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Robotron Restoration - new to the forum
Mauzy:
Cool find! Do you have any pictures? I've never seen Robotron art converted into Joust. Sounds like you might have found an oddity as you don't see too many games that get converted into a game from the same year the original from the cab came out (Joust and Robotron are both from 1982)
frailn:
--- Quote ---Cool find! Do you have any pictures? I've never seen Robotron art converted into Joust. Sounds like you might have found an oddity as you don't see too many games that get converted into a game from the same year the original from the cab came out (Joust and Robotron are both from 1982)
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I'll take some pics tonight when I get home from work. Yep, the inspection stamp inside the cab says "1982"! Robotron art is definitely under the Joust art - it might be hard to capture on my digital camera, but I'll give it a try. The black latex paint is coming off fairly easily with the Goof Off 2, but the joust art is a bit stubborn. I have to lean a little bit in the right light, but I can faintly see those diagonal lines from the Robotron logo...
frailn:
Pics as promised!
Goof Off 2 doing it's work. I see some joust!
Robotron artwork peeking through.
Full cab pic
Inside. The control panel wiring is hanging down. Need to secure that!
IREM Skins game PCB. It works!
Here's the IREM Skins marquee that I pulled out.
And the control panel. It had a piece of metal, then black vinyl, then some plexiglass on top. Think I'll just start from scratch rather than try to save this...
Mauzy:
Thats really weird. It looks like it was repainted at the factory, but I can't see Williams having "too many Robotrons". If Robotron wasn't popular, it wouldn't be uncommon as manufacturers sometimes cannibalized crappy games to cut cost on something popular or new like Radarscopes being converted to Donkey Kong and Bosconian into Galaga, both occurring at the factory.
You seem to have something unique there!
Also, 1000th post. Yay for me!
Kevin Mullins:
That's definitely a Robotron style cabinet, as the Joust was originally a bit different.
Unusual for them to make that sort of "conversion". But they did come out about the same time, so anything is possible.
Any sort of paper tags left inside from Williams?
(usually stapled somewhere)
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