Posted by Andy Desak on 22, 2001 at 8:08 AM:
In Reply to: Holy Crap! I think I have a Tempest cabinet that was coverted... posted by Magnet Eye on 22, 2001 at 7:40 AM:
What kind of monitor do you have with it....it requires an XY monitor which they dont make anymore. If you dont have this you will also need to locate one of these.
What kind of shape is the cab in?
: 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!