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Justin Z:
It's on Craigslist and the guy says he'll drop it off.  He says the monitor needs a cap kit.  I have not gone to look at it yet -- if I do, what do I need to look for?

Here is how he describes it:

So, clearing out the garage, and we came across this - quite forgotten we had it.

It's an Asteroids Deluxe, which means it doesn't have hyperspace, it has a shield instead. Otherwise it's the same game as the original.

Anyway, it's in pretty good condition for something 25 years old.

Now, does it work? It certainly does. However, the monitor needs a cap kit - something relatively easy to do. I just don't have the time myself. Basically it runs ok - sounds are heard etc, it's just that the screen draws everything with an additional line from the center of the screen, which means it's not turning off the raster when travelling from the center of the screen to where it wants to start drawing. A Cap kit should solve that.

So definitely bought as seen - I can demonstrate it to you on site :)

I can drop it off as long as you are withing 40 miles of Mesa.

He uses the term "raster" on a vector game so it sounds like he might have no idea what he's talking about, heh.

Any suggestions, ideas, tips?  Thanks a bunch.

Justin

Edited to add:  Also it's a cocktail, which adds to the charm, since I have an upright MAME machine.  It looks identical to the Missile Command cocktail we had when I was a kid as far as the body style, and in the pics anyway it appears to be in excellent condition.
Justin Z:
Pics . . .  You can hide anything in pictures, of course.



cw:
I would think that the top glass would be one thing to watch for... a monitor and pcb can be repaired but getting a new piece of glass would be the hard part..
somunny:
God, I've come to loathe AZ craigslist.  It's flooded with ads from those two warring game dealers!  :P
Justin Z:
Yeah, I hate those guys.  I report their posts as spam/repetitive/too corporate all the time.  Yeah we get it, you have a bunch of arcade games.  You don't need to post it 17 times a day.

The only reason I'm even looking at this is because it's a private seller.

I will definitely take a look at the glass.

Any tips on capping the monitor?  I have no such experience.
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