Goodbye my old friend... :)

[Twisted.Mellow]

Ladies and Gentlemen,

It was with a heavy heart today that I said goodbye to my Street Fighter II arcade machine. Incredibly, I got my asking price and managed to sell it locally (in a town with about 2000 people!?!?!?) without having to transport this heavy beast.

Attached to this post are some pictures of this lovely unit. I sold it so I could afford (and have the room for) a drum kit. Things you do...

[DJ Detroit Butcher]

Right on. I'm currently restoring a Tempest machine!

[Bonkman]

That doesn't look like a refurb A.Dulteror. Did you paint over or remove the side graphics? Was that a transplant?

Good God almighty, DJ! I'd love to have a Tempest machine...so would my Dad.

I understand they have issues with the control knob and that they're hard to replace/find replacements. I've read some people using different style knobs, but there's just something about the feel of the original with it's "feedback".

[Twisted.Mellow]

It is a transplant to an old cabinet that was fixed up. The header board I did myself in Photoshop, and the moves chart is the original. The game board also had the original manual with it... couple of collector's bits... shame to see it go.

[syxxpm]

i actually have ryus theme burnt onto a cd that i used to play in my car when i felt goofy....

[ElizabethX]

Oh my god, Josh is about to do the exact same thing, only he's proposing selling all of his video games.

[Terrick]

That's sad. I'm sorry you two had to go your separate ways=\

[DJ Detroit Butcher]

That doesn't look like a refurb A.Dulteror. Did you paint over or remove the side graphics? Was that a transplant?

Good God almighty, DJ! I'd love to have a Tempest machine...so would my Dad.

I understand they have issues with the control knob and that they're hard to replace/find replacements. I've read some people using different style knobs, but there's just something about the feel of the original with it's "feedback".

There are a LOT of issues with this game, but I've done Ridiculous amounts of homework ... I'll post pics when it's finished

[Bonkman]

There are a LOT of issues with this game, but I've done Ridiculous amounts of homework ... I'll post pics when it's finished

Yeah, I've heard of problems with the flashy buttons Atari used, also. But still, ya gotta have them for that "classic" look.

[DJ Detroit Butcher]

None of that even rates tho... it's the fact that Tempest was the first Color Vector arcade game and Atari hadn't really figured out Color Vector Monitors yet ... They are basically time bombs and will always die, no matter what, which is why a working model is worth so much on ebay, etc ... Fortunately it's literally about 15 dollars for the repair kit for this particular monitor...

[Bonkman]

A guy I used to know once said something about the repair kit you mentioned. He also said that was the most frightening part of arcade machine repair, messing with the tube. Lot of charge built up in those...even after 10 years sitting around unplugged.

Weren't the original tubes Atari used in Tempest an oddball size? 30+ inch screen or something?

[DJ Detroit Butcher]

Not sure, but they are mounted vertically and are an odd oval shape. Lucky for me, this monitor only recently blew (it looks like it's already been restored once at least) ... and it came with all the original paperwork and shit, and I don't have to touch the tube, it's all parts on a mini mobo. I don't have a camera right now but I'll try to get some pics of my unit up soon...

[pmFan]

Hey, do you guys have the music to Tempest?

[DJ Detroit Butcher]

what music? there's no music in this game

[Brian221]

I have the tempest 2000 soundtrack if that's what you're looking for (from atari jaguar).

[Bonkman]

I was gonna say...the original Tempest had no music, just sound effects.

Brian has what I believe you're looking for.

[pmFan]

Aren't we talking about the game with a joy-stick that you manipulate your ship around the edge of an odd shaped tube-is thing, firing down at all of the other bugs/ships/robots/whatever climbing toward you? That is what I was thinking about. And back in the 80's I thought it had cool, fast music... or maybe I have the wrong game... I really used to play a lot of Galaga!

Brian, is Tempest 2000 from the early 80's? Maybe that is it. I would love to hear it again.

[pmFan]

What was the game that featured a huge skeleton's head? You had to take your ship and shoot asteroids to find crystals to kill it. As it collected crystals, it built itself into a big thing and then chased you... What was it? Was there ever a PC version or hack? I liked that one, as well. It was tough (at least for me and my quarters).

[DJ Detroit Butcher]

What was the game that featured a huge skeleton's head? You had to take your ship and shoot asteroids to find crystals to kill it. As it collected crystals, it built itself into a big thing and then chased you... What was it? Was there ever a PC version or hack? I liked that one, as well. It was tough (at least for me and my quarters).

You are thinking of SINISTAR?


You need Mame32!

[DJ Detroit Butcher]

Aren't we talking about the game with a joy-stick that you manipulate your ship around the edge of an odd shaped tube-is thing, firing down at all of the other bugs/ships/robots/whatever climbing toward you?

It looked like this


It used a spinner tho, not a joystick - very difficult with a joystick!