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| ArtMAME:
I got this Williams cabinet off of death row at the Griffin GA auction in February, which housed a non-working Street Fighter II. Kinda wierd, at first I thought it was a Robotron in an alternate cabinet style per KLOV. But the sides come down to the control panel like a Bubbles or Sinistar... :dunno I have a Robotron cabinet, and both are the same exact width. Could have been a Joust but the sides just below the CP are sharper than a Joust or MP... :dunno To further confuse things... The control panel (which has SFII controls) looks like it used to be a Defender or Stargate because it has a filled in 2-way up/down joystick slot on the left side and several other filled-in holes that look like a Defender/SG layout. Have not been able to peek under the wood-grained formica siding to see if there is any original artwork... Not a big deal, but just wondering if anybody had ever seen a cabinet like this one... My best guess would be that it is an alternate Williams cabinet style, or it was either a Joust or Bubbles and some joker cut the bottom sides this way when he installed the crappy wood-grained formica siding on it. Plus it was a Defender or Stargate at one time... :dunno |
| Crowquill:
Do you know for sure it's a Williams cab? Some of the bootleg cabs came in copies of popular cabs. That might explain the slight differences and the cheesy woodgrain sides too. Most operators wouldn't have taken the time and expense of covering the sides with anything more than black paint. But then again, maybe your machine was really loved :) The control panel could just be transplanted from a different cab. My Crazy Kong cab is close enough to a Sega cab that a Frogger control panel fits on it. I'm not that familiar with the Williams cabs, but I'd imagine swapping panels between them is possible (with a bit of work). |
| ArtMAME:
It is definitely a Williams cabinet. I have a Robotron cabinet that I restored, was a Capcom game when I got it: http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=63639.0 This mystery cab is identical in dimensions and hardware scheme as my Robotron. It has the same type of coin box with the tubes sticking out of it, same coin doors, same handle in the back, same rear doors, same bezel, same Williams monitor shelf, same construction throughout. The only exception is that the bottom front part of the mystery cab is made from MDF, while the rest of the cabinet is plywood. The Robotron bottom front is plywood. I actually got this cab for spare parts to my Robotron restoration. They had about 100+ dead cabs at this auction, and about 40% or them were Williams cabs... Robotrons, Jousts, Defenders, Stargates, etc... All but 2 or 3 had wood-grain formica sides... such a shame I could not take them all... They also had lots of other cabs with wood-grain formica... not just Williams cabs, but many other types. I got a Track and Field cab with the same wood-grain formica that same day. From what I gather, most or all of these converted cabs came from the same op somewhere in Texas... most had the same generic CPO, marquee scheme, tax tags, and siding... must have been a huge operation. |
| SirPeale:
Show us the front. |
| ArtMAME:
--- Quote from: Peale on March 25, 2007, 06:40:10 am ---Show us the front. --- End quote --- |
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