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| 2-Player Computer Space Restored with 22k games. |
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| yotsuya:
Restore/MAMEING ethics aside, I like the look of the control panel. I think it keeps the flavor of what the machine would look like back in the 70s. I'm not sure how easy it would be to play games on it, but the design is commendable. |
| Donkbaca:
OKay. Lets pretend the cabinet had all the internals gone, and the thing was sawed in half when he found it. Its still horrible. What could you possibly enjoy plying on it with 8-liner buttons, and cramped conrols where player 2 has to play backwards? |
| RayB:
Even gutted the cabinet has value to restorers who have the guts but possibly a damaged cabinet. We're talking about a game that sells for over $1500 even non-working. |
| arcadefan:
--- Quote from: Blanka on May 18, 2011, 02:53:20 am ---Blasphemy! :angry: Poor original CP. --- End quote --- You mean the poor original cp which someone else painted over and drilled holes in to mount new joysticks and additional buttons, that "poor cp" which I removed the paint from and at least made usable, but also saved without damaging it for another restoration? --- Quote from: Superully on May 18, 2011, 07:05:14 am ---i sure hope it doesn't!!! how can one abuse a dedicated computer space like that? unbelievable :banghead: :angry: :soapbox: :censored: --- End quote --- Well, why dont you go out to your garage, grab the board for a 2 player cs and a populated panel, with a tv, and bezel, and instruction sticker, and power supply and send them to me. I am just too lazy to buy them at the home depot store where I am sure they are stacked up because they are so popular and easy to find. --- Quote from: bryan95502 on May 18, 2011, 08:21:13 am ---This is what gives MAMErs a bad reputation.. This is wrong on so many levels Please stop gutting rare machines for MAME! Pick a Dynamo or even a common Pac Man is you have to use a classic.. And stop calling a cleaned up cabinet restored!! Restored is a word used to describe "brought back to it's original state" :soapbox: --- End quote --- So, read my previous reply, if you want it restored, just pull those impossible to find parts ouf of your ass and sned them to me. Let's see how easy it is for you to come up with the parts. And as for gutting a machine, if you bothered to actually look at the website which details this RESTORATION project, you would see it was gutted when I got it. It is now playable and fun and not unplayable or playable-and-boring. It has new life and everyone who sees it loves it. The only complaints I have seen from people who actually saw the game were that the original cs game on it is so boring and then they go back to mame or the other console systems. I was very careful to make sure the original cabinet was not altered so it could always be turned back into a 2pcs. It was restored because the original cabinet was restored as much as possible so the parts that are original are restored then I added new pieces to make it usable. --- Quote from: Donkbaca on May 18, 2011, 12:02:11 pm ---I think its horrible. Its a rare cab, doesn't matter if it was gutted, it would have been better off in the hands of someone that would have restored it. And I'm not even a resto guy. The CP is horrible in my opinion. Considering the akward angle of the controls and the three large odd buttons on the cp. No way there are 22,000 games worth playing on there. The thing can't play anything with more than three buttons. Aside from the 2nd player being too close to 1p for my liking, the 2p would be forced to play goofy foot. Why even put a 2 player on there at all? I mean it looks interesting, but in my opinion its something that is not really all that playable, if its not playable its not enjoyable. And movies on it? REally? Someone is going to sit in front of that thing on a stool for 2 hours? --- End quote --- Movies? Does no one read anything? The only "Movies" on it are arcade related documentaries, tv news reports about arcade games like exidy vs lakeland, etc. There are no "movies" on it. The CP is not awkward at all and it works well for one or two players. If I had it to do over I would have included six buttons per player though. The three large butons are suitable because they are supposed to look period correct just like the joysticks. The two joysticks are also used for games like robotron so it does not "have" to be a 2 player if you have some religious objection to two player cabinets. --- Quote from: Donkbaca on May 18, 2011, 01:02:59 pm ---OKay. Lets pretend the cabinet had all the internals gone, and the thing was sawed in half when he found it. Its still horrible. What could you possibly enjoy plying on it with 8-liner buttons, and cramped conrols where player 2 has to play backwards? --- End quote --- Why are you "pretending", the webpage clearly says it was gutted, does no one read anything at all?. What is backwards? Many games have the joystick on the right and I have no problems playing with a js on the right or left side, besides, there is a button in the joystick for fire if anyone is so physically limited that they cannot use both hands at the same time. OK, so who is going to be the first to send me all of the parts needed to restore it to original state for free? Dont trip over each ovther, time to stand up and follow through. You said it should be restored to original state so who is going to provide those parts to turn it into a boring game that no one wants to play? |
| ChadTower:
FYI: people don't follow links to webpage blogs. They read what you posted here. |
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