“You’re welcome to come down,” the Op told me over the phone. “I’ve found a couple more bits.” That’s all the information I was given, and I had no idea what these bits were. Given the success of my last visit, having finally tracked down my most wanted PCB, I was excited about making another trip. I wasn’t disappointed!
As with most Raids, you never really know what there is until you get there.
On arrival I saw a stack of PCB’s and spare monitors in the workshop.
These boards and parts are from his old business partner and ones he had stored in the garage.
Another box of MVS, including one of my favourite games ever, the awesome Viewpoint! There were more titles under these carts as well!
Here is a list of titles.
PCB
1. Ashura Blaster – Taito / Visco Corporation - 1990
2. Badlands – Atari Games - 1989
3. Final Fight – Capcom - 1989
4. Football Champ – Taito / Team Dogyan - 1990
5. Gals Panic – Taito / Kaneko – 1990
6. Golden Tee Golf – Strata Group, Inc. / Incredible Technologies - 1990
7. Golden Tee Golf II – Strata Group, Inc. / Incredible Technologies - 1991
8. Golfing Greats – Konami - 1990
9. Jackal – Konami - 1986
10. RoboCop – Data East - 1988
11. Section Z – Capcom - 1985
12. Spider-Man: The Video Game – Sega - 1991
13. Tetris – Atari Games - 1988
14. The Newzealand Story – Taito - 1988
15. The Simpsons – Konami - 1991
16. Ultimate Tennis – Art & Magic - 1993
17. Zing Zing Zip – Tecmo / Allumer, Ltd. - 1992
1. Ashura Blaster – Taito / Visco Corporation - 1990
2. Badlands – Atari Games - 1989
3. Final Fight – Capcom - 1989
4. Football Champ – Taito / Team Dogyan - 1990
5. Gals Panic – Taito / Kaneko – 1990
6. Golden Tee Golf – Strata Group, Inc. / Incredible Technologies - 1990
7. Golden Tee Golf II – Strata Group, Inc. / Incredible Technologies - 1991
8. Golfing Greats – Konami - 1990
9. Jackal – Konami - 1986
10. RoboCop – Data East - 1988
11. Section Z – Capcom - 1985
12. Spider-Man: The Video Game – Sega - 1991
13. Tetris – Atari Games - 1988
14. The Newzealand Story – Taito - 1988
15. The Simpsons – Konami - 1991
16. Ultimate Tennis – Art & Magic - 1993
17. Zing Zing Zip – Tecmo / Allumer, Ltd. - 1992
Neo Geo MVS
1. Baseball Stars Professional x2
2. Breakers
3. Magician Lord
4. Mutation Nation
5. Riding Hero
6. The King of Fighters ‘94
7. The King of Fighters ‘98
8. Viewpoint
9. Voltage Fighter Gowcaizer
1. Baseball Stars Professional x2
2. Breakers
3. Magician Lord
4. Mutation Nation
5. Riding Hero
6. The King of Fighters ‘94
7. The King of Fighters ‘98
8. Viewpoint
9. Voltage Fighter Gowcaizer
A nice, varied selection of games I thought. Spider-man: The Video Game on the Sega System 32 was an especially awesome surprise! I played this at Leisureland, Great Yarmouth many years ago on an Electrocoin Duet cab. The game is great mix of scrolling beat-em-up and platform action game. It features impressive scaling, with sprites and backgrounds zooming in and out to mark the shift in gameplay.
Other PCB highlights include Final Fight, The Newzealand Story and two obscure vertical shooters which I haven’t played before, Ashura Blaster and Zing Zing Zip.
Regarding the MVS, I’ve picked up a lot of the usual suspects from Ops over the last few months, such as Puzzle Bobble and Super Sidekicks, and it was great to see some more uncommon titles. I sell my duplicates and was pleased to see quite a few titles I don’t already own. Also quite often the labels are worn and the serials cut, but these carts look in great condition.
I also picked up another Mirage cab, my fifth one! The Op told me he had two hundred machines on site back in the day, mostly in pubs.
There were also some MVS motherboards and Continental Circus parts.
No Fear and Who Dunnit. The Op mentioned that he will be selling these when he retires this year.
The “couple more bits” loaded up in the boot!
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