Archived from groups: rec.games.video.arcade.marketplace (
More info?)
Hi Steve;
Some of the EPROMS just say Intel '82, some ROMS have 8303, and others have
8305, and 8306.
ROM 0,1,2,3,4 have GV-113, 3/30/84 and 8.0 on them, ... and
FG0,1,2,3 have 8.0 with a date of 5/15/84
the sound roms are also dated 5/15/84 as well.
peace
Allen
"Stephen Beall" <mylstar@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:md2dnak525zfrrffRVn-rw@giganews.com...
>
>
>
> Yes, Qbert Qubes were factory conversions of Qbert cabs.
> Gott/Mylstar stopped using that "Qbert" style cabs after Mad Planets
> which started production in Apr. of 1983. Stooges went into production in
> July of 1984 and used the Juno Fist/Krull/Stooges style cabs.
>
> Proto Stooges cabs were in Juno Fist/Krull/Stooges cabs with the Mylstar
> logo air brushed on the sides. If youcan find reruns of Whats Happining
> Now, there is a proto Stooges in the diner the kids hang out at.
>
> Is your Stooges a proto? Maybe, but my gut tells me no.
> Is it a Mad Planets pcb conversion? You bet!
>
> I'd like to know the date codes on the actual rom production date, not the
> date on the label. The rom production code will be a 4 digit # like
> 3583. That means the chip was mfg'd in the 35th week of 1983.
>
> Oh, this is not a flame post. I'm just curious about this machine since I
> collect Gottlieb/Mylstar games.
>
> -Stephen
>
>
>
>
> TreasureCove wrote:
>> There was evidently a lot of swapping, Mylstar using what was available
>> for the prototypes and for production games, especially since Mylstar
>> went out of business in "84. You yourself even mention Mylstar changing
>> things on a few of your past posts Stephen... "The proto Three Stooges
>> cab has the Mylstar logo air brushed on it.
>> The logo is pretty big and it was in red/bue/black colors. There was one
>> at an Los Angeles auction a couple years back."
>>
>> And in another article re: the Qubes you have...you mention how the
>> factory changed cabinets etc placing Qubes side art over Qbert
>> artwork......and the Boards were modified and how the factory.placed
>> stickers overtop others on the boards and chips etc etc...... and here
>> is what the author of the Soitenly Stooges book says about the game...
>> In 1984, the year the Stooge game was introduced to the video arcade
>> industry, Mylstar declared bankrupcy and went out of business. As with
>> most situations like this, a judge usually instructs the company to
>> liquidate it's assets quickly to pay back it's creditors. Since the
>> Stooge game was just being introduced at that time it had a limited
>> number of orders placed for it. So the company converted the remaining
>> unsold Stooge games, into their better selling games.
>> So from what I have dug up, I dont believe Mylstar had any set of
>> "factory standards" common on machines they shipped to a customer during
>> 1984. They sold/scrounged whatever they could to satisfy a customer which
>> is why Coca Cola dumped Mylstar also ..and since much of the history on
>> the Mylstar games is but a memory the 3 years they were in business we
>> can only speculate all the different possibilities.
>>
>> BTW, the Roms towards the top of the board are 5-15-84 and the ones at
>> the bottom are 1.8 dated 3-30-84
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "Stephen Beall" <mylstar@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:xcidnVDnGaiFaLTfRVn-qQ@giganews.com...
>>
>>>TreasureCove wrote:
>>>
>>>>We checked, and this cab has never been any color other than black, no
>>>>yellows, blues, or any other color underneath. I was told that the
>>>>factory produced some of these games with the black cab before switching
>>>>to blue. ... and it isn't a conversion either.
>>>>
>>>>Allen
>>>>
>>>>"prOk" <bsonej@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>>>news:aJiWd.147075$JF2.91534@tornado.tampabay.rr.com...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>That's not even a 3 stooges cab, it's a qbert painted black probably
>>>>>converted with an NOS stooges kit.
>>>>>
>>>>>/b
>>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>I'm going to say:
>>>
>>>Converted Mad Planets pcb.
>>>If you zoom in on the sticker on the upper left corner of the main pcb,
>>>you can make out GV-102 which is a Mad Planets board.
>>>
>>>A legit Stooges board has factory jumpers on the board, the one in
>>>auction does not.
>>>
>>>A legit Stooges pcb uses the orange back up battery pack, not the black
>>>one.
>>>
>>>A Mad Planets pcb has the big brown and flat disc cap near the bottom
>>>left corner. A legit Stooges board has a small tantalum (sp?) cap in that
>>>position.
>>>
>>>The mounting board in the auction game has extra stand offs for other
>>>boards. I think this mounting board was pulled from another game. Perhaps
>>>MACH 3?
>>>
>>>I also believe the cab to be a Mad Planets as well but the insides differ
>>>from mine. Mine does not have the shelf by the coin box.
>>>Also, Gottlieb/Mylstar used metal brackets to hold monitors in place, not
>>>wood ones.
>>>
>>>I'm curious to see what the date codes are on the auction machine.
>>>Any chance we can get a close up shot of the rom codes?
>>>
>>>-Stephen
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>
Facebook
Twitter
Instagram