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Weird find
sstralkowski:
I tore the side art off my Run N Gun to make my MAME and I found some strange lettering. After a minute or two, I figured it said 2084 or something. After some research, I found this.
http://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=9347
If the cabinet shape was altered to fit the 4-player CP, is it possible that my cab used to be a Robotron cab? That would explain why the think looks so old on the inside.
RayB:
Is it possible? Yes. Is it smart to try to make it 4 player out of that machine? No.
sstralkowski:
I'm not asking if it would be smart for me to do it, I'm asking if it's possible that someone at some point converted the machine from one game to another and why would they do that instead of just building another cabinet? I'm new to the world of MAMEing.
Thenasty:
it done all the time. Why convert one to another ? Maybe that machine was not amking no money anymore and IN goes a different game by just swaping PCB's.
Mine was a Start Trek Converted into Commando then into Skyshark :angry:
Others I've seen:
Tempest converted to Figthing Game
Tron into 1941
etc...
mytymaus007:
I would restore Robotron then buy another 4 player cab