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A tidy little upright cab A nice rotary joystick upright cab sitting next to a dedicated Sega cab Since it’s not every day you come across something like this, I ended up taking a number of shots of it – hopefully the above’s suitably indulgent! John let me know that this machine got snapped up later in the day, so kudos to the new owner – it’s a great piece of arcade history. Close-up 3/4 view of the cabinet from the right hand side Right hand side of the cabinet showing off the Taito and Space Invaders logos Great to see what looks like the original coin mech panel is still intact Player 1’s start button The header on this unit looked amazing considering its age Left hand side of the cabinet showing off the Taito logo Japanese instructions are still intact on this amazing cab A close-up of the controls The control panel has some wear and tear, but again considering it’s an original Japanese cab, it’s an impressive find. While I didn’t get around to popping it open, on the outside it was in extremely good condition consider its age and having travelled over to Australian from Japan at some stage in its life. The star of the lineup was definitely this amazing Space Invaders dedicated cab. Joining the skill testers were some other odd pieces – two Namco redeption machines I couldn’t place, one of those matchmaking games I remember hearing about but never playing as well as what looked like an old pachinko board which was pretty awesome.

I have no idea what this machine is, but it certainly looks interesting! A cute little Namco cab Another quirky cabinet It’s not everyday you come across interesting stuff like this What I liked about these is that the Plucka decal (of Hey-Hey fame) has survived what must be getting close to two decades out in the wild. There were some skill testers onsite with some merch still loaded, reminding me of how prolific these were in the 90s.

In terms of the gear available, there was a fantastic mix of goodies on offer. Skill Testers like these were in every arcade in the 90s 90s Skill Tester + Plucka = a double dose of nostalgia If you’re not too fussed about this you can go straight to what happened after the gates opened. Seeing cabs in the wild, poring over pictures of PCBs, getting excited about beautiful routing of JAMMA looms – I love this stuff. There were two other cars parked when we arrived around 8:30am, and by 8:45am when we went in to photograph the gear, the lineup of cars stretched up the road and a healthy number of pundits were arriving.Īrcades, pinballs and spare parts – on my!īefore going any further, it’s important to note I’m a bit of an arcade nerd. With a fistful of dollars (cash-only sales), trailer and enthusiasm on board, we headed out to the old GameRoom Essentials site on Cavan Road in Pooraka.

I was bringing along one of my brothers (my elder brother couldn’t make it as he had family commitments, but being a huge fan of arcade games he assured us he’d be in there in spirit), so a flurry of phone calls and messages teed up the starting time. Earlier this week we reported that Adelaide was going to have an impressive arcade and pinball sale on Saturday 20 February, and we were lucky enough to speak with the organisers to arrange access to take photos of the event, including getting the chance to jump in before the gates opened for a nosey.

Afterburner sit down arcade game for sale