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Picked up a Pac-Man cab to restore (it's currently a Bubble Bobble) *Pics*

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Fozzy The Bear:

--- Quote from: Jeff AMN on April 06, 2007, 02:00:21 am ---Ok, so the cab didn't come with keys. If I order a replacement key, it will fit any Pac-Man cab, right? They're all standard, aren't they?

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No they're not..... On top of the keys being numbered and different, you'll also find that most arcade opperators change the locks so that other people can't come along and get into their machines and cash boxes.

Unless you can get access to the back of the locks to read the lock numbers, you'll probably need to order new locks and drill out the old ones.

Best Regards,
Julian (Fozzy The Bear)

Paladin:
Judging by the picture of the side of the cabinet, I'd say it was originally a Rally-X.  You can see the outline of a round sticker on the side of the cab, and it matches the size and location of Rally-X sideart.

Pac-Fan:
Yep I was going to say the exact same thing.  The RallyX cab is about 6" Shallower than a Pac-Man or Galaxian, but should share everything else in the profile/mounts.  I didnt' say that was an option in your other thread because it's VERY rare to see a RallyX cab, plus your first picture didn't show the side profile fully.

It was shallower since the monitor could be mounted horizontally instead of vertically, saving some space for where the tube would have popped out the back, plus the fact that they often used horizontal frame monitors instead of vertical, causing even more bump out if it had been a pacman mounted vertically.

In fact if you simply change the monitor frame in a Pac/Galaxian you can trim off about 4.5"-5" of depth on the cabinet before you run into the neckboard. Thats a lot of wasted space, but does help for stability.

Jeff AMN:
Hmm, so how is this going to affect things? I don't want to ruin a Rally-X cab, but it's really not what I'm looking for at all. I guess I could keep this one, restore it to Rally-X, and continue on my Pac-Man/Ms. Pac-Man hunt.

If I restore it and try to sell it, would a Rally-X cab do well on eBay or local listings? I'd rather pass it along to someone that's looking for one, but I'd definitely like to see it restored first so that the next owner maintains it as a Rally-X instead of MAMEing it or something like that.

Q*Bert_OP:
<hijack thread> If you do not want the Bubble Bobble boards, PM me... </hijack thread>

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