Economic News* USDUSD looks to test 1.50.The USD underwent a bullish trading session yesterday, as it appreciated against all of its major currency rivals. The dollar rose 0.5% and closed under 1.5320 versus the euro in yesterday’s trading session. Also, the USD saw steady gains against the GBP and CHF.The greenback saw significant bullishness yesterday […]

This afternoon I was coming home on a bus and I caught a glimpse of an arcade cab, discarded just off a main road - standing next to a skip. I blinked, looked twice and it was an upright Outrun cabinet. For some reason I just couldn’t get it out of my head - it looked so completely alone.

Later on, a friend and I walked the mile trip from home to see it - and it was in shocklingly fair condition. The side looked a tiny bit scratched, but apart from that, the wheel and pedals were all in tact, the screen looked perfect - and the art/marqee was in good shape too, just a bit dirty.

A few hours after that, another friend picked me up and we drove down to it and tried to get it through the hatch of his pugeot 306. Several attempts later and it was in - half sticking out. A white van pulled up and a guy jumped out - asking what we were doing - told him in all honesty that we didn’t think the thing deserved to be chucked away (he told us he owned the thing) so he said we could do whatever we wanted with it!

Drove it back to mine (very dodgy, and hilarious), pulled it out and draggeed it into the entrance hall of my flat where it still is. The problem we now have is getting the heavy bastard up a flight of stairs into the place.

After resarching on the net tonight i’ve realised that it’s the Sega Japan model of the machine - all the pictures I can see are of the US one - which has different side artwork, and a black/red stripe down the front of the machine.

I’m dying to find out if the thing’s actually working, but if it’s not i’m not fussed - i’m sure there are plenty of guides on the net - and i’m hoping that maybe some of you will be able to help me restore it! I’ll update with pictures in a few hours - but for now it’s just a waiting game until a couple more mates pop round to help me get it upstairs…