Re: Tempest mini cabinet that I let slip away

My tempest has a stainless steel door. I seem to remember it
stating, "made in the usa" though. (I'm at work and the game
is at home.) It has a very high serial number on it though,
like about 155,000.

From: Jeff Anderson <mayday19@idt.net>
>Reply-To: vectorlist@lists.cc.utexas.edu
>To: vectorlist@lists.cc.utexas.edu
>Subject: Re: Tempest mini cabinet that I let slip away
>Date: Mon, 6 Dec 1999 15:47:56 -0500 (EST)
>
>
>That may have been me.. I have a couple Ireland built games that have
>stainless Steel coin doors (soccer, BZ mini). After Atari dropped the big
>square door (after tempest) they used regular coin controls doors.. I
>would assume an Ireland built Tempest UR would have a SS door on it.
>
>Jeff
>
>
> > I had heard that Ireland built cabs looked just like the "normal"
> > ones, but had silver-colored (i.e. unpainted) coin doors, and the
> > purple/yellow lettering on the marquee.
> >
> > I'm not sure if that's right, but that's something I heard from
> > someone else. (I had a Tempest like that, and they said "Oh, that's one
> > of the Ireland-built cabs.")
> >
> > Joe
> >
> >
>

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Received on Mon Dec 6 15:48:17 1999