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Title: Time Soldiers?
Post by: Magnet_Eye on January 22, 2006, 07:39:13 am

Hey, I know this guy has a working Time Soldiers for $150. Is it a worthwhile venture or a waste of time and money?

What are your thoughts?

thanks.

Title: Re: Time Soldiers?
Post by: MYX on January 22, 2006, 09:38:37 am

I was just watching one on e-bay. My brother used to play that for hours. It is up to you really, if it works and plays well, I would say go for it. How is the cab?

Title: Re: Time Soldiers?
Post by: coasternuts on January 22, 2006, 10:25:29 am

Geesh! A working pair of SNK rotaries goes for that much.

Go for it.  If it's disposabl income.  ::)

Title: Re: Time Soldiers?
Post by: XtraSmiley on January 22, 2006, 12:11:32 pm

Quote from: coasternuts on January 22, 2006, 10:25:29 am

Geesh! A working pair of SNK rotaries goes for that much.

Go for it.  If it's disposabl income.  ::)

That's what I paid for some newish SNKs (with buttons and druin interface and an Ipac) but, yeah, I'd hope on it in a heartbeat.  I'd also MAME it for all the rotary games.  IMO though, I'd get a dedicated IKARI3 b/c it's the only dedicated vertical rotary that I can think of and I hate kit games.

Title: Re: Time Soldiers?
Post by: PCtech on January 22, 2006, 12:37:08 pm

I'd buy it!

Great game for the time, and the rotary joysticks, can come in handy, if you ever wanted to convert the cab.

Title: Re: Time Soldiers?
Post by: Xam on January 22, 2006, 11:22:50 pm

I would too! My friend and I used to rip that game to shreds!
I plan on building a second cab (course it would help to build the first before planning the second) for games like Time Soldiers and Ikari Warriors.

Xam

Title: Re: Time Soldiers?
Post by: vib_ribbon on January 23, 2006, 02:52:17 am

for a second i thought you meant 150 bucks for just the board... (too expensive!)

then i realised it's for the entire game & cab... go for it!

Title: Re: Time Soldiers?
Post by: Teknique on January 23, 2006, 06:27:00 am

I believe the rotaries are green top handles....  If you  decide on buying it, I am looking to trade a NOS yellow top handle for a green one so my 4player cab has joys and buttons of the same colors- send me a PM if interested. 

Tek

Title: Re: Time Soldiers?
Post by: clok on January 23, 2006, 11:45:29 am

good game (a bit to easy, but that doesnt matter). I had one with Yellow top Rotery sticks. It was a converted Dig Dug machine  :( It was almost perfect shape with the Original Dig-Dug manual inside and the board also. I sold it and a Mini Vs Basebal and Farout Pinball machine for $300 about 8 years ago....  :(  wish I still had um now.


Clok

Title: Re: Time Soldiers?
Post by: spidermonkey on January 24, 2006, 01:23:49 am

The only game that used the green handled snk rotaries was "Calibur 50" by Seta. The green handled snk rotaries are optical and while they will work for all the MAME versions of the rotary games out there, they cannot be used as replacements for the yellow handled mechanical rotary snk sticks when using original hardware.

Title: Re: Time Soldiers?
Post by: u_rebelscum on January 25, 2006, 04:01:12 pm

Quote from: spidermonkey on January 24, 2006, 01:23:49 am

The only game that used the green handled snk rotaries was "Calibur 50" by Seta. The green handled snk rotaries are optical and ... they cannot be used as replacements for the yellow handled mechanical rotary snk sticks when using original hardware.

Be careful of appling this fact to what's out there.  There were some generic replacement copies:  There were some green machanicals.  There were some yellow opticals.  There were octogon handles of both colors.  There were some round handles of both colors.  Some of the generics could fit the snk handle plugs (on the top of the handle), so some arcade ops keep the brand name plugs, even though the handle wasn't snk.  AFAIK

(It's a good starting point, though.)

Title: Re: Time Soldiers?
Post by: MYX on January 26, 2006, 10:10:58 pm

So... Did you buy it?