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Title: Strange cabinet - American version of a Japanese cab
Post by: cmoses on February 08, 2009, 11:35:33 am

I saw this posted on my local craigslist for sale and had never seen a cabinet like this.  The game is Fighting Vipers.  I went to KLOV and looked at the game, but the cabinets shown there are more traditional.  Does Sega make this cabinet?

Seems like the were trying to bring the Japanese style to America.


*Edited - I didn't originally post the name of the game.

Title: Re: Strange cabinet - American version of a Japanese cab
Post by: brock.sampson on February 08, 2009, 11:58:17 am

Pretty sure that's a Die Hard cabinet.

http://klov.com/game_detail.php?game_id=7579 (http://klov.com/game_detail.php?game_id=7579)

Title: Re: Strange cabinet - American version of a Japanese cab
Post by: Kevin Mullins on February 08, 2009, 12:29:26 pm

Definitely a Die Hard cabinet...... only game I've ever seen in one of those cabinets unless it had been converted.

Title: Re: Strange cabinet - American version of a Japanese cab
Post by: Turnarcades on February 08, 2009, 01:38:22 pm

Weird shape for a dedicated; would have thought it was a generic if I didn't know better.

Title: Re: Strange cabinet - American version of a Japanese cab
Post by: cmoses on February 08, 2009, 07:50:13 pm

It does appear to be a converted Die Hard.  Don't think I ever saw that machine in the either. 

A very stange cabinet indeed.

I edited the original post.  I forgot to put the name of the game - Fighting Vipers.

Title: Re: Strange cabinet - American version of a Japanese cab
Post by: MrMojoZ on February 08, 2009, 08:53:45 pm

Fighting Vipers ran on similar hardware to the Die Hard game if I recall.

Title: Re: Strange cabinet - American version of a Japanese cab
Post by: foleykoontz on February 08, 2009, 10:03:23 pm

I recognize that cabinet, that's off of Austin craigslist. If that was a Die Hard cabinet for 400 with that Roadblaster game (Never seen that one before) I would get it, I loved that game.

Title: Re: Strange cabinet - American version of a Japanese cab
Post by: cmoses on February 08, 2009, 11:57:02 pm

Yes it is on the Austin craigslist.

Title: Re: Strange cabinet - American version of a Japanese cab
Post by: foleykoontz on February 09, 2009, 06:47:15 pm

I feel like I'm stalking you because I've seen your project in the forums and since I'm in Lubbock but  from the Austin area, I check the Austin one all the time and what do I see today? Your tv that you sawed down. The weird thing is I was about to do the same thing to mine which was a 27" from Chilis I bought for $10 but I ended up trading it for a brand new 23".

Title: Re: Strange cabinet - American version of a Japanese cab
Post by: cmoses on February 10, 2009, 09:27:08 am

Quote from: foleykoontz on February 09, 2009, 06:47:15 pm

I feel like I'm stalking you because I've seen your project in the forums and since I'm in Lubbock but  from the Austin area, I check the Austin one all the time and what do I see today? Your tv that you sawed down. The weird thing is I was about to do the same thing to mine which was a 27" from Chilis I bought for $10 but I ended up trading it for a brand new 23".

STOP STALKING ME  :hissy:

Or at least buy my TV, or find someone to.  It is funny when you keep running into the same things in different places.  You start thinking, didn't I see that somewhere? 

Title: Re: Strange cabinet - American version of a Japanese cab
Post by: Malenko on February 10, 2009, 09:59:02 am

as soon as I saw the cab I thought "Die Hard" but Im late to the picnic.