Some more pictures

Been messing about as usual and thought I'd take some photos of the cab.

Heres the marquee again. The lights on this time but not sure if it shows through.


Mmmmmm - new frontend. MaLa in all its glory. Nice theme too (from the MaLa site)


Opening credits of "Dragons Lair" - nice, really nice.


Ahh - the age old question - "what buttons do I use ?". Why just the ones that are lit of course ! This piccy is showing the button config for Dragons Lair - but you knew that already.


Lightgun mounting, hole where wires are stuffed and pinball flipper button. The hole is covered using those office desk cable tidy cover things. Found in a skip ! Excellent !


In her throbbing glory. In Technicolor.

Video of flashing buttons !!!!!

STOP PRESS !!!!

I've uploaded a very low-res video of the buttons in all their "attract mode" glory.


NOTE : Taken on a mobile phone so the res is crap. Not recommended at full screen.

Embedded video here :

Tournament Nite 22

"When the enemy advances, withdraw; when he stops, harass; when he tires, strike; when he retreats, pursue."
- Chairman Mao Zedong (Tse-tung)

So tourney 22 has come around - some classic games too. Read on......

1UP - Qix
Buks hates this game. Its just one of those really annoying games - rubbish at it too. But so is Balki which is probably why, despite it being Balkis game, Buks won 2-1. Chortle.

2UP - Vs. Excite Bike
Oh the joy. This is a great game. Its got all the elements of a classic game - nice simple graphics, lots of tunes etc etc. And Buks was pretty damnded good at it too - especially against Balki who had never played it before in his life. Oh dear. So quite how Balki managed to wipe the floor with Buks and win 2-1 is still being debated. Even stevens now at 3-3.

3UP - Jackal
Great choice by Balki. Sort of like Commando but a lot better. Balki went first and posted a reasonable score, only to be beaten by Buks who posted a personal best. Then Balki lost all 3 lives of his second game within a minute of starting. His score was so low I'm not sure he logged it. Anyway, to save Balki the embarrasment, Buks won 2-0. Score now 5-3 to Buks.

4UP - Elevator Action Returns
Never really got into the first game in this series but EA Returns is a great looking game. Plays pretty good too. Balki needed to win this game 2-0 to force a tiebreaker but......... it wasn't to be. Balki lost the first game then declared.

Victory to Buks - the trophy is now back in its rightful place.

Thanks to Balki for the catering.