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Title: anyone know this cab
Post by: BC_Jeffro on July 09, 2013, 01:51:53 am: hi got a few cabs today 3 total the guy has many more going back on Thursday
i know what 2 of them are but what is the one with "chopper lifter"
Thanks
Title: Re: anyone know this cab
Post by: matsadona on July 09, 2013, 04:29:08 am: The Choplifter cabinet looks very similar to the Asteroids Deluxe cabinet. But it isn't exactly the same. I do recognize it, but just now I can't recall...

Do you plan to restore the games? At least from an artwork and CP perspective?
How is the wood quality etc?
Title: Re: anyone know this cab
Post by: nakeworks on July 09, 2013, 04:29:58 pm: I remember the Choplifter game. It was pretty fun. It had tons of bootleg/knock-offs made. First played a copy on my Swan (anybody remember them) computer.

Choplifter 1985 Sega Mame Retro Arcade Games (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SA6RVxk0Keg#ws)
Title: Re: anyone know this cab
Post by: ark_ader on July 09, 2013, 04:55:26 pm: The chop lifter looks like an Omega Race or a Cube Quest.
Title: Re: anyone know this cab
Post by: Well Fed Games on July 09, 2013, 05:03:08 pm: Venture by Exidy.

http://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=10301 (http://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=10301)
Title: Re: anyone know this cab
Post by: BC_Jeffro on July 10, 2013, 07:57:21 pm: thanks thats it all right :applaud:
Title: Re: anyone know this cab
Post by: BC_Jeffro on July 10, 2013, 08:06:44 pm: as for the plan
the defender cab will become a Williams multi-cade
Chop Lifter probably stay and just to the cab up nice
the midway tabletop (seems smaller then my other midway tabletop) and is constructed different, the monitor is bad it sparks from the old fly back, i will replace it with a 19 inch i have laying around its jamma so not sure what game ill put in it
Title: Re: anyone know this cab
Post by: Well Fed Games on July 10, 2013, 09:24:24 pm: I spent many an hour playing Choplifter on an atari 7800 as a kid. One of the few games that was on PC/console and ported to the arcade.