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mikev43:
Ok so I have a decent original Contra jamma cabinet and everything works.  The bottom is a little rough and the side art is painted grey.  My question is should I convert this to a MAME cabinet or leave as it and clean it up a bit?

some general questions

Can the whole cabinet be taken apart and put back together? 

If I did go the mame route would I use a j-pac and remove the existing control layout and use an x-arcade or make one myself with the existing stuff?

I really don't want to do a whole lot of drilling etc.. so the x-arcade or similar sounds like a good solution..

Is it hard to modify the control area to fit an x-arcade?

I don't really care about using it for anything but a PC and MAME...

Suggestions please!!
WhereEaglesDare:
If everything is working then leave it as is or restore it.  You can come across broken cabs to MAME fairly regularly...  Post pics please
Ginsu Victim:
Arcade Contra is nowhere near as good as the NES version. MAME away!
Turnarcades:
DO NOT do an X-Arcade conversion. Please god no. :(
garnerb350:

--- Quote from: WhereEaglesDare on August 30, 2010, 09:28:44 pm ---If everything is working then leave it as is or restore it.  You can come across broken cabs to MAME fairly regularly...  Post pics please

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Exactly...if it works then dont mame....restore it and you might make a good penny off it...who knows?


--- Quote from: Ginsu Victim on August 30, 2010, 09:35:44 pm ---Arcade Contra is nowhere near as good as the NES version. MAME away!

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Ginsu has a point....


--- Quote from: Turnarcades on August 30, 2010, 09:38:26 pm ---DO NOT do an X-Arcade conversion. Please god no. :(

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 agree...do NOT do a an x-arcade conversion....I have an x-arcade ...and i agree with Turn...if you are going to mame it...get the controls and an I-PAC...trust me you will have less problems in the long run...
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