Bally Mappy Cabinet Project
Did a little swaperoo last Friday with another member on the board, good to meet ya Jeff. Have I told you I think your parents were brilliant in naming you? Jeff had a Mappy cabinet that was converted into a Kicker, which he says is a terrible game (I’ll take his word and not waste my time). (more…)
Homestar Runner, Space Invaders on Scrubs, Mappy Marquees Running Low
- Awesome JD Turk Space Invaders scene on new Scrubs right now! #
- Strong Bad coming to WiiWare! Gotta love Homestar Runner & a creator of something truly strange and original –
http://snipr.com/2435l # - Phoenix Arcade Mappy Marquee B stock qtys low 6 left Price shipped = $65 through April 14th before Darin’s move – http://snipr.com/2442m #
- Craigslist Black Widow Kentucky – Open to offers, won’t power up – http://louisville.craigslist.org/bar/636536331.html #
- What is a vectrex overlay? Vectrex was a console gaming system – http://tinyurl.com/5galeu #
- Talk @ Atari Age about Agent X Reproduction artwork – http://tinyurl.com/5sy8k2 #
- A website dedicated to the many Artists of Atari – Arcade and consoles would be an awesome resource – http://tinyurl.com/5mn97u #
- Potentially good deal – Craigslist Chicago – Warlords Cocktail – $450 – If you’re a fan #
- Warlords Cocktail Link – http://chicago.craigslist.org/wcl/tag/636130822.html #
- 🙂 Nevermind – Jeff got Chicago Warlords Cocktail – Flippin time – http://tinyurl.com/423ojc #
- Had I done some research, Digsby has Twitter status built in with character count, including separate area for links, probably for Tiny Urls #
- New arcade game poll added. Choose between four classic games, which is your favorite. #
- 48-in-1 classic arcade game boards – $90 – Quite a deal –
http://snipr.com/240lp # - What is the deal? Another close Cosmic Avenger for sale – Auction – Pinball at the Zoo Kalamazoo, April 18-19 2008 – http://snipr.com/240sg #
- Gran Trak 10 – Chicago Craigslist $50 – Works – Good deal for a classic – #
- Gran Trak Link –
http://snipr.com/2422z – Gran Trak Info at Klov –
http://snipr.com/24231 # - One of the rarest classic arcade games ever on ebay – Computer Space – $3,800 – http://tinyurl.com/5nq3mh #
- Artwork Proof for Aladdin Pac-man Lunch Box from 1982 off ebay – http://tinyurl.com/5dkbye #
- Pinball collector in Cincinnati selling some games – http://tinyurl.com/5mmdzg?#03a5a556f2851ac7 #
- Possible rare Puckman marquee steal on ebay – http://tinyurl.com/664pcb #
- Spy Hunter reproduction sideart was made – by Arcade Renovations – Offset not silkscreened, but still reproduced #
- Spy Hunter reproduction art link – http://tinyurl.com/6go3js?#ad828a378d64aaae #
- New Space Invader Tshirt Design – Little too simplistic for me – http://tinyurl.com/6e7ayq #
- ROFL LOL Tron Guy – http://www.tronguy.net/ #
- I’ve seen my share of people dressing up at comic conventions, but check out the Tron guy head shot. So serious. So funny. #
Jr. Pac-man vector marquee progress
Taken me longer than I thought, but I got through another vector piece of the oversize Jr. Pac-man marquee. I was going to go to the billboard behind Jr. Pac, but decided to Jr. himself.
The next piece of the vectorization process for the Jr. Pac-man marquee header will probably be the lamps, or something simple, like the blue ghost. The detail on Jr. was about what I figured, it wasn’t a breeze, but it wasn’t too hard to trace the lines either. It just took time.
I still hope to be the one person to have a whole set of artwork and produce it as a Jr. Pac-man kit to make your own machine, specifically for converting a Mappy into a Jr. Pac-man. But only time will tell.
Missing Monitor hookup for Jr. Pac-man
Sent payment for the Jr. Pac yesterday, so I felt comfortable asking Rick how to hook up the monitor. After a series of emails, it came out that the monitor hooks into the top of the PCB on the right side. There is another connection on the left side as well that attachs right into the harness. There was no connector on the right side, and I looked inside the game in case it came loose, wasn’t there either. So it sounds like he is going to send it to me in the mail today so I have it by Wednesday or Thursday of this week. I was really hoping to play it sometime before Friday for sure.
Plus, I had forgotten about the monitor brackets. He had mentioned that original Jr. Pac owner had taken them out with the monitor before Rick bought it. The Pac-man ones I have won’t work, just a little too short. I am going to try to go to Home Depot this week and try to find something that will match, I have read in the forums that people have found things. I also need some tinted plexi, but I am less worried about that right now…
Other info about the game…The swelling that I mistook for water damage towards the back of the cab can just be caused from heat he said. He said he sealed it off, hopefully preventing any more swelling. That makes me glad it is sitting in the garage now that it is a little cooler out. I also identified the serial no. #333, it’s stamped on the back of the cab above the back door. The Mappy serial is stamped there too. The Serial is in the cab still too on a piece of paper, A29-00333, and you can see where the old Mappy tag was on the harness.
Rick also said that the tracks that are in the bottom where the new switcher supply is are for the old linear power supply board that almost always fails in these games.
