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Title: Strange Gyruss cabinet. Post by: Howling_North on June 04, 2016, 12:06:13 am So, was surfing the Craigslist ads and came across a guy that was selling a few cabs, one of them was a gyruss. I get the guys number and he tells me he is moving and is selling it for 100 bucks. I drive over to his place, and he has them all lined up plugged in in the garage. And I notice it's not a gyruss like I'm used to seeing. I watched John's restore on one, kind of an unmistakable cabinet. It plays well, monitor looks great. So I pick it up. But I can't find anything on this goofy looking marquee or the cabinet shape in general. Any knowledge out there for me?(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160604/78629efd772bbfa1f51f7c6419220dde.jpg)
Sent from my XT1585 using Tapatalk Title: Re: Strange Gyruss cabinet. Post by: legoman on June 04, 2016, 03:10:13 am That's a weird coin door, if you poke around inside the cabinet you might find a serial number or something with a clue to what it was originally.
Title: Re: Post by: Howling_North on June 04, 2016, 09:07:05 am The only number I can find besides the monitor info, is one the plate that the board fastens to says konami 002020
Sent from my XT1585 using Tapatalk Title: Re: Strange Gyruss cabinet. Post by: lesoleil70 on June 04, 2016, 10:41:28 am Any chance of close up pics of the writing on the marquee and on the instructions?
Title: Re: Strange Gyruss cabinet. Post by: Howling_North on June 04, 2016, 10:47:31 am (http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160604/acea5cca30a14138030e68a4dfa230c1.jpg)
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Sent from my XT1585 using Tapatalk Title: Re: Strange Gyruss cabinet. Post by: TimeRunner on June 06, 2016, 06:46:31 am Stern cabinet. Maybe used to be a Super Cobra?
Title: Re: Strange Gyruss cabinet. Post by: John's Arcade on June 06, 2016, 04:15:07 pm Konami (not Centuri) sold a kit to covert other games to Gyruss. That has that kit installed in a Stern cabinet.
The dedicated cabinets in the USA were made by Centuri using their own artwork. However, the game PCB and gameplay was licensed from Konami. MAKE SENSE? It's a Konami game. Only Centuri had the rights for the dedicated cab. Everything else was Konami conversions. #1 - Conversion kits were sold by the developer, Konami. #2 - Dedicated cabs were licensed to Centuri by Konami. Title: Re: Post by: Howling_North on June 06, 2016, 04:30:34 pm Yeah, that does make sense. I was just curious because I have an empire city that was clearly converted from a Mach 3. Art was painted over, and the inside tags proved it as well, but this one had nothing. Thank you all for the help.
Sent from my XT1585 using Tapatalk Title: Re: Strange Gyruss cabinet. Post by: Joystick Jedi on June 08, 2016, 11:18:51 pm Could explain why you see lots of the board sets out there without the "Licensed by Centuri" text...
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