Did I ever write I that I love this forum ? I think I did, but I think I will do it again:
I love this forum !!!
In the thread about the Williams FCPGA board I put up a question if there were any Williams cabs drawings around to build a replica. I also mentioned that Williams cabs are so hard to find here (except for a number of Defenders I've seen for sale here). Luigi from Germany (who has helped me out two times before already ! Thanks my friend !!) replied with a link to the drawings but even better, mentioned he thought he could get a Joust for me !
I was _baffled_ when I read that.........I've never seen a Joust overhere in the real, let alone one for sale.....
So, Luigi called his friend, the cab was still there and for sale and he picked it up for me !!
I know you want pictures so here goes:
Right side looks great:
The modded CP, not too badly modded
Looks like Zaccaria joysticks in there, and some of those Italian buttons I've seen once before. Wonder if they're ms or leaf....notice that the p2 stick is on the place where the flap button used to be....
Hey look, it has a European coin door ! That's interesting....
Left side:
Inside, a Hantarex monitor:
Jamma adapter begging for a multi-Willams FCPGA board
Switcher PSU already in there too
Think it looks great. It's much better looking than I had expected. The cab has been converted to play Jamma games so that is now actually a pretty nice feature because I was planning this for Jrok's multi-Williams board from the start, which _is_ Jamma
As you can see they added some extra start buttons on the front on the CP, so I think they used the original start buttons as 2nd action button for the Jamma games.
I will be installing a Multi-Williams CP (from Arcadeshop) on it anyway. Another good friend from BYOAC and KLOV forums, Shillmover, is working on creating some nice artwork that will nicely fit the Joust cab.
Here's a pic:
(Here's the thread about all the versions he made:
http://forums.webmagic.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=2&Number=970746&page=3&fpart=1&vc=1)
The monitor is supposed to be working although a bit slow starting. We'll see about that (caps ?).
I guess I'll also need a Joust marquee. (Although it might just be turned around ??) I'm not planning on putting a multi-williams marquee up there, they're too busy for my taste and I love the Joust one.
I always loved Joust. I never played it on the real cab until I went up to Funspot in 2006. I played it a lot on the Atari 8-bit series (pretty good conversion) and later the Atari ST. I love it for it's unique, manic gameplay.
The added games of the multi-williams board are a big plus, although I'm not to keen on Defender's controls, at least I could try to master it a bit
I love Robotron too, although I'm not (yet) good at it).
Anyway, I will be picking this cab up next saturday. Expect some "road-trip" pictures here. I will have to drive about 4,5 hours into Germany to get to Luigi's place. It will be great to meet him and be able to see (and play) his collection of cabs which is HUGE !