »

I hope you can manage to rescue it. My offer stands to cover shipping if it's going to be trashed.

-S

ChadTower · « **Reply #6 on:** September 07, 2005, 02:51:29 pm »

A Space Invaders cocktail with upgraded woofer would rock a whole room.

Bloinkxp · « **Reply #7 on:** September 07, 2005, 03:48:02 pm »

Link?
I am in Chicago and would love grab it.

AmericanDemon · « **Reply #8 on:** September 07, 2005, 04:30:37 pm »

Hey Cooter. 3 of us standing by.

I will recede my pickup offer if BloinkXP is closer. Saves me a 4 hour trip. lol.

ChadTower · « **Reply #9 on:** September 07, 2005, 04:41:15 pm »

I say BloinkXP is disqualified for making me try to figure out how to pronounce BloinkXP.

Bloinkxp · « **Reply #10 on:** September 07, 2005, 05:31:34 pm »

Ugh.
I was desperate to use Bloink on Anandtech Forums; Calvin and Hobbes Scientific Progress goes Boink...but I thought it was Bloink. To make matters worse someone has used Bloink in the past, so I threw and XP on it, because I was amused by all the products (at the time) changing their to Blank Blank XP...
Now I am stuck with it...

Tragically,
David (BloinkXP)

Stingray · « **Reply #11 on:** September 08, 2005, 10:03:24 am »

Quote from: ChadTower on September 07, 2005, 02:51:29 pm

A Space Invaders cocktail with upgraded woofer would rock a whole room.

It rocks the room with the standard speaker. With an upgraded subwoofer it would probably tear open a hole into another dimension.

-S

ChadTower · « **Reply #12 on:** September 08, 2005, 10:07:59 am »

Hrm... now I think an upcoming project for me is a woofer upgrade for my Space Duel.

Crazy Cooter · « **Reply #13 on:** September 08, 2005, 10:50:23 am »

I shot out a message to them but I think it may be out in the rain... we'll see. I asked for a direct phone number that I'll pass on.

gnateye · « **Reply #14 on:** September 08, 2005, 10:56:56 am »

is this thing still floating around? i will go save it after work tonight if its still out there, just drop me and email natty-at-cosmicbreaks.com

im outta work after 6pm and in chicago! id hate to see this go in the trash or the rain

MustardTent · « **Reply #15 on:** September 08, 2005, 11:23:54 am »

I would also be interested in this if still available -- I'm in the Chicago area as well.

Stingray · « **Reply #16 on:** September 08, 2005, 12:21:30 pm »

I hope one of you guys are able to save it before it gets water damaged. If the person who rescues it (assuming restoration is feasable and intended) needs any pics of what the insides are supposed to look like drop me a PM.

-S

gnateye · « **Reply #17 on:** September 09, 2005, 10:22:39 am »

any word onthis thing? did someone get it i hope. we've dodged the rain so far but it may rain tonight so if its still out there please let us know ASAP and where it is i will go savethis bad boy from the garbage and the rain!

natty-at-cosmicbreaks.com

or at least chime in if its been saved already

Stingray · « **Reply #18 on:** September 09, 2005, 11:40:03 am »

Seriously Crazy Cooter, the suspense is killing us. Please tell me this thing has been saved so I can stop worrying and sleep at night again.

-S

Crazy Cooter · « **Reply #19 on:** September 10, 2005, 11:52:16 pm »

Bloink has the guys phone # now. I asked him to PM it down the line if he doesn't grab it.

Crazy Cooter · « **Reply #20 on:** September 11, 2005, 12:04:00 pm »

There's a Jungle Hunt cabinet with Jungle King board in the area too.

Bloinkxp · « **Reply #21 on:** September 11, 2005, 03:49:26 pm »

Passed the PM to gnateye...

Wife had "issues" with another arcade thingie.

gnateye · « **Reply #22 on:** September 12, 2005, 12:57:09 pm »

im pickin this up tonight, im psyched. thanx all!

Stingray · « **Reply #23 on:** September 12, 2005, 03:29:49 pm »

Sweet gnateye! Congrats.

I'm so glad that somebody saved it.

-S

Crazy Cooter · « **Reply #24 on:** September 12, 2005, 07:21:44 pm »

No problem. Good to hear it's not out in the rain. So we'll be seeing this thing in the Project Announcement area soon right?

Stingray · « **Reply #25 on:** September 13, 2005, 11:32:15 am »

Quote from: Crazy Cooter on September 12, 2005, 07:21:44 pm

No problem. Good to hear it's not out in the rain.
So we'll be seeing this thing in the Project Announcement area soon right?

I certainly hope so. My offer to take detailed pics of any area that may help
with the restoration still stands. I look forward to seeing more of this one.

-S

gnateye · « **Reply #26 on:** September 13, 2005, 11:46:55 am »

i picked it up last night, beautiful cab, very, very nice guy. slight lack of communication somewhere along the line. i was under the impression he was throwing this thing out and i was saving it, he was under the impression i was bringing him 75$ for it, which i wasnt. so i shook his hand, thanked him for his time and left, i wasnt in the market to buy a new cab, i just couldnt stomach any getting thrown out.

as i was getting in the car, he called out to me, and said "just take it, my wife will kill me if it doesnt get out of the garage" i was all like "are you sure? i dont want to guilt you into this?" and he was sure, so i did get it for free after all, what a very nice guy. made my night.

my main question about this cab is, what is the monitor? its a 19" wells gardner, there is no color overlay though like i was anticipating... it looks brand new in there though, i even found a quarter in the coin box, so i made money on the deal

heres a link to my ophoto with pics of the cab if anyone is interested, but you have to get thru a few random family pics first, sorry

http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=3rzfta9z.cdlgijjf&x=0&y=y9pr3c

the glass silkscreening is awesome! its such a cool cab.

ChadTower · « **Reply #27 on:** September 13, 2005, 11:55:29 am »

Sounds to me like he tried to maneuver $75 from you after the free deal had been made. I've had that done to me several times. The person just wants to be rid of it, then decides it's worth money, so when you get there they want "a little something for it". They act all nice about it but it's premeditated most of the time.

I went to pick up a pin last year that a woman wanted me to take from them. She was very clear, she wanted it gone, no price, just come and take it. Hadn't worked in 12 years. When I got there her husband answered the door and told me it was worth hundreds of dollars (it wasn't) and he wanted to negotiate a price. After looking, I told him the original deal stood, I would haul it off for free. The husband and wife then got into a huge fight over it while I stood there, she won and he stormed out. Her 14 year old son helped me move it. Not quite the same as here, but stuff like this happens all the time.

Stingray · « **Reply #28 on:** September 13, 2005, 12:11:43 pm »

Looks really great condition wise. The game boards and the back door (which they mount to) seem to be the only things missing. I'm fairly sure that the upright & the cocktail use the same boards, but you'll want to confirm that. Either way they should be pretty easy to find. I see SI stuff on ebay all the time.

FYI, this is what the back door assembly with the boards mounted to it looks like.

A few more shots of mine here.

-S

gnateye · « **Reply #29 on:** September 13, 2005, 12:59:48 pm »

anyone have a spare door for one of these? i was just gonna use a piece of masonite but the color is different.

and is this b/w monitor? i think it is, but the lack of color overlay has me confused do you have any pics of yours in action?

gnateye · « **Reply #30 on:** September 13, 2005, 01:01:40 pm »

oh yeah one more question, is ther an on/off switch on this somewhere or do you just plug it in to turn it on?

ChadTower · « **Reply #31 on:** September 13, 2005, 01:05:56 pm »

If there isn't an on switch, wire one in. IMO, all cabs should have an on switch.

Stingray · « **Reply #32 on:** September 13, 2005, 02:25:47 pm »

I think there's a switch on the bottom, but it's so difficult to get to that I just unplug mine when not in use.

The monitor is black and white. As far as I know the cocktails never had a color overlay. However, I bought one on ebay for mine that was made for an upright. It works fine on a cocktail.

Finding a back door could be tricky. It's got that "faux leather" grain on it. You could always make one to use temporarily until you find the correct one. It's not like it a complex part, and that side would normally go against the wall anyway. If you like, I'll take mine off and shoot you some detailed pics of the door.

-S

gnateye · « **Reply #33 on:** September 13, 2005, 02:38:00 pm »

thats cool, i'll jus stick with my original plan to use a piece of masonite until i can find a real one.

thanx for all your help

Stingray · « **Reply #34 on:** September 13, 2005, 02:42:28 pm »

Quote from: Stingray on September 13, 2005, 02:25:47 pm

As far as I know the cocktails never had a color overlay. However, I bought one on ebay for mine that was made for an upright. It works fine on a cocktail.

I should add that it works fine except that the colors get reversed for player 2.

-S

ChadTower · « **Reply #35 on:** September 13, 2005, 02:54:10 pm »

Guess why the cocktail doesn't have an overlay?

gnateye · « **Reply #36 on:** September 13, 2005, 03:21:02 pm »

ding ding ding, i get it now

Stingray · « **Reply #37 on:** September 13, 2005, 03:35:03 pm »

It's really not that big of a deal. One way around you get red on the top and green on the bottom, other way around you get green on the top & red on the bottom. I'm not even sure those are the correct colors, but you get the idea.

-S

crsdawg · « **Reply #38 on:** September 13, 2005, 04:20:21 pm »

congrats on the free game.

fyi, if your looking for a boardset try contacting elektronforge. they specialize in midway b/w games. he sells fully working boardsets w/ warranty for $150 they might have the door as well. you could probably buy one on ebay for less but buyer beware.

good luck with your project.

Crazy Cooter · « **Reply #39 on:** September 15, 2005, 04:38:06 pm »

LOL. I didn't know anything about $75 either. It was on ebay at one time with a $9.95 minimum that nobody acted on.

Glad to hear it worked out though.


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