My Virtual On cabinet...it now works!!

[Cacophanus]

Thanks to the tireless hard work of JibberX, Papercut and Saurian, my twin-sit-down Cyber Troopers Virtual On cabinet is now installed and working. What is more amazing is the fact that it has been sitting in a damp garage, in pieces, for several weeks and after re-assembling it worked first time!

In any case, I feel it necessary to deeply thank these lovely guys for shifting 461 kg of arcade gaming up five flights of stairs AND sticking around to get it all working. ****ing legends!

[kuran]

Show us pictures!

And how much did it cost you?

[Cacophanus]

Ironically, it cost me less than buying VO:OT for the DC (plus TwinSticks). Cost-wise, transport all included, it was about 300 quid. Not bad going considering that the game was originally sold for about 12,000 smackaroos back in the day.

I should also thank my two work collegues, Gary and Andy (the latter who is kindly "hosting" the machine until I have a home big enough of my own).

Unfortuntely, or unbelievably, none of us had a camera on us. I will take a picture of it, in situ, at some point in the future however.

[Brats]

Fantastic stuff! Next meet round at yours, methinks .

Get some pictures up. I want to see this bad boy in action!

[TheForce]

Excellent !! I hope you can have lot's and lot's of fun with it !

should be no problem I think

[RLench]

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[Papercut]

To give you an idea, the cabinet is the same as the one in this flyer (except for a different marquee):

http://www.arcadeflyers.com/index.php?page=flyerdb&subpage=flyer&id=1331&image=2

http://www.arcadeflyers.com/index.php?page=flyerdb&subpage=thumbs&id=1331

Its absolutely huge. And heavy.

Really. ****ing. Heavy.

Theres more info about the hardware here:

http://www.system16.com/sega/hrdw_model2b.html#vo

[Darwock]

You say it was carried UP 5 flights? I thought due to the weight it would have to go in a garage or basement or something.... curious as I would like to get myself a Fighting Mania cabinet and the logistics of it baffle me.

[Papercut]

You say it was carried UP 5 flights?

Yeah.

I thought due to the weight it would have to go in a garage or basement or something.... curious as I would like to get myself a Fighting Mania cabinet and the logistics of it baffle me.

We had to take it to pieces, then reassemble it. It took about 10 hours between 4 of us.

[gingerj]

Which i had the skill, knowledge and imagination to come up with something like that.... the concept is heavy.

[geldra]

so what "actually" needed to be done to the cabinet? And how good condition was it in? Are you going to have to do anything to it? I often find that i like it to be a little bit rough so you can work on it and get some satisfaction from making it look nice and new.

apparently the novus range of cleaners/polish is excellent for cleaning cabs (its used mainly by pinball table ops) and its supposed to be amazing at getting scratches out of plastics etc....

[Treble]

I often find that i like it to be a little bit rough

Give me your phone number and I'll see what I can do...


Anyways, good stuff, Ollie. Looking forward to the pics ^^

[Cacophanus]

Considering the machine was in a skanky pier in Bournemouth, it is in remarkably good condition. That being said, there is a fair bit that needs "tweaking"...

- The sound boards, we think, are knackered and need replacing.
- The motherboards need to be (very carefully) air dusted.
- There are a whole bunch of screws and bolts missing, nothing fatal but it might be an idea to get some replacements.
- Some wanker has byapassed the fuse, instead of simply changing it, this needs to be rectified.
- The sticks are a bit shaky on the 2P side (missing screws), these will be tweaked and most probably tuned too.
- Might change the strip light in the marquee to a UV one, a good idea from Saur actually, so I am looking forward to groovy skin cancer...

Bar that, the game works stunningly considering the age and wear of the machine.

[Robster]

Whoa,

Im home improvement loan abound for a nice Big games room with cabinets like that.
8)


First things First, I need to buy a house.

[Zed]

I thought due to the weight it would have to go in a garage or basement or something.... curious as I would like to get myself a Fighting Mania cabinet and the logistics of it baffle me.

I think he was talking about the weight being focused on a relativly small footprint, and the whole thing going through the floor...

Still good going - I hope free Kronenburgs were handed about for the diligent suc^H^H^H workers!