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I was on CraigsList a couple weeks ago (I can't stay away from it) and ran across someone selling some toppers pretty cheap so I bought them, sight unseen for most of them, I only seen the pic of one of them.  Later she came up with more so I bought them too.   Total of 9 toppers. The second ones aren't as nice as the first ones but I figure if I can get 3 or 4 of them working them I will be happy and maybe have some extra parts for later.  Anyway, I was wondering, I am gonna upload pictures of a couple of them and was wondering if anyone knew what kind they are??  They need allot of work and I know this but still will make a nice little something for me to tinker on when bored.  Anyway I thank you guys for the help, if possible.

i think those are from Sigma machines

And a couple more pics.

Thanks for that information.  Right now they went from the lady's shed to my shed because I don't have room here for them until I finish our fun room.

What is the other toppers you bought (not pictured)-?  Thanks B.

I'll post a couple more pics but there are duplicates of some of them.  There's a total of 9 f them and they all don't look so good.

And a couple more.........

ashyron, hey those look pretty good. I assume that when you say nine of them, they are the complete topper to include housing, faceplate and insert? Also in your pictures I cannot see a mounting block or plate, how do they attach to the machine? I also see that there are 2 different Ripley's inserts, I wonder if there are indvidual games that go with them. Clay, do you see these, there may be another game for you to look for.

 Dan (tacman)

AAAWWWWW MAN!!!!!!!!!! It took me 20 minutes to tye all that out.  :37- :37- :37- :37- :37- :37- :37-

OK So in a nutshell, all nine toppers have the inserts.  The first two pics show the best two of them all.  I believe there are three of them that are complete except for the plug to plug them in and the hardware to mount them to anything.  My plan was to get them working and then buy an L bracket and mount the topper to that and to the wall.  I haven't looked at all of them but I have been told that all the internal parts are in all of them and the inserts are there for all of them.  Nota all of them have power cords and most of them have dents or scratches of some kind of blemish to them and NOT A ONE has the mounting hardware.  Some LED light are missinag and some of them don't have the fancy candle for them, heck, not any kind of candle. 

So a question that has little to do with toppers.  The same lady that I bought the toppers from also had to casino chairs too (the steel floor).  I bought those too cause they were fairly cheap and brougt them home and cleaned them right away,  You'll see in the pics.  My qeston to you is this - does Mikohn Gamging make slot machines of just accessorles??  The back of one of these chairs says Trivial Persuit and the onther one says Yahtzee.  I'll try to post a couple of pictures again and see if it turns out.

Well, Mikohn was into alot of things casino related, of course they are best known for their led displays, but at one time had a Gaming Division and developed these particular video game series that were distributed by Sigma for the UV-1700. I believe they were bought by Progressive Gaming Intl, which in turn was purchased by IGT? I think there is still a Mikohn corporation but am unsure of what they manufacture now. Maybe someone else can chime in or correct any mistakes I may have made in my statement.

 Dan (tacman)

I believe you got it all correct Tacman.
I remember when Yahtzee and Battleship first came out. Great games! I imagine they had a hard time getting Battleship approved in Nevada as it was/is a Hasbro children's game.
Also remember seeing Mikohn game developer Olaf Vancura on a TV interview stating how difficult it was to calculate the odds for the Yahtzee game. Probably a piece of cake compared to today's video slot games.

Progressive Gaming (Mikohn) made games for an adapted sigma uv1700 chassis, games such as:
 
(this is the one I have stored away)
KISS® takes the stage in their new video slot game featuring the hit song “Rock and Roll All Nite!” KISS is a multi-reel, multi-line video slot and features 2 bonus rounds: the base game, "Free Spin Bonus," and the 2nd screen, “Alive Concert Bonus.”

The Beach Boys - California Girls
Surf's Up! Introducing the most popular surfin' band in America, THE BEACH BOYS and the first in a series of video slots based on their hit song CALIFORNIA GIRLS. This exciting game features a five-reel, 15-line game of their memorable and timeless hit tunes from the 1960s to 1980s. Escape to a live concert for a chance to win tickets…with the wild and beautiful California Girls. Features their signature harmony vocals, legendary surfin' music plus animated reel symbols.

Office Daze ™
An all-new 5-reel, 15-line video slot game that celebrates the fast-paced rat race of daily life in the glass-ceiling office. The Vending Machine Madness Bonus and the Big Promotion Bonus rounds will entertain while giving players a chance to get back at the boss

Wink's Survey of America®
Wink Martindale, the TV personality that charmed a generation, rekindles the magic of his smash-hit survey quiz show in a mind-tickling new slot game from Progressive Gaming. Wink's Survey of America™ combines the enduring allure of the TV icon with Progressive Gaming's state-of-the-art gaming technology. Your casino will "Win with Wink. You can bet on it.
Those who have always dreamt of becoming a contestant on the legendary show now finally have their chance to win with Wink.

Graveyard Bash™
Monsters return from the graveyard. Ghoulish artwork and animation awaken our favorite monsters with a comical twist. Look for your favorite monster and win big during the Monster Mansion Bonus. The game is configured as a 20-line and up to 400 coin max bet with bonus events triggered on any number of coins wagered. Graveyard Bash offers one base game feature and one second screen bonus round. Players are in for a monster good time.

Jukebox Jam ™
“Rock ‘n’ Roll is here to Stay!’ Jukebox Jam brings back the golden era of rock. Designed like a classic fifties jukebox record machine, players will feel like they are at the malt shop while scoring big with multiple bonus rounds. Custom fifties style music and audio completes the mood. “We will rock you!”

Bust Da Safe™
You can steal the jackpot with your safe cracking skills in this whimsical game of cops and robbers. Bust Da Safe lets you use all those tools and explosives you've seen on TV to rob a fortune in gold, cash and jewels. A bonus round even lets you blow multiple safes with TNT just so long as you don't let the guard dog get you!

Crazy Vegas™
Rich, retro-style graphics and sound conjure up Vegas in its vintage years! Fully animated symbols and custom audio create the look and feel of the old “Rat Pack” days. Crazy Vegas can trigger two different bonus screens and multiple bonuses inside those screens. Wild symbols create a sparkle of life for the player allowing substitution of any symbol and setting off multiple pay lines so ‘luck can be your lady, tonight.'

KING TUT'S FORTUNE
Discover the mysteries of the Pharaohs in a game that would cause the Sphinx to spring to life and take a turn. King Tut's Fortune recalls all the mystery and allure of ancient Egypt. Multiple bonus rounds, completely animated symbols and custom audio pay homage to the "Boy King" that only a mummy could love!

W

Progressive Gaming International Corporation is a leading global supplier of integrated casino and jackpot management solutions for the gaming industry.  This technology is widely used to enhance casino operations and drive greater revenues.

Progressive Gaming is unique in the industry for offering casino management and progressive systems in a modular yet integrated solution. Products include multiple forms of regulated wagering solutions in wired, wireless and mobile formats. There are Progressive Gaming products in over 1,000 casinos throughout the world.

Formed in May 1986 (under the prior company name, Mikohn Gaming), Progressive Gaming has transitioned from a manufacturer of signs and slot machines to a dynamic, innovative, systems-centric developer of casino management and progressive systems.  We have forged strategic partnerships with best-in-class companies, such as Harrah’s, Cantor Gaming, International Game Technology, and Shuffle Master to name but a few. We are proud to be members of the American Gaming Association (AGA), Canadian Gaming Association (CGA) and the Gaming Standards Association (GSA). In addition, we are a Microsoft Certified Solution Provider.

Recent Events

    February 2007

    PGIC expands strategic agreements with Cantor Gaming, affiliate of global financial services company Cantor Fitzgerald. Progressive Gaming will be the worldwide distributor of Cantor’s mobile gaming systems and Cantor has licensed the rights to Rapid Bet Live™ and Primeline™ for use with their mobile gaming system’s sports wagering applications.

    July 2006

    Cantor Gaming and Progressive Gaming enter into a content licensing agreement whereby Cantor will offer a select list of Progressive’s game content, including Texas Hold ‘Em Bonus™ Poker and Caribbean Stud Poker® for use on Cantor’s mobile gaming devices in Nevada and other jurisdictions worldwide.

    April 2006

    Progressive Gaming completes minority investment in Magellan Technology Pty Ltd. of Australia. Magellan Technology has provided Progressive Gaming with an exclusive master license for use of RFID in the gaming industry worldwide. The technology and intellectual property licensed from Magellan are key components in Table iD™.

    March 2006

    Mikohn Gaming Corporation, a Nevada corporation formally changes it name to Progressive Gaming International Corporation via a short form merger with one of its wholly-owned subsidiaries and simultaneously amending its Amended and Restated Article of Incorporation.

    January 2006

    Progressive Gaming grants Gaming Partners International Corporation exclusive rights in the United States and non-exclusive rights outside the United States to manufacture gaming chips with 13.56 MHz RFID technology.

    October 2005

    The Company completes the acquisition of Virtgame Corp., a provider of open architecture gamine software primarily focused on the delivery of central server-based slot games and centrally management sports betting.

    September 2005

    Progressive enters into a definitive agreement to acquire EndX Group Limited, whereby the EndX product suite is integrated as part of the Company’s CasinoLink Enterprise Edition Slot Management Module. This acquisition was completed in December 2005.

Stored away? I would be playing that baby!

Yeah Wayne, what's up with that? :72- I am interested in the statement "adapted UV-1700 chassis" though. Is it similair to a shufflemaster or NXT conversion on the WMS 550 and just uses a proprietarry MPU to run the software but interfaces with the existing backplane and other equipment? Come on Wayne, inquiring minds want to know!  :89-

 Dan (tacman)

I bought it for my son, it is a 2005 Progressive Gaming, Sigma with an extra tall top, I don't have the software yet for it and will likely post pics if and when I get it up and running.  It does look cool though.  The top box is trimmed with little stars that light up and flash in patterns similar to a topper.

Thanks,
Wayne

Oh, and sorry ashyron for the diversion your thread took. I would shoot cfh a line. He's been working on the Sigma UV-1700 machines, which I believe these toppers would be for. Ask him to check the voltages and wirng going to plugs in the top box for candle or topper connection. At least you should get the proper voltage to get it running, unless someone already knows what voltages are needed to run Sigma toppers?

 Dan (tacman)

Yes uv1700 main board.  There are some boards in the top box, one with a cf card slot.  I haven't got into this very far yet since I have been busy lately.  I'm on a break now from shopping out slots (s2000 Pinball needs lots of bulbs).

Thanks,
Wayne

Well Wayne, if Clay reads your post about these new titles available for the UV-1700, he may just be able to get his hands on the software, who knows? I know he's done rather well aquiring most of the other known Sigma titles and has provided some nice videos of each of them.  :131-

 Dan (tacman)

BTW the pics and screenshots of that KISS machine are pretty cool!  :3-

So anyway, sorry about my typing earlier, but after being up for 31 stressful hours I should have not tried to write anything.  I wasn't aware I had made so many typos until I got up and reread what I wrote.  It makes me want to  :138- and hide.  But past that, thanks for the information I have got now.  I guess I was in the middle of sending in pics of the other chair I bought but didn't send it so here are the pics of the other chair. 


So there were slot machines that went with these toppers??  I'll have to do some research and check that out, not that I'll end up with one or not.


I don't care, it's all interesting reading to me.  I think it's pretty fascinating because up to this point all ever did was put a quarter (ticket these days) into a machine and pull an arm or push a button.  :72-  At least 2 toppers but I think 3 of them have a power cord on them they just don't have the male plug on them.  If I were to post pictures of the inside of one of them could someone be able to tell if is wired correctly to just plug in?



And one more thing,  that KISS game looks awesome.  If you need a place to store it, send it over here and I'll store it for you. :72- :97- :72- :97- :72- :97- :97- :97-

Here they are after being cleaned up.  I really wanna clean up one of them toppers and see how it looks.

ahyron, those chairs are really nice and look good with your setup. Are the chairback displays on velcro? I see you did not put them back on as of yet. You're not gonna believe the difference when you throw a few toppers up with the pattern chasing leds going!!  :3-

 Dan (tacman)

The Battleship game was a video slot. Do not believe it ever came in a reel game. Yahtzee on the other hand had a couple of different versions including video and reel games. NLG member Powerstroke had and I think sold a Yahtzee reel game last year.

I had two of them and still have one.  My mother-in-law has the other one.  She has been playing it daily/nightly for about 7 months now with no issues.  The yahtzee's are pretty fun to play.  -B.

Actually, the chair backs are zippers.  The black strips are the zippers.  It's a picture that goes inside the zipper and is behind clear plastic.  No I haven't put the pictures back in yet because the pictures got wet and they don't really look right. :8-  I believe the pictures for that are 8" x 8".  :103- What I thought of doing is taking a picture of the belly glass of all my machines and trying to figure a way to turn them pictures, shrink them down and print them out to fit in the backs of these chairs.  That way whatever machine these chairs are in front of can have the corresponding picture.  Unfortunately I don't know how to do that so in the mean time the chairs are empty.  :89-  I actually had to take them chairs out.  I put plastic over the back and bottom before storing them.  I have my mother-in-law here now and I didn't want her tripping and falling on them. :60- :60- :60- :60-  I'll bring them back in once she's able to go back home.

As for the toppers, I can't wait to clean them up but will have to wait.  I still have to finish this fun room but am so tempted to get one of the ones out with the cord and clean it up.   :3-

What game show are they talking about here?  The description nearly sounds like Family Feud, but that was never hosted by Wink Martindale.

ashyron, thats a really good idea! take your pictues, using a photo editting program like photoshop crop them into a square and then resize them a little smaller than you need. Print them out on photo quality paper and then take them to Kinko's and have them laminated on both sides to the size you need. This way the laminate will extend past your picture and pretty much seal it against any more damage. Take pics when you are finished, those chairs look great with that diamond back!  :89-

 Dan (tacman)

Thanks Dan. I like them.  They are more comfortable than they look and once you get up they go back to position.  I never thought about laminating them that's a good idea.  Thanks for that thought. :131-  I don't really have photo editing software, never had a need to spend that much money on it but I will find a way to make them look good and once I get them back out of the shed and put them back out I hope to get some kind of signage on them.  I have so many projects going on right I don't know what to finish first. :30- :30-  I think the main concern is my mother-in-law first.  I'm now finding out that my Dad likes the slant top machines so there is something I have been researching.  :89- :89-  Maybe these chairs will fit better with one of those. 

Actually you can download them to Walgreens website and have them printed at your local Walgreens drugstore. Their site has editting software that can probably do what you would need. That is of course IF you have a Walgreens in your area.

 Dan (tacman)

He does, but it's about 30 minutes away.

ashyron, what size are the diamonds? In other words, what size would the pictures have to be? I can laminate anything under 8.5 x 11" and I can rotate the pictures to stand on their corners (diamond) if I have a digital image to work with.

And how did you know that??  You been talking to Buzz again??  :72-  Everything for me is 30 minutes away.  I haven't had time to try it yet but I really want to.

One of the pictures is 8.5 x 8.5 and the other one is 9 1/8th x 9 1/8th  but I would assume that that they can all be 8.5 x 8.5.  They aren't even cut straight but I assume they would all be the same.  I haven't even had time to take pictures of the bellies yet.  How much would something like this cost me?  I would need about 8 different ones, so far.

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