Are these good buys??

[markt]

Time Soldiers at $149.00 and Escape from the planet of robot monsters at $149.00
Both units work and are in good shape.
I don't remember either machine from the arcades.

[horseboy]

Well if it still looks like this...



I would certainly get it.

Time Soldiers will probably be in some generic jamma cab, but if it is in good shape it could be something to think about.

[Xam]

I remember time soldiers. My friend and I used to tear that game up! If it is in reasonable condition...It seems like a good deal at $149.

any pics?

Xam

[markt]

Well I bought both games, both play well and have good picture.
cabs are generic with the game artwork and marques.
Will post pics later.

[markt]

B.T.W does anyone know how to set these games for freeplay??

[grantspain]

probably dil switches on the game pcb

[CheffoJeffo]

Find the manuals ... start at the wiki wiki wiki wiki wiki wiki wiki wiki wiki wiki wiki wiki wiki wiki wiki wiki wiki wiki wiki wiki wiki wiki wiki wiki wiki wiki wiki wiki wiki wiki wiki wiki wiki wiki wiki wiki wiki wiki wiki wiki wiki wiki wiki wiki wiki wiki wiki wiki wiki wiki wiki wiki wiki wiki wiki wiki

Cheers.

[markt]

pics

[btp2k2]

OMG you so suck!

Lucky bastard!!!! I LOVE Time Soldiers!

Great find!

[markt]

Thanks CheffoJeffo, looking through the sites on the wiki I found the dip switch settings for the time soldiers game but no luck on the escape from the planet of the robot monsters game.

[Xam]

Nice finds for a buck 49 each. BTP is right...you do suck...LOL!

Congrats on the finds.

Xam

[Crowquill]

Not a bad price. Especially for decent games worth playing. I remember playing Time Soldiers quite a bit back in the day.

www.crazykong.com has the manual for the EFPRM kit. To enter the test mode it says:
"turn on one of the two self-test switches. One switch is on the audio PCB, the other switch is on the edge of the game PCB. Free play is among the "Bonus Adder" options in the Coin Options.

The manual for Time Soldiers is there too.

Both games I believe are technically JAMMA, so swapping games out in the cabinets is an option. The biggest hurdle is that you also managed to get two games that use unusual joysticks. I think the rotary sticks in Time Soldiers will work with standard JAMMA, but the vertical monitor might be limiting. The Hall Effect joysticks on EFPRM pretty much make that one impossible to swap games easily.

I'd guess that EFPRM is in either a Sega convert-a-cab (like Frogger) or one of the many bootleg cabinets that were based on that design. The way the monitor is mounted (upright instead of leaning back) is the same as the bootleg cab that I made into my MAME cab. But then again, you should never underestimate the changes that operators made in the process of conversions. I'm guessing the other one is a Taito cab  . The KLOV pic of Stratovox seems to be pretty much identical, but Taito used these for most games from that time period.