Hi guys, I have this Tempest that is in nice shape, I should have it wrapped up in a month or so. For me, space is at a premium so I have to be careful about what I put in the arcade. I never really loved Tempest, but I can't seem to swallow the idea of moving an Atari game out the door either. So I'm wondering about getting a Major Havoc board so I can swap it in and have 2, yes 2 games for the space of 1. My question is, is this an easy "unplug one board, plug the other in and go" type of swap, or are there other concerns here? My plan is to build 2 short extension cables and have both boards mounted in the cab with the extensions attached. The original wiring harness end and the extension cable end would be accessible through the coin door. Open the coin door, connect whichever board I want, power up and play. I do not want to have to move the game to switch boards, that's the deal breaker. Any caveats I should be aware of? Sean McLachlan
On Thu, Oct 14, 2004 at 10:15:11AM -0600, Sean McLachlan wrote:
Hi guys,
I have this Tempest that is in nice shape, I should have it wrapped up in a month or so. For me, space is at a premium so I have to be careful about what I put in the arcade. I never really loved Tempest, but I can't seem to swallow the idea of moving an Atari game out the door either.
BLASHPHEMY.
So I'm wondering about getting a Major Havoc board so I can swap it in and have 2, yes 2 games for the space of 1.
My question is, is this an easy "unplug one board, plug the other in and go" type of swap, or are there other concerns here? My plan is to build 2 short extension cables and have both boards mounted in the cab with the extensions attached. The original wiring harness end and the extension cable end would be accessible through the coin door. Open the coin door, connect whichever board I want, power up and play. I do not want to have to move the game to switch boards, that's the deal breaker.
Any caveats I should be aware of?
Well, just that Tempest is a vertical monitor and Major Havoc is a horizontal monitor. But aside from that.. :) There IS room to rotate the monitor without a lot of carpentry. Kurt -- /** * Kurt Mahan kmahan@xmission.com * * "Did I say that out loud?" */
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I never really loved Tempest, but I can't seem to swallow the idea of moving an Atari game out the door either.
BLASHPHEMY.
I know. Not loving Tempest is like living in Utah and not snow skiing, which I also don't do. /hangs head in shame
Any caveats I should be aware of?
Well, just that Tempest is a vertical monitor and Major Havoc is a horizontal monitor. But aside from that.. :)
LOL!!! Man, do I feel like a dope. I knew that there was a Tempest to MH conversion kit from Atari, so I assumed that the monitor was oriented the same way. Sheesh. Guess I can turn in my "video game geek" card now.
On Thu, Oct 14, 2004 at 10:21:01AM -0600, Kurt Mahan wrote:
Well, just that Tempest is a vertical monitor and Major Havoc is a horizontal monitor. But aside from that.. :) There IS room to rotate the monitor without a lot of carpentry.
In the fog of my memory I seem to recall someone doing a hack that either rotated Tempest or rotated MH for the other's monitor.
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