Arcade Collecting > Restorations & repair
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TOK:
--- Quote from: Spyridon on March 30, 2009, 03:53:50 pm ---
Yeah, I tried this one in MAME as well. Totally unplayable. Let me know when you want to make the 2 hour drive (maybe a little less) to come up and play it.
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Thanks Spyridon, thats a very nice offer! :cheers:
RayB:
Looks great. Can we see a screen shot too?
This is one of those games where being 10 or 11 years old, I just got ---my bottom--- blown within seconds. Is it very fun? How does the game progress?
Spyridon:
--- Quote from: RayB on April 03, 2009, 11:51:47 am ---Looks great. Can we see a screen shot too?
This is one of those games where being 10 or 11 years old, I just got ---my bottom--- blown within seconds. Is it very fun? How does the game progress?
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Only ones I had available right now:
From KLOV:
This game is very fun and challenging. You have to get used to the control mechanism. There is also some strategy. Do I jump in the slower big tank that can get hit twice before exploading, or do I take the quicker, more nimble small tank that can only take one hit?
After you compete the first level it starts over but at a higher difficulty. I'm guessing if you got good enough it would become repetative, but I'm nowhere near good enough for that.
Spyridon:
Finally getting some time to work on this. Time to replace the old control panel overlay.
First step is to remove the panel
Remove all the controls
Heat gun and a scraper makes quick work of the old overlay
A coating of Citristrip will take off the adhesive that was left behind.
Next up is to remove any rust and prime the panel. Carriage bolts will need to be sanded and then I will paint them brown to match the panel. This will be my first use of an ink jet repro so we'll see how well it goes on.
HanoiBoi:
This was one of my favorites as a 'kid' too and as a matter of fact, just tried it in MAME today. It doesn't look to be configurable for a spinner. I guess because the original was an 8 way click spinner?
I tried setting it up so that my left joystick controlled my movement and the right joy controlled my aim (similar to Robotron). I configured the two closest buttons to the right joy (aim) to be fire/grenade. Not ideal, of course, but I was able to finish the first screen on my 2nd attempt.
I imagine a trigger joy with at least 2 buttons would work as well, assuming you don't have the push spinner.
BTW, I'm in PA too, about 45 min. from Philly. Maybe we can carpool? ;)
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