So my boss decides he'd rather pay for two warehouse units instead of three, and decides to unload some cabs that we haven't had a lot of interest in. Since I'm the only employee, I get first dibs on the free stuff.
The first acquisition is Battlezone. Since we have two cabs, my boss tells me I can have one if I take both - sorta "Make the best one out of two" kind of thing - along with a box labeled "Battlezone joysticks", which had many Battlezone CP parts along with an unopened Wico 8-way joystick!
Got them home and discovered that one was mostly complete except for all it's boards, while the other had been "robbed" of a lot of little stuff, but had every board except the X-Y generator.
Only one had a monitor, although the monitor boards had been stolen, but I have so many G05 tubes and boards in the shop that I should be able to rebuild a couple and get them working.
I'm more concerned with the lack of boards. I don't remember us working on a Battlezone in the shop in the last four years, so don't know whether my boss (the classic, lazy, scrounger-type) had stolen boards to repair another long before I got there. So, I'm on a search for boards with a very low budget. I've found a set on Eldorado games, but don't want to pay that much if I can help it (the wife would kill me). Anyone know if the X-Y generator was used in other Atari games that might be more easily found?
Other concerns would be a missing foot piece on one cab, and potentially replacing the artwork on one cab, due to a gouge to the wood on one side.
But....
I don't need two Battlezones, and have toyed with the idea of converting one to a Red Baron. Of course, that might be impossible enough that my decision would be made for me.
What do y'all think?
BTW... I took some pics, and will get them up soon.