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Snap! When I sold my first computer game I drove to London, met a dodgy gypsy and bought both an original Defender, and Stargate cabinet from the back of a seedy amusement arcade at 1am. I am sure he probably stole them because he seemed to be in a hurry to load them on the van and get the hell out of there. But I didn't care at the time! I was living the dream!

I also picked up all the boards for Joust, Robotron etc. and became quite expert at maintaining them.
With a few very small modifications they are all basically the exact same hardware.

Good times!