Atari's Mini ASTEROIDS Cabinet.. 30 Years Before Arcade1Up ...............................Remastered

Ladies and gentlemen, this is Joe's Classic Video Games back with another cool arcade game video for you today. Now, you may have seen we uploaded a video of us repairing this little Asteroids Cabaret arcade game, but we figured today we'd play it a little bit and just show it off a little bit. This is a customer's of our friends, Adams, who sent this up to us to work on the monitor a little bit. So if you didn't see that first video where we fixed the monitor up, go check it out now. But these little cabaret games are really cool. I like them. A lot of people don't like them because they have the woodgrain sides or they're a little bit smaller than the upright ones. But I think the Asteroids one in particular works pretty cool as a cabaret. So we'll play it a little bit. And plus, I like playing Asteroids. We didn't do anything really cosmetically to it. So it's still got a little bit of wear and tear on it from its years in the arcade. But all in all, it has survived pretty well. They have this little marquee underneath the control panel. I think we Talked about before how later on some of the cabinets had that marquee there, but they didn't light up. And there was some kind of internal Atari memo that somebody found that basically they got rid of that because they were having some kind of problem reaching something. It was kind of in the way. So they decided to cut the marquee light out of a few of the cabaret machines. So, some of them. I guess Asteroids it was always wired up, but on some of the later games if you look, it never lights up. They kind of had that ability where they could have put the light in, but they decided not to for some reason. But this is an Asteroids, and it still lights up. There's a little metal control panel, and the little tiny 15 inch Electro-Home G05 monitor. That's what we fixed on the previous video. Now because of that, and because of where you stand, You know, you're about right here. You're real close to the monitor. It's kind of like playing the upright one. You're just at a little bit different angle. There's this side. It's a little bit more worn. And I believe this is the original control panel. I don't think this is a reproduction. I don't even think they make a reproduction. It's just still in nice shape. So it has Atari's volcano start buttons. And whenever you're on free play, they blink. One player start, two player start. Rotate left, rotate right, hyperspace, thrust, and fire. I wonder if those are the same width apart and everything as they are on the upright one. I believe they are. Destroy rocks and saucer four points. Avoid being destroyed by the rocks or saucer fire. An extra ship is given for each 10,000 points scored. Hyperspace can be used in emergencies, but there is a chance of explosion on reentry. So, you know, you might hyperspace your way right in front of a big rock. In a two-player game, Each player alternates until his supply of ships is used up. Big asteroid gives you 20 points. Small one gives you 50. Smaller one gives you 100. Big saucer gives you 200. Small one gives you a thousand points. And I guess that's the only way to score points. I don't know the trick. On the early version of the ROMs, wasn't there a trick where you could hide up in the score and they couldn't get you? I wonder if you watched it enough if you could figure out where that was. Like if you were up in where the... nope. That asteroid just came right through and look that asteroid just went right through that other one. So that will not work on this game. Let's see if it'll work on the top part. Like the high score up there where it says zero. See if an asteroid ever goes through that. Yep. Boom! Boom! You'd be dead. You would be dead. Do not hide in the score, people. It doesn't work on this ROM revision. But I've heard it worked on the original ROM revision. I'll show you inside a little bit. So this guy has put like a little lock that's just a twist lock which works pretty good on home games. Two coin door bulbs, just your classic... did coin controls make this coin door? I believe that's right. I don't see a name on those plastic coin mechs, but those are the same ones that were in Pac-Man. Of course you can swap them out. Look, somebody has put a stamp on here that says Vid 00333. And since this one's on free play, at some point somebody's removed one of the coin switches, which you don't really need. Of course the board slides in, the power supply's above it. Over here on the left there is a little volume knob. And the test switch is right there on the coin door. This side you've got the ballast for the light and the starter is right there where you can get to it easily. Here's the coin box. Probably fit four or five hundred dollars worth of quarters in there. Unfortunately the serial number is missing off the back but the model number is still there 21508. That little sticker right over here I think it says a serial number. It would probably be pretty low because they probably didn't make it anywhere near as many cabarets as they made of Made of the upright. And on these cabarets, if you watch that video that we have of the missile command cabaret, the speaker is actually on the back. Kind of strange, but the whole point was they were almost out of room. And if they put it, you can see where the monitor is down to about right here. So if it was above here, it would be, there's nothing there. There's just one board there. So the cabinet actually starts, it's about like that. So it had to be in this part. They hid it over there in the corner. All right, I'll set up the tripod. We'll play it a little bit, have some fun. I just love the concept of asteroids. Just the way that the way that it's kind of random and everything moves around and the Asteroids get smaller and as they blow apart and eventually they're all over the screen like this So I'm not really good at it, but I like playing it. So we'll play it a little bit Just test it make sure everything's fine. Kind of like stand in the middle cuz it's easier That would be smarter not to blow everything all over the damn screen like I do but hey, that's part of the fun, right? You sucka Got you sucka. Shoulda hit the button. I shoulda seen that one coming, but there, moving. Those ones that I blew apart. Another one. He got me from behind. Let's go again. You sucka. I shoulda known better, but I couldn't resist. Look people, you can say I'm horrible at it, but as you'll see, I am the top two scores. I am the two best people in this location. Look at that. It took my asterisk, my saucer from me. It took my asterisk, my saucer from me. It took my asterisk, my saucer from me. It took my asterisk, my saucer from me. It took my asterisk, my saucer from me. It took my asterisk, my saucer from me. As you'll see, I am the top two scores. I am the two best people in this location. It took my astrid, my saucer from me. If you, uh, if they blow it up, it can't get you, but you don't get the points either. I was talking in one of the other videos about how cool it is that whenever it spawns you back onto the screen, it waits until it's safe to do so. Like, how did they ever figure that out? I went for the button, but I was too late. How did they ever figure out a circuit that can tell if an asteroid is going to be anywhere near you and not to put you on the screen if that's a chance, you know, if that's a possibility? That's just... That's just amazing. I can't keep playing like I've been playing, people. This isn't working. I'm going to have to get better with that hyperspace button. A little bit too late. I tried it, though. I went for it. Look, my score is one of the ten best. What do y'all think about that? I mean, I knew I was good, but I had no clue I was that good. That I'd have the top four. I'm starting to feel like the Beatles. The Beatles. With the hyperspace, I finally figured out how to hit that button. Why not twice? Oh man, that bat got me. Why not thrice? I did that on purpose for the suspense. The sucker's gonna get me, isn't he? Nope. Uh-oh, uh-oh, uh-oh, uh-oh, uh-oh, uh-oh, uh-oh, uh-oh, uh-oh, uh-oh. Bit late. I almost got it, but I got 9,990. Boy, that's good enough. Well folks, it seems like it's working great. Time to send it back to its rightful owner. See if they can top any of that. I doubt it. So that is Atari's really cool Asteroids Cabaret. We've still got our Atari Missile Command Cabaret over here too. We're in a cabaret mood here lately. So, did you ever see one of these back in the day? I never did, but I didn't see... I started noticing arcade games a little later, so this wasn't new whenever I was playing in arcades. And then these cabaret ones, I think most of them were probably in bars and stuff, hence the name. So if you did see it back in the day, let us know what you think about it. Do you hate the cabarets? Are they just ugly as hell to you? Or do you like them because they're a little more rare and they're kind of cool? I like them. And I don't think that the smaller monitor hurts the gameplay on this game. So I'm a big fan. So leave your comments below. And by the time you see this video, this thing probably won't even be in our showroom anymore. Like we said, it's not even ours. We're just fixing it for somebody. It's probably going to... Fly off to somebody else's game room pretty soon. Back to its original owner. But we do sell arcade games. If you want to see any of them for sale, go on our website, lionsarcade.com, and check it out. Or you can stop by and see us. We're in downtown Rock Hill, South Carolina. We've got a building full of arcade games at all times. You can come by and check them out and talk to us a little bit. We're in downtown Rock Hill, South Carolina. That's about 15 miles south of Charlotte, North Carolina, which is the famous one. We're right over the border. Now if you can't come by because you don't live anywhere near here and you don't want to buy one so you're not going to hang around the web page very long, we understand. Just subscribe to us here on YouTube and every time we get something like this in we will film it and it will let you know about it. And give us a thumbs up for taking the trouble to film it for you. I wish I could have done a little better on the gameplay but hey folks, regular viewers will tell you I can't play I can't play any of these damn things, but I can fix them, so that's cool, right? I enjoy fixing them. Leave your comments below, we'll see you on the next video.