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Title: ID these conversions...
Post by: ChadTower on October 21, 2004, 04:55:49 pm
I was at a local garage and saw some conversions that were clearly Atari cabs.  I could see the Atari serial plate on the back of them.  I don't have pics and haven't been able to find anything like them on klov.

They were shaped a lot like Major Havocs but bigger.  They had that same box on top of a small pedestal with a base slightly wider than the top box.  Half of the top of the base was covered in what looked like metal speaker grille.

I know it's vague, but anyone have any suggestions?  I could probably get them pretty cheap.
Title: Re:ID these conversions...
Post by: RayB on October 21, 2004, 06:59:13 pm
720?
Title: Re:ID these conversions...
Post by: ChadTower on October 22, 2004, 01:44:42 pm
No, but you've got the right idea.  The ones I saw had narrow necks between the base and monitor, though.
Title: Re:ID these conversions...
Post by: ChadTower on October 22, 2004, 02:06:51 pm
Hrm... could be Vindicators.
Title: Re:ID these conversions...
Post by: NoOne=NBA= on October 22, 2004, 03:01:49 pm
The ones not previously mentioned, that I can think of at the moment, are:

Xybots
I, Robot
Title: Re:ID these conversions...
Post by: ChadTower on October 22, 2004, 03:10:59 pm
The ones not previously mentioned, that I can think of at the moment, are:

Xybots
I, Robot

I, Robot actually is the Major Havoc cab AFAIK.

Xybots is the closest I've seen so far.  I'll have to take a pic when I go back tomorrow.
Title: Re:ID these conversions...
Post by: SirPeale on October 22, 2004, 04:32:19 pm
Xenophobe, maybe.
Title: Re:ID these conversions...
Post by: NoOne=NBA= on October 22, 2004, 05:16:12 pm
I left Xenophobe off the list because it's a Bally/Midway product, and he said he saw an Atari s/n plate.
Title: Re:ID these conversions...
Post by: spidermonkey on October 23, 2004, 12:16:08 am
Blasteroids ?
Title: Re:ID these conversions...
Post by: ChadTower on October 23, 2004, 09:55:24 am
What the...?  Xenophobe looks like it!  I swear to GOD there was an Atari serial plate on the back of the one I looked at.

That one, IIRC, had been converted to Badlands.  Maybe for some weird reason they moved the serial plate too.
Title: Re:ID these conversions...
Post by: ChadTower on October 29, 2004, 09:25:22 am
I took a closer look.  The one I looked at DID have Atari serial plates and stickers and ALSO had Midway artwork on the side.  It was in fact a Xenophobe.

Why the hell would it have Atari serials on it?
Title: Re:ID these conversions...
Post by: SirPeale on October 29, 2004, 11:09:53 am
I left Xenophobe off the list because it's a Bally/Midway product, and he said he saw an Atari s/n plate.

Ha, take THAT!   ;D

*dances a jig*
Title: Re:ID these conversions...
Post by: paigeoliver on October 29, 2004, 11:19:43 am
Atari put serial number plates in their conversion kits too!