Build Your Own Arcade Controls Forum

Main => Main Forum => Topic started by: danny_galaga on October 22, 2004, 07:35:11 am

Title: my cab actually resembles something!!
Post by: danny_galaga on October 22, 2004, 07:35:11 am

i just noticed this somewhere for sale ($1800 australian, which is ridiculous). anyway, galaxians happens to be the last cocktail game i ever played (in about '91). and ive only now discovered that the style of cab i made is the same!!

i love my cab  :-*
Title: Re:my cab actually resembles something!!
Post by: danny_galaga on October 22, 2004, 07:37:44 am
compare:
Title: Re:my cab actually resembles something!!
Post by: danny_galaga on October 22, 2004, 07:42:17 am
and a moon patrol:

i notice that both the galaxian and moon patrol cab have the same stickers/inserts top and bottom of the instructions. would that mean they are from the same vendor or something? those two games were different manufacturers so im curious...
Title: Re:my cab actually resembles something!!
Post by: Tailgunner on October 22, 2004, 06:14:35 pm
From what I understand, the majority of cabs down under were built there. Doing so would make economic sense, as you could fit the guts needed to build 200+ cabs in the same shipping container that 20 complete cabs would fill.


p.s. your cab could sure use a little dusting. ;)
Title: Re:my cab actually resembles something!!
Post by: Fuzzguitar on October 22, 2004, 10:27:18 pm
Your cabinet is great, checked it out a few times. When I get around to a cocktail this is just what I need :)
Title: Re:my cab actually resembles something!!
Post by: danny_galaga on October 23, 2004, 10:13:45 am
shucks on the compliment!!

and yes, it is a tad dusty, but not from disuse  ;D.

and yes, that makes sense now. the cabs would have been made by one company (which would have been Leisure & Allied Industries). i guess they would have bought from various manufacturers and installed in just a few designs. that probably answers my question in another thread on whether or not that classic 'galaga' cab was used in australia or not. im guessing not  :(  i so would love to buy a classic and restore...
Title: Re:my cab actually resembles something!!
Post by: paigeoliver on October 23, 2004, 04:23:25 pm
Games in Australia come in two basic varieties. Games L&A licensed and placed in their own cabs, and bootleg games in L&A cabinets!
Title: Re:my cab actually resembles something!!
Post by: danny_galaga on October 24, 2004, 09:22:48 am
Quote from: paigeoliver on October 23, 2004, 04:23:25 pm
Games in Australia come in two basic varieties. Games L&A licensed and placed in their own cabs, and bootleg games in L&A cabinets!

hehe. thats why the last 3 pcbs i saw on ebay.com.au were bootlegs!!

i feel a jamma replica coming on then if there is little hope of me finding a classic like a galaga upright. a new home for lonely pcbs!! once i have some money of course, little matter of paying my tax to get out of the way...
Title: Re: my cab actually resembles something!!
Post by: Mickey Juice on December 07, 2004, 10:35:55 am
I went to the www.bumper.com.au (http://www.bumper.com.au) auction last sunday... they had about 4 cocktails for sale and you wouldn't believe what they sold for... Around $800-$1200 each!  :o I was surprised, esp. since I bought my own cab for $50 a few years back.