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Title: Just got a Gyruss today! Post by: jaffo on October 18, 2014, 11:36:37 pm Hey everyone,
I just picked up a Gyruss at a garage sale today for $100. It needs a little work - here's some pics I took when I got it home in the garage: http://imgur.com/a/2uNmw (http://imgur.com/a/2uNmw) Right now, it won't boot consistently. As you can see from the pics, I got it to go to the title screen - the sound works, the screen is pretty good, but it won't show the actual gameplay! It shows the score and remaining lives, but the ship, enemies, and "bullets" don't show. When it doesn't boot properly, it shows garbled stuff or it shows the test grid, but improperly (as seen in the last pic). They didn't have keys, so I'll have to drill the locks out or try picking them. The side art isn't horrible - it is a little worn and there's a spot where someone scratched their name into the right side. I'll probably keep the artwork as-is. I have some bondo work ahead of me, though - there are holes in the front from where there was a security bar installed at one point and there's a considerable amount of wood missing on the left under a section of the t-molding. That's going to be interesting to try to fix - especially with trying to preserve the side art on that side. Title: Re: Just got a Gyruss today! Post by: pimppride on October 18, 2014, 11:54:43 pm is it just me or is there allot of gyruss cabs coming out of the woodworks lately, good deal on the garage grab
Title: Re: Just got a Gyruss today! Post by: jaffo on October 19, 2014, 02:54:09 am Thanks! My wife thinks I paid too much but I think I got an OK deal.
Title: Re: Just got a Gyruss today! Post by: VertexGuy on October 19, 2014, 07:19:18 pm what happened to the coindoor?
Title: Re: Just got a Gyruss today! Post by: jaffo on October 19, 2014, 07:36:44 pm what happened to the coindoor? I think you may be talking about that big white splotch in the center? that's the remnants of a sticker or something. I'll peel that off before I paint the coin door. Title: Re: Just got a Gyruss today! Post by: VertexGuy on October 20, 2014, 06:17:44 pm what happened to the coindoor? I think you may be talking about that big white splotch in the center? that's the remnants of a sticker or something. I'll peel that off before I paint the coin door. No I was kinda referring to the missing raised CENTURI coindoor logo. Kinda like this one.. http://youtu.be/Taq2ldrmrmM?list=UUY-HatYPufjGE9Sd1hEhR6A Title: Re: Just got a Gyruss today! Post by: jaffo on October 20, 2014, 10:15:45 pm Quote from: VertexGuy No I was kinda referring to the missing raised CENTURI coindoor logo I started watching John's Gyruss restore videos between yesterday and today and I saw the Century logo on the one that John has. Yeah, not sure what's going on there - my coin door is completely different. It doesn't even have the holes that the Centuri faceplate could screw in to. Here's a couple of closer-up pics I just took of it - as you can see is is definitely different than John's coin door: http://i.imgur.com/JlEGhhq.jpg (http://i.imgur.com/JlEGhhq.jpg) http://i.imgur.com/qO5g0s2.jpg (http://i.imgur.com/qO5g0s2.jpg) - note the sticker from "coinco" in the bottom left. The rest of the cabinet looks pretty original to me, although I'm no expert. Title: Re: Just got a Gyruss today! Post by: VertexGuy on October 20, 2014, 10:47:44 pm Heres mine.. had to put a new set of bulbs in but its pretty fresh .
(http://i1203.photobucket.com/albums/bb392/turbografx/00202_65eidfWE13R_600x450.jpg) (http://s1203.photobucket.com/user/turbografx/media/00202_65eidfWE13R_600x450.jpg.html) Title: Re: Just got a Gyruss today! Post by: jaffo on October 20, 2014, 10:53:43 pm I have to admit, it does look pretty good with that Centuri logo.
Title: Re: Just got a Gyruss today! Post by: iankellogg on October 21, 2014, 07:35:21 am A lot of them don't have the centuri logo anymore. I am pretty sure people would steal them from the machines.
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