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garnerb350:


--- Quote from: RayB on September 16, 2009, 10:59:19 am ---
What do you mean when you say 'Namco' cabs? Do you mean the classic MIDWAY ?


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That what i was unsure about...It blows my mind how you guys here can tell what cab went with what game...( I guess years of experience)...The guy who i got the cabs from ....his exact words were "generic Namco cabs"...When he said namco...i automatilly thought, pac-man, galaga, etc...( the old block style cabs )
but when i got there to pick them up...they looked like old frogger cabs...( that side panel design and wood grain lamanmate...

The only thing I was able to notice was that bootleg marquee...the burn-in on the screen....and one red balltop joystick...the other cab had a bezel art...something like missles launching from both sides...

The owner got the cabs from somebody years ago, and he was going to try to restore one...but i guess his health went downhill and he didnt have time to continue working on them. I can see why, because I'm so sore from loading and unloading those heavy cabs...

Does anybody know where I can find any info on those Universal cabs? I'm searching but I cant find anything web wise...all I get is tickets offers for Universal Studios....

RayB:

What info are you looking for?

PS: Don't MAME.


THE POKER BRAT:

well just from my experience,..take the better (UNIVERSAL) cabinet,.
you can play both games on one cab, but just be sure to add the fire button or switch control panels (which is easier to do) take the other universal cabinet and sell / trade / donate /or junk the other,.
and begin phase 2 on the namco cabinets as well,...by the way,..what pcbs are in the namco's?

garnerb350:

I just got back from the family barn...The Namco's and the ladybug cab only have the monitors/coindoors (which is what i thought)....the Ladybug cab is the one that is in best condition...I'm going to swap out the Mr Do & place it in the ladybug...
I bet the previous owner didnt know...he thought they were all empty...

But what is kicking my arse is trying to find repo parts to the specific MrDo cab...cant find no CPO art, bezels, nothing for sale...what i might end up having to do is to do a custom theme ( which isnt orginal!) arrrgh....

this is what the cab should look like....


I myself have never seen a Universal cab...are these fairly common or hard to find?
Ive seen plenty Mr Do cabs but never in a Universsal with the funky 70s type scheme....
I somehow have the urge to sit down and watch Flash Gordon....( one with the Queen soundtrack)

CrazyKongFan:

I've seen that Pac-Man hack before. Local arcade had one back in the day. I think the marquee said "pop man" on it, or something like that. Never really saw the point of it. It think the only graphic changed was Pac-Man to Popeye. At least some of the other hacks (like Hangly Man, which I also saw a few times) had new mazes and a few twists (maze disappears during blue time, a free-for-all screen with no maze, etc)

Looking at that photo of the Mr Do cab, what's wrong with it? Looks pretty good from that one photo :)

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