Help - Quality of a Galaxian into Galaga Conversion

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i have just bought one of these in a nice midway cocktail cabinet. it
shows up on the monitor as a Galaga, not a Gallag. any chance this game
has a real midway board, or is it surely a bootleg? from what i have
read, do yo uall think that the original harnass had to be totally
hacked up to get the galaga to play? i am getting it tonight, but i am
concerned that the machine has been completely bastardized. any chance
taht the job was done well? it is cheap, so i have taken a chance.
what do you think? Harry in Montreal

 

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I would hope they used an original Galaga harness and board. You
should be able to tell real quick when you get it but looking at the
board (2 square boards sandwiched). However, you used the word "cheap"
and that is unsually never used with original Galaga hardware. If it
is not original and you have to have that, you can always purchase a
harness and board and redo it. Of course those parts will probably run
$250-$275. Did they use a Galaga underlay and control panel overlays?
Have fun!

 

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I would hope they used an original Galaga harness and board. You
should be able to tell real quick when you get it but looking at the
board (2 square boards sandwiched). However, you used the word "cheap"
and that is unsually never used with original Galaga hardware. If it
is not original and you have to have that, you can always purchase a
harness and board and redo it. Of course those parts will probably run
$250-$275. Did they use a Galaga underlay and control panel overlays?
Have fun!

 

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no - it has the original control panels from the galaxian, and it has
the old topglass. it is in a nice compact midway 1 chute coindoor
cabinet. i looked at it working about 3 months ago, and the price was
way to high so i did not crack it open to see the internals. the board
showed a galaga attract mode, but who knows. i just hope it was a
decent hack job and a midway pcb set. it is 300$ - so i guess i am
doing okay either way.

it has the little switches in place of the joysticks. looks like i will
be in the market for a repro underlay.

any other thoughts?

thanks,

Harry

 

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I have an original Galaxian cocktail that is still all Galaxian. This
is a popular conversion and most of the time the control panels are
left alone. I like the "lever" as opposed to the joystick. The Galaga
repro underlay will work great and I would think finish it off better.
For $300 you did well, I bet the cabinet alone is worth most of that.

 

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Scott,
the overlays are nice IIRC, so i will likely leave them alone. i am
more concerned
with how the person did the conversion. i am hoping that the board is a
midway, and
the harnass was either completely swapped out for a galaga, or
professionally done.
i have a feeling that it is going to be a bush-league job. have you
ever seen what other
conversions looked like? H

 

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You won't be able to fit joysticks in the galaxian cab anyway unless you cut
out a section under the control panel to have it pop out of. They're very
thin and a joystick won't fit. Stick with the control panels you have
unless you don't mind the joys sticking out the bottom.

Scott


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> I have an original Galaxian cocktail that is still all Galaxian. This
> is a popular conversion and most of the time the control panels are
> left alone. I like the "lever" as opposed to the joystick. The Galaga
> repro underlay will work great and I would think finish it off better.
> For $300 you did well, I bet the cabinet alone is worth most of that.
>

 

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I have a Gallag PCB that powers up and says "Galaga" on the screen.
It plays just the same as the Bally/Midway board I have. Apparently
its a simple modification made to one of the EPROMS.

I've never picked up a machine that didn't have a hacked up harness.
If its an original game, chances are its been worked on by many people
over the years, and they've all left their mark in some way.

If you got it cheap, and it plays properly, fix anything you feel is
dangerous (check the AC wiring over carefully), clean it up as best
you can, and just enjoy your purchase.

Blaine.

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>i have just bought one of these in a nice midway cocktail cabinet. it
>shows up on the monitor as a Galaga, not a Gallag. any chance this game
>has a real midway board, or is it surely a bootleg? from what i have
>read, do yo uall think that the original harnass had to be totally
>hacked up to get the galaga to play? i am getting it tonight, but i am
>concerned that the machine has been completely bastardized. any chance
>taht the job was done well? it is cheap, so i have taken a chance.
>what do you think? Harry in Montreal

 

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the game has a nice clean Midway Galaga boardset - but it seems to
be displaying the characters in a drippy or blotchy manner. i think
that it
will need a romset replacement. i will have to do some more research.
it
should be fun. thanks for all the input. in the meantime i will clean
it up and
play it as it is. many thanks, Harry