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LAI Space Invaders Part II


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I picked this up on the weekend.

 

http://i1038.photobucket.com/albums/a462/Kaizen088/LAI%20Space%20Invaders/LAI%20Space%20Invaders%20Part%20II/_20%2011_zpszgisfru2.jpg

 

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A big thank you goes out to @Zedmaniac who put an offer in on it on Gumtree and was kind enough to pass it on to me.

The guy had had it for 26 years and when the original b&w chassis died an arcade tech put in a colour monitor and chassis and wired rgb-sync together to get it to display an image. I'm not sure what happend but the socket on the neck board was cracked and was sold with the monitor not working.

 

http://i1038.photobucket.com/albums/a462/Kaizen088/LAI%20Space%20Invaders/LAI%20Space%20Invaders%20Part%20II/20160305_140302_zps6yp2xefm.jpg

 

I had a spare neckboard from a similar chassis so I replaced to socket and switched it on.

The monitor fired up but the board was displaying garbage. I left it on for a few minutes then switched it off and found ROM3 was cold. I reseated it and the board bootet up. 'SPACE WAR' 'LEISURE AND ALLIED IND*'

 

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Nice... I credited it up and played a few games and no further issues with the game board. All ROMs were reseated as a preventative measure.

The cab has some slight water damage on the base and the vinyl is peeling in parts. Someone had fitted a black UV light so I went to Bunnings and bought a white UV tube (Insect zapper) and got a new rear panel cut as it had a piece of masonite for the rear panel.

The image on screen isn't very bright, I think because of the colour monitor mod, I'll replace the tube and chassis with a b&w if I can find one.

Some more pics...

 

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So you got it in the end :)

 

I was so bummed to miss this one, I was bloody fast with my offer to buy and pick up as well.

 

Bargain of the year at its original price of $200, I almost shat myself when I saw it, turned to the wife and said I am making an offer on this. Even she agreed with me, what a steal.

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So you got it in the end :)

 

I was so bummed to miss this one, I was bloody fast with my offer to buy and pick up as well.

 

Bargain of the year at its original price of $200, I almost shat myself when I saw it, turned to the wife and said I am making an offer on this. Even she agreed with me, what a steal.

 

Absolutely...

 

http://i1038.photobucket.com/albums/a462/Kaizen088/LAI%20Space%20Invaders/LAI%20Space%20Invaders%20Part%20II/Screenshot_2016-03-06-16-40-00_zps1orp79gw.png

http://i1038.photobucket.com/albums/a462/Kaizen088/LAI%20Space%20Invaders/LAI%20Space%20Invaders%20Part%20II/Screenshot_2016-03-06-16-40-06_zps01mppnzs.png

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Had I been able to get their address, I would have arrived within 30 minutes, kicked their door in due to my haste and thrown $200 at them with one hand, while I started to load the cabinet with the other.

 

Regardless of condition, $200 for a mostly complete Spacies cabinet in fairly good nick is amazing. It's the buy of the year at this early stage :)

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Great pickup. I saw this on Gumtree on Friday afternoon. It had 38 views by that stage and I just resigned myself to the fact that it would be gone and didn't bother contacting them. Sounds like it has found a good home though.
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