Candy cab appreciation thread. I want candy!

[namastepat]

Hey guys,

 

Heaps of amazing collections of pinball and arcade are displayed on this forum every day. I love checking out people's collections and some of my favourite arcade cabs are Japanese candy cabs. I have spent a while putting together my collection and have seen a few others post pictures of theirs over the years. So the point of this thread is simple. Show me your candy! I will start by tagging @SpudJones to post his, as I know he has a decent lineup. I will also tag @Andyj965, but that would mean he'd have to clean his garage and turn his machines on for a photo :) A photo of my current lineup is below with an outline of what runs on each cab. Let's appreciate some candy!

 

 

From right to left in the image.

 

Namco Exceleena - Running GroovyMAME at 15khz for vertical games, mainly Japanese SHMUPS. Has a Jomac Sharp Image dual res chassis and a TV tube. This was the first candy cab I ever bought and still my favourite.

 

Sammy Atomiswave - Running GroovyMAME at 15khz for horizontal games. Has a Jomac Sharp Image dual res chassis and a TV tube. The original monitor had a dead yoke, so sadly, does not have the tri-res auto switching functionality.

 

Sammy Atomiswave - Running Atomsiwave motherboard with Knights of Valour: The Seven Spirits. This one is all original with the original monitor, gets a beautiful image, even though the Wei-Ya is considered to be the cheap, bastard cousin of tri-res, auto syncing monitors.

 

Sega Astro City - Running Raiden Fighters. Has the original Nanao MS9 monitor.

 

Sega Astro City - Running Neo Geo with Puzzle Bobble. Has the original Nanao MS9 monitor.

 

Sega Lindbergh - Running a Taito Type X II with a multi-hdd. I mainly use it for Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition.

 

Sega Naomi Universal - Running Strikers 1945 II. It's got a 31k, VGA Nanao MS2932 in it. The cab was originally JVS wired, but has had a JAMMA harness installed alongside. The 15khz Strikers board runs through a VGA converter. I have a PC ready to put into this cab to run Demul to emulate Naomi SHMUPS, I just need to get off my ass and install it.

 

Right, onto other candy cab collections. Post your setups and let's talk candy!

[Flyingdragon]

Candy

 

Only the two candies at my place.. a nice pair of egret 2 though. The horizontal has a switcher with sf2ce, sf2ww, Superman, asterix, dynasty wars and psychic force. The vertical has a switcher with Raiden 2, Raiden dx, Raiden Fighters, Raiden Fighters 2, galaga and a 60 in 1.

[namastepat]

Nice, Egret 2s, the dream machine. I've never seen an Egret for sale in Brissie, if one came up and it was well priced, I'd be all over it like a rash. Great selection of games you have on the switchers also.

[redferatu]

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Only the two candies at my place.. a nice pair of egret 2 though. The horizontal has a switcher with sf2ce, sf2ww, Superman, asterix, dynasty wars and psychic force. The vertical has a switcher with Raiden 2, Raiden dx, Raiden Fighters, Raiden Fighters 2, galaga and a 60 in 1.

How does the picture go switching between boards and which switcher are you using?

 

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[Flyingdragon]

Hi

I got one 6 in 1 switcher from RiddledTV (Jim) on Klov. He did mods for grounding, -5 and service sw. I also got a 3/4 player condenser board from him and some DuPont cables and jamma extenders etc for a 6 in 1 4-player project I’m working on. I got the other off gumtree. I also bought some nomotes from dogp on klov who sent them to Jim for me. Jim installed one on the switcher I got from him and sent the lot over to me. Holy-snes here on AA installed the the other switcher’s nomote for me (cheers mate).

The nomote has a couple of great functions... first up it removes the remote (which are a bitch as when you have more than one switcher it changes all in range as they run on the same frequency) .. it allows you to assign button/s to switch between slots/boards at your discretion (eg. I selected start buttons for both player 1 and 2 to be held down for three whole seconds to trigger the switcher to change slots. It only powers one slot on the switcher at a time so the other slots aren’t chewing power and also lets you bypass empty slots if needed. It works great

 

I hope my rambling explanation helps lol

 

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Got the second switcher off gumtree.. can’t say off the top of my head which brand specifically for the switchers but happy to check when I get back from my hols down the coast .. cheers

[Retrorev]

I hope you don't mind me posting this here.

I have no idea about Candy cabs but have been offered this.

It is empty inside and has no monitors.

Any idea how much it would be worth? I have been told its an original Sega versus cab. Its like 2 joined together.

 

Once again soz if I should of put this in the price check section.

 

 

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Cheers.

[namastepat]

It would take a lot of money to get it up and running again. The two monitors alone would cost between $550 or so for a pair of Jomac chassis and TV tubes. If you wanted to track down two, good condition Nanao 29 inch monitors, it would cost even more.

 

I wouldn't pay much for it, as it would be a pain in the ass to get running again.

[OsirusANZ]

 

I've only just joined and only just started my collection. I have a astro city 2 cab running a Pandora's 4 till I get a mame PC in it and I have a Sega versus cabinet with soul calibur 3 running on Namco 256. Cab has Tekken 5 card readers aswell

 

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[namastepat]

Nice, I would love a Vs City, but space is a premium for me and they are just so bloody massive.

[OsirusANZ]

Yeah I must admit it's a tank easy to move around though just trying to find a spot for it is proving difficult haha

 

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[OsirusANZ]

I love your setup tho mate I've always liked the candy cabs im hoping to add a few more to my collection in the next couple of years.

 

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[Slypinball]

This is my newest addition just about to pull it all apart to clean the rotation mech.

 

 

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[Cyber-dust]

CANDY!

 

I love me some candy. I own a New Astro City and currently restoring a Arcade Topstar (Korean?)

 

My dream candies are a blast city and Taito Vewlix.

 

 

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[namastepat]

Saw one of those Top Star cabs for sale recently. I'd never seen one before, they are really stylish looking cabs and very compact. I'd snap one up if it appeared locally. How is it finding parts for them?

[Cyber-dust]

Saw one of those Top Star cabs for sale recently. I'd never seen one before, they are really stylish looking cabs and very compact. I'd snap one up if it appeared locally. How is it finding parts for them?

I guess you're local in Sydney then?

 

I sold the spare just over a week ago.

I've been doing my own metal work and fixing it up. Converted CP to 2p and currently working on a front door.

Door needs a small trim :D

 

 

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[namastepat]

Yeah, i am in Brisbane, not Sydney. I saw your sale thread on Facebook. Had it been local, I would have grabbed it for sure.

[Cyber-dust]

It's a great little cab for sure!. Never heard of them either. The only thing I managed to find was this video on youtube running a knockoff mortal kombat clone that actually looks really decent.

 

 

When I got them, they were set up to run a taito type X2 system back to back with street fighter 4. They were missing panels and gutted when I got them.

 

May even respray mine with the blood red with black trim like the video. Looks kickass

 

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[Cyber-dust]

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I've only just joined and only just started my collection. I have a astro city 2 cab running a Pandora's 4 till I get a mame PC in it and I have a Sega versus cabinet with soul calibur 3 running on Namco 256. Cab has Tekken 5 card readers aswell

 

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Jelly of that Soul Calibur 3. I have SC2 and been hunting for 3 for a good 2 years now XD

[mR_CaESaR]

Joey has fixed my MS8 on my Tate setup. Gave it a quick go last night!

 

I'm very happy with my recent purchases

 

 

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[mrjamma]

Nice work. Joey's a champion. He's been keeping my machines alive over the years.

 

Some beautiful cabs on here!

 

I've just kept the one machine, still going strong

 

 

 

Hi @OsirusANZ . Nice Cab. Looks like the speakers inside the OEM speaker box are different to original. Would be interested to know what they were if you put them in there. How do they sound? cheers

[namastepat]

Nice work. Joey's a champion. He's been keeping my machines alive over the years.

 

Yes, if I didn't have Joey, I would have a whole bunch of machines that don't work. He has either provided a new chassis, or serviced the existing chassis in every machine that I own. I have a spare 29 inch Nanao MS-2931 stashed away and also a 29 inch TV that can be paired with a Jomac chassis. I don't have room to stash anymore, but we all need to have some preparation going for the tubepocalypse where we can't get any more tubes. That time is rapidly approaching.

 

It is kerbside collection in my area currently. Instead of seeing old CRTs, I am now seeing old LCDS and plasmas dumped on kerbside.

[mR_CaESaR]

I have a spare 29 inch Nanao MS-2931 stashed away

 

Same. I was given an MS9-29A with a Toshiba tube for free.

 

Joey has fixed the chassis and I'm not sure if the tube is ok yet.. I haven't installed since I need to make a harness for the MS9 to fit my astro city.

 

The tube also doesn't have a frame, so for me to test it safely, I'd have to take out my current tube and swap it around.

 

The only fault I can see with the tube physically is it has a chip or two at the front of the tube.

 

 

 

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[OsirusANZ]

Nice work. Joey's a champion. He's been keeping my machines alive over the years.

 

Some beautiful cabs on here!

 

I've just kept the one machine, still going strong

 

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Hi @OsirusANZ . Nice Cab. Looks like the speakers inside the OEM speaker box are different to original. Would be interested to know what they were if you put them in there. How do they sound? cheers

Hi matey yeah i purchased the speakers from jaycar they sound hella better then the stock sega ones as they were well worn out and muffled. I will eventually get a amp and put a sub somewhere. Ill find the model when i get home today if you like they cost around $36 for the pair.

 

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[Rat]

I just run a PC sub on the floor next to my candy cabs, yeah it might not look pro but it sounds good, subs need room to work well I'm not sure you would get good results with one inside the cab. That said I'm sure people have done it, dunno if I would like to feel the sub vibrate through the CP.

[redferatu]

Subs work great in big boxes. My only concern would be rattle from the panels. They work fine in ply cabs though.

 

In saying that it may change the frequency and dynamics a bit.

 

 

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