2-Player Computer Space Restored with 22k games.

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bryan95502:
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:

isucamper:
Guys, I don't think a Computer Space was destroyed to make this. It was already gutted (from what I can descern). He's preserved/restored/cleaned up the original cabinet and made a brand new panel. I don't think he's done any more harm here that what was already done when he found it.

ChadTower:

I'm a little bit on the fence with this one. If it was gutted already, and that is certainly possible because of the nature of Computer Space, he didn't wreck a Computer Space.

Still... he could have traded that cabinet for any other cabinet he wanted. Probably 4-5 of any cabinet he wanted for MAME. The cabinet alone would sell for hundreds to someone who wanted to try and do something better with it. I know I would look long and hard at a good empty Computer Space cabinet to try and find a way to make it at least play like an original.

drventure:
Well, he didn't set it on fire and video tape it.

And I agree with isucamper. It doesn't look like he took a working cab and destroyed it. In fact, since he shows the original CP leaning against the wall in one shot, there's no reason to believe it couldn't be restored completely at some point.

There's no frankenpanel grafted to the front, no cutting on the fiberglass, no other mods that I notice.

And lets face it, I can totally see wanting to use +that+ cab vs trading it for a standard refrigerator box cab and maming it. Those computer space cabs just look awesome.

To me, looks like he did the cab a service, and preserved it almost completely.

ChadTower:

I think I'm on board with that. It could have been put to a purer use but it doesn't appear to have been damaged.

Now, if we find out it had original parts in it, even if they were dead, all bets are off.

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