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Title: ATARI HYDRA SITDOWN COCKPIT ARCADE NEED INFORMATION PICS INCLUDED
Post by: mrcram on September 04, 2006, 07:18:32 pm: I just bought this arcade a couple of weeks ago, everything works flawlessly, just extremely dirty. I am upholstering the seat and adding foam and the yoke works perfectly just taking apart and cleaning. I need to know what EXACT button I need to buy from happs to replace the lightup boost buttons? I have never seen a hydra in a cockpit like this, it says LASERAGE VIDEO SYSTEMS on the back, so does anyone have any information on this? Just want to know if its a dedicated or not, but it looks like it is. any help would be great. thank you in advanced.
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Title: Re: ATARI HYDRA SITDOWN COCKPIT ARCADE NEED INFORMATION PICS INCLUDED
Post by: mrcram on September 05, 2006, 01:55:59 am: no-one?
Title: Re: ATARI HYDRA SITDOWN COCKPIT ARCADE NEED INFORMATION PICS INCLUDED
Post by: Minwah on September 05, 2006, 05:31:08 am: I would say that is some kind of conversion...I just say that because I have never seen a Hydra cabinet like that, and the sideart doesn't look like I would expect it to if that were a dedicated cab.

Do you have any pics of the control panel & yoke?
Title: Re: ATARI HYDRA SITDOWN COCKPIT ARCADE NEED INFORMATION PICS INCLUDED
Post by: MYX on September 05, 2006, 08:13:01 am: Looks a little like a star trek I saw once. But I don't think it had a top on it.

Just checked KLOV for Hydra, and it does have the big red boost button and it is a beige color, perhaps it was an orriginal but limited release. I never saw a cockpit version.

Link (http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?letter=H&game_id=8160)
Title: Re: ATARI HYDRA SITDOWN COCKPIT ARCADE NEED INFORMATION PICS INCLUDED
Post by: Havok on September 05, 2006, 09:23:32 am: Yeah, looks similar to the "Captain's Chair" Star Trek sit down, but the monitor section is very different - looks much larger, and more "aerodynamic." I'd love to see some more pictures of this, looks very cool. I always was a big fan of sit down cabs...
Title: Re: ATARI HYDRA SITDOWN COCKPIT ARCADE NEED INFORMATION PICS INCLUDED
Post by: RayB on September 05, 2006, 03:22:32 pm: Hydra was mainly available as a kit. So you mostly find it in converted machines.
I don't recognize it either. (Definitely not Star Trek)
Title: Re: ATARI HYDRA SITDOWN COCKPIT ARCADE NEED INFORMATION PICS INCLUDED
Post by: Tiger-Heli on September 05, 2006, 04:53:48 pm: Hydra Manual here, if it helps: http://asocoamusement.com/gamemanuals/hydra-tm354.pdf
Title: Re: ATARI HYDRA SITDOWN COCKPIT ARCADE NEED INFORMATION PICS INCLUDED
Post by: Kremmit on September 05, 2006, 09:54:52 pm: I have a pair of those boost buttons off a stripped Hydra. They are used, though, if you're only interested in brand-new. Mine are red, just like the one in your pic.
Title: Re: ATARI HYDRA SITDOWN COCKPIT ARCADE NEED INFORMATION PICS INCLUDED
Post by: Havok on September 06, 2006, 11:31:55 pm: Did you open the cabinet up? Usually there are clues there as well - serial number tags, dip switch settings, etc...