RE: Sega vector dedicated's?

> well, it's another one of those fine line definitions of "dedicated"
> again.. Technically ALL Sega vector games were offered both
> as dedicated
> cabs and kits. A factory built Space Fury wasn't dedicated anymore if
> you stuck an Eliminator kit in..
>
> The only kit that saw any real quantity
> was ST, but the majority of the other UR vectors (Space Fury,
> Eliminator,
> Tac/scan, Zektor) were sold complete and weren't
> kits.

Majority is the key word here.

Being that I have a Tac/Scan kit box here, I know Tac/Scan came as a kit. I think Tac/Scan was actually a fairly popular kit also. The converta-cabinet game I have was actually an Eliminator which was converted to a Tac/Scan (under the Tac/Scan sticker is an Eliminator sticker). The Zektor flyer does mention that it comes as a kit for Eliminator and Space Fury (notice no mention of Tac/Scan; Zektor came after Eliminator and Space Fury). Also, due to the difference of artwork between 2 different Eliminator kits, I am led to believe that Eliminator was ALSO a popular kit, as you can almost never find the early (original) version of the artwork.

See the different in Eliminator kits here:

http://www.enteract.com/~jenison/games/Eliminator/eliminator.html

Still working on that page...

> The confusion comes
> from the fact that i don't think ST was
> offered factory complete in a convert-a-game cab but only in
> the unique UR
> cab & cockpit, with kits for convert-a-game & non-Sega cabs..

Maybe. I do know that I've seen the boxes for the non-Sega cabs, and they also contain the G08 monitor needed.

AFAIK, These were the only cabs used for Sega XY games:

1) Converta Cab
2) Sega cocktail
3) Dedicated Star Trek upright
4) Star Trek cockpit
5) Eliminator 4-player

-- 
Mark Jenison
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