Found Robocop

[Paul Slocum]

Yesterday my friend across the street found a Robocop arcade game on the street. He took it home and it came on, but there was just garbage on the screen, so he asked me over to look at it. I did the first thing I'd do on any old computer crap that doesn't work -- reseat all the chips and connectors. It came right up after that. The cabinet's a little beat up, there's no side art, and there's a faint Q-Bert burn in, but it's hard to beat a FREE Robocop machine.

 

And the main board is plugged into a Jamma connector. That means we can plug almost any Jamma compatible board into it right?

 

-paul

[Flack]

Yup, Robocop is a JAMMA compatible game. I have one too, and it's the loudest game I have. When I turn all the other games on, it's quiet until you hear someone yelling, "SERVE THE PUBLIC, PROTECT THE INNOCENT, UPHOLD THE LAW!" I haven't been able to find a volume knob anywhere in there.

 

FYI, most Robocop's are conversions. According to KLOV, they only made 1,000 original machines. The rest were only sold as conversion kits, which is what yours and mine are.

[+-^CrossBow^-]

Rob...I really wish there were some way you could bring up a few of your cabs to the OKGE this year...we can never have too many arcade games at these events...hehe

 

:wink:

[Trip_Cannon]

Found it on the street???

[Gamemaster_ca_2003]

The cabinet's a little beat up, there's no side art, and there's a faint Q-Bert burn in, but it's hard to beat a FREE Robocop machine.

 

did the cab look like a standard Gottlieb cab. This robocop might have been a Q*Bert in its past life thats if the cab is a Q*bert.

[Paul Slocum]

He said it was just out on the curb somewhere nearby.

 

I don't know much about arcade machines so I'm not sure. Although to switch from Robocop to Q-bert, the monitor would have to have been rotated.

 

-paul

[Gamemaster_ca_2003]

He said it was just out on the curb somewhere nearby.

 

I don't know much about arcade machines so I'm not sure.  Although to switch from Robocop to Q-bert, the monitor would have to have been rotated.

 

-paul

 

do you have a pic of the robocop machine.

[Sega Ages]

This is not the first time I've heard of people finding arcade machines by the curb on the street. I know someone who found a Street Fighter 2 arcade machine like that, and took it home.

[EricDeLee]

I wish I could be that lucky! Oh well, I can't complain. Not when there are a few places where you can get arcade games for about $200 in Tulsa.