I picked up a new cabinet tonight. The ad stated it was a Galaga, but she had the board to convert it back to a "Galaxy" as she stated in the ad. She said it needed work, maybe the wires got moved when she moved the cabinet. But she said the cabinet was in good shape.
It turns out it is a Galaxian cabinet converted to a Galaga. It has the Galaga board, a Galaga CP (or something close to that), and a Galaga bezel and marquee. BUT, she also included the original Galaxian PCB, Galaxian control panel, Galaxian marquee, Galaxian bezel and almost never touched Galaxian service manual. And as a bonus, when I got home, I found she also included a brand new, never installed double Jamma adapter from mikesarcade.com. The original Mikes Arcade invoice was even in the box!
It turns out someone did quite a hack job on the wiring of the Galaga board. They soldered wires (long ones) directly to the edge connector, I believe as a makeshift Jamma adapter. The video is jumbled, although it booted to attract mode with garbled sound briefly in her garage.
Originally I was planning on painting the cabinet black and adding Galaga art, since that was the game I thought I was going to see (and Galaga is really the game I wanted in my collection). But considering its roots are Galaxian, maybe it would make more sense to restore the Galaxian art, but leave it a dual-board system. Anyone have any opinions on how I should proceed (
right, like anyone has any opinions on this board )?
Oh, did I mention that I got everything listed above for $200?