Time to meet your maker...

Word on the street was that Dave Sheppard, the game designer for Asteroids Deluxe was looking for a cabaret version of this fun game. Well I just happened to know where one was. I was put into contact with Dave and he was pretty excited to find out there was one locally. I picked up the game and started the restoration process. The game wasn't exactly collector quality and if this one was going into the home of " The Man " himself , it had to be good.

There was a chunk missing on the left side right above the control panel. The smoked plexi was thrashed. The sides were bad . It needed new paint on the front . It was time to go to work. I had the plexi remade, repainted the coin door and the front, made a patch for the side,put on new black vinyl on the inner edges, put on new wood grain vinyl and a new NOS cp overlay. The monitor was rebuilt and the insides were cleaned up. Nothing but the best for Dave.

I finished up the game and loaded it on to my truck . Dave lived about 45 minutes from me. I delivered the game and was very pleased at his reaction. It was really an honor to restore a game for its creator and to meet Dave and talk about the golden age of Atari.

A picture is worth a thousand words and seeing this still makes me smile. There is a blem in the pic but I assure you the game was pristine ;)