Hi french cabs collector here !!!!

[rom1]

Hi,
I fix old french cabinets and i really like John's vids.
If you like ugly things like that

or this

 you like generic french arcade

Waiting the next vid...

[John's Arcade]

Oh, wow!! Those things are COOL. What are they!? Post some more photos!

[Tighe]

I am interested in the cocktail and the cabinet in the foreground that looks like a PlayStation version of a Nintendo Super System.

John, how come you don't have a SuperSystem?

[rom1]

Hi,
The thing with french generic arcade was in the beginning of the 80'.
In the professional exhibition for the coin-up machines professionnals, american firms showed their new machines : pacman, space invaders etc.
A french guy, Mr Tel (Jeutel) was interesting. His business was about trading pinballs, pool tables etc. to professional (Here some guies were placing games in bars or nightclub to earn money sharing the amount with the owner of the place).
The fact is that here we had to wait 6 months before having the games.
He employed engineers and buy each sample of games and do copies. When the american games were ready to be sale in France Jeutel was everywhere with a copy of the game. For example Space Invader was Super invaders.
And then games were later better protected by law but it was too late for Bally, Atari and brothers.
And today people in France don't go out too much to drink a beer, law has become straight for winny drivers, money left the pockets and we pass in 20 years from 200 000 bars and coffee places to less than 25000. For a few years there is a good stock of cabinet sleeping in garage basements, stocks but things become rares because we are most and most nostalgic collectors.
Sorry for my english, but i collect faults too !
John i promise to make a few picts of my collection.
Have a nice evening, here is almost the night.

[pimppride]

cool story... thinking about your story I wonder if its the same for most of Europe ? I have family in Belgium,I never thought about looking for old arcades across the pond...

[Mr_Rampage]

I'm interested in games from other countrys. More info if you please or a link to your youtube where you explain. XD

[rom1]

Perhaps I can help you to buy one.
You have to do the trip to see it and its delivery to your country because it is a big responsibility I don't want to carry.
Come with a dedicated one and we make an exchange ;-)
Look for Jeutel, arcade Electronics or René Pierre in google image to precise your idea.

[lesoleil70]

what is the driving cab in the flickr rom?

[rom1]

It is a generic driving car by Jeutel. Really heavy. I made the experience of plugin a PS2 to Jamma with a PS1 to play driving 3D games.
It works but my screen just recapted and LM1203 changed, i need to change some others part because picture stay blue overdosed ;-)
Then i will start to wire it one the good way (the break pedal is not plugged, the wheel has no effect etc.)

[rom1]

Just a little message to announce the upcoming of a new video bloger : Christer Crash : the spanish son of my wife.
He did a youtube vid about Atari San Fransisco gameplay. Url very soon.
Sorry but proud ;-)

[rom1]

Here is the spanish video gameplay of SF Rush :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fkOgpCPxLk