Hmmm what's going on here

World Series the Season in an Asteroids Deluxe.

What should we do with this monstrosity?

(Beginning note: Nothing at all was left from the original AD except the power brick, which was actually bypassed and a switching power supply installed, and the control panel, which no longer had an overlay.  The cab is in pretty rough shape, probably meant more for the burn pile, but I figured I would have some fun with it, and maybe breathe some new life into this poor neglected beast.  So if you are one of those purists who think anything but restoring this back to a pristine Asteroids Deluxe would be blasphemous, you may want to skip this series.  No I'm not going to put a 60-1 in this, I said I was going to have some fun, remember?)

So what do we have here?  Who in the world thought this was a good idea?
Sad part is the Cabinet had to be modified pretty extensively to make this "work" (and I use that term loosely, this thing was a real pain to play)  Well time to deconstruct and see what we have here... 

Black paint on the side, lets see what's underneath...  The Sideart is still there!!! But...

Ugh, it's in pretty sad shape.  And this paint is not coming off easily (guessing it's oil based and not latex)

 Hard to tell in these pictures, but it is in really rough shape, and there were areas where it was completely gone.  Plus it was starting to pull off of the cabinet (not sure if that was because of the stripper being too aggressive or because of age/wear.

Man, A.D. had some friggin sweet sideart, even in this rough condition, still looks awesome.

Part 2 coming soon...