I had a Spy Hunter fall on me today after it toppled off the truck lift. It pinned me to the street curb with one leg under it. Thankfully, I was wearing steeltoes. If I hadn't, I would have been in the emergency room with a Bally/Midway crushed foot. The Spy Hunter didn't get away without its pound of flesh. It goose-egged my left arm pretty good. Its on ice right now as I type this with my right hand.
Ouch!! Glad you got off with minimal injuries. Boy wouldn't it be embarrasing explaining that one away.. :) I've been lucky -- a Marble Madness tried to crush me but I jumped out of the way in time (barely). I will admit to leaving plenty of flesh behind on (and in) some games.. And of course I have to ask the obvious question -- Spy Hunter ok? Kurt On Sat, Aug 21, 2004 at 03:18:44PM -0600, Pete Ashdown wrote:
I had a Spy Hunter fall on me today after it toppled off the truck lift. It pinned me to the street curb with one leg under it. Thankfully, I was wearing steeltoes. If I hadn't, I would have been in the emergency room with a Bally/Midway crushed foot. The Spy Hunter didn't get away without its pound of flesh. It goose-egged my left arm pretty good. Its on ice right now as I type this with my right hand.
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I had a Spy Hunter fall on me today after it toppled off the truck lift.
I had a converted UR Star Trek ride me down my basement stairs once. There is still a divot in the drywall at the bottom from my head. When I got it to it's final destination, I plugged the game in to see if it was OK, and was ticked because the screen was now *way* out of focus. Then I noticed that the bezel, marquee and my basement were out of focus too. A little couch time and a cold Pepsi fixed me up, though. I think Sega and Atari got in some kind of "Who can build the heaviest 19 inch cab" pissing contest, but I can't find that documented anywhere. Sean
C'mon Asteriods and Star Wars take the cake here....I think those cabs were lined with lead. Outside of that, EDOT and the Star Trek Captain's Chair definitely take the cake for biggest pain-in-the-@#$% to move.... :) For the cheapest made and lightest cabinets, Nintendo definitely wins hands down. Ever move a flimsy DK??? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christopher Strong" <strong@cs.utah.edu> To: "Sean McLachlan" <sean@lithoflexo.com> Cc: <utvgg@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2004 10:38 AM Subject: RE: [UtVgG] God bless steeltoe boots
I think Sega and Atari got in some kind of "Who can build the heaviest
19
inch cab" pissing contest, but I can't find that documented anywhere.
Atari won. Trust me--I've moved three System 1 cabinets into my basement.
-Chris
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For the cheapest made and lightest cabinets, Nintendo definitely wins hands down. Ever move a flimsy DK???
True story: Since I had the monitor out of it for repairs anyway, I moved my DK down into my basement by myself. Note: all weights are taken from the games flyers, unless noted. Star Wars checks in at 321 lbs. http://tinyurl.com/6bmf2 When I shipped an Asteroids the shipping slip said 310 lbs. 'Pede and Dig Dug are 307 lbs. Both Marble Madness and Road Blasters claim 327 lbs. http://tinyurl.com/4ttz8 Star Trek UR comes in at 352 lbs. http://tinyurl.com/68beh Donkey Kong is a laughable 220 lbs. http://tinyurl.com/444gs For reference, a *cabaret* Dig Dug or Centipede also weigh 220. And I didn't know that a cabaret Dig Dug had a 19" monitor and ***side art***. Now I know why you want one, Jeff. My view is anything over 250 lbs, which is what Defender weighs, http://tinyurl.com/3jnya, is too damn heavy. Not really related to this discussion, but my Race Drivin' sits in the garage, not because it doesn't work, but because it's 7 feet tall and weighs a documented (http://tinyurl.com/4gje3) 475 lbs. It's a driving game with a 25 inch monitor, but Jeebus! It's hard to move. Fun to play, though. And yeah, it's a slow work day. :) Sean
For me I actually don't mind the weight of the cabinets so much (as long as I'm not trying to dead lift them). With a dolly and a strap (and a decent sense of balance) you can move games around pretty easily -- experience helps. If you're moving a game more than a few feet the strap really helps. You don't have to worry about the game as much. Admittedly I get a kick out of watching folks not use one.. :) But what gets me is the awkwardness of cabinets.. Pet peeves that I have: - the non-flat back on games so that you can't easily slide them or strap a dolly onto them: - Major Havoc (dedicated) - Toobin - games with wheels -- it's just as easy to get a dolly on them -- and when you're unloading them (on their back) out of a truck they have this cool habit of trying to roll away (not that I've ever had any close calls.. nope, not me..) - tempest/spaceduel/etc - cheap cabinets like some of the nintendo cabs that when you move them they start racking.... - that orange playchoice that I dumped on Sean.. :) - widebody upgrights that are just a pain in the ass to move - dedicated rampage comes to mind (anyone want one, cheap?) - and then just the ungodly big games like jeff's old EDOT. Kurt On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 11:57:50AM -0600, Sean McLachlan wrote:
For the cheapest made and lightest cabinets, Nintendo definitely wins hands down. Ever move a flimsy DK???
True story: Since I had the monitor out of it for repairs anyway, I moved my DK down into my basement by myself.
Note: all weights are taken from the games flyers, unless noted.
Star Wars checks in at 321 lbs. http://tinyurl.com/6bmf2 When I shipped an Asteroids the shipping slip said 310 lbs. 'Pede and Dig Dug are 307 lbs. Both Marble Madness and Road Blasters claim 327 lbs. http://tinyurl.com/4ttz8 Star Trek UR comes in at 352 lbs. http://tinyurl.com/68beh Donkey Kong is a laughable 220 lbs. http://tinyurl.com/444gs For reference, a *cabaret* Dig Dug or Centipede also weigh 220. And I didn't know that a cabaret Dig Dug had a 19" monitor and ***side art***. Now I know why you want one, Jeff.
My view is anything over 250 lbs, which is what Defender weighs, http://tinyurl.com/3jnya, is too damn heavy.
Not really related to this discussion, but my Race Drivin' sits in the garage, not because it doesn't work, but because it's 7 feet tall and weighs a documented (http://tinyurl.com/4gje3) 475 lbs. It's a driving game with a 25 inch monitor, but Jeebus! It's hard to move. Fun to play, though.
And yeah, it's a slow work day. :)
Sean
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For me I actually don't mind the weight of the cabinets so much (as long as I'm not trying to dead lift them). With a dolly and a strap (and a decent sense of balance) you can move games around pretty easily -- experience helps. If you're moving a game more than a few feet the strap really helps. You don't have to worry about the game as much. Admittedly I get a kick out of watching folks not use one.. :)
But what gets me is the awkwardness of cabinets..
I think you hit why some cabs "move heavier" than others. I don't know what it is about Centipede, but I can barely get that thing rocked back on a dolly. I usually have to try 2 or 3 times to get it; makes me look like a fool. And Star Wars is so deep with the heavy flight yoke out front. And that glass bezel must weigh 25 lbs by itself. All that weight out front when you have the dolly on the back make it very awkward. When I had to move it to the basement, I took out everything but the harness and the gameboards. And it was still worse than moving my converted Robotron. Hey Chris, how is your Joust project coming? Sean
Both Marble Madness and Road Blasters claim 327 lbs.
That does not surprise me. I don't know why the System I games are so damn heavy.
Star Trek UR comes in at 352 lbs. http://tinyurl.com/68beh
That does! Holy Crap!!! I had no idea it was that bad. Just checked the manual...4-player Gauntlet is a mere 293 pounds. But it is bulky as hell. Here's the shock...system 2 games (Paperboy, at least) is 350 Pounds!!!! I thought it was lighter than the system-1 games. Must be the "stairway factor". My weights are from the manuals here at my desk. -Chris
ok, here's another 'pain'....I've moved a few of these and think the anti-christ had something do to with the design... Nintendo VS upright 'dual' monitor cabinet....IF you can actually move it, you'll find it won't fit through any door....ugh!! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christopher Strong" <strong@cs.utah.edu> To: "Sean McLachlan" <sean@lithoflexo.com> Cc: <utvgg@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2004 12:33 PM Subject: RE: [UtVgG] God bless steeltoe boots
Both Marble Madness and Road Blasters claim 327 lbs.
That does not surprise me. I don't know why the System I games are so damn heavy.
Star Trek UR comes in at 352 lbs. http://tinyurl.com/68beh
That does! Holy Crap!!! I had no idea it was that bad.
Just checked the manual...4-player Gauntlet is a mere 293 pounds. But it is bulky as hell.
Here's the shock...system 2 games (Paperboy, at least) is 350 Pounds!!!!
I
thought it was lighter than the system-1 games. Must be the "stairway factor".
My weights are from the manuals here at my desk.
-Chris
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On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 12:33:40PM -0600, Christopher Strong wrote:
Star Trek UR comes in at 352 lbs. http://tinyurl.com/68beh
That does! Holy Crap!!! I had no idea it was that bad.
All those Sega convert-a-cabs are heavy. However, 350 was what I was guessing the Spy Hunter was at, and now I'm thinking it was more than 400. Most games I can at least lift from horizontal, no way on the Spy Hunter.
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