Candy Cabinet City

stellarola · Post by **stellarola** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 8:28 am

Hey everyone. I'm not really sure which forum would be the best to post this in, but I figure it's hardware related. I'm working on a site right now called Candy Cabinet City. I'm trying to document imported japanese candy cabs. I'd really like some help with this, if anyone is interested. Check out my site, see whatcha think about it. http://home.insightbb.com/~ecousticforkris/

Much, much more to come. Including a domain name...

-Ben

neorichieb1971 · Post by **neorichieb1971** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 8:31 am

Awesome stuff there.

stellarola · Post by **stellarola** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 4:55 am

Seems to be more popular with the Neo-geo crowd.

bigbadboaz · Post by **bigbadboaz** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 6:07 am

I think it's an exciting site, should be a great info source that I'll benefit from when I'm ready to take the cab plunge myself. Sorry to say I don't have anything to contribute, though.

bigbadboaz · Post by **bigbadboaz** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 6:08 am

Urg, double post.

neorichieb1971 · Post by **neorichieb1971** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 7:31 am

stellarola wrote:Seems to be more popular with the Neo-geo crowd.

Shmups only has about 400 active users. Not 400,000 like Ng.com.

Also, alot of interests are shared between here and ng.com and therefore that is another factor.

I'm sure once you get more info on the website it will be as popular as the questions that will get repeatedly asked here about Candy's

superhitachi4 · Post by **superhitachi4** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 7:58 am

Nice looking cabs there.

That Neo 29 makes me drool hehe.

Post by **undamned** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 3:41 pm

Don't forget about the Irem Madona.
-ud

Post by **undamned** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 11:10 pm

You might be able to find some more pics here:
http://list4.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/20 ... 0jp&mode=1
-ud

stellarola · Post by **stellarola** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 6:42 am

undamned, thanks for the link man. Hey also the Madonna cabinet, is that chinese copy-cab of another or a legit japanese cabinet?

stellarola · Post by **stellarola** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 9:42 am

Please update links to http://candycabinetcity.tz4.com/

it was free, so I can't complain.

D · Post by D » Thu Feb 02, 2006 10:36 am

Great site, I will check back regularly.
No candies in my posession so I can't contribute.
I do have a square black French Masterplay cab, which for the Netherlands i.m.h.o. is the best way to go for a third party cab.

Good luck

Post by **undamned** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 4:49 pm

stellarola wrote:undamned, thanks for the link man. Hey also the Madonna cabinet, is that chinese copy-cab of another or a legit japanese cabinet?

It's official Irem, as far as I know. Don't know if I have any pics of it around, but I tend to save cool pics, when I find them, so I'll see what I can dig up to donate to your site.
-ud

it290 · Post by **it290** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 5:30 pm

There are quite a few pics of the Madonna on hardmvs.com:

http://hardmvs.com/html/irem.htm

stellarola · Post by **stellarola** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 6:56 pm

it290 wrote:There are quite a few pics of the Madonna on hardmvs.com:

http://hardmvs.com/html/irem.htm

Wow, good deal, thanks man! I will try to add those pictures to the site with the correct props.

oxtsu · Post by **oxtsu** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 1:15 am

Some cabinets missing:

Jaleco - Pony Mark, Pony Mark II, Pony Mark III, Pony Mark IV

Namco - Original (no name), Dynalive, Arena Site, Excelcabinet, Excellena (red), Excellena '2' (blue).

SNK - MVS, Candy 26, NEO 50

Taito- MT2, Canary, MT5, Teatro 50

Sega - Aero Table, City, Swing, Megalo 410, Megalo 50, Versus City, New Versus City, New Net City

Capcom - Status, Cute (it's what you listed as 'Minicute'), PLAYZASS

Irem- Madonna

Konami - Dometheater

Tecmo - Kyotaro, Urban

Sammy - Videoworld

it290 · Post by **it290** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 2:12 am

Wow, good deal, thanks man! I will try to add those pictures to the site with the correct props.

Not my site BTW, so you may want to contact the site owner (briggs I believe).

stellarola · Post by **stellarola** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 4:59 am

oxtsu wrote:Some cabinets missing:

Jaleco - Pony Mark, Pony Mark II, Pony Mark III, Pony Mark IV

Namco - Original (no name), Dynalive, Arena Site, Excelcabinet, Excellena (red), Excellena '2' (blue).

SNK - MVS, Candy 26, NEO 50

Taito- MT2, Canary, MT5, Teatro 50

Sega - Aero Table, City, Swing, Megalo 410, Megalo 50, Versus City, New Versus City, New Net City

Capcom - Status, Cute (it's what you listed as 'Minicute'), PLAYZASS

Irem- Madonna

Konami - Dometheater

Tecmo - Kyotaro, Urban

Sammy - Videoworld

Oxtsu, thankyou for the list! I also renamed minicute to cute and added the first versus city to list. I plan on adding more cabs to the list once I get these first set complete. The list I have on the site is probably some of the most 'popular' imported japanese cabs out there. Also I have a pretty good set of pictures of the ones listed on the site. It's hard to find pictures out there of a lot of these cabs.

Thankyou for the constructive criticism, it helps a lot!

stellarola · Post by **stellarola** » Sun Feb 19, 2006 4:47 am

Couple updates, nothing too big. Life=busy...sucks, eh?

stellarola · Post by **stellarola** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 6:38 am

I've been doing a lot of work offline. All the links should be active within the next week or so. I'm really looking forward to it, I hope others are. I'm also very interested in articles. If its related to arcade games, hardware,technical, I'll take it. I will give you props for your work, of course.

Cheers!

-Ben

neorichieb1971 · Post by **neorichieb1971** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 11:32 am

Some nice guy at neo geo forums uploaded a PDF of the NEW ASTRO CITY service manual in English. I've printed it off and its very very informative and should be considered the holy grail if you have a NAC.

http://bonbaiserdecapo.free.fr/temp/doc%20astro.pdf

stellarola · Post by **stellarola** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 9:04 pm

neorichieb1971 wrote:Some nice guy at neo geo forums uploaded a PDF of the NEW ASTRO CITY service manual in English. I've printed it off and its very very informative and should be considered the holy grail if you have a NAC.

http://bonbaiserdecapo.free.fr/temp/doc%20astro.pdf

Thankyou Richie!!

stellarola · Post by **stellarola** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 3:24 am

Updated site with a new design and new domain name. www.candycabinetcity.com. Check it out!

Expect some contests in the future.

-Ben

kemical · Post by **kemical** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 6:47 am

awesome stuff!

man I still wish I had a jaleco pony mk-III :\