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Main => Main Forum => Topic started by: Chris John Hunter on June 27, 2013, 12:29:47 pm
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Hello friends and fellow Retroheads. I have just stumbled apon an arcade cab on Ebay
which is being listed as Bubble Bobble. Being a massive fan of BB it is not a variant I have seen or know of.
Its buttons are big multi buttons which I have only seen copies of recently.
It has a big bubbly bezel and has an interesting shape to the cab.
If anyone can help identify it please I would be grateful. Its really annoying me now because I want to know. It looks so unusual. I know someone has put Bubble Bobble artwork on it but is this an ORIGINAL MACHINE, a put in another cab jamma job or what?
Opinions much appreciated
Many thanks
CJ Hunter
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Looks like an Atari System 2 cab to me.
Reference:
http://forums.arcade-museum.com/showthread.php?t=185114 (http://forums.arcade-museum.com/showthread.php?t=185114)
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Sounds good -- other than the footrests and the forward angle by the marquee.
(http://www.dizionariovideogiochi.it/lib/exe/fetch.php?cache=&w=170&h=309&media=gennaio09:championship_sprint_cabinet.png)
All the System 2 cabs I found with a similar base had the angled footrests and the top angle on the side leaned back instead of forward. :dunno
Scott
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I don't think its one of those either. The buttons are weird.
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I don't think its one of those either. The buttons are weird.
Hence my pointing out that the footrest and marquee bend being different from most System 2 cabs, but there are several variations of System 2 (http://www.arcade-museum.com/pinouts-class/Atari_System_II.html) cabs.
Can you get a better shot of the serial number plates on the back, especially the black+white one on the upper left?
An Atari System 2 cab probably would have the Atari logo like the serial number plate on Joel's Paperboy (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,123397.0.html).
(http://www.kinemote.net/paperboy/final/serial.jpg)
Check on the inside, especially on the back door, for other identifying marks as well.
This cab has probably been converted several times.
The 3-in-one buttons are often used so operators don't have to drill more button holes in the CP when converting to a game that needs more buttons than the CP has holes.
Scott
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This one's got BV on it. And I know that is Dutch for Limited Company. Then its got another name saying UK.
I think its some kind of mashup. Someones ripped out the internals and created something I would say new but bloody odd. Not an attractive cab by any means.
Just wondering what it was/original game etc. The guy has it down as Bubble Bobble but none i've seen
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Looks pretty similar to the generic BAS (or Brent Leisure videoplay), Silverline or AMR Jamma Cabinets that were released all over in Europe. Perhaps it's a variant on those cabs:
(http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/4777/file932.jpg)
(http://membres.multimania.fr/romualdl/arcade/arcadeu.jpg)
(http://stiggyblog.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/img_3256-2-custom.jpg)
(http://stiggyblog.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/img_3353-custom.jpg)
(http://www.jammaplus.co.uk/forum/uploads/3591/AMR_Cabinetweb.jpg)
(http://www.jammaplus.co.uk/forum/uploads/3438/amr1.jpg)
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Good shout Bryan, it probably is. But it just bugs me the guys offering it as a Bubble Bobble but its not. Grrrr :dizzy:
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Good shout Bryan, it probably is. But it just bugs me the guys offering it as a Bubble Bobble but its not. Grrrr :dizzy:
thats something youre gonna just have to deal with. People here sell converted Xenophobes as "dedicated" Mortal Kombats
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I thought bubble bobble was only a conversion kit, so that would be the dedicated cab. ;)
good day.
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Thank you Good Day. But no. I love Bubble Bobble. ! That's probably why I've thrown a :angry: hissy.
Malenko (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=profile;u=119) yeah fair point.