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ErikTheCat at www.SplatThatCat.com proudly presents...
a 'Williams Defender' tribute page.
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Remember! This is a 'hacked up' classic machine. This 'home-build' has been constructed from scratch, using approximate dimensions off the NET, basic hand tools. The whole lot was/is still being 'hashed together' in my lounge / living room (boy, am i popular). When the dust settled and there was lots of it, this is what they saw.
This is very much a work in progress!
GAME NOT OVER! As i said it's Still not finished, although it's much better than it once was. it's very much a case of one step forward and two steps back. It's my first and last attempt at a 'build your own' cabinet. YES, you probably could do better. If you've been putting your project off, now is the time to start. Friends and family will think you are mad. You Will NOT regret it!
THANK YOU's
INSPIRATION. A special thanks to Kevin Umbach (Canada) for the final piece of inspiration. Visit his web pages at :- http://plaza.powersurfr.com/kevin/arcade
CONTRIBUTION. Original artwork tracings. A special thanks to Carl Urso (Las Vegas, USA) for taking the time and effort to send me side and front artwork tracings from an original Defender cabinet. He says it was found an original cabinet abandoned and in severe need of renovation (April 2001). I was told it was to be renovated, but there is no sign of the much awaited web site. www.pudgy.tv is as dead as some 'do do' :o( , November 2003.
CONTRIBUTION. Many thanks to RAVAGE (UK), for your contribution.
'' on any of the small images below for a 'larger' one!
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Full
Frontal. Just remember... it's home made / hand built with no electrical tools except a drill. Just made from wood and screws and features a 'rotateable' monitor! |
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'Defender' style control layout! All the button in all the right places? (I think) |
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Hidden
M.A.M.E control panel. (on the left of the top panel) ESC, TAB, ~, ENTER, 1,2,3, for M.A.M.E configuration menu control etc. All out of sight so as not to spoil the lines! |
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POWER!
Another hidden button, this time on the right of the top panel. Does what it says. |
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The
shape of things to come. If you thought Defender had loads of buttons, then looks what's coming next. |
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Latest
in thought transference input device technology. The cabinet with the large panel in place. This will ultimately have;- 2 x top fire 8 way joysticks, trackball, spinner and lots of buttons. When HAPP controls Europe get their f*****G finger out! (If there are and lawyers reading this, I'm only joking, my order did take much longer than expected though) |
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This
is the MK1 control panel. The new panel will be a reincarnation of the MK1, using the homemade spinner (hacked mouse), trackball (Genius Kids trackball) and buttons (hacked keyboard) |
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The MK2 panel in place. (JAN 2001) |
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... and with a Marquee! not backlit though :o( (JAN 2001) |
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Rotating
screen for all that vertical gaming action! It does make a difference. All made from wood, by no means perfect, but functional. |
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Rotating
screen. It's a 17 inch PC monitor in a cylindrical wooden cage. |
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Lo
- tech (the broom handle solution). The monitor in it's wooden cage sits on two pieces of wooden batten.
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Rear
View or A view from behind! You can see the cylinder a little better here. It's sitting on the batons. It does rotate, although it's a little on the heavy side. TOP TIP!! use candle wax on the surfaces that run on the batons, the monitor moves with much less effort now (Aug 2002) The holes are left as a result of changing the 14" monitor to a 17", well worth it though. I'm now in the process of changing the monitor for a 19inch, this is the size that was in the original arcade machine. the only problem is that, the monitor will now NOT rotate when it is inside it's cage. i need to make another and also remove the monitor from it's plastic case. WARNING. TURNING A REGULAR CRT PC MONITOR ON IT'S SIDE CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS AND COULD POTENTIALLY CAUSE DAMAGE TO CIRCUITRY OR ELECTRICAL FIRES. IF YOU INSIST ON DOING THIS, DO NOT LEAVE 'ROTATED' MONITORS UNATTENDED! AND HAVE A C02 FIRE EXTINGUISHER ON HAND..... DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME KIDS!! (Aug 2002) |
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will finish it one day. The SAGA continues..... This is
the goal! I suppose I could just buy one, but where's the fun in that? the major downside would be only being able to play one of, literally hundreds (well tens anyway) of classic arcade games. |
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now for something completely different? Well not exactly, I bought this one. Way back in the heady days of 1991. It cost me £50. Was it worth the investment? How much is it worth now? but what is it??? read on ... |
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It plays like Scramble looks and sounds like Scramble, ..but it's not a Konami or Stern! No sign of a copyright here! It's a table top, but it doesn't look like any table top I've ever seen. A Little on the 'un' side of stylish if you ask me. |
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have been told it's a 'Zaccharia', made in or
by Italians? ,but that could be wrong.
Bad new? I'm now informed it's much less glamorous than that. Does anyone have any more information on a UK outfit called 'SUBELECTRO'? They may have traded in and around the London area. Does this new information change the value? (AUG 2001) |
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Oh F***, It's still 'playing up', I thought it needed a rewire from the control panel to the main PCB. On closer inspection it looks like the PCB edge connection socket is faulty. If I 'wiggle it, it works. I found some information on the WWW, it looks like it could be an OLD 18 way Konami style setup. The edge connector on this table top looks like a cut down larger connector (BODGE!!). The symptoms of the fault... If a machine is left, typically it should go into a demo mode. Oh no.. this one 'clocks up' credits and starts playing a game, sound and all! Now that's got to be wrong (poltergeist? ...They're here!!!!!!!!) I've just ordered a load of wire, edge connectors and finger boards, I'm going to attempt to convert it to the wonderful JAMMA standard. I want to buy one or two more Original boards (Galaxian and Frogger) then I will retire from the PCB game (lies all lies) I've managed to change the edge connector, the machine plays much better now. NO more poltergeists :o) (AUG 2001) |
Remote control hell ! I think I need a Philips PRONTO or Marantz RC5000. |
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