Holy Crap! I think I have a Tempest cabinet that was coverted...

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Posted by Magnet Eye on 22, 2001 at 7:40 AM:

Ok, so I got this FREE cabinet that has shadow Dancer in it. I thought it seemed a bit odd looking. Well, I was checking out games on eBay and while looking at Tempest games it hit me...My cabinet is exactly like the Tempest cab! So i went out to my garage and popped open the control panel, to see 2 holes to the left where 1 and 2 player for tempest would be, plus a hole to the top left side where the spinner should be! This must have been a Tempest at one time, unless some other games had used the exact same cabinet. Does anyone know what other games did, if any?

So, now i am thinking about doing a restoration on this puppy. I see that you can get new reproductions of the marquee and control panel overlay. I just need to find a PCB and Spinner and I think i can do it.

What do you guys think? A few hundred bucks and i have Tempest (hopefully). The one i was looking at on eBay was going for over $800!

Any thoughts, idead, etc encouraged!

Thanks!

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Re: Holy Crap! I think I have a Tempest cabinet that was coverted... Andy Desak 2/22/2001 (3)
- Re: Holy Crap! I think I have a Tempest cabinet that was coverted... Magnet Eye 2/22/2001 (2)
  - IIRC, Tempest's Sideart was Routed into the wood??? RoarCade 2/22/2001 (0)
  - Email me -- I might be able to find you a hook-up :) saint 2/22/2001 (0)

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: Ok, so I got this FREE cabinet that has shadow Dancer in it. I thought it seemed a bit odd looking. Well, I was checking out games on eBay and while looking at Tempest games it hit me...My cabinet is exactly like the Tempest cab! So i went out to my garage and popped open the control panel, to see 2 holes to the left where 1 and 2 player for tempest would be, plus a hole to the top left side where the spinner should be! This must have been a Tempest at one time, unless some other games had used the exact same cabinet. Does anyone know what other games did, if any? : So, now i am thinking about doing a restoration on this puppy. I see that you can get new reproductions of the marquee and control panel overlay. I just need to find a PCB and Spinner and I think i can do it. : What do you guys think? A few hundred bucks and i have Tempest (hopefully). The one i was looking at on eBay was going for over $800! : Any thoughts, idead, etc encouraged! : Thanks!

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