I've seen the Blasts that were imported last year being sold and resold for 950 GBP, but that I would hope that a nice one would fetch a bit more than that. Any idea how to price?
I was thinking maybe 1300 EUR for the cab, plus another 150 EUR for an additional NOS 1P CP, call it 1600 EUR all-in?
Pics here again:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/FtRSad5QvSwLSS1X9
1x Sega Blast City
I've owned this since 2010 when I imported it to the UK from HK via Ronnie/RKLOK. It's been dismantled and cleaned inside and out. Original, no respray.
Condition is honestly great.
This is a tri-sync, so can do 15kHz (most JAMMA ~224/240 lines), 24kHZ (stuff like System24), and 31kHz (handy for Windows at 640x480, or higher interlaced).
Included PC is wired through ArcadeVGA->J-PAC->JAMMA, with proper wiring for extra buttons, and stero audio. J-PAC has small modification to allow this, to bridge H/V sync, as this wasn't supported on the model at the time without restricting to 15KHz (Andy said he might add it in future).
Cabinet:
* Decals are all original. There's a small scrape out of the right side decals. Otherwise intact.
* Flourescent tube/ballast is working fine.
* Coin mech is a 1HKD, adjusted to take 100 Yen reliably
* Coin bucket
* Original dimple security key and 4 working locks (2 on CP, PCB and coin)
* 001 JAMMA loom, Stereo inputs
* Original glass for control panel, bezel, kick guard (could use a shine), wheels etc.
* Repro manual
* Faults - the service mode button has never worked. Never tried to diagnose as it never bothered me. There's a small hairline crack under the control panel. You shouldn't lift the machines by the control panel anyway.
Screen:
* Original 29" MS-2933 15/24/31kHz auto-switching display (this is rarer than the MS-2930/2931 AFAIK).
* Zero burn, bright and beautifully crisp at 15kHz
* Fairly easy to rotate (remove bezel, 4 nuts - just eat your spinach and lay it down if doing solo)
* The downside - the gun alignment has gradually drifted the past 10 years as is common. This means the colours are visible at the corners on a test pattern. I have some magnetic strips to adjust but never got around to it. See
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-Hng3U41tg. It's not that noticable most of the time
Control Panels:
* Original 2P12B is in good shape, fitted with a couple of Sanwa Mesh Balls and Purple/Green pushins
* NOS unused 1B6B 'licensed' panel
* NOS lightly used Sega Mahjong panel + homemade loom for use with PC/MAME (with remapped keyboard)
PC:
Consider this a freebie.
A Core2Duo micro PC mounted to the PCB mounting board.
ArcadeVGA, JPAC. Additional AMD Radeon 4850 card.
Running Windows XP at 640x480, a frontend and a various versions of Groovymame.
It's not really up to the job now and can stutter a bit.
Extras:
* Stepdown transformer (240V->110V)
* 20x 100 Yen coins
* Original (not repro) Sega ashtray
* Original (not repro) Taito ashtray
* A few Sega 5380 locks and keys (Astro-City/NAC)
* A couple of Seimitsu sticks and looms that have seen better days
* Random button blanks, buttons, ball top and JST pins
* 2 custom 'Spectre' marquees - Street fighter IV, Ikaruga
* A couple of cutdown IKEA bar stools
