Time Soldiers?

[Magnet_Eye]

Hey, I know this guy has a working Time Soldiers for $150. Is it a worthwhile venture or a waste of time and money?

What are your thoughts?

thanks.

[MYX]

I was just watching one on e-bay. My brother used to play that for hours. It is up to you really, if it works and plays well, I would say go for it. How is the cab?

[coasternuts]

Geesh! A working pair of SNK rotaries goes for that much.

Go for it.  If it's disposabl income. 

[XtraSmiley]

Geesh! A working pair of SNK rotaries goes for that much.

Go for it.  If it's disposabl income. 

That's what I paid for some newish SNKs (with buttons and druin interface and an Ipac) but, yeah, I'd hope on it in a heartbeat.  I'd also MAME it for all the rotary games.  IMO though, I'd get a dedicated IKARI3 b/c it's the only dedicated vertical rotary that I can think of and I hate kit games.

[PCtech]

I'd buy it!

Great game for the time, and the rotary joysticks, can come in handy, if you ever wanted to convert the cab.

[Xam]

I would too! My friend and I used to rip that game to shreds!
I plan on building a second cab (course it would help to build the first before planning the second) for games like Time Soldiers and Ikari Warriors.

Xam

[vib_ribbon]

for a second i thought you meant 150 bucks for just the board... (too expensive!)

then i realised it's for the entire game & cab... go for it!

[Teknique]

I believe the rotaries are green top handles....  If you  decide on buying it, I am looking to trade a NOS yellow top handle for a green one so my 4player cab has joys and buttons of the same colors- send me a PM if interested. 

Tek

[clok]

good game (a bit to easy, but that doesnt matter). I had one with Yellow top Rotery sticks. It was a converted Dig Dug machine  It was almost perfect shape with the Original Dig-Dug manual inside and the board also. I sold it and a Mini Vs Basebal and Farout Pinball machine for $300 about 8 years ago....    wish I still had um now.


Clok

[spidermonkey]

The only game that used the green handled snk rotaries was "Calibur 50" by Seta. The green handled snk rotaries are optical and while they will work for all the MAME versions of the rotary games out there, they cannot be used as replacements for the yellow handled mechanical rotary snk sticks when using original hardware.

[u_rebelscum]

The only game that used the green handled snk rotaries was "Calibur 50" by Seta. The green handled snk rotaries are optical and ... they cannot be used as replacements for the yellow handled mechanical rotary snk sticks when using original hardware.

Be careful of appling this fact to what's out there.  There were some generic replacement copies:  There were some green machanicals.  There were some yellow opticals.  There were octogon handles of both colors.  There were some round handles of both colors.  Some of the generics could fit the snk handle plugs (on the top of the handle), so some arcade ops keep the brand name plugs, even though the handle wasn't snk.  AFAIK

(It's a good starting point, though.)

[MYX]

So... Did you buy it?