Re: Major Havoc Marquee - Which machine is this for ?

if you need to know...

Its an irish Space Duel machine converted to Major Havoc (despite what you
might think, Atari issued MH converson kits for tempests, AND grav/bw/space
duel)

so whats with the woodgrain sides?

Space Duel was a very colourful machine, but the rest of the european market
was heavily made up of woodgrain generic cabinets, and as machines were
being operated in pubs and other places other than an arcade, they needed to
be a little more low-key than the loud space duel graphics. Woodgrain was
the only acceptable colour otherwise most locations refused to site the
machine on their premises.

The woodgrain is like that from factory, not applied afterwards.... The
machines came with space duel sideart stickers thrown inside, incase the
operator ever wanted to tart it up a bit, but i've yet to see one with this
art applied, and AFAIK it was an actual cut-out sticker, not an entire white
side with art in the middle..

woodgrain space duels are about as common as normal space duels here in the
UK.. They also did an asteroids deluxe with woodgrain sides from factory
too. It just happens you've stumbled across an a Irish woodgrain space duel
cab in the usa, that has also been converted to major havoc... not
especially common.

that should answer that.

Andy Welburn
www.andys-arcade.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Sean McLachlan" <sean@lithoflexo.com>
To: <vectorlist@synthcom.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2003 7:00 PM
Subject: RE: VECTOR: Major Havoc Marquee - Which machine is this for ?

> >>Anybody know anything about this "rare" wood grain
> cabinet.
>
> Well there are 2 theories on this
>
> Theory 1: There was a V.P. at Atari that predicted the great video game
> crash of '84. So about 1982, when Space Duel was released, he had some
> experimental cabs made. Seems he wanted Atari to get into the furniture
> making business and this was a proof of concept machine that somehow
escaped
> the factory intact. This theory holds that this cab is highly prized and
> you should bid now, bid often and bid with confidence because the seller
is
> obviously an Atari insider who really knows his stuff
> Theory 2: Some Op had a Space Duel that was beat to crap, and he applied
> some cheap wood laminate to the side of the cab before he swapped monitors
> and converted it to an Arkanoid or Trivia Whiz
>
> You be the judge
>
>
>
> Sean McLachlan
> MIS Manager
> LithoFlexo grafics inc
> 801.484.8503
>
>
>
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